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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
Resthetic Carriers.

In the balmy days of our mothers a
simple band of blue or red cotton
elastic, void of all decoration, except.
ing the neat hand-sewed seam that
completed the circle which embraced
the leg, was thought sufficient for the
most exacting, but since the aesthetic
wave has swept over the land, causing
peoples and lilies to blossom on cop
per kettles and tin caddies and panels
of sunfowers and hollyhocks to spring
up before washstands. defunct ward
robes and all the eye-sores usually
relegated to cellars. and garrets. the
rubber garter has also been touched up
with the pencil of beauty and grace and
to-day will stand comparison with
many of the novelties designed for love
tokens. Their use is permissible to
either sex, and the daintiest carriers
that design can create and skill fancy
are found alike in dry goods store,
jewelry house, and with firms carrying
gents tirst-class furnishing goods.
Cotton elastic is thing of the past,
and the cheapest garter that refined
taste will permit is. composed of silk
rubber neatly fastened with silk
crow-foot or couple of feather
stitches. This rubber can be had in all
the high colors, and besides being pref
ty and trim has the added charm of
durability, for it is impossible to wear
good silk garter out in year.
If, however. the cotton Is most con-
venient the band is covered with a
hem of soft silk gathered. very full and
embellished with large bow or roses
of the same material. This little
garter can be Bought for $1.50. the
actual cost being 80 cents. and the rest
Of the sum Is charged for style.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
Financiering in New England.

Father" said the young man as he
returned from town, ''they say about
twenty of the factories in New England
have shut down"
They do. ehP Wall, we'll put lit
tie more water in the cider"
Sand they say that dozens OF big
iron works have stopped running"
.'They do, ehP Wall, we must leave
moro buttermilk In the butter to make
up for it,.
Sand they say railroads are passing
dividends and hardly paying ex-
penses.
"They do, Ell? Wall. when wo bale
hay this fall we must tumble in lots Of
weeds"
..But father" continued the son,
.they say that hundreds Of men are
out of work in the cities. and that times
are going to be awful hard this win
ter"
They do, ehP Wall, we'll fill the
apple barrels about half-fnll Of wind
falls, doctor that lard with little tai
Ter, and you'll have to get up an hour
enrlier every morning 10 make up for
it. guess we'll pull through somo-
how. " Wall Street Netcs. tfis
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
The Chinaman's "Four Most Precious
Things"

In China the. flour most precious
things" are the paper-plant, ink and
its saucer, and the brush.
The hornet. whose sharp sting is the
terror of children, is.the recognized pion-
Ger of paper-makers. Its cellular nest,
on trees and rocks, is built of material
which resembles the most delicate
tissue-paper.
Eighteen hundred years ago, the
Chinese, acting upon the wasp's sug-
gestion, made paper from fibrous mat1
ter reduced to pulp. Now. each prov
ince makes its own peculiar variety
from the inner most bark of different
trees. The young bamboo. which
grows six or eight inches in single
night, is whitened, reduced to pulp in
a mortar, and sized with alum. From
this pulp sheets Of paper are made in a
rice paper, that so resembles wooden
and silk fabrics, and on which are
painted quaint birds and flowers, is
manufactured from compressed pith.
which is first cut spirally, by keen
knife, into thin slices, six inches wide
and twice as long. Immense quanti-
ties of paper are used by the Chinese
for great variety of purposes. Funer-
al papers. or paper limitations of EARTH
iy things which they desire to bestow
on departed friends, are burned over
their graves. They use paper window
frames, paper sliding-doors, and paper
visiting-cards yard long. 1t is re-
lated that when distinguished repre-
sentative of the British Government
once visited Pekin. several servants
brought him hu e roll, which, when
spread. out over the large floor, proved
TO be the visiting-card of the Chinese
Emperor.-From Paper: Its Origin
and History By Chas. E. Bolton. in ST.
Nicholas for august.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
Like Some Railroads.

A religious denomination in town
In Indiana, which felt that it must have
o church. called In the services of a
business man to tell them how 1t could
be brought about
1.-THE case stands like this" he be-
gan, ''there are twenty of you and you
can raise $500 among you. You need
at least IS, 900. Organize q stock COM
pany, offer your shares at 30 cents on
the dollar, and you'll have no trouble
about getting the money"
sBut, Mr.. Chairman" protested one
of the brethren, ''what about dividends
ON this stockp"
Dividends! dividendsp echoed the
chairman; ''why, that's. an after con-
sideration. The first thing Is to get
rid Of the stock and get the building
up."-W Wall Street Nes0s. r,lx
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
The Mysterious Light I'm a Cemetery

There might be pleasanter jobs than
mine, suppose" said Chicago ceme-
terry Waterman, ''but SO far as the work
is concerned, it's easy. l never had
any trouble but once. and that was
last spring. 1t was an awful dark
night, and i was little unstrung, any
way. kept pretty close to the gate
and did not look into the yard any
oftener than l could help. When l
did SO the gravestonos seemed to stand
out a good deal palmer in one part of
the cemetery than anywhere else, and
that made me fidgety. Finally, when
/ looked in that direction again all
was dark, and was trying to make
myself believe that nothing was the
matter, when over to the right saw
u big tombstone standing out clear as
and white rs if it was made of silver.
All around it the smaller stones could
be seen dimly, and all the way between
me and the illumination it was black
as pitch. know that my knees smote
together, and l confess that Mt first l
didn't know what 10 do. l walked
around a little trying to regain my
composure, and then l started for
ward with an effort to find out what
the trouble was. crept along slowly
over the graves, watching from behind
the stones occasionally to see what
was up. until had gone two or three
rods, when the lghtsmovcd and every
thing was pitch dark again. Then /
started back, and, after going little
ways. l found. on looking behind me,
that another monument was cleaning
with an unearthyly light Again ]
pressed forward. this lime with fear
and trembling. did not go far, how
ever. As came out of thick grove,
q tremendous light burst upon me.
The devil himself couldn't have startled
me the way that did at first. but was
all clear to me ipi minute. Some
fellows were laying sewer over on
the highway, and they had lime light
out at night to make the road passible.
The Waterman over there was amusing
himself throwing the light onto the
tombstones to see if he could read them.
/ went around after awhile and told
him to lot up If he didn't want to have
q fight and he did.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19

HOOK AND LADDER CO NO. 1.
III Meets the first Monday of each month at
Firemen's room nj o'clock, ID. IN. =
J. w. H0ERR, GEO. PHILLIPS,
Secretary. Foreman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
the sorrow he has caused you to

suffer-"
The cry Is full OF an unutterable, ag-
onized longing, and as Violet hears
and feels herself gathered into q close
embrace that proves beyond mistake
the life and well-being Of the husband
she had deemed dead. happiness once
more springs back to the throne to
which 1t has been stranger for so long
and dreary while.
And thus Mark Blair learns the Sc
cret of his friends sadness, and feels
no small qualification at his own share
in the blissful reconciliation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
Well Rewarded.

A liberal reward will be paid to any
party who viii produce a case of Liver,
Kidney or. Stomach complaint that
Electric Bitters will not speedily cure.
Bring them along, it will cost you moth
ing for the medicine if it fails to cure
and you viii be well rewarded for your
trouble besides. All blood diseases,
Biliousness, Jaundice, Constipation and
general debility are quickly cured. Sat
isfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Price only fifty cents per bottle.
For sale by j. r. Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
PATHS Babies.

Manager think you ought to be
willing to take less next season
Gerster-An w SOP
Manager-You know you have a
baby. and q boy always makes,a wo-
man seem older g4f III III
Gerster-It do, do itp
Manager-Of course. Now. you see
Nine. Patti seems very young, because
she has no baby. you know. 49,
Gerster-Oh. is dat itP Veil, Iguess
Nine. PATHS got no babies now. Pc
cause dey Is all married OF -PAstadet-
phiG Call is.i 'saf
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19

The Oldest and largest tree in tho
world is the chestnut tree at the foot of
Mount Etna. It Is hollow and large
enough to permit two carriages driving
abreast through II. The circumference
of;ihe main trunk Is 212 feet Tho
Grizzly Giant monarch of the Mariposa
Grow. measures 90 feet.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-06-21
Brief COnlicaliti Is.

Many broker is poor finance see-er.
The prosperity of the book agent prove.
that falsehood is mighty and will prevail.
There is a man in Kentucky without
bone in his body. WHAT splendid u,n
I'ire he would make.
The "bulI in the china-shop' is general
L. the proprietor, who endeavors to exai'
the price of his wares.
Why is United States Treasury note
like caterpillar? Because it is hard to
counterfeit (count-her-fert.
When an Indian doctor loses a patient he
runs for his life. When a civilized doctor
loses patient he sends in his bill.
One of the reasons urged by the advo-
Gates Of the postal delivery system in a
small town was that the Office should seek
the man, not the man the office.
The freshman who tran slated de mortuis
ril nigi bonum "Fron the dead nothing
bat bones has brilliant career await
ing him in the medical profession. -.
The chum of boarder at hotel struck
Kim over the head with a wasl, bowl the
other day. When his friends ask him now
what ails his head he muttcrs "intlamma-
tory rOOm-m ate.ism."
The Dillon tribune., 1884-06-21
A Girls Description of Base Ball.

A girls notion OF the national game is
called off pretty accurately by the letter of
Young city girl to her girl chum in the
country. "You must visit me-" she wrote,
when the base ball season opens. There
i, 50 much skill and grace displayed. The
itcher, thnk-by my! you never saw
game. will explain it to you. The pitch
ca dear little tl>ing-stands in the mid.
,..e and throws ball at another, who
stands in front with long stick in his
land. The thrower tries to hit his stick
end the other young man, who is called
knocker, tries to swing his club SO that it
v ii he impossible for the :hrower to hit
lis stick with the ball. Some Of the knock.
ers become very good at this, and some of
the darlinss could stand there and never
lave their clubs hit once. The catcher
sands behind the knocker and is just too
crave for anything. We girls think he is
the incest one in every club: l thirk the
catchers are very cute and heroic. "-Ney
Chant Traveller
The Dillon tribune., 1884-06-21
Watering Cattle.

1t has been said that because cattle some
times prefer impure water to pure drinking
water no pains should be taken to supply
them with pure water. The British Vedii-
(~ Journal explains to agriculturists that
the reason for this fact is that cattle. v hen
given tank water, are not kept properly
supplied with rock salt In their desire for
saline food animals will drink the most i'm.
pure fluids, and will even eat earth. The
writer says it is both injudicious and cruel
to deprive cattle of salt and thus compel
them to seek it in refuse.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-06-21
A Remarkable Time Piece.

III wouldn't take one hundred dollars for
that watChc
"Family relic, suppose?"
''Not bit of it. III tell YOU why that
watch is so valuable. You see, it never
keeps the correct time"
a wouldn't have the watch as a precious
gift"
MAYBE you wouldn't, but would. You
see, | am travelling man. Pm travelling
here in Texas all the time where the rail-
roads never arrive ON time. Now, if had
4 watch that kept correct time I'd be left
half the time, but thanks to this watch, Pm
more liable to catch the train than would
be if had dozen watches that could be
relied on"
The Dillon tribune., 1884-06-21
W. T. u. DEPARTMENT.
For God and Home and Native Land"
BY LADIES OF THE SOCIETY.
Force Of Example and Habit.

The following story shows the force Of
example and habit:
ii was lying on the sofa, sleeping off my
previous nights debauch. l was aroused
by hearing something fall heavily on the
noor. opened my eyes and Jaw my little
ooy Of six years tumb'ing on the carpet.
Ills older brother said to him: Nov get
up and fall again. That's the way papa
does; lets play we are drunk! I watched
The Child as he personated my beastly
movements in a way that would have done
credit to an actor. I arose and left the
mouse, groaning in an agony and In re-
morse. walked off miles into the coun-
try, thinking over my abominable sin and
The example was setting before my chill
aren. | solemnly resolved that, with Gods
help, would quit my cups, and did. No
lecture ever heard from Mr.. Cough NOV
ed my soul like the spectacle Of my own
sweet boys playing drunk, as papa does
never pass a day without thanking my
'od for giving me praying wife, and be.
sowing grace sufficient to conquer my de-
testable sin of the bottle. Madam! If you
nave son, keep him, if you can, from ever
touching glass of wine"
lhe narrator of the above touching story
may never see it in these columns; but It
he does know he will pardon its publ
cation. 1t may be a timely warning to
more than one father who is BY no means
a topper, and yet is putting wine-glass be-
lore his own children. 1t is the ready ex.
case of many lad for taking glass OF
champagne: ave always have i at home"
Inc decanter at home kindies the appetite
which soon seeks the drinking saloon. The
si'onghtless or reckless parent gives the
fatal push which sends the boy to destruc.
ton.
Long labor IN temperance reform has
convinced me that the most eftecfual place
+" promote it is at home. There y the
spot to enact "prohibitoty law" Let i
Dc written upon the walls Of every home
IN the land.
Wherever there * a bcy there scssv should
6ea 6otAe.-- Plafksbsygj(N. ~ Sssf'sss.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-06-21
Tht 1iMon Gribu,te.
Man-VariOusly Considered.
a PHARAPHASER'S VIEW.

PHARAPHASER' s VIEW.
Man that is married to woman is of many
days and full of trouble
In the morning he draws his salary, and in
the evening
Behold, it is gone!
Il is tale that is told:
It is vanished, and no man knows whittier
it goeth.
lie riseth up clothed in the chilly garments
Oh the night
And seeketh the somnolent paregoric
Wherewith to sooth his infant postcrity.
lie cometh as horse or OK
And draweth the chariot Of his offspring.
He spendeth his shekels in the purchase of
fine linen
70 cover rhe bosom Of his
Family;
Vet himself is seen at the gates Of the CITY
With one suspender. e
ca, ne is altogether wretched'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-21
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
From Richmond,

Special Dispatch to the Alexandria GAzErrE.l
RICHMOND, Aug. 2l.-A motion made in
the House of Delegates to-day by Mr. Por'
ter, of Portsmouth, to dismiss the bill now
pen,ling in that body providing for the re-
enactment of the present election law pro-
voked a great deal of discussion.
Mr.. Barton, Of Winchester, opposed the
motion. He was not opposed to the McCor'
mick law if it was not made to apply this
year.
Mr. Catlett Gibson thought the failure
to rc.euact that law was substantial en-
ilorsation of the Malone county judges
when the law in effect declared them unfit
to have the appointment of the election Of
tCers.
The question will probably be discussed
during the remainder of to days session.
In the Senate to day MIR. koiner, demo
crat. offered resolution to adjourn sine d lie
on tie Goth, which lies over.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-21
The Printers Strike

New YORK, August 2l.-Ths printers of
the Commercial AdreniMr who are o., q
strike express confidence in thei- success
Mr.. Bryant Goodwin, howov,.r SAWS that
there are as many New ron union men in the
"fiIce as are neeu"u. That the reduction 10
81 cen's pr 1000 ems will be insisted on
u 70 said that the majority Of the new men
are from Philadelphia. 1t is also stated
that the Mil and Express, which pays only
81 cents, sent over fifteen of their mon to
work on the Commercial 14drefiser.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-21
GOVERNOR CLEvELAND's LErTER.-The

GOVERNOR CLEvELAND's LETTER.-The
Cleveland letter is the letter of man
speaking 10 the conscience and the judg-
ment of the people. It's merit is that it is
the letter of practical man dealing With
matters of general concern in plain, prac-
tiraI way. II has none Of the elaborate
worthless of the Blaine letter. Governor
Cleveland does not wander over the uni
verse, IA Mr.. Blaine does, shaking fgura.
lively every man by the hand, promising,
directly or indirectly, to every man and 10
all groups Of men good time coming, pro-
Tossing to have been through all his politi-
cal life the one trustworthy friends at all
sorts and conditions Of people, and by daz-
cling corrllscations of metaphorical fire.
works seeking to conceal the bare poles
and sticks and skeleton framework on
which they have been built up. In the en-
deavor to- he all things TO all men, Mr..
Blaine talks smoothly and plausibly through
many mortal columns of print. dexterously
covering up, but not entirely concealing
with mass o. verbage, the rocks and
uuick- sands he encounters on his route
Gen. Buffers letter, holder, more egotis.
teal bristling with sharp points, and thor
oughy demagoglcal, is equally character
i.iic in It's way.-Raitim0re SIN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-21

INTERCHANGE or STATE BONpS.--Tht
House of Delegates yesterday passed The
Senate bill to provide for Tho interol'" noe
Of coupon bonds and register bonds is.
s"eo "'l'ef Inc ACT 'rproved February II,
loo, WIN re following. amendment:
Iu-- :, -,
he Second Auditor shall cause all
bonds exchanged and surrendered under
this act to be cancelled and the coupons on
all coupon bonds so exchanged and snrren-
dered 10 he purchased. 80 n to destroy The
negotabllify of the same. and he will lille
all bonds so exchanged and surrendered Sc
curelv in his office IT. shall he the duty of
the Second Auditor To cause full record 10
be kept of each exchange made under this
act and it shall be the duty of the Treas
urer once in each month TO compare the
bonds cancelled with the record, and TO GER
tify the result of his examination thereon
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. John w. Stout has been elected
Judge Of the County Court of Augusta
The Senate yesterday passed the bill for
redistrcting the Stntte for Presidential cleo.
tors,
There will he a reunion of the Eighteeth
Virginia Regiment ut Lynchburg in Octo-
her,
A trades display will be one of the fea-
lures Of the agricultural fair at Winchester
in October.
w. b. c. Sewers, a well known farmer,
residing near Berryville, Clarke county, fell
dead yesterday from heart disease He was
81 years ofage and an excellent citizen.
At the democratic convention for the Sew
enth district held at Lnray, Page county,
yesterday, Hon. Chas. r. O'Ferrai was
nominated for Congress by acclamaton.
The assessment bill was so amended in
the Senate yesterday as to provide for the
appointment of assessors hy the various
boards of supervisors in the counties and
city councils in cities, and was then re-
committed.
A resolution, introduced by Mr. Heaton,
of Loudoun, was agreed to in the Senate
yesterday looking to the expe,liency of de-
pooilihS hiOhSy III 4NC" YIN W meet tnP
semi-annual interest on the 3 per cent
bonds of the State held there or outside of
the State.
A meeting of some Of the creditors of the
Petersburg Planters and Mechanics Bank
was held last night to nemorialize The Leg.
islature to make proper changes in the ex-
isting bank laws of The State for the better
protection of depositors. committee was
appointed to take the memorial to Rich
mond to day and present it TO the Legisla.
ture. II. K. Smith foreman of the grand
jury which investigated the affairs of the
Planters and Mechanics Bank, was before
the legislative committee to-day in response
to a summons to answer certain questions
in reference to the investigation
At Roanoke, on Tuesday, while crowd
was assembled at the corner Of Railroad
avenue and Jefferson street, in front of "A
snack or lunch shanty kept by negro, a
shot was fired, and Frank Mccormick. of
Germantown, black smith, fell, shotthrouph
the temple, and died shortly afterwards.
Emanuel Johnson, colored, was passing
along Jefferson street, when an unknown
intoxicated man assaulted him, he alleges
without provocation. Johnson escaped and
called policeman, who went to arrest the
assailant, whereupon the latter drew a
pistol and fired at Johnson and struck Nc
Cormick, who was silent spectator. The
police have not found the man who fired
the shot.
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Terrible Accident.

SHAMoKIN, Pa, Aug. 2l.--There was n
terrible accident at the burning Buck Ridge
mine to day, seven men being smorhered by
gas. Fire broke out yesterday in the Buck
Ridge slope ut a depth of 800 feet from the
surface. The company at once bought the
Greenback Colliery adjoining, the work.
ings Of which are higher than those Of the
Buck Ridge coliery. The intention was to
bore hole SO feet in length from the
G,cenhack to the Buck Ridge coliery, turn
the creek into both collieries and by flood
ing them put out the fire. While the men
were engaged in this work to-day, the gas
suddenly poured in from the burning mine,
and before they could escape, seven men
fell victims to the deadly gas. 1t is impos-
sible to reach their bodies as both mines are
now full Of gas aud the fire is increasing.
Eleven mules were also sullocated or
burned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-21
From China.

LONDON, Aug. 2l.--A dispatch from Pc
kin OF this date to the Times says: The
French consul lowered his flag at one
o'clock to-day The interests of French
subjects have been entrusted to the Russian
Minister China absolutely refuses to adj
nit the French claims. Another Pekin
dispatch to the Times says: The Tsuug
Li-Yaman profess to be prepared for war a
rOutrance. They are secretly hoping, how
ever, to involve the neutral powers in q
quarrel respecting the treaty ports.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Especial despatch to the Alexandria GAzErTE.l
BALTIMoEE, Md August 2l.-At a
monthly meeting of Chesapeake and Ohio
canal directors at Barnnm's to-day Benja
min FawceLt, Of Montgomery county, re-
signed as secretary and treasurer, and
Stephen Gambrill, Of Howard county, here
toIore general superintendent was appointed
in his place.
Mr. George Smith, Of Howard county,
engineer of the canal, also resigned, and the
position was abolished. The designations
will take elect October IL.
Tine Office of General Superintendent was
also abolished, and the duties will now I've
performed by the President. No action was
taken looking 10 reduction Of tolls.