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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
The Potomao Aauetl not.

The Potomac aqueduct, which car
ries the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
across the Potomac river ct George
town, was commenced In 1888, The
opinion Of the engineer 90 TO the mode
OF construction was overruled and an
attempt made by certain contractors 10
build circular Golfer dams in which to
sink the piers. Tho failure Of this plan,
having its effect on en- intelligent board
Of directors, placed the engineer, MAI.
William Turnbull, OF the corps Of topo-
graphical engineers, In the position he
afterward held with such advantage to
the work and honor 10 himself. twas
not till the year 1884 that II was In his
power seriously 70 commence opera
lions, and he was then 'beset by every
difficulty growing out Of the novelty Of
the work. the restricted means Of the
company, and the natural obstacles to
be encountered, This aqueduct springs
over the Potomac river at Georgetown,
and conveys the water Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal into the Alexan-
dria canal. 10 consists Of two abut-
ments and eight massive stone piers. at
the distance Of ono hundred feet apart,
supporting q wooden trunk, which SUI
perstructure, as was originally design
ed, also should have been Of stone.
The foundation Of the pier Is on the
rock at the bottom Of the river. TWEEN.
ty feet Of mud and twenty feet Of wa
ter were 10 some places 70 be penetrat-
ed TO reach this rock. The task of Dor.
ing the rock of this superintendent
mass and keeping II dry called out the
highest qualities Of the engineer. When
everything looked the fairest. and the
bottom was nearly reached, sudden
Eruption Of mud and water would take
place from some unseen cause. and the
work be thrown back 70 is original
condition. But skill and perseverance
triumphcd over all, and the work now
stands monument Of the proficiency
Of the present ago In tho art Of engi-
neering. As hydraulic work Il ranks
number one, and may be boldly pointed
to In comparison with anything at home
or abroad. Ben. Periey Poors in hs
Boston Budget.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
Facilitating Matrimony.

At recent wedding reception in
South Carolina a young lawyer begged
leave TO offer new scheme of matri-
mony, which he believed would be ben
eficial. He proposed that zone man in
the company should be selected as
President; that this President should
be sworn to keep entirely secret all
communications that should be forward
ed to him In his official department that
night, and that each unmarried gentle
man and lady should write his or her
name on piece of paper, and under it
the name OF the person he wished to
marry, then hand It to the President
for inspection, and II any gentleman
and lady had reciprocally chosen each
other the President was TO inform each
of the result, and the choice of those
not reciprocal was to be kept entirely
secret" After the appointment Of the
President communications were accord
ingly handed up to the chair, and it
was found that twelve young ladies and
gentlemen had made reciprocal choices,
but whom they had chosen remained u
secret to all but themselves and the
President. Eleven of the twelve match
es were afterwards solcmnized.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
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Labors Of the Monk.

For health sake and for variety s sake
as we'll dis for she dignity Of manual la
Dor itself, and TO keep the monk in
memory OF his vocation to penance and
to self-denial, the hand must work as
we'll as the head. In the monastery"
proper no servants are allowed; each
monk. from first TO last, must be his
own servant, even TO the making OF
his bed, sweeping Of his cell, and clean
ing of his shoes. Besides this. cloisters
must be swept, and staircases and DOR
mitories, and there are many things to
be done outside In the garden and 9th
or parts of the Enclosure, whether II be
wedding walks or digging or planting
trees and flowers.
All this IL attended 10 by the monks.
who generally have special portions Of
such work allotted to them, and GER
tain hours OF the day assigned to''man-
ual labor" So the day slips by. In
calm and happy activity-no, not a
''fugue." for there is no tagging OF one
part behind the other, or hurry or clash
or wild movement, but gentle har-
mony on very simple theme, with q
solemn accompaniment Of tolling bells
and professions and hymns Of praise,
varied with tho bright smile and the
cheerful laugh and The. merry joke Of q
recreation hour, or the weekly ramble
In true family style, father and sons,
all together, along the, clemson up the
hills, or in the sweet greenwood; and
beneath all, the deep, firm base Of
prayer and self denial, and the uncom-
promising war against the devil, and
the flesh. aud the world. This Is q
monastic life of the nineteenth century,
and 1t Is remarkably like what It was
In the thirteenth.
There are many differences. indeed,
but they are the differences Of the age
and not the mopastic life that exists In
Il, and II monk Of the thirteenth GEN.
fury could come upon the earth again
he would recognize his brethren. A
reasonless clinging to mere forms and
a wooden persistence In propping up
what Is dead and rotten Is something
so completely foreign to the Benedict
Inc rule that where such things exist
decay must be inevitable. ut is the
spirit that WHY'S, "and while so anx-
iously maintain that the spirit Of the
thirteenth century still lives inthe mon
asteries OF the nlneteenth, am equally
concerned to state and to prove, II may
DO, that the spirit has never como nigh
either the Carlton or the Athen@um.-
Nineteenth Century.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
Edwin Forrest.

Mr.. Forrest has been ever noted for
forcible acting, and we are indebted to
an admirer for this illustration of it.
Mr.. Forrest. being on tour, complain
cd in warm language to the supers that
they bad not the night before attacked
him with the spirit and courage sold
iers would have shown in classic times
he, Forrest, being Roman warrior.
Mr.. Forrest stormed and threatened;
the supers sulked and consulted. At
length the captain of the supers inquir-
ed, In his local slang: eyer wants this
to be bully fight, eh?" II do" re-
piled Mr.. Forrest. "All right" re-
Joined the captain, and the rehearsal
quietly proceeded. In the evening the
little theatre was crowded, and Mr..
Forrest was enthusiastically received.
When the fighting scent3 occurred, the
great tragedian took the center OF the
stage. and the six minions entered rap
idly and deployed in skirmishing order.
At the cue, "Seize him." one minion
assumed a pugilistic attitude, and
struck q blow straight from the shout
der upon the prominent nose OF the Ro-
man hero; another raised him about
six inches for the stage by well d.
rected kick, and the others made ready
to rush In for decisive tussle. For a
moment Mr.. Forrest stood astounded,
his broad chest heavirg with rage, his
great eyes flashing afe, his sturdy legs
planted like co'r.nns upon the stage.
Then came the few minutes of powerful
acting, at tks end of which one super
was seen striking head foremost in the
base drum III the orchestra, four were
having their wounds dressed in the
green-room, and one, finding himself in
the flies, rushed out upon the roof Of
the theatre, and shouted "Fire!' at the
top of his voice; while Mr.. Forrest,
called before the curtain, bowed his
thanks pantingly to the applauding au-
dience, who looked upon the whole af-
fair as part of the piece, and chad
never seen Forrest act so splendidly."
Columbus Bohemian.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
The old colonel instantly offered "a

The old colonel instantly offered to
introduce me.
"But remember" said my friend %
we parted, ''never tell her Of your fan
cy. 1t would spoil your chance with
her, and ] see 1t Is case of love at first
eight"
He was right, and was very fortunate
very happy. won this beautiful
woman's heart.
Her fortune did not want, but 1t was
large. / had sufficient means, and
could not be suspected Of mercenary
motives.
We were married after a long and
ardent wooing on my part.
She loved me, but a second marriage
seemed wrong To her, and II was not
until she realized that she had irretriev.
ably given me her heart that she would
give me her hand.
Neither Of US had ever visited Europe.
We decided to cross the ocean during
our honeymoon. Before we went she
showed me her beautiful home, and
all her possessions. Amongst them
was store of old china.
Suddenly she turned to the shelves Of
her cabinet and took down china
bowl-transparent, covered with flow
ers and butterflies Of quaint convention
al form. ..
Az she held 1t towards me. I saw
again the long, low-hung, whitewashed
Brazilian room-the crowd of men
playing cards at an improvised table
the figure OF tho woman advancing to.
wards me. It was her attitude that my
wife had assumed. uttered cry.
care You thirstyP" she asked.
LIT is true then!' cried. You ars
the woman who saved my life when
lay perishing of fever in Brazilp'
She began to tremble. Setting the
bowl aside, sha threw herself into my
arms. '.-
'Long ago." she panted--"ten years
ago-I thought held that bowl in my
hand and asked you that. II was
night. l do not know whether
dreamt. or whether was mad. In the
dead OF the night ! thought voice
called to me: Save the man whom
destiny has set apart for you" Then ]
arose and asked: .Howp'
There is on our plantation spring,
the water Of which is magical in It's
power 10 cure feVerS. j dreamt or
thought that some unseen thing led me
to this spring. ] carried this bowl
in my hand. 7 filed It, Then I stood
in strange room-long, low, white;
and you-you-you lay on pallet, hot
with fever. And / said: Are You
thirsty, and gave you to drink.
1.-The next morning ] could have
thought that It was all dream. but
that the bowl, still wet, stood at my
bedside. Now have told you this, do
you think me mad or superstitiousP I
have longed so often to tell you. but I
dared not"
But also had my tale to tell--the
one have told you.
We ask each other often: What
was itp What did It meanp How is It
to be explained" But no answer
comes TO us.
Whatever 1t may have been, it
brought us together, and I bless IL
from my soul, for we are happy as few
lovers arc. my darling wife and !. And
whatever 1t was, it came from Heaven.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02

One bushel Of ashes represents about
two and half tons Of dry body wood.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
thousands Nay SO.

Mr.. T. W. Atkins, Giard, Kan, writ.
es; II never hesitate to recommend
your Electric Bitters to my customers,
they give entire satisfaction and are
sellers" Electric Bitters are the pur
est and best medicine known and will
positively cure Kidney and Liver COM
plants. Purify the blood and regulate
the bowels. No family can afford to be
without them. They viii save hun
dreds Of dollars in doctors bills every
year. Sold at fifty cents bettle by
J. r. Jenes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02

The Medical Press states that the
Commission appointed by the Govern
ment OF India to examine into the chol-
era question has reported that DIR.
Koch's microbe Is not the cause Of the
disease. DIR. Klein, director of the
Commission, is well known as thor
Dug and exact Investigator in micro
scopy, and 80 convinced was no of the
harmlessness of the comme-bacillus
that he swallowed number of them.
They procucad no noticeable effect on
hin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
The Descent OF Winter.

With one strong foot upon the prone. dumb
Sowing the snowhakos out his great, rough
Loud:yoiced. in tempests poured beneath the
In whlrlins storm-gusts, doth he stand and
10. am come-King winterr
Frozen. becomes the bleak moor's shallow
The lank crane shivers in the frosty sedse;
Over the dank reeds. and the piover sings:
"Ah, he is come-king Wiuterf
The frowsy pipe.weeds on the gary marsh
stand frozen, battling 'gainst the cold winds
The homeless snn~asi.es. siuxIng. yet un.
Down-dropping in tho black.pools. sigh: I'VE
come,
The ensigns of King Winter"
Bent are the brakes beneath the whelmins
The s shSS' rabbit through the marsh,srass
wet-winged the robin pipes beyond the fen,
At mournful twilight answered by the wreni
'Night-night! have pity winterI"
still mute and PROSTATE the grim landscape
Still fan the flakes down from the pitiloss
In swS worms thro' the wide dusk, on every.
sown from the Northland by the Giant. King
Ruler Of Rivers, Winter.
Rudy the lamps within yon cottage glow,
And childhoods voice comes waited TO me
low,
In merry laughter and incessant mirth.
When the thawed roof-snow slips into the
earth
Under the steps of Winter
Shut fast thy door, my Soul, and bide withinl
Heart;warmth hast thou. and Love to house
Let the SHOWS fall; stu shall our nights DO
mirth,
Quiet, with laughter by the Preside hearth:
Pour down thy SHOWS, Winter!
Stll, when without hear the piteous call
OF His lost robins In the gray nightfall,
wish, while screams the wind with bitter
cold,
All things of His housed warm within His
His birds!-have mercy, Winter.
Where are His dewdrops nowr His tender
leaves?
His social crickets 'monG the MONDAY
: sheaves!
Hath Earth no answer HarkI IT'S the her
on gray
Calling, across the moors edge far away,
Gold are thy feet, o Winter!'
Charles ]. O'Malley, in The Current.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
. t,mroR,s sALE-BY yIMuE OF A

A UDITOR'S SALE-BY vIHTUE OF A
n warrant OF the Mayor OF the city OF
Wilmington. 70 me directed, will DO exposed
TO pubic sale, at 10 O'Clock, q, N, on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 9Th, 1885,
At tho Auditors once, No. 81 East sixth
street, in the city of Wilmington, New jas
tie County, state OF Delaware, all those
two certain los or pieces OF iand situate IN
the city Of wilmington, aforesaid, bounded
and described as follows. TO wit;
No l. Beginning at the intersection OF
the eesterly Side OF Heaid strest and the
portberly side CT v street, thence nortnerly
along said side Of Head street, one hundred
and eighty ono feet six inches to sake I;
thence essterly and parallel with street
lone hundred ieet to q stake; thence souther-
ly and parallel with Head street one hun
dred and eiahty-two feet elk in,hes 10
STAKE theace easteFly aud parallel with Is
street IN the mid le OF the uld Ferry road ;
thence In southerly direction al NIX the
IN iddle Of the Old r Try road 10 the inter
section OF said Oil Ferry road and the north
erly side Of street, theme westerly along
said side of B street two hundred amt thirty
nine feet Fix inches TO the place Of begin
ming.
No z. Beginning at a point on tho east
erly SHE OF HeBli street a. the distance o.
two hundred and twenty ono feet six inohe,
from tho northsrly eide of b 81 Get, thence
|easterly and parallel with Is street ono hun
dred feet 10 q stake; thence northerly and
parallel with Head street forty feet TO =
stake ; thence westerly and parallel with
street one hundred fest 70 the Aforesaid side
Of Heald street, and thence thereby south
erIy forty feet TO the place OF sginning
Seizcd and taken in execution as tho prop
erty OF Joaeph II. could AID Jeteph kich
ardson an to be sold by
j. FRANK BALL, City Auditor.
B.-The above named property 10 to b.
sold TO satisfy lien thereon for psvin,
sidewalks. s25 u
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
PhiI,d.lphh, Wilmington 1 s'I'ln''
AUIf, ARD. 1850

Trains leave wilmington ., ,Ol,on
For Pbiladelphit ana i dhs iSS
tlons, 8 70. 7 w, 10 30 a. M -'''
p p mi te,prcssl, ., slS
81 ais 800, 30, "a 10 90
- A I2ib / 81, 8 q. 81, GU, . 10
Nav Yorx 2cJ, IS, "a 90.
y AZ. 10 05, IL "a q. III ~ ~; ~ i,
bal s 30. 9 20 q 81, ~, 7 " lin Y, III
For West Chester. via Ls'-V
& Is a. M; "a 30 and 4 cop ~, sa,ld
Hoit,m 1rc ana intermediate '~
n. In. 0 90, Ii a . m IN n nj
u,Ittirore and bay Line, :" Z Il
baltimore and Wash'nkt'n ~ * M
IN Os 10 80 n. IA: %, " H. II iisa,d
Trains for i,elGwaJs lil', IS - As
New Castle, 8 10, S So g. ID '-'
a. Ieo r. ct and Lewe' . 20 ''D''
3 to y. IN. .,uo,ond way sis1
a m, end l. 81 p. On ., ,,ons egS
Harrington and way s,' i'p ~
lxprsss for I'over AMI be. Il. y dsJ
!, ,vss,. ave AID / 10 y. IA e,o , p {;
WEI. o 81, a. City sins m; ana . '
ff-nA''" SUNDAY i'h Ia ',s,,
philad eiphia and 'n " d. g55I
a 10 n m: IL " noon. b " ~ gOO,
Philadelphia and New , on"
1o li.sa nL:52. . - IT. n,',novin,
FOR west Chester, via LanlO
i 8 81 p. N, 10 washington, 70;
10 % .. m; 7Ot m nsit : as cagel
,o,r q, to Tie time tables ~
don. 4 Ting f) ara ll1''''
upsn which e1trA fare Is '' j. \
,,snsr.l Passel!sSif !,
OsAaLys Z. ruoH' doaol"
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
women working In Car shops.

For some days past reports were in
circulation that women were employed
in the car shops of the Harlan & Hol'
lingsworth Company, 81 sandpapering,
rubbing with pummice-stoDe and var
nishing the cars. There being rome
doubts a. TO the truth Of the report. a
representative of the REPUBLICAN call
cd at the company b works on Monday
morning, to make inquiries, and wa
politely informed that there were some
thirteen females employed as reported
1t is said that the work being light, they
can do almost as much as a man, and
the wages are not much more than one
third of that paid to men. 1t is further
stated that the Jackson & Sharp Com
pany and other car manufacturer
throughout the country contemplate
employing females TO do all the Ugh
| work they are capable of doing.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
Tho Dog Pound.
ICoMMuNICArRD.l


Why does not the City Council re
move this nuisance of dog pound
from our midst? The Board of Health
requested them TO remove it long since
1t ID no wonder that Mr.. Foster Is an
noyed when he comes there with load
of dogs. The people are anxious TO SEE
what no has, and every time he come,
here with load . crowd collects and
creates q. nuisance. Dogs are kept there
all day Sunday, bowling and disturbing
the neighborhood and last Sunday,
am told, there came near being fight,
~ he had some dogs belonging to some
country people, which followed them
into market and were captured. This
/, no place for dog pound let it be re
moved outside of the city. He has 8
horse and wagon, and 1t is rs easy fol
him to unload them outside Of the city
as it is to dump them out every day
amongst q parcel of women, men and
children, as he now does.
SIXTH WARD.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29

A UDITOR'S SALk-Bf WIKI UE Uf a
"A warrant of tho Mayor OF tho city Of
Wilmington to me directed, will be exposed
to public sale, at 10 O'Clock, a. m, on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER eth 1855,
At the AUDITORS Office, NO. sk East Sixth
street, in tho city II Wilmingt ton, New Uat-
Ito County Stats Of Delaware. all ,ths,
csrt..in lot or piece OF land ti,pato in the
city OF Wilmington afore0aid, bounded and
described Bs follows, To wit
beginning at the intersection ofthe north
erly side OF tourth street with the .asterly
de OF Searles street lat so feet wide thence
ny said iide OF Searles street nortnerlJ D.
feet to land sold - Elisha Sweeney, thence
by his line easter'y parallel with Fourth
street Il feet 10 stake thence routherIy
parallel with SeAries street 70 feet 10 the
aforesaid sids OF Fourth stroOt and
thence thereby westerly II feet TO the place
Of beginning.
sss'gh and taken IN execution as tho prop.
srty Of Harrison II. Blackwell and Charles
NJ. Green and TO be sJld hy
J. fRhNK BALL, City Auditor.
N. B.-Vhe above named prop.ry Is TO ht
'old 70 satisfy q lien thereon FIR paving
sidewalks. s25-.s
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
=
WANAMA k ER'S.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Sept %, 1855.
1t is time to begin to think
of books. The way to be.
gin is to get Book News.
The October number will be
out on Thursday, Oct. !;
and there'll be a scramble
for it-three cents a copy at
first; but, as soon as it be-
comes scarce, the price goes
up to a quarter. The Sep.
TENDER number now sells for
a quarter August for half-a.
dollar July for a dollar. The
better way, of course, is tc
pay IS cents for a year. 1
isn't that we can't prin
enough-we always prin
enough for subscribers. It,
a rather difficult riddle t,
! guess how many Of you ar
going to take your chanc
: of getting the numbers sing
ly at 3 cents, IS cents, s
n cents or ST., rather than pa
!. IS cents and have done wit
o it.
d 1t isn't a hardship if 20
:, do have to pay a little NOR
!, for numbers. Did you eve
. imagine it didn't cost us MOI
than as cents a year? B,
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29

Last Friday night Charles G. Bera
and bis family, residing at No. 33'
Clay mont street, South Wilmington
IN AIDE a narrow escape from sutfocatior
by coal gas from their Kitchen stove
On Saturday morning they were al
stupsfed, and when Mrs. Berg attempt
ed to get out of bed she fell senseless OF
the floor. Her husband, hearing hsl
fall, undertook to 60 to her rescue, wher
he TOO fell, and both he and his wifi
would no doubt have smothered had no
some Of the children, who were not ~
badly affected, had the presence o
mind to throw open the doors and lie
the deadly gas escape. The famiiy ar
still suffering from the effects Of 1t.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

In order to be q successful teacher OF
boys, it Is necessary TO be theft friend
IL is necessary not only 10 take an In
terest in seeing that their lessons ar,
properly recited, but to be sure ais
shat they understand what they ar
doing, and take an interest in ii max
them feel that 1t Ia their business no "
and that their future success in lif
depends on their doing their work wei
in the present. Boys ike friend, no
an Oyerseer.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29

THE friends OF Attorney-General
Garland asked a suspension Of judg-
ment when he was charged with using
the pc wers of his Office and OF Tar U hited
States to promote his private interests,
but although he tas had ample oppot-
tunity TO ans wer, he mas not been heard
from. President Cleveland should i'm
mediatuly attend to this matter-ipdeod
1t should have been taken for grantee
that an attorney thst made such an as
founding assertion as he did about Johr
Rolch's contracts, Is no. fl. 70 Ds AT
torney- G eneral OF the { 1ited States.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29

COMPULSORY vaccination, in Canada,
has at last resulted in o serious riot. II
Is reported from Montreal that most OF
the victims Of Sun all-pox there are chill
dren under ten years Of age. II this b,
so, exact information should be gather.
ed, and IL this stated fact Is borne on
and verified, it will be very strong
argument in favor Of compulsory vacci
nation every where.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29

AND now we have another little
touch Of Jersey justice in . decision Of
Chancellor Bird that lawyer who in
duces client TO give him an $4,000
mortgage for 1915 and thea sells 1t him
self for $4,000 must turn the profit ovei
to the client instead Of pocketing 1t him
self. Jersey lawyers at least are
compelled to be rs honest as other PEG
ple.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29

AS was expected a, the time, the re-
port that the Baltimore and Ohio BAIL
road Company had made a compromise
with the Pennsylvania Company to stop
at Philadelphia with their new branch
road, providing the Pennsylvania
would transport the B. & O's freight
and passengers from Philadelphia &c
NewYork as if 1t was their own freight,
Is all canari of the biggest kind.
The b. & o. does not want to stop al
Philadelphia, bat wants to go on t.
Now York and expect to get there, nc
matter what obst .cles are thrown IL
their way.
Daily Republican., 1885-09-29
The Fire WORKS,

For the benefit OF all those desirin G
to witness the FIRE works at the Dover
Fair, Wednesday evening at d 80 p. IN. i,
the managers announce that trains
will run, after the display, south as far
al Harrington, and north to Clayton.
The attendance yesterday was reported
as being very good, and every depar
mont of the exhibits full to over
flowing.