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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-05-22

Perry Humphrey, goods to DOOR
j Jones, goods 10 POOR
On motion the board adjourned until
Monday July 9th, 1885.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-05-22

The Massachusetts Legislature has
decreed that liquor sellers must sus-
pend sales between the hours of IL D.
In. and 6 q. III.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-05-22

NtsptCt1uIIy Submlttcu,
JAS. b. SWAN, Chm'n Board Co Com.
w. b. ToRREY, Clerk District Court.
4. SCATTERRooD, County Auditor.
Nankato, April 18th, 1885.
On motion ordered that the undivided
J Of lot ., block 10, in Garden City town
site, be redeemed from tax sale or fthe
year 1850, being double assessment.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
TowsoNTowN Md, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1888.
have always got along we'll together.

have always got along well together. I
have never made any complaint about
the rooms, or the price of the rent.
Why should want to get rid of you,
who have been SO kind and consider
ate?''
"Well, that's cheek" calculated
Walkover.
"It is true," continued Sam, "that
the house is very much in need Of re-
pairs. 1t ought to have a new fence in
front, and it needs painting, and there
is no water in the kitchen, but still 1
don't care to move"
"Well, that is gall. Look here, Mr..
Sam Handwich, l will cheerfully lose
the rent you owe me just to get rid of
you. I am willing to make almost any
sacrifice to get rid of you."
"That's very fattering to me. What
you say encourages me to ask you for
the loan of twenty dollars
care you crazy?"
''No, but on reflection I've come to
the conclusion to move to more fashion,
*o'e quarters, and I need twenty dollars
to pay the expenses of moving. 1t costs
money to move. You have to pay for
furniture wagons, and men to pack up
the furniture, and I always tip the men
literally who move my things"
"You say | will have to pay to move
your" asked the dulnbfounded land
lord.
"Why, of course. You don't expect
me to do it, do you, particularly as 1
have not got cent?"
The landlord sat down, and looked
steadfastly at Sam for several minutes.
He knew by sad experience how expen-
sive and tedious it was getting a tenant
out of a house according to law. At
last he said:-
"Here are twenty dollars, now you
get out of here as fast as you can."
Within two hours Sam Handwich had
moved.
Mr.. Walkover owns a number of
houses in Galveston and few days af-
terwards he noticed that the sign of
"To Let" on house neal the beach
was gone. He went to his agent whose
office was close at hand.
"Have you rented that cottage on
Bath Avenue?' he asked.
eyes" said the agent, "I've got a
nice, quiet tenant, literary gentleman;
he moved in two days ago. l believe he
is connected with the press"
"What is the name of the scribbler?"
asked Mr.. Walkover, who was begin
ming to entertain horrible suspicion.
"He has strange sort of name,
Sam Handwich l believe it isl
1t took that wretched landlord sever
al months time. and thirty-fve dollars
in actual cash to persuade Sam to move
again.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
Wanted Her Thirds.

A lawyer tells a laughable story of an
old lady who wanted her "lawful thirds"
in advance.
The old lady and her husband, a
pleasant-looking but verdant old cou-
pie, came into my office accompanied
by man evidently farmer.
N's'Ee want to git some writin'e draw
ed up" said the old gentleman.
every well," 1 said, glad of even a
small fee, for I was just beginning my
legal career.
"I'm goin' to SELL
"We're goin' to SELL" interrupted
the old lady, gently but firmly.
"Well, 7Oe're goin' to sell an acre of
my medderland," said the old gentle
man.
"Our medderland," said the old
lady.
"Mandy!" said the old gentleman,
in mild reproof.
"Don't keer!" said Mandy. "I have
my sheer in it same as you, Nahum, an
I don't sign no writin's till I've had my
thirds in cash in my own hands; mind
that"
"Oh, you'll git your thirds all right, !"
said the old gentleman, reassuringly.
'I know 1 WILL" replied Mandy,
confident nod of her head.
"The necessary papers having been
made ready for signatures, the old gen.
tleman wrote his name, and then said:
"Sign right there, Mandy; right
there under my name"
81 amt a-goin' to, Nahum"
"Why2"
81 hain't had them thirds yit."
"Well, you can't get 'em, Mandy,
till you have signed SO the prop'ty leg'ly
b'longs to neighbor Hickson.
"Then l shan't sign" Again Nahum
reprovingly said -
"Mandy!" !"
"I shan't!"
"Now, Mandy, have sense"
"I will, Nahum; we're goin' to git
hundred dollars fer that piece O. med
der, an want thirty-three dollars an
thirty three cents of it. I'm titled to
another third of a cent, but I'll let that
CO."
"But, Mandy, don't you see that"
"No, Nahum, don't see nothing of
the kind. I long go made up my mind
never to put my name to airy writin'
till l had the money fer it."
Here Mr.. Hickson came to the res
cue, and counting out thirty-three dol
lars and thirty-three cents, he handed
it to the old lady, and said laughingly:
"There is your money. Now put
your name here"
Mandy counted it, tied it up careful.
ly in blue gingham handkerchief, hid
it away in mysterious and unsuspected
pocket in her balmoral skirt, and then
signed the "writins.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07

If you are not very clever, you should
be conciliatory.
Youth is blunder, manhood strug-
gle, old age regret.
Strong language utterly fails to boil
ster weak argument.
A profound thinker always suspects
that he is superficial.
We know that we must meet to part,
but we know that we part to meet again.
Most of our opinions are more sup
portable than the comments of our
friends upon them.
We cannot too soon convince our
selves how easily we may be dispensed
with in the world.
The praises of others may be of use
to teach us, not what we are, but what
we ought to be.
Friendly discourse at table promotes
health, and without the table is too apt
to become manager.
AS malarious air may endanger good
constitution, so bad companions endan-
ger good character.
Strive to be rich in knowledge. A
man gets more than the value of what
ever he gives in exchange for learning.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
Heredity.
British Medical Journal

: In the hereditary transmission OF
characteristics there are always two
forces in operation, which we may call
dilution and reinforcement. 1t isamat-
ter of everyday observation that ten
dency may be strengthened or weakened
by crossing, and it is upon this fact that
breeders of special strains of dogs, cat
tie or horses rely in great part, the only
other influence at their disposal being
alteration of food, habitation or other
environment of the young. Exactly the
same holds good with the human species.
For instance, a man with an hereditary
tendency to gout may marry woman
with the same tendency, and their son
by his manner of living may develop
gout at an early age; that is to say, the
tendency in the father, REINFORCED
by marriage, and again REINFORCED by
habit, develops in the son with great
rapidity. On the other hand, a man
with a gouty tendency may marry q
woman free from that tendency, and
thereby dilute its force. There are, ot
course, well-known facts which initiate
against this view, but they are generally
held, we believe, to be exceptions tc
the rule. In the case of gout, phthisi:
and some other diseases, the exception
are probably more apparent than real
of the general truth of the law there cal
be no question.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
An Incomplete Revelation.
BY RICHARD A JACKSON.

While Quaker folks were Quakers still, some fifty
years ago,
When coats were drab and gowns were plain and
speech was staid and slow,
Before Dame Fashion dared suggest single friz
or curl,
There dwelt, mid Penfeld's peaceful shades, an
old-time Quaker girl.
Ruth Wilson's garb was of her sect. Devoid of
furbelows,
She spoke rebuke to vanity, from bonnet to her
toes;
Sweet red bird was she, all disguised in feathers
of the dove,
With dainty foot and perfect form and eyes that
dream of love.
Sylvanus Moore bachelor of forty years or so,
quantity, pious, weazened soul, with beard and
hair of tow,
And queer thin legs and shutting walk and drawl-
ing, nasal tone,
Was prompted by the Spirit to make this maid
his own.
He knew it was the Spirit, for he felt it in his
breast,
AS oft before in meeting time, and, sure of his re-
quest,
Procured the permit in due form. On Fourth
day of that week
He let Ruth know the message true that he was
moved to speak.
"Ruth, it has been revealed to me that thee and
shall wed,
have spoken to the meeting and the members
all have said
That our union seems righteous one, which they
will not gainsay,
So if convenient to thy views, I'll wed the next
Third day."
The cool possession of herself by fiend Sylvanus
Moore
Aroused her hot resentment which by effort she
forbore-
(She knew he was goody man, of simple, child
like mind,)
And checked the word "Impcrtinence !" and an
swered him in kind
"Sylvanus Moore, do thee go home and wait until
The fact that must be thy wife revealed unto
me-"
And thus she left him there alone, at will to rumi-
nate,
Sore puzzled at the mysteries of Love, Free Will
and Fate.
Tho
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07

b@-A pleasing countenance is a si-
lent commendation.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
Pats Service to the Priest.

An Irish priest was standing at the
corner of square about the hour of din
ner, when one of his countrymen, OBJ
serving the worthy father in perplexity,
thus addressed him: "Oh, Father
O'Leary, how is Your Rivirence p
"Mightily put out, Pat" was the reply.
"Put out who'd put out Your Rivir-
ence7" "Ah! you don't understand !;
this is just it, 1 am invited to dine at
one of the houses in this square, and l
have forgotten the name and l never
looked at the number, and now it's 7
O'clock" "Oh, is that alp" was the
cry; "just now be aisy, Your Rivir-
ence. I'll settle that for you." So
saying, away flew the good-natured
Irishman round the square, glancing at
the kitchens, and when he discovered a
fire that denoted hospitality he thun-
dered at the door and inquired, "Is
Father O'Leary here?" AS might be
expected, again and again he was re-
pulsed. At length an angry footman
exclaimed: "No; bother on Father
O'Leary, he is not here; but he was to
dine here to-day and the cook is in a
rage and says the dinner will be spoilt:
All is waiting for Father O'Leary.
Paddy, leaping from the door as if the
steps had been on fire rushed up the as
tonished priest, "All right, Your Rivir-
ence; you dine at forty-three, and
mighty good dinner you'll get" "Oh,
Pat," said the grateful pastor, "the
blessings of hungry man be upon
you." "Long life and happiness to Your
Rivirence; I have got your malady, l
only wish 1 had your cure"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
What Shall he do About the Ten
Dollars.
N. Y. Sun.

The following question is put to us
by lad of this city:
eff young boy should find on his
desk at business a ten-dollar bill, and,
after having asked about it, found it be-
longed to no one, would it be stealing
if he kept the money! What would it
be his duty to dor ROBERT.
Because you find something, that
does not make it your property, Robert.
1t belongs to the person who lost it, and
your duty is to discover the real owner,
if you can.
Do not try to humbug your conscience
by making mere pretence of searching
for the owner. Of course you want to
have the ten dollars for yourself. 1t is
very handsome sum of money for a
boy. Therefore we shall not ask you
to be particularly jolly if you find the
owner. You would not be human if
you were. The truth is, you do not
want to find him.
Yet you want to be honest, at the
same time hoping that the owner will
not turn up and carry off the bill. Your
temptations to be less thorough in your
search for him than your conscience
bids you to be are therefore great. But
you can'treally humbug your conscience.
1t will trouble you, and trouble you the
more the better boy you are, if you keep
that money without making thorough
ly honest attempt to find the owner of
ten dollars. You will be afraid of his
dropping upon you some day and de-
manding his money. You will almost
feel as if you had stolen something. To
keep what you have found when you
have failed to discover the loser is not
stealing by any means, but keeping the
property without making the due search
for him is dishonesty.
We advise you, for the sake of your
peace of mind and your love of what is
fair and honest, to act about that ten
dollar bill you picked up on your desk
as you would have another boy act if
you had lost the money yourself. Think
how you would want him to do, and
then you will know what you ought to
do yourself.
1t is very dangerous thing for boys,
or grown people either, for that matter
to tamper with their innate perceptions
ofright and wrong-to hunt for defences
for any departure from the strictest line
of rectitude. We say that, although
very lately Methodist Doctor of Di-
vnty the sdoE as qf Been 9T9fSsda ape6Bs HAT It
is iustifable to lie under certain circum-
stances. To save man from murder,
for instance, he contends that it is right
to lie. All lying which has good OBJ
ject in view is therefore justifable, ac-
cording to the argument of that reverend
gentleman, carried to its logical con-
clusion.
But we say, stick to the truth, Robert.
Always be square and above board.
Avoid everything crooked and tricky.
And never confuse your ideas of what
is due to truth and honesty by arguing
about what you might be tempted or
forced to do under extreme circum-
stances. 1t is enough that the law is
the law of truth. Every man and every
boy knows that in his own heart.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07
For Young Housewives.

Clean caster bottles with shot.
To remove ink stains soak in sour
milk over night.
To brighten and clean old alpaca,
wash in coffee.
Mix stove polish with vinegar and
teaspoonful of sugar.
To brighten carpets sprinkle with salt
before sweeping.
To polish stove rub with news
paper instead of brush.
To remove tea stains from cups and
saucerS scour with ashes.
For burns apply flour wet with cold
water, as it quickly gives relief.
When sponge cake becomes dry it is
nice to cut in thin slices and toast.
To remove mildew, soak in butter
milk and spread on grass in the sun.
If nutmegs are good, when pricked
with pin oil will instantly ooze out.
If the oven is too hot when baking
place small dish of cold water in it.
To prevent fat-irons from scorching,
wipe them on a cloth wet with kerosene.
To brighten or clean silver or nickel
plated ware, rub with woolen cloth
and flour.
To clean furniture that is not var
nished rub with cloth wet with kero-
sene.
When there is crack in the stove it
can be mended by mixing ashes and
salt with water.
When clothes are scorched remove
the stain by placing the garment where
the sun can shine on it.
Starched shirts will iron easier if you
let them dry after starching so you will
have to sprinkle them before ironing.
The wings of turkeys, geese and
chickens are good to wash and clean
windows, as they leave no dust nor lint,
as cloth.
To brighten the inside of coffee or
teapot, fill with water, add a small
piece of soap and let it boil about forty
five minutes.
To remove grease from wall paper lay
several folds of blotting paper on the
spot and hold hot iron near it until
the grease is absorbed.
S6FAn old Scotch lady was told that
her minister used notes; she disbeliev-
ed it. Said one: $50 into the gallery
and see." She did so. and saw the
written sermon. After the luckless
preacher had concluded his reading on
the last page, he said: "But will not
enlarge. The old woman called out
from her lofty position: eye Gamma,
ye Gamma, for your papers give oot T.
s@A pleasing countenance is 81
lent commendation.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07

s9- Some people think it would be
nice if everybody in the world would
mind their own business. But it would
not. Over half the people in the world
would be out of employment and not
know what to do with themselves.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-07

D@-If people only said and did what
it was absolutely necessary to say and
do, this would be world of silence and
leisure.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-03-05
A Man Must be at the Throttle

When a locomotive rolled up to an
early East Tennessee town, and the en-
gineer, who was man of small stature,
got down to- Gil around two mountain
eers looked at the engine for the first
time; they examined in critically, were
lost in admiration, thought l. was "a
big thing but as one of them seized up
the little engineer, he remarked 1T
don't take much of a man to run her,
does it, Jim p
But he didn't know-it does look
easy-a boy might stand on the foot
board, open and shut the throttle but,
Jim, it does take good deal of man
to stand there all through the hours of
the day and night, to know all the
grades of the road, where he must
make hel red-hot and pull her wide O.
PEN to get to the top of the hill, and
where to shut her off and let her roll >
it does take much of man to read the
guage, and know if the water is low or
if there IS plenty; to know when she is
working easily, or laboring hard; to feel
her pulse, as it were, as he stands in his
place, and tells whether all is well; and
then, if she lets down. it does take
much of man to know just what to
do to disconnect and block her up.
1t does take much of man when
there is stretch of track to take long
look ahead or peer around curves, to
watch the track for anything that may
be in the way land if there should be-a
tree, a rock, or broken rail, or a mis-
placed switch-then there must be
man at the throttle, one who has the
nerve to do the act very quickly, one
who has brains to think with, and a
strong arm to act; one who loses sight
of himself and thinks of those behind
him, all unconscious of danger. 1t will
take man then, Jim to apply the brake
to throw her over and give her steam
There is the guage to watch and the
water; the track must be watched and
the signals-See if they are red or green.
1t Is watch, watch, all the time, think
and remember every figure on the time
card and the mile post and the station,
and the yellow tissue paper the tele-
graph man gave him at the last station
verify eternal vigilance is the price of
lifel Yes, Jim, it does take much of a
man to run her.-The Pointer. !
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-03-05
The Worlds Depot.

Nearly seven million men women and
children have looked back in memory
to Castle Garden as the spot ..whereon
their feet first rested on the free shores
of America. Out of these millions
many have passed che barrier which
separates all from the future. To the
general public nothing more is known
uf Castle Garden than that it is a. place
where foreigners are landed. The ex-
tent OF the daily business done there,
and the manner of doing it,are to them
rs sealed book.
There are still Lying many who re-
member Castle Garden as the place
where, previous to 1855, delightful con-
certs, grand balls and brilliant rccep-
tions were held. Re ~
Up to the year 1885 emigrants were
landed at the various docks along the
city front, where they became an easy
prey to the wiles of the boarding house
keepers and their satellites, the river
thieves, runners and the thousand and
one attaches of a nefarious trade.
In 1885 the legislature of the State
passed law leasing Castle Garden
from the city, which had owned it since
1922, and designated it as a depot for
the landing of emigrant passengers.
Statistics show that from lS46 to 1884
Inclusive, period of thirty-eight years,
there have been landed 1881 ,658 emi-
grant passengers at the port of New
York. This shows an average of 207,-
Az per year. The largest number land
ed 1881 ,65s emigrant passengers at the
port of New York. This shows an ay-
erage of 207 ,412 per year. The largest
number landed in any one year was in
1882, when 476, ,6S1 passed through the
garden. The lowest number received
was in 1887 when only So ,s55 were land
ed. r"sss'f esa
In the rotunda Of the garden there
are offices where railroad tickets for
any place in the United States can be
obtained at regular rates. The differ
ent telegraph lines have also branches
there. There is also an hospital con-
nected with the garden, which is in
charge Of an experienced physician.
A day spent in inspecting the work.
ings of this real beneficial institution
will give food for interesting study.
Long familiarity with the wants and
needs of new arrivals has made the at
tdches efficient in the discharge of their
duties, and crowd. of two thousand,
or even as high as seven thousand peo-
pie are disposed of in one day.-Ne,0
York Herald.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-03-05
Smart People.

Sam V. Harris lives iIl Fort Worth.
Neither he nor his wife are very smart,
as will he seen by the following Incl
dent. Last night Sam heard noise
under his bed.
There is somebody under the bed,'
said Sam to his wife.
ITS Fido; l guess
NO, think it's BURGLAR replied
Sam.
Just reach your hand down and if it
is Fido he will lick it,
The burglar, for it was one after all,
overheard the conversation, and when
Sam reached his hand down the burglar
licked it all oyer very affectionately.
This was entirely satisfactory, and they
both went to sleep, but when they woke
up next morning there was not much
left in he'house that was worth carry.
ing off.-Ieras Siiftinqs. 80
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-03-05
General News.
Carl Schurz is lecturing in.the South.

Carl Schurz is lecturing in.the South.
Samuel j. Tilden's writings and
speeches are about to be published
Governor Alger, of Michigan, receives
81 900 a year, while his private secre.
tary gets 1900. agirf
The United States Senate, after
March 4th, will have three gentlemen
named Jones, but not single Smith.
A very rich old lady went to hear Mr..
Moody in Washington. She was SO
pleased with him that when she went
home she changed her will and provided
that $4,000 should be given to him up
on her death.
DR.. Helmbold, OF "Buchu" fame, has
been released from Philadelphia in
sane asylum after some years incarcer-
alton, and will resume business i'm New
York. ts
Nancy Cass Wilmore, reputed to be
ll6 years old, died a few days ago in
Wilmington,' Ill.
Mr.. Hendricks, Vice-P e-President-elect.
was one of the guests at a banquet Civ
en- by the Chinese residents of Indian
apolis, Ind. in honor of the Chinese
New Year
Eighty thousand visitors were pres
ent during the annual Mardi Gras festi-
val in New Orleans. King Carnival
made his usual triumphant entry into
the city at the head OF procession and
at night the streets were brilliantly IL
Illuminated.
The ceinage OF minor coins-one and
five cent pieces has been suspended.
Russia has ordered 1000 Krupp guns
of large size to aid in STRENGTHENING its :
position i'm Central Asia.