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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

THE work of Congress during the
week has been rather devoid of impor-
lance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

Coughs, Colds. Weak Lungs, etc. to try
Begg's Cherry Syrup. 1t Is bound I" give
satisfaction. as we warrant every bottle and
give a sample bottle free to MI who call for IL.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

COLUMBUS, Ohio, was visited by Il
severe wind storm last Tuesday, which
caused damage Of about $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

PHILADELHHIA Republicans were vic
torous in the city elections last Tues
day,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

Our winter term of school closed last
week, Thursday
The Advent church was dedicated last
Sunday, Feb. IL. ALLEGRO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

A NEW scheme has been presented in
Congress providing for special lO-c"nt
postage stamp, which, when attach ID
to letter will insure its immediate de-
livery within the carrier limit of ANY
free delivery city, or within one nile
of the post Office of any other city, ton
or village containing population Of
1000 or more. This special deliv, ry
is to he made between seven O'Clock a
IN. and midnight. 1t is claimed t! al
the system would soon become self
sustaining.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

y LARGE party "f Mrmonites have
decided To- rrm"N" from Dakota Ia
Kansas, whrr" there is quite Il settle
mrnt uf tl.cir lrupir.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

THE scvcr..si blizzard of the seas. III
prevailed throughout portions Of Ma
ncsota and Dakota during the early
part Of the week. Near It. Vincent
two Young men were badly frozen
while going short distance. Much
suffering is reported from different
parts of Dakota. For few days rail
roading was almost entirely suspended
ON account OF heavy SNOW blockadcs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will Dc received by the
Board of County Commissioners Of Blue
Earth county. Minnesota, at the Office OF the
Auditor of said county up to noon on the 4th
day of March, 1884 for grading tho approach
ThOmpson's Ford on the road from Garden
City to Good Thunder, according 70 profile
and specifications on file I'm Office OF the Au-
ditor OF said Blue Earth county.
Bids will name a gross sum for doing all
the work specified and each bid will be ac-
cOmpanied by bond with two good sureties
for Il sum equal to 20 per cent OF amount OF
bid.
The Board reserve the right to reject any
or all bids. JAMES ID. SWAN.
Chairman Board co. Commissioners.
MankatO. Feb 9TH. 1884. 33w'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22

Cut No. 4, which are crowned with
gold crowns of coin gold. This case
was put in three years ago in the
mouth # Il prominent citizen of Chi
cago by DR., Low, and to-day remains
firm us the day it was put in. giving
perfect satisfaction.
All roots that heretofore have been
consigned to the forceps by these
methods can be repaired aud made to
last for years giving the greatest sat
isfactiOn.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24
rn,crrieu rim consul .yenet.

The reporter who interviewed Mr.. Hermann
Meuel, German Consul at Tahiti, recently here
intransit, obtained the following notes. There
are in the whole group Of islands about 5000
and on Tahiti about 5000, and among these
about 500 Chinese, who in his opinion are a
benefit 10 the country, as they serve as middle
men, gathering up produce in the country and
selling to the merchants, doing mental work
and carrying on small businesses that are use.
fu. Theopium monopoly there is in the hands
Of a Chinaman who pays Si7, 900 license. lie
thinks the best way for this government to
manage the opium question Is % grant license,
but put il At $4,000 per year, which he
thinks would be paid, Mr.. Menel is also presi-
den, Of one Of the largest business houses in Ia
hiti and he states that they with other bust
tess houses are trying to secure steamship
line between Tahiti and Honolulu and have II
connect to the o. 5. S. Company, and there
by bring Tahiti into communication with these
islands and secure more rapid transit to the
coast, and instead OF making the voyage Of
4,ooo miles in 10 days, as it IS now, they could
make ii in "a days. The French government,
to which Tahiti belongs, has offered subsidy
Of $4,000 per annam for this proposed line
Mr.. Meuel brought by the schooner Gasiay o.
900 oranges and aI,ooo cocoanuis and has
purchased cargo Of sugar and molasses to
sead back.
Mr.. Meue would like to send by the Gustav
a load Of Portuguese laborers il he could secure
them, as there are not enough Chinese in Tahi
ii TO do their work and no more are allowed
TO be brought there. Mr.. Meuel. wife and
three children wen, by the Manposa on Thurs
day to San Francisco, aud from there they
will proceed TO Europe TO be gone six months.
His intention is TO purchase full line Of
machinery in Glasgow ior a large sugar mill
in Tahiti
An old residen, Of Tahiti, now in Honolulu.
tells different story. For fifteen years he
lived in Tahiti and had ample opportunity to
study the effect Of Chinese competition in the
trade Of rapeete. He says the steady under
selling Of Chinese traders has driven white
merchants to the wall; that ii has been going
on Tor the last twelve yeaIf, or since the break
ing up Of the cotton plantations Of 1879, which
cut off large share OF the export production
of the counlry and at the same time released
from labor contracts several hundred Chinese,
who immediately went into local trade. liz
says that in the last twelve years the profits Of
white merchants have declined to practically
nothing. lie sees the same inevitable result
here unless Chinese immigration to these islands
be % controlled that Chinese shall be prohib-
tied from engaging in trade.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24

Donnell Lawson & Co, very conservative
house, which was the New York agent for
nearly all the banks in Wyoming, Montana
and idaho, were next 10 go. a swarm u small
concerns followed Is Usually happens, the
stock exchange became paralyzed. II; was
impossible to sell anything. Men failed yes
terday who are perfectly solvent, simply
becauge the prevailing alarm was such thai
they could not realize on their assets. II will
be observed that whereas in 1857. in 1869 and
1873, the panic was precipiaied BY scarcity
Of money and abnorminaily high rates Of inter
est, nothing Of the kind marked the panic yes
terkay. Money IS and Of late always has been
very easy and very cheap in Wall street The
difficulty IS moi to get money-ii is 10 get
securities on which people will lend g
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24

iI'h'' i''NAto 4" 't'"SNN' '"V isieNH9 B"'
eminent in Peru.
The revolution rumor in Mexico have been
Automatically denied.
There is general movement among English
landlords to reduce rents.
Russia ha, just negotiated L7s,ooo,ooo
loan, for railway building
Rich placer liggings have been struck in
Montana, on the Yellowstone
Al anti.boss club ha. been started by
some san Francisco Democrats. =
\ siamesc embassy is in Washington,
studying machinery and agriculture.
phe Italian International Exposition was
opened in Turin, on the 26,o ultimo.
santo Domingo has passed law guarantee
ing free trade with the United States.
Professor Virchow urges the compulsory
examination Of both German and American
pork,
The Oriental Bank, Of London, has failed.
There is very little American exchange in
yolvcd.
\ ill legalizing marriage with deceased
wife, sister passed the English House Of Com
mons on the 9th instant
\ sum OF $25o,coo has been appropriated for
the improvement Of navigation in the Sacra-
nlcnto and Feather rivers.
The Mexican Government has modified
the recently passed obnoxious stamp act so
as TO give general satisfaction.
An outbreak OF slaves in vargan, Brazil is
reported Don Pedro's gradual emancipa-
ZION" is not all smooth sailing
The decrease of,he public debt Of the United
States during April was S5,23a,o75; decrease
since June 80, 1858, SS7,o64,474.
The extra session OF the California legisla-
ture has closed. Nothing of importance ac-
compshed. 1t was bad legislature.
Elder Gibson will be pleased to learn that
"a Mormon missionary has been condemned
to one months imprisonment in Vienna.
Two southerners threaten to fight duel
about some flowers that were given to one of
them, long time ago, by Mrs, JEFF Davis
The failure Of Grant and Ward Grant
meaning General Grants sons) does no, effect
the generals income from the Grant Fund. -
Gladstone's African tEgyptianl policy was
upheld by vote Of the British Honsc 81 Com
mons after an exciting debate on the I2th in
slant
Many house painters Of Sau Francisco struck
or $3.50 a day on the 18th instant. Tn,
strike was settled by allowance Of the wage
asked for
The powder magazine al San Antonio Point
in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, exploded OF
goth ultimo, killing a9 and wounding nearl,
100 persons.
The Essex has reached Yokohama, havin,
on board Captain Morris and the crew Of tn,
American ship Rainier, lost at the Marsha
Islands recently
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24

has taken San Francisco by storm was married
early this month to Manager Philips Of the
Pop" combination.
Spain has proposed to sell Cuba 20 Mex
ieo> The latter country wants to pay in
bonds Spain wants the United States to
guarantee those bonds
The forest fires have begun early this year;
IN New York and Pennsylvania, nearly half
million dollars worth Of standing timber was
destroyed early this month
a very fshy story comes from Piisburg,
Pennsylvania, to the effect that Pitlsburger
has invented process for making solicited
whiskey-to be used like plug tobacco.
ter, has gone 10 Alaska, 10 explore large
river discovered las, year by Lieutenant Story.
A land exploration is about to be undertaken.
Another tariff bill wac introduced in Con.
gress on the nth instant by llewitt Of New
York. II passed as drawn it viii reduce reve-
cnue from custom duties about 500, 100000 a
year
Russia, Germany and Austria are discussing
common measures looking 10 the supervision OF
the production and sale Of dangerous ex-
Plosves. England and France are not invited
to participate.
The viciuage Of Dayton, Washington Tern
tory, was visited by cyclone late last month,
N.hirb and
ofProperiy, but passei by the town Of Dayton,
doing no damage.
The corner stone Of the new Odd Fellows
Hall in San Francisco. to be erected on the
southwest corner Of Seventh and Market
streets, was laid on the 18th instan, with
imposing ceremonies.
1t IS is reported tha, King Humbert has
commissioned lsmael Pasha, exKhedive Of
Egypt, ioeonlerwth England, Austria and Ger
many, with a wish to place Italy on an equal.
ity with the French in the Egyptian discus
sion.
An Arab journal afirms that III Mahdi de
mands $500, 900 ransom for General Gordon,
the sum to be paid within three months. As
General Gordon was safe in Kahrtoum at las,
advices the Mahd seems rather ahead Of his
certainties
Friendly relations between France and Mo
rocco are rup,ured, on eccouni Of the refusal
Of The authorities OF Morocco to dismiss the
Governor Of Wazan at the demand of the
French representative. The French legation
hauled down the flag
Baron Won Eisendecker, who has represented
the German Government at Washington for
many years. has received dispatch informing
him Of his transfer to Baden, and the appoint.
menl Of Van Alvenstelen, now Minister at the
Hague, to succeed him.
A dispatch from Beme Switzerland, dated
May nth, says; 1.-The general elections re-
suited in full conservative victory. All the
government measures, including the one pro-
yiJjng for an increase OF salary OF the minister
to the United States, were rejected"
The Pail Mall Gazette, in an article undel
the headline, disgrace and Something More,
says; ''the Government, after having compelled
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
A Congressman's Story.

had arranged with my friends that
they should be on hand to help me out,
and felt SO sure about the whole bust
ness that I went out and telegraphed
the parties in interest that the bill
would certainly 90 through that day.
About 2 o'clock concluded would 60
down midget some lunch. l suppose
had been sitting in the restaurant for
about half hour when heard an
awful scurrying Of feet, and going to
the door saw great throng of men,
bers pouring down the stairway. with
their hats, overcoats and papers, evil
IDENTIFY clearing out for tho day. With
my heart in my boots | dashed out and
collared my colleague.
Good God, Mackr' said !, "why in
the world has the house adjourned?"
adjourned" said my associate;
'there's been no adjournment John
d. White, of Kentucky, is back on his
postern jints and going to make a
speech. We've got to protect our
selves, SO we just mizzled."
1t was regular stampede, l tell
you, and my bill was frozen out along
with the Kentuckian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

A good clerk is prize too rarely
found, and when found often unappre-
ciated. When man has found clerk
in whom he can place confidence, he
may regard himself as extremely for
tunate. One good clerk will do more.
and do it better, than two poor ones.
He does not require constant looking
after. When he does anything there
is no necessity for his employer to do
it over again. He will always take
pains to treat customers well and serve
them with exactly what they want.
He never acts as if he owns the whole
establishment, and very large por-
ton of the world outside of it. He is
polite, unassuming and anxious to for
ward his employers business interests.
He is sufficiently level-headed to recog-
nize the fact that the more his employ
ers business increases the better is his
own chance for advancement. With
this end in view he naturally takes a
close personal interest in the business.
When man is fortunate enough to get
such an employe, he would do well to
endeavor to retain him. If he wants
holiday once in while, let him have
it. He will appreciate it and make it
up to you. Should he ask a favor of
you, grant it, as by SO doing it will
make him regard you as his best friend
and the bond between you will be one
of friendship as well as business inter
est. Many employees overlook the fact
that good clerk is person OF some
influence. He can always bring trade
with him, and need never be at loss
for employment If no leaves one en-
ployer he can readily obtain q posi-
ton with another, probably in the same
neighborhood, and draw trade to his
latest employer. When you get a good
clerk keep him. You can feel a sense
of security when you 60 to market or
for an evenings recreation, If you leave
such person in charge. Your busi-
ness will be well attended to, and even
If you pay him liberal salary, you
will find it benefit in the long run.
-Geyer' SStdtioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

Once in q while some writer for the
agricultural papers arouses to the
greatness and multiplicity of the vir-
tues of the mule and writes a para
graph on the subject. Then the mat
ter drops and the excellences of the
long-eared musician are forgotten or
arc remembered family by those who
believe that the great worth of the hy-
brid is tempered by yet greater cuss-
edness pure and undeiiled. Perhaps
this is the reason that so few farmers
in the north have seen their profit In
raising these long-eared embodiments
of energy and melody. The popular
notion seems TO be that mules are of
all created beings Except, perhaps, the
mules father) the most contrary, and
have tho nimblest and most uGtrust-
worthy of heels. But there are those
who, knowing the mule well from long
acquaintance, declare that no better
beast of burden lives; that if properly
treated and well trained in the earlier
decades Of their existence they are
good-tempered, quiet, and reasonably
obedient; that to raise mule requires
less outlay of care and cash than will
be required in raising colt of like
age; that when raised the mule will
bring better price than can DO got
for the average colt of the same size
and age; and that tho mule is tougher,
will live far longer, do moro work, and
some time or other will die hMder
than will tho best horse ever Known
Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
Written for the Spirit Of the Age
And this iS a Man.

Man, that is born of woman, is
small potatoes and few in hill. He
riseth up to-day and flourishes like a
ragweed, and tomorrow or the day
after, the undertaken has him in the
ice.box.
He goeth forth in the morning war
bling like lark and is knocked out in
one round and two seconds. In the
midst of life he is in debt and the tax
collector pursueth him wherever he
goeth
The bannister of life is full of splin-
ters and he slideth down it with great
rapidity. He walketh forth IN the
bright sunlight to absorb ozone and
meeteth the bank cashier with u sight
draft of 1857.
lie cometh home at eventide and
mceteth the wheelbarrow in the path (;
and the wheelbarrow risoth up and
smiteth him to the earth and falleth
upon him and runneth one of its legs
into his ear. In the gentle SPRING
time he putteth on his summer suit and
a blizzard striketh him far from home
and filleth him with woe and rheuma-
tism.
He laycth up riches in the bank and
the president speculateth in margin and
goeth to Canada for his health. In
the fall he putteth on his winter pants
and wasp who abideth in them, fills
him with intense excitement.
He starteth down cellar with an
oleander, and goeth first, hastily, and
the oleander cometh after him and
stitch upon him. He sitteth all night
to hear the returns from Ohio and in
the end lcarneth the other fellows have
carried it. He buycth u watch dog;
and when he cometh home from the
lodge, the watch dog trecth him and
sitteth beneath him until the rosy
morn.
He goeth to the horse trot and
betteth his money on the brown mare,
and the bay gclding with n blaze face
winneth. He marricth a red headed
heiress with wart on her nose, and
the next day her parental ancestor
goeth under with few assets and great
liabilities, and cometh home to live
with his beloved son-in-law.
''Such is man.
SAMDIKE.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

1t is very probable that the vegeta.
rian movement must sooner or later col
lapse, although at present it is pro-
NOTED by very jealous advocates, who
ignore the fact that the division of ami
mails into herbivorous and carnivorous
no longer holds good. A recent writer
thus pretty accurately states the case:
"With the exception of the ruminant
group, whose highly specialized diges-
tive organs are adapted to deal with
huge quantities of sparing nutritious
matter, the majority of mammals are
omnivorous, capable of adapting them
selves either to an animal or vegeta-
Bile diet, or to mixture Of both"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

CHoLERA.--The attack of cholera is
more severe in Italy than France,
deaths occurring sometimes within ten
minutes from first symptoms and fatal
cases rarely lasting more than five or
six hours. The people seem to be
crazed and rush into gambling and
debauchery with a consequent violent
increase of the disease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
Electrical New York.

New York is now lighted by cleo
tricity, deals on the market by cleo
tricity, receives its quotations by cleo
tricity, has its photographs taken by
electricity, talks by electricity, is treat
ed for disease by electricity, is elevated
by electricity, and shortly expects to
be carried by the same subtle and pow
erful agency. The latest application
of the fluid was in Spruce street, where
an elevator is now daily run in six
story structure, with electricity as the
motive power The fluid is carried
over house-tops for distance of
two blocks, and when applied in full
force lifts over 1000 pounds of freight
with ease. Other elevators of the same
character are being put in, and gener-
ating centers for the same purpose are
talked of in several parts of the city.
The expense is less than steam. The
electric locomotive will soon supplant
the steam engine on railroads. Great
is electricity! And what laundering
people we shall be when we have every
thing run by lightning!-1he artisan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
ALI. SORTS.
,ANIDIliE.

The Duke of Argyll says the world
is ten million years old.
Nearly 500 Mormon immigrants ar
rived in New York in a single day,
recently.
The marked feature at a Michigan
christening party was fight terminate
ing in murder.
The total number of deaths from
cholera in Naples to date is 5000.
Robert Hoe, the celebrated printing
press manufacturer, died at his resi-
dence at Tarrytown, N. Y, Saturday.
He was nearly 20 years old.
King Humbert has given 100000 to
the sufferers from cholera in Naples.
The failure of the fishing season on
the northeast coast of Newfoundland,
caused by the ice, renders famine
imminent.
1t is reported that large number
of deaths have occurred from starva-
ton among the Indians on the Cana
dian reservations.
D. j. Rocks, II prominent contrac-
tor of Cleveland, eloped with Mrs.
| Quinn, the beautiful wife OF his neigh
Dor and friend. Bad Rocks, that.
Rufus Porter, the founder of the
we'll known periodical, Scientific Ameri-
can, died recently at the age of ninety
three. He was q native of West Box
ford, Mass.
The Indian farmers on Pyramid
lake, Nevada, thrash their wheat by
hand and winnow it in baskets, just as
the Egyptians did 5000 years ago.
In Mount Morris, Mich, family,
believing its members to be Dewltched
by an old woman in the neighborhood,
picked the ears of all its pigs and cows
to drive out the devils.
The latest evasion of the Prohibitory
law of Iowa is to license breweries to
manufacture for medical purposes. In
one county brewery has hung a sign,
Mandatory of Alcoholic Medicines.
Mrs. Van Colt, the revivalist, has
been engaged in her special work for
nineteen years. She is now in her
fifty-fourth year, and says she is the
spiritual mother of 100000 souls.
A circus while at Napa, CAL, re-
Gently gave free admission to the in
sane asylum patients. One hundred
and twenty-five attended and were
greatly pleased with the performance.
The Bible society has determined to
stop putting bibles in railroad cars
One of its officers said: "Of thou
sand distributed, we believe but 10
were read, while 800 were so mutla-
ted as to be worthless, and 400 stolen.
An unpleasant religious sect has
come to light in the Crimea who believe
it their duty to take the first chance to
kill those who differ from them. They
may be only Christians whom the
world has left few hundred years
behind.
A Chicago negro stabbed wooden
tobacco sign, believing it to be alive,
and, on being arraigned in court next
morning, swore that the figure had
called him insulting names.
The frenzied prediction of woman
on Missouri railroad train that an
awful accident was impending might
not have scared anybody had she not
Immediately afterward fallen from her
seat dead, Most of the passengers
quit the cars at the next station, but
nothing happened to those who con-
tinued their journey.
gS Vote for CLEVELAND.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
WINDSOR COUNTY
Agricultural Society.

The thirty-ninth annual Fair Of the Wind.
sor ounty Agricultural Society, Will be held
IN Woodstock,
Sept. 23d, oath and 25th, 1884.
Entries may be made by mail at any time or
at Norman PauPs office on Saturday or Mon
day preceding the Fair and at the Secretary's
office at the south entrance to the Fair
Grounds, from o'clock a. m. till Up. m. OH
the first day Of the Fair.
ORA PAUL, Secretary.
Woodstock, VT, Sept. s, 81.