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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18
Annual Meeting Of stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the First National Bank OF Nankato. Mime
sofa, for the election of a hoard OF seven
directors, will be held at their Banking House
i'm said city on the l2th day of January 1883.
Polls open from 2 To 4 D. m.
GEO. H.. CLARK, Cashier.
Manxato, Mimi. Dec. IL, 1885.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18

House Of Representatives of Dakota,
there Is but one Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18

FERD. WARD has been gwen the posi-.
ton of book keeper at Sing Sing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18

NANDERBILT's tomb is under guard con.
stantlv.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18
COnsumutiOn Cured.

An old physician. retired from practice,
having had placed In his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and perma.
nent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis. Ca.
tarrh. Asthma and all throat and Lung Alice
tions, also a positive and radical cure tor Merry
GUS Debility and all Nervous Complaints after
I'm thousands of cases, has felt 1t his duty to
make II known to his suffering fellows. Actu-
ated by this motive and a desire to relief hui
man suffering, l will send free of charge, to all
who desire 1t, this recipe, In German, French
or English, with full direction for preparing
and using. Sent by mail ny undressing with
Il9 PSaovr's Block, Rochester, ". lark.
27eow,yI
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18

LORD SALIsBURY's friends urge him to
resign.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-12-18
THE OFFICE SEEK ERs

are here in full force, aS would naturally be
expected. They come from every section,
from the Atlantic To the Pacific. At first,
backed by the Hon. John Fresh, of Ruralvillc.
they expect IN get n foreign consulate; they
soon conclude that they will be satisfied with
an Indian Agency, from that To Il clerksh ip'
and finally in the agony of this great disap-
pointment their cry is: Anything, Oh Lord!
anything At last they are glad to get cash
enough to get home. where they moralize and
think OF the coy decciver ''ofi ce.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
CA STLE 81 COOKE
RECEIVED OFFER
Elk. MENDOZA" and Other Late Arrival
New and Assortment
Plantations, Country Stores and FamiEas
IN PART OF

IN
Olth highest oil the market Vulcan and Electric
Oils Oil barrels Cylinder OIL Albany Cu
Plain Wrought Nails Ga
Plain Basket Fence Wire, Plain and Perforated %
Cloth Centrifugal Wire Cloths Centrifugal Rubber
Pump Company Springs R. Ba
inch Steam Packing round, and Eat
Paris Steel Breaking O
Mse Furowing and Breaking Pows all Sizes Cutv
Hoes Gang Plows Hoes Goose Neck LAM
Hoes, Shove Spades Rakes Forks Bush She Feed
Knives and quality Lawn Mowers Road fa
Cart Axe Fairbanks Scales three Irindston all Sizes Axes %
Matocks, Shoes Machine Bolts all sizes
lengths superior Hardware, Builders Hardware full
Butts, Hinges Staples Taks Bds Planes Of all
Baeys Patents Machnsts' all kinds Hammers etc. PANS
and Glass.
Rubber Boiled Raw OIL Valentines
Turpenine Dryers variety small Oils ChndA
variety Stationery Inks Tin and Hollow wal"
DENNIS, a bottom
FINE RED SALMON in barrels
BENICIA MILLS Family Flour
andG GRADUATED SUGAR, in half barrels
GIANT POWDER. GELATINE POWDER very cue"
NewG Steamship Alameda
BOILER FEED, LIGHT VACUUM PUMPS N'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
Swearing Falling into Disrepute.
fNaM Y TX Rffa1.


1t is beyond question that swearing is
beginning in these days to fall into dis
repule not because of it's wickedness,
but because it is more and more regarded
as in bad taste5S Formerly, even in the
poltest circles men would rip out oaths,
and suelln expressions as "Gad" abound in
tie r5id novels and dramas. A gentleman
was expected 10 swear roundly, aud the
English race especially were noted for
their rough and violent profanity, so that
they came to be known on the continent
as the Goddams
Now swearing is frowned upon among
educated and cultivated Englishmen 1t
violates their first canon of good breed
ing which is selfcOntroi. and is tabooed,
not because it is wrong, but because it is
distasteful. Just as intOxication, or the
too free use of alcoholic stimulants, is
looked upon as vulgar aud offensive in
diligence. so the use of oaths Is objected
to as essentially ungentlenlanlike
From having been the 1oudest and
coarsest of swearers, English gentlemen
have become the most intOlerant of pro-
fame expressions, and even the mildest eX-
pletives are accounted by them as in bad
taste. Soldiers and sailors formerly
looked upon swearing as professional
necessity, and perhaps still do so; but
probably uIan like Wulseley shares the
feeling of other English gentlemen with
respect to profanity, ami we know that
Grant went through all the excitement of
the civil war without an oath, though on
both sides. the air was often blue with
CurSing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
sharp Tricks of Dog pealers.


THE tricks of the dog trade will com
pare tavOrably with those of horse dealers
in auction and sale stables, said gentle
man who INDUCES in The luxury of fancy
and expressive dogs to IA reporter. " 4 dog
of mine, whc Oh | valued highly. was
stolen he continued. land l of
fercd large reward for his recovery.
D.. or days my place of business
was besieged by dogs, and at least co per
cent of them tailed with the description
which ! had published OF mine. They
were coIOred, and clipped. and many of
them that arc trained to pose as lost or
stolen dogs greeted me with bark of
recognition. There is a brand in the
ear of my dog, however, and through the
advice of dog fancier | did not mention
it in the advertisement The other day |
was accosted by a supposed reputable dog
fancier who wanted to know if it would
be worth $50 to me to become the owner
of q certain spaniel. worth two or three
times that amount. lie explained to me
how all traces could be removed by which
the animal could be identified, and that
by keeping it in confinement for three
months it would grow out of all remem-
brance
"The dog exchange plays an important
part in the sale of fancy animals
Through it q dealer, who is q member of
the exchange, is loaned at any time any
kind of dog that he may wish. If the
dog is sold. one of another species. pro-
viding it is worth as much, is returned Ia
its place. Another feature of the business
is controlled by women who hire out as
chambermaids to persons who have Yalu-
able dogs. The dogs and the servant
soon disappear. and all that is heard of it
is an advertisement in one of the papers
If tempting reward is offered for its re
turn. middleman appears, and it is re.
turned. A woman was in my store to-
day. and wanted to sell me three dogs.
worth at least 80 apie e, for $50 each
did not want them, and she then offered
the lot for so. They were stolen. of
course, and the woman was trying to dis
pose of them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
Mexican widows aud Orphans.


If Mexican lady is widowed and has
no means. family council is held Her
mae relatives or those of her deceased
husba III charge themselves with the edu-
cation of her sons, and provision is made
far her and her daughters. Even if the
widow and young ladies should be ac
cOmplished, they are not expected to
work for their bread.
On the contrary, if a widowed mother
is wealthy, she can not be independent
Custom exacts that the care of her prop
erty and the education of her sons shall
be delegated to male relatives, and, unless
she is really an old woman with adult
children, she must either reside with her
kindred or keep some staid, matronly
person IN her household by way Of protec-
ton against criticism or scandal Mexican
gentlemen are so thoroughly imbued
with the idea of womanly helplessness
that they do not seem to regard the charge
of asberea cd family as an unnatural OF
ali unjust burden, but accept all the
duties Il involves as really sacred obliga
tionS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
rll-uring Infants Funeral Expenses.

I'Jncle Bits" New York letter.
Some sorts of business flourish without
getting any attention from outsiders. |
saw young man of my acquaintance
emerge from house in a crowded tene-
ment section of town. was surprised,
and asked what he was doing there
@Oh, my employment now brings me
here every day, /" he replied. AIN fact, l
spend most of my time In this district "
and what is your business7" / En-
quired
Insurance
"Life or flre2"
I got rather hard up a little while ago.
and went into the baby insurance
business I'm doing right well;
too, though. it's work to collect
the premiums from these poor
people We insure the funeral expenses
of infants ia case they die As soon as
ments / go in and offer to insure it for a
few cents week That is to say, we
agree to provide the funeral facilities if
the child dies within year. The style of
the thing depends on the amount of prem
ium money paid. Some insure for
plain coffin and one carriage; others for a
handsome casket and half dozen vehi-
cles. 1t is great comfort to these poor
parents to know that, no matter what
may happen to baby, it will have decent
burial
But the city authorities always bury
the Door free of charge, remarked.
"Why do these folks buy what they can
get for nothing?"
Bless you" responded my friend,
you don't know them They've got as
much pride in this matter as you have
They consider it an everlasting disgrace
to a family if any member of it is buried
in the potters field Their neighbors
would never let them hear the last of it.
That is especially true of the Irish, who
think more of fine funerals than anything
else in the world 1t may be queer bust
ness -this baby insurance-but it is built
on solid foundation, and the companies
are making money out of it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
The Needle and 4. rad Plant.

The Agave Americana holds the place
of Asiatic hemp and Egyptian papyrus
Ancient hieroglv phics were inscribed on
the leaves, macerIted in water and glued
together as the bark of paper mulberry
Much attention has been paid to the
manufacture of paper from its leaves
"The fabrication of this material is des.
tined to be great industry" says the
Catalogue of Mexican Products, owing
to the quality and cheapness of the mate
rial
The fbers of the leaves with the thorns
et the end are applied to manifold uses
The edges of the leaves are indented: at
each indenture is a spine. These spines
are frequentlysso strong as to serve the
Indians for nails A needle and thread
is also furnished the natives by the sim
pie process of pounding the leaf so as to
soften the pulp, then scraping the latter
away, allowing the fibers with thoTns at
tached to remain. These are dried by
hanging in the sun a few days, and the
Indian woman has her needle, which is
smooth and not liable to rust; her thread
to sew her coarse dress made from "petal
fax" "a textile fabric of this plant,
prepared in the crudest manner, We
stronger than cotton which has gone
through many processes of manufacture.
A rope is made from the fiber of the
magueY which is used in the mines and
for the cordage of ships on the western
coast The poorer classes of Mexico
thatch the roofs with the leaves, and these
being cOncave serve as cutters to conduct
the water away from the caves.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
HE HAD A DAISY.
An Undertaken Interviews Reporter I'm
Spite of the Latter's Protest.
Detroit Free Press.


Spite of the Latter's Protest.
Detroit Free Press.
"Come out through the back way and
see my daisyl" he chuckled, as he rubbed
his hands together.
what! gone into the funeral flowers
business on your own accountY 1et, aIter
all, why not? An undertaken might as
well furnish the flowers as the colin
Come on. There-how does that strike
you?"
~Tbat's hearse-a new one.
but it's The daisy was speaking Of
Isn't she spic-span and shlny?"
@Very nice.
II should smile. 1t lays over anything
of the sort in this town, and don't you
forget it, Get in and lie down and let me
bob the springs to show you how easy it
rides.
mo, thank you.
You go on! There's points about
hearse the public ought to know. Get up
on the drivers seat
Excuse me, but prefer family car
%Oh, pshaw! but you are too thin
skinned. Justnotice those springs. tell
you it will be a positive pleasure to ride
above EN-. The dish of those wheels is
absolutely perfect. and such finish"
Yes, very nice hearse
GU DSb. cay, 1t VIII U0 pFOuU uOuI
in my life when l hitch span of Write
horses to that vehicle and prance around
to the house of the late deceased Lands
but won't the other undertakes look
blue! Say, feel of these curtains-pure
silk.
all take your word for it -"
$50 on, now. Hang it, but when an
undertaken puts up his cash for regular
daisy like this. you newspaper fellows
ought to encourage him Just remember
that the old-fashioned way of carrying
body around in lumber wagon and then
gaze on this Just notice how these rear
doors open to admit the coffin. "
cry handy"
"Handy! Why. man, it's superb Have
you noticed the glass in the sides?"
Seems to be very good.
Good! Why, it's the finest in the
worId-the very finest! I wanted some
thing to show off the coffin, and here it is
l tell you, the late deceased ought to fee
proud to ride in such a vehicle You can
say in your paper that it knocks EN- al
out Say, how are you on styles?"
What styles
Collins and shrouds, of course Come
in a minute I've got a new thing in
understanding you are bound to ap-
preciate, and I'm after patent on a coffin
with an air-receiver in it, Say 10 me a
favor. Let me enclose you in my new
coffin and see how long the su: ply of air
will last you. I'll bet do"
But the reporter had gone.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
NEW Yorx snnI

aDo 1 love George, unused Clara softly.
cor is it simply sisters affection that :
Just then Bobby burst noisilY into the
room and interrupted her sweet medita
tons
Get out Of here you little bratl" she
shouted, and Selling him by the arm she
shot him through the door
All, no she sighed, as she resumed
her interrupted train of thought, ~my
10 for George is not sisters love It
is sweeter, purer, higher and holier
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
Not Handsome Men.

Now, handsome men have never been
been popular in Virginia, as was shrewdly
remarked by writer in The Richmond
Wing forty years ago, when explainin
the unpopuIarity of Scott at that time in
the Old Dominion The favorites of the
Virginians have generally been the reverse
of handsome Jefferson, Madison, Mar
shall, Monroe, Jack Taylor, and Stone
wall Jackson bore little resem blance to
the Apollo Relvidere. Washington him
self was far from being handsome man
in his youth. although old age mellowed
his stern lineaments with the grandeur
which Stuart has idealized for the dc
light of all coming generations. Robert
f. Lee, it is true, was a very handsome
man and the idol of his people, but he
was an exception to the rule which gov
erned Virginians for so many years
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
A Good WAY to Prevent Cholera.

If cholera does come, said one of our
pulpit men in his sermon, lit will attack
the i'll fed, the Incorporate, the disc
bedient, the people weakened by dissiroa.
ton or fear Other things being equal il
will leave the strong. the obedieDit and the
healthy The first injuntioya is: BE not
afraid A cheerful mae.fl Is. prote ted
against epidenlics tt55y the mere fact that
he does not permit himself to fear an at
tack OF the prevailing disease. need not
tell you 10 obey all the sanitary laws
Not only to make your houses and homes
clean, but also make them cheerful.
Cheerfulness is a health -giEer. The man
who strives for pleasure is not happy,
while exhausting pleasures are more de
leterious than wearying toll
Next to an obedience to the ordinances
of the board of health, would recon-
mend the closing of all business houses on
Saturday afternoons, the spending of
Saturdays in such way that there will
be no Sunday morning headaches and
the spending of Sundays so that there
will be no Monday lassitude. Inordinate
pleasure kills more people than cholera
or any other epidemic. Another health
giver is a good conscience. The con-
science. burdened with evil, anticipated
or accomplished, is a disorganizing ele
ment to happiness and health.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
4 fFeets tI.e Vocal Organa.

Mr.. Eennox Browne, an English physi
ologist. finds that drinking and smoking
affect the vocal organs, statistics fur
nished by no less than $50 professional
Ocalists having shown him that finger
should avoid all stimulants.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
STEAMER MOKOLn.
tMcGregor, Commander,

CMcGfeg0r, COmmander9'
Leaves Honolulu each Monday at 5 p. M. for
Kaunakakai Kamalo, PukOO, Lahaina, Moanul,
HaIaWa, Wailau, Pelekunu and KalauPapa Re-
turning, leaves PulOO Friday q. m. for Honolulu,
arriving Saturday morning.
a. The Company will not be responsible for
any freight or packages unless receipted Tor, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly Marked NOT
responsible for money or jewelry unless placed IN
charge Of the Purser.
All possible viii be taken of Live stock, Out
the Company VIII not assume any risk OF accident.
SAMIa q. WILDER, President.
8, B. ROSE, Secretary
oFFICE-Corner Fort and Queen streets.
6s-1y Mar 80
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,

(Weisbarth, Commander,
VIII leave regularly for Paauhau, KOholalele,
OOkala, Kukaiau, HonOhina, LaupahOehoe, Haka-
Ian and OnOmea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15

The highest point ever reached by man
was BY baIloon- 81. 800 feet.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
4 prunken n1an,s Dllemma.

Sober passenger (angriy w. Look where
you step, mani
TipsY passenger (apolog etically) --Y yes
do: the tr.rouble IS toThic-step where
lock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP co.,
I.in0iGeGD.
STEAMER KINAU,
CKing, Commander,

Leaves Honolulu as per following schedule,
touching at Lahaina, Maalaea, Maizena,, MANU-
kona Kawalhae Laupahoehoe. Hilo and Keauhou:
Commencing on MONDAY, October 18th, and
thence on the first Monday following the arrival
Of the 0Alameda" and "Mariposa," on the sth
and 22d of each month:
The steamer Kfnau will make the VOLCANO
TRIP, reaching Keauhou on Wednesday morn
ing giving tourists two days and two nights at
the VOLCANO HOUSE.
When the sth and 22d of the month fall ON
Monday, the Kinau win leave that day.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PAYS
ALI, CHARGES.
mornings on Volcano trips. On HtlO trips, will
leave Honolulu on tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
Kinau at MahukOn6.
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at HonOkaia and
Paauhau on down trips from Hilo for Passengers
signal is made from the slHSre.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15

Merchant Traveller: The scplptured
face on a gold coin may be bean tifdls but
neither tears nor smiles ever break its
EnonOtonY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15

Merchant Traveller: Fortune feeds soup
to most men with a fork.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
STEAMER LEHUA.
davies, Commander,

davies, Commander
Leaves Honolulu every Monday at p. n. toI
SKsunakakai, Kahului, every week; Huelo, Hama
and Kipahulu. Keanae, MOkulau and Nuu every
other week. Returning, will stop at the above
ports, arriving back Saturday mornings.
q For mails and passengers only.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
The "Noon BrarHc. >,

Fifty years ago scho0lmastars had no
clocks or watches, but told the time of the
day by mark on the floor or If cloudy,
guessed at noon
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
w. 6. Irwin & Co.,

Agents or the Hawaiian Islands,
a6tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-15
Employment Department

Keep Books and Accounts, collect Bills, loans
or invest Moneys. PenmanShip, EngrOSslng and
all kinds of Copying done.
ProcureS Fire and Life insurance.
Advertisements and Correspondence attended to.
Information of every description connected
with the Islands coming from abroad fIlly
answered.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-10-24
TINE rLAus TauTu.

The Church paper. Of Utah are pitch
ing into Phoebe and picturing Il bright il
the color Of crimes. The Dessert New
says: 1T Il tho place where, some year,
ago, thieving tax was placsd upon
wagons and teams loaded with e6mmodi-
ties, and rigidly inforced against al Nor
mon outfits; to such On extent was this
outrage carried on that il created animad-
version from other than friendly sources,
and At last fell into comparative disuse
through its own enormity." The Nsws
il perfectly correct in this statement.
The officers who did this wers no better
than highwaymen and deserved 70 b
Imprisoned. II the Mormons did. BY o.
der Of the Church. at the meadows few
miles south Of here. snassscrc . train 81
men, women and children for the purpose
cs obtaining wagons and stock, that doel
not lessen the crime Of the officials Of thil
county imposing and collecting an unlaw
full tax from Mormon hucksters.
It is also true that IN early days. whs'
Phoebe was flourishinc. that there Wa
bad and desperate LOT n men here. A.
that murder VA indeed very comusc
in our midst. and thst the murdsrsl
gessrally escaped Panishnsnt. Ysttti