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The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

TIE smallest screws in the world are made in an American watch factory. These little screws are al most invisible to the naked eye, but with a glass they are seen to have 260 thread to the inch, it re- qures very fine glass to distin- guish clearly. The screws are 4-1OOO of an inch in diameter, and the heads are double the size. They are counted by weight placed in frames with heads up labout 100 to the frame) and the heads polish ed in an automatic machine, 10000 at a time.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12
The Queens Speech.

Our esteemed contemporary
 Queen Victoria is lady of good
 judgment. She knows how to make
 a speech without letting her tongue
 run away with her. In her little
 impromptu burst of eloquence in
 proroguing Parliament she had not
 a word to say about the Behring Sea trouble. We fear that this
 omission will lead to -the immedi-
 ate secession of the Ottawa Gazette
 and the Montreal Herald from the
 British Empire. The event is in the hands of Providence, but at present a sickening saturnalia of inkshed, at which humanity must stand aghast, seems inevitable.
 Her Majesty is not content with simply failing to mention the seal ing question. In that case her Ca nadian apologists might have ex- plained that she had forgotten it. She goes out of her way to say :: "Our relations with other powers continue most cordial" This, af- ter our Ottawa and Montreal con temporaries had set the British navy in motion for the devastation of the United States-after the de- struction of San Francisco had been averted by nothing but a bro ken cylender on the Swiftsure and the necessity of giving the Acorn a fresh coat of paint! "Most cor dial" relations with a nation of pi- rates It is too much. The Queens speech returns thanks for "the signs of growing prosperity and the fruit of returning conf dence everywhere discernible." " Doubtless President Harrison would like to be able to do the same. It is a most optimistic speech all through. Even the con- dition of Ireland affords no cause for anything but congratulations. And no wonder, if it be true, as re- ported, that the Parnellites are forming an alliance with the Tories. It would be hard on Gladstone, but stranger things have happened. The Nationalists are neither Liber- als nor Conservatives-they are for Ireland all the time. They have said nothing worse about Salisbury and Balfour than they said a few years ago about Gladstone and i Spencer. Another shift of the kal- may be impending San Francisco Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

PROF. HUXLEY, in a recent arti- cle in the Nineteenth Century, said "I have always advocated the reading of the Bible, It's teach ings are so infinitely superior to those of sects who are just as busy now as the Pharisees were eighteen hundred years ago, in smothering them under the precepts of men :; it is so certain to my mind that the Bible contains within itself the refutation of -tenths of the mixture of sophistical metaphysics and old world superstition which has been piled around it by the so called christians of later times it is so clear that the only immediate and ready antidote to the poison which has been mingled with Chris tianity, to the i:ltoxication and de- fusion of mankind, lies in copious draughts from the undefled spring, that I exericse the right and duty of free judgment on the part of every man, mainly for the purpose of inducing other laymen to follow my example"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

A farmer entered a store at Potts town, Pa, and inquired the retail prices of nails then the price per keg of 100 pounds. The latter be- ing much less, he asked the store keeper would take back what he had left if he did not use the whole keg, and was told yes. He took the keg and some days later returned it minus four pounds of nails, which he offered to pay for at keg prices. He was accommodated.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

THE campaign in Virginia is on and the political orator is in the field, and he is growing eloquent. Col o. Terrell, member of con- gross from the Old Dominion State, in concluding a speech said:
 "Will we win this fight?
 "By the memories of the past and the hopes of the future; by the glories that encircle the brow of Virginia and the traditions that cluster about her; by the statues that stand to perpetuate the forms and figures of her illustrious dead and the turfed graves of her heroes which dot her valleys and her hill sides by her homes, her lares and penates-her household gods, we swear we will win this fight"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12
Under the Lions Paw.
THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A WILD
 ANIMAL HUNTER

THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A WILD
 ANIMAL HUNTER.
 "While trapping lions in the Hot,
 tentot country for the Hamburg an imal house." said Lawrence J. Ray J mond, wild animal hunter, "I had opportunities for seeing the king of beasts at his best and for making close observations of his character. No two lions are alike, except in a few leading traits, any more than two men are alike. Every lion is supposed to roar at night when abroad after prey, but not half of them do so. When you read of one of them charging into camp you praise his courage, but for every one such case I can show ten where the lion skulked about like a dog. You will never find him twice alike. There are plenty of instances where men have been seized by lions and have lived to relate the particulars, though no two agree as to the sensations. I had been out one afternoon with some natives to prepare bait in a rocky ravine. We had built stout pen of rocks and logs and placed calf as bait. The sun was near ly down as we started for camp and no one had any suspicion of the presence of danger until lion which had been crouched beside a bush sprang out and knocked me down.
 q can say without conceit that 1 was fairly cool. It had come so suddenly that I had not had time to get 'rattled.' Had moved l my arm to get my pistol the beast would have lowered his head and | seized me by the throat. So long as lay quiet he would reason that l was dead and give his attention to the natives.
 All of a sudden parked out like a dog, followed by growl, and that beast jumped twenty feet in his surprise. He came down be- tween me and the natives and I turned enough to see that his tail was down and he was scared. I ut tered more barks and growls, but moving a hand and after circle clear around me he lion suddenly bolted and went off with scare that would last him ! week.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

A Winnepeg man, speaking of the sudden changes of the climate of Manitoba, remarked that one day it was so cold that the mercu- ry fell so suddenly that it knocked the bottom out of the thermometer ; and the next day it rose so rapidly that It sent the top of the glass bang against the ceiling.-Arkan- saw Traveller.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

A Minnesota milkman was gored to death by bull lately. No man unacccustomed to dealing with cat tie has any business trying to man. age them.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

ONE of the "sure cures of con- sumption," sold in Philadelphia, was analysed and found to consist of rum, molasses and extract of dande- lion.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

CowARDICE asks, Is it safe? Ex- pediency asks, Is it polite? Van ity asks, Is it popular? But con- science asks, Is it right?
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

WHEN the opportunity of a man s life presents itself he usually waits for an introductiou.-Boston Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12
NUMBER 43.
Stock and Range.

OAlO-utt1l ISGG uIgD.
 An infuriated bull dashed into a : funeral procession at Louisville, 1 Ky, the other day and broke it up,
 seriously injuring a woman.
 Citizens ofDallas, Texas, and for
 eign capitalists have subscribed
 S2O0,000 to build beef and hog
 killing establishment at that place.
 An English syndicate has been
 trying to buy out Armour's meat
 business, and offered him a bonus
 af $5, 100000 over the cash value of
 the property.
 Probably the largest hog ever raised in the United States was ex-
 hibited at the Houston, (Tex. J State
 Fair by Joseph Mass of Waller coun- ty. He was four years old and
 weighed 1885 pounds.
 A Kentucky breeder has made a new departure in the sale of mules. He sold 100 head of two-year-old mules to Martin Thomson & Co.,, of New Orleans, to be delivered dur ing the month of August, for 441c per pound. They are to be weigh ed on cattle scales.
 A report from Taylor, William son county, Texas, says: the fat test beef ever slaughtered Tn the county was killed by Messrs, Wright & Allison yesterday. The fat upon it's ribs measured six inch es through, a fact which the in- credulous were won't to disbelieve until they measured it for them selves.
 If a farmer wishes hornless COWS he need take no knife, saw or other implement to dehorn them with. MT. w. Brazelton, of Monticello Ia. writes to the Philadelphia Press that a penny's worth of caustic potash applied just as the horn is starting, when the calf is a few weeks old, will stop all horn growth and do no injury at the time or after to the animal.
 Fourteen and one-half millions of dollars is an immense amount of money and yet that is the esti- mated decrease in the total value of cattle in the United States dur ing the past year. What fright ful reduction within twelve months. It is to be hoped that those who blame "overproduction" for low prices will soon be able to prove he correctness of their theory Stock Grower.
 Manchester, N. H. has an ingen, ous man. He has arranged two in pails over the stalls of his horses, 70 that by touching an electric but  on by his bedside the pails are in- yerted and their contents dumped nto the manager beneath the horses loses. By filling the pails with 'ats the preceding day, he feeds lis horses every morning an hour 'efore he gets up.
 Donovan the great English three ear-old, now bears the distinction f having won more money than ny horse in the history of turf in ny country, his earnings to date mounting to e4O,362 lbs, or in lmerican money $197, ITS 45. Out f eighteen starts he has won fifteen aces. His stable companion, Ayr hire, is also a heavy winner, he aving won in stakes and purses 34,751, or $168, ,4O2 5. Out offif- zen races he has started in he has on eleven.
 Many people have been asking s of late what we know about the claimed sheep that are so highly fought of in West Virginia and arts of Ohio. In reply we will " that We have been somewhat miliar with that particular breed 1T many years and thought we'll of lem. Without going into any nsthy account of their breeding
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12

EDUCATION does not hurt young man if he has good common sense to go with it.-N. o Picayune.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-09-12
How the Gallant Gordon Died.

was taken" writes General Green " fell to London paper, "The Nil,
 had gone back, so that a part o
 the city was open. Gordon did no construct fresh trenches and ram !, parts, because he thought there , was sufficient troops to defend the r r city. There were 5000, I think
 The gaps and all round about were
 held by large force under Farig
 Pasha. That night Farig moved his troops. especially the blacks
 from the gaps, saying the soldiers were wanted on the other side.
 Gordon had perfect confidence in
 Farig. The attack took place at
 two points. At the largest gap
 there was no resistance. If the
 British army, or even few of them.
 had arrived even one hour before
 the attack took place, Khartoum
 would not have been taken, and
 Gordan's troops would have fought to the last.
 "Farig had sent word to the Mahd1 unless you attack tonight all is lost On that night all was blood and flames. The city had passed over from the command of Gordon to the Mahdi. It was a dreadful night. I shall remember it to my dying day. The air echo ed with horrible shrieks, yells, lam entations and wailings and smelt of blood.
 "I had three friends, Greeks. I hastened to rescue them. I had two Mahdist uniforms given me by an Arab friend. One I gave to one friend, putting on the other myself, It was nearly daybreak when I took my friends to my house. Some Arabs rushed up, telling me ought to go to the government house-the seraglio, they called it-at once. l asked why. They replied: All the great officers of the Mahdi have gone there to kill Gordon Pasha.
 "When they saw that the third friend had no Mahdist garment on they slew him. We were then ta- ken into the courtyard. I saw Gordon Pasha smoking a cigarette on balcony facing the river. We 1 had entered at the back of the pal ace, entering the yard where the sycamore tree is. Gorgio Demetrio. the principal medical officer of Soudan and the provinces, and Mic ola Lemindata, the Greek Consul, were with him. Five hundred der wishes, who had been sent by the Mahdi with special orders to take Gordon alive. stood at the foot of the staircase. l went up the stairs, being sent by the men below, who were vociferating Gordon Pasha Gordon Pasha ?
 "Gorden coolly left the balcony. Fly said the other two, while there is yet time Go in at the lit tie door and take the boat Shall I fly and leave my post?' Gordon replied indignantly, That, indeed, would be a disgrace. I shall not fly
 "He then went into his inner room and donned his full uniform and sword. Then he came out and grandly drew himself up to his full height. On hlS vlSage was a look , of scorn. ,
 "'Whom seek yep he asked, on gazing at the sea of angry faces.
 "'Gordon Pasha,' they cried.
 "'You want him, do you? I am nere; come up hither,' Gordon re- 2 oiled.
 "On being again urged by Deme- . rio and the Greek Consul to fly Gordon replied: For shame, Would you have me abandon my post ignominiously?' He could easily have escaped at the rear then. t As Gordon stood boldly facing the Q Oervlshes several superior Mahdist q generals came up. The Dervishes r
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
A WORD OF NEEDED PRAISE.

A drive out to the hospital last even
ing and look through the new struct
ure leads us to cay word of the man
agement of this new home for the sici
and manned. At present Mr.. and Mrs
f. L. Rosebrook and Mrs. Kinney dc
whatever there is to be done about the
premises, but it is clearly apparent that
more help will be needed very soon
as the hospital is prone to become one
of the most popular institutions of the
kind in the state. Everything about the
rooms and halls has an air of neatness
that is truly pleasing. To be sure the hun
dred and one things in the way of rugs,
carpets, pictures bric-a-brac, etc., which
60 to make home comforts and cosiness
are as vet wanting, but these will be
supplied in time, and under the care
of the matron, Mrs. Rosebrook, will ev-
er hold a freshness and cleanliness not
excelled in the most quiet and well regu-
lated family. The ladies of the Eplsco-
pal society will soon have their room
nicely furnished while the ladies of the
Presbyterian society can be relied upon
to furnish the reception room and Sleep
ing room allotted to their generous Civ
ings in manner altogether becoming.
The w. g. I. U. also propose to furnish
q iOolh lluIlubOul6 btylt, auu Wucu
these are all completed, no more cheer
full sick chambers can be found any
where.
These are some necessities that should
be added without. For instance, there
is no refrigerator In the building. This
should be supplied forthwith and ice
should also be supplied. Sick people
usually thirst for cold drinks, and surely
their cravings should be appeased.
Then, again, telephone should be put
in Immediately. This method of trans
uniting messages is, or will prove in the
near future, indispensable, as it is not
known at what moment medical aid
may be required, and the distance is al
together too far to dispatch servant or
nurse on foot to secureit. But of course
these and other things of equal impor-
lance will be supplied as their wants be.
come more apparent.
The management has been thus far
most fortunate in the selection of Mr..
and Mrs. Rosebrook. They are both
painstaking, careful and watchful and
extremely tender toward inmates.
Mrs. Kinney, with little experience
added to her good judgment, will make
an excellent nurse, and things about the
hospital may be expected to run like
clock work with such attendants and
superintendent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
From Thursdays DyiIy.l

1t Is said that chicken cholera ls
prevalent to some extent.
e. B. Evans has decided to remove
his family from Garden City to North.
field.
Several farmers in the neighborhood
of Lake Washington threshed as high az
3S bushels of wheat to the acre.
Carey Harrison, for several years
with the Mankato House, has accepted
position in the Saulpaugh House.
John Grant, aged 70 years, died OF
old age at his home in Garden City yes
terday. The funeral occurred at kasota
to-day.
DIR. VIM. Frisbie has been appoint
ed member of the local board Of med
ical examiners for the pension depart
ment.
Owing TO the death of Mrs. Gable,
the M. +. sociable announced for to-
morrow friday evening, will be post
poned until further notice.
The day has been sultrv and show
cry and everything but pleasant. The
people can be thankful that this weather
did not occur week or two ago.
j. p. West, of st. Paul. deputy state
county treasurer and auditor this morn
ing and went through the books. This
is his annual inspection.
"A gentleman who is well-informed on
the subject says that every acre of culti-
waited land i'm Blue Earth county will
earn its owner SIS the present season.
AS an average this will not be beaten in
any county in the country.
The rains of yesterday do not APP
pear to have been general. Mr.. Mace,
a Decoria farmer, stated to-day that the
farmers in his vicinity worked at stack
ing grain all day yesterday and were not
interfered with by rain.
The prospect of Gen. Aliens nom-
nation for governor of North Dakota
appear to be improving every day. L.
M. Pugh, who is well-acquainted with
the General, says he would make fine
governor and is just the man to suit Re-
publicans.
Hubbard d Co. ground new wheat
to-day for the first time this year, grind
ing eight hours. They have received in
formation from all parts of the county,
and have heard of no fields of wheat
Welding less than % bushels to the acre,
and the yield runs from this up to 30
bushels.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Ogle observed
the fifth anniversary of their marriage
last evening by giving reception to
some of their friends at their home In
West Mankato. The attendance was
large aud all report very pleasant time,
and hope that the host and hostess may
live to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of their wedding.
Theodore Mann, farmer residing
in Lime township, died this morning at
seven O'Clock, of dropsy, of which he
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
From Mondays Daily Free Press

"A boy arrived at Mr.. ii. c. Akers'
home last week. All parties dong
nicely.
The Omaha road has ordered 400
new box cars to assist in carrying the
large crop along its line.
Henry Potts lost his little three
weeks old child Yesterday, and 1t was
buried this forenoon. IL is the second
few weeks.
Carl Schroeder, of Mcpherson, last
week threshed % bushels of barley from
two-acre field. Martin Bowe, of De-
coria, threshed 1914 bushels of barley
from five-acre field.
Several new houses have been be-
gun near the slough, while others are
scattered about in all parts of the city.
Considering everything that has been
done and that 10 still being done this
year will compare quite favorably with
other years in the building line.
Rev. Jno. Hall occupied the pulpit
of the Presbyterian church last night.
The church was well filed, many
former friends from other churches be-
present. The sermon was an able one.
Rev. Hall also assisted in the sacramant-
al services at the nj. Il. church yester-
day morning.
The following shows to good advant-
age what great difference there can be
between two seasons. j. A. Ewing has
Just threshed $50 bushels of wheat from
the ground which Welded last year l0j
bushels. This year Mr.. Ewing. gets n
cents for his wheat it grading No.
hardy while last year 1t was No. grade
and brought only 60 cents. There is
prosperity ahead for the farmer.
Chris. Riley met with quite an acct
dent on the G. x N. w. road in this city
this morning. He was employed as a
laborer, where some repairing was being
done. In some way he slipped and fell
as car was passing by. His left hand
was run over by a wheel, and 30 severe
ly cut that IL was found necessary to am
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS

In pursuance of q call for special
meeting made by the full board of coun.
ty commissioners on the 10th day of July,
1889, in order to take action on the mat
ter of revoking the liquor license OF VIM.
Hubmer, of Madison Lake, in Blue
Earth county, and also for the transac-
ton of such other business as might be
brought before them.
The board met July Goth, 1889. Pres
ent, Commissioners Lee, Hannay, Ed
wards, Dietz and Brules.
The petition of p. Mullen and others
to set off the IL 40-1Q0 of government
lot 4, In section 50, town 100, range %,
except the southeast 2 acres thereof,
from school district AZ was received, and
notices were ordered posted and hear
ing set for the 18th day of September,
1889.
Petition of F. M. Griffith to set off the
81 of sw4 of section IA, township 10Y,
range q, from school district 81 to school
district 70, was received, and notices
were ordered posted and the hearing of
such petition set for September 18th,
1889.
A petition signed by 23O persons, resi-
dents of the town of jamestown, in Blue
Earth county, asking and praying that
the license of VIM. Hubmer to sell liq-
ors in the village of Madison Lake in
said county be revoked on account of al
legged sale of intoxicant liquors to MI
nors and habitual drunkards, and for
keeping saloon open after II o'clock al
night, was presented to the board.
The board, having heard evidence on
both sides, adjourned to the 18th day of
August, 1889, at p. M, in order to give
defendant an opportunity to get rebuilt
ing evidence.