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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24
The Umbrella
Irish Times

No one knows whether the umbrells
MAS Iisinally used as IL defense against
rain or as screen from the sun, but il
seems probable that the first umbrellas
were sunshsdes. In countries where very
little clothing Is worn rain does not make
much difference, but the sun il Il power
Why shouldn't the palm leaf be the first
sunshade, with its ribs and handles to or.
der? 1t hints at the umbrella as well a.
he fan. Travellers among the Amos of
Japan often make temporary sunshades
Of gigantic dock leaves. which are some.
times six feet high, large enough for ar
account Of CULVER. The umbrella has 8
very great antiquity. The word itself
means a "lttle shadow" showing that 1t
was named for Its protection from the sur
n this case. Horace says; Among the
military standards the sun beholds al
Egyptian canopy
On coins In the rock carvings of the an
clients the umbrella often shows its fsmil
ar form. This goes to prove that Jonas
ilanway did not invent the umbrella, but
ne saw the value Of the Eastern sunshad,
aud soon 1t became the fashion to carry
his article Of apparel. There must be {
great difference between the umbrella OF
.he eighteenth century and the modern
,teel-ribbed, silk. covered slender articl,
which 1t is regarded as misfortune tC
get wet The desidera,uin at present is {
portable umbrella. There is fortune fo
the man who inve nts a reallygood umbrel
la which can be slowed In a valise o
trunk, There is an unpatented Coresi
umbrella that may Ill the bill. When /
begins to rain the picturesque and sta,el,
Corean swell reaches into his sleeve an,
produces folded oiled paper affair re
,embing a fan. This is spread and Sc
over thu hat like an extinguiser. and /
Kept In place by two strings held und,
he chin. Il is not very large, but any
| hing that will cover Coroan hat will
Keep the rain from Corean.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24
"pANA's is GUARANTEED TO CURE,
Elections this Fall.

Iowa elects Governor and Legislature
Maryland will elect Governor and
other State officers and Legislature, and
vote upon six proposed amendments Ia
the constitution of the State
Massachusetts will elect Governor and
other State officers and Legislature.
Mississippi will elect three Railroad
Commissioners and Legislature.
Nebraska will elect Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court and two Regents OF
the State University.
New Jersey will elect part of the Sen
ate and Assembly.
New York will elect Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Secretary OF State
Comptroller, Treasurer. Attorney Gener
al. Engineer sand Surveyor. the Senate
the Assembly, 10 Justices of the Suprem,
Court. and a Representative In Congress
from the 10th District.
Ohio will elect Governor and othe
STATE officers and legislature. and vot,
upon proposed amendment to the con
sti'ution providing for the uniformity o
taxa ion.
Pennsylvania will elect q Treasurer an,
Auditor General and vote whether a con
stitutlonal convention shall be held, an
elect delegates to the same
Virginia elects one.half its Senate an,
Its House OF Delegates.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

TIE scs55. at FulI-r- Corner Varied
tier exercises one t.v a., VS. ~ $
picnic. Nj Fuller s.e4.r r-sr.e3 -
liz Use 4. DE .r5v. ar :, m r :.
re.tav morning .-scA.- ,--s-- -.
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day eulayti uu.;-n5 ..=s-u-.- no. q.
merry group o. a0ys ara -..l- can nav
" here PLENTY Of ,T.--, ans Asr-r- l..
are u.ce.y sfrsu-e3. and an r2f-. W
ea' SIM. s. :at.r .!.>q IS :. t5qu tie,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24
The Work of a Single Day

Figures will give clearer idea 81 tht
extent of the work performed daily b,
the Associated Press thar any other form
of description. The New York ollice
handles daily from 5000 to 100000 words
equal to from nifty to seventy columns OF
matter. On Jan. -, lS9l II date taken
at random) this news amounted to ninety
five Thousand words, or course, OF this
mass of material no paper prints the
whole but most Of IL tinds a place some
where. To meet the requirements Of the
service the Associated Press adapted the
type writer to receiving directly from the
Morse instrument, and special paper
WAS made which facili ates the handling Of
reports. These details may seem OF small
moment but they 60 to show the pains
taken to insure perfect work. The agents
of the Associated Press, who are selected
for character and ability, are instructed
to get all OF the news, but if heed be. to
sacrifice the story to the facts-in a
word, to tell the truth. They are requir-
ed to treat all political and religious
events with Judicial fairness, and to omit
social happenings having an immoral ten.
iency. We do not find that anything is
lost TO thorough journalism by such
limitation, but, on the contrary, much in
huence is gained thereby The Associated
Press enjoys the public confidence in its
reliab lily to degree unapproached by
any other organization, and this enhances
the value OF the franchises Of the papers
supplied by it. This confidence is based
upon an experience Of forty years.-Au-
gust Century.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24
Tho Polka

The origin of the polka is being dis
cussed in some of the Partisan journals
The universally popular dance is said to
cook, VINO, finding herself dull in her
kitchen, sang and danced to the now
well-known measure The COOKS mis-
tress having surprised her during the
performance, she was requested to dance
and sing in the presence of the composer,
Joseph Neruda, who took notes of the
performance. The polka passed into
Prague, then to Vienna, and was danced
for the first time before the Partisan pub
lie by hungarian artistic ut the Odeon
Theatre in $40 Plenty of animsted
polka music was written successfully by
Launer, Strauss, and Francois Hunai
But the real polka mania did not break
ont In Paris till the year, ls4+, when il
was danced with great success by selec,
few at the Sale Valentino, in the Rut
Saint-lionore, the premises now occupied
by the Nouveau Cirque Crowds used IL
assemble round the dancers to admte tht
different pretty figures which composed
the true polka, which was then acquired
with difficulty and was not the simple
close and rushing dance at present known
by that name. SO popular was the polks
IN Paris nearly half century ago thai
the dancing masters had for clients ladie,
and gentlemen Of all classes, and ever
judges, lawyers and doctors did not dis
dain to take lessons in what was ther
considered AS one of the greatest acquire
ments for ballroom Gsllgsni
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24
Town Life In Arkansas.
Octave Thanner, in September Atlantis

/
photograph of a village in Arkansas
would not be complete without view
of the village newspaper. The Arkansas
country newspaper is weekly journal
full of tho humanties. The rural news
paper Is always a mirror. But these
small Arkansas papers return more truth
fully the reflection of their locality be.
cause they ill their columns with news
from different little villages adj ,cent that
have no paper of their own. The letters
are by local correspondents, and are high
ly natural. The painstaking editor, who
is often the printer as well, amends the
spelling and corrocts the grammar accord.
ing to his lights Oishts sometimes rather
dim), and washes his hands of the rest.
Thus, on the same page Of the paper be
fore me, | find "Swampy's" prediction
thai no man can carry the United States
for President in 1893 who is not for free
silver, aud in the very next column be.
hold ID. X" hurrahing for "Cleveland
aud his silver letter. and shouting, LET
the battle cry be Cleveland, free trade
and honest money! Some OF the ex.
prcssions sound strangely to an Eastern
ear; for example this from the editors
own muse: Circuit court was in session
and after n howdy with the afTablc clerk
| etc
Here is paragraph describing the
drowning of a boy: The body was got
ten out three or four hours after, and
| was inferred the same day, and has gone
to meet the father of long years OF SUI
feriug, and also some brothers who have
gone before. Freddy was good boy"
The same sheet, in an earlier Issue used
a striking but familiar frankucss regard
ing the "Wldow c. who had come
to town with her cotton. 1.-The widow,
says the kindly editor, lis the right type
of a widow, and moves on with q firm
nat sure step to the goal. Her son Tom.
my is great help to her. Tommy is
good boy and honors his mother, ard his
DAYS shall be long in the land"
Indeed, very page raiiates an intimate
friendiness. Has Squire Leens broken
his leg, the correspondent condoles, men
tiouing in warm terms how usefully aud
nimb,y the Squire would otherwise EN-
ploy that imprisoned limb. "Mrs. Rev,
Jones'" who has severe attack OF the
la grippe" and Miss Nettie Howard who
Is sui ring in her ear each has u whole
paragraph OF sympathy. Mometous jo.
cose though mysterious illusions enable
us, If not the editor, to guess why young
bad Harrington comes over to our town
80 often these mo )nlght nights. Nice,
driving with one hand moonlight nights,
isn't it Bud? As Shakespeare or some
other poet author says, There's moth.
ing half SO sweet in life. as loves young
dream. That's sol" In this fashion OF
pleasantly does the wit of the writers.dis-
port itself. Frequently, like Mr.. Wegg,
they drop into pc etry. The rhyme 10 of
free and generous turn, deSpising the
clogging letters Of meter. l have spec
men before me. A correspondent tells
Of the death of a prominent citizen"
and expresses sympathy for his widow,
including
"Oh may Mrs llotohkiss' path be lit
it'll consolation from on high;
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

A Good e-Biidv-"There' a
couple o aides cal ed, Nj, sus De were
Mrs. DE Ncre-"Uh, dear, cant see any
one now, Excuse me Buddy Tell them
I'm asleep" Biddy-"Nissu De We're
presents her compliments, au' seq she s
very sorry, but she's asleep
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

A curious illustration Of the domestic
economy OF the / .yptions has been met
with in the uuwiuding of the bandases of
the mummies. Although whole webs Of
fine cloth have been most Fl, queutly use I,
IN other cases the bsndages are fragment
sry. and have seams. dsrns and patches.
Ola napkins are used, old skirts, pieces
OF something that may have been shirt
and once piece of cloth was found with
an srmhoie in it, with seam and gussei
aud band finely stitched bv fingers them.
selves long since crumblcd sut their du>,
blown to the four winds. = lsrpers Ba
L4r.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

Yes said Old Aunt Wisdom Il cut
out every good thing that see in the pa.
per-; but what puzzles mt is that the be-,
articles end by mentioning some cure
oae of the new literary fads, suppose
Texas S.ftiugs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

John, said lsdy 10 her new cosch-
man, as he was on his way to the polls to
vote, ARE you going to exercise the fran
chise to ds,:" Nv hch OF the horses j.
that, mumf" inquired John.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

His Sister Carrie Goldust has Just
asked me to be one OF her bridesmaids. !"
Jack-"By Jove! Do you know, | think
brides are some OF the greatest fools
there are !" Why" II. cause they
never marry the best man, don't you
knowY"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

Thus on, pIously If not POLITICALLY. through
three stanzss. The editor blesses all the
brides and praises all babies. Not in his
columns shall you find the Inbred sneers
of his Northern brother in regard to
mothers in law. He doffs his hat and
lows. once, at the top of an editorial
column, | read, 'Our mother-i in law, Mrs
s., is in town"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

Ihe work 4 the Madison Water Ca.-.
pauy IN laying ont AID constituting = >,,-
TEN Of wat.r works IL Ia y iag, Las ie-
gun. The Surveys sre heIng male by
I I G.e,lWa51, Lugiu,eI Mr Au.Es
tus Moore Vii inspect tLe coL>t-.e.i.l.
FIR t., contractor. Mr. james j. N-wHai.
of frovid-nc=, Il |. The reservoir : "a /
out and stake driven The J., j. o.. tie
toad from IT. factory sud requires thirty
cars IL ship IL IL addition to tLe-e j; y
require three cas- to triug the estes. Ly-
draut- and spt y!a!s. The contractor vii
work as many Men as po>>.ll ou the res.
eryojr and expects TO complete It il forty
days. Mr.. } B New1si e Bath l. ger
ersl Superintendent Tor tie Water Com
pany, Nh Dennis foreman for the con-
tractor viii arrive soon with crew Of n. Il
mostly lta ians and eomm,uee wurk en the
excavation. Bulletin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-09-24

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SELECTED.

Huy1ry's louNs' Psofl.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

THE -four mill at Nicollet station
was Tpgrned to the ground Tuesday
afternoon 1t had a capacity of 800
barrels per day, and it's products were
: among the best. The loss of business
will be severe blow to Nicollet, but
The mill will no doubt be Immediately
reconstructed. The St. Peter Tribune
says that besides the loss of the mill, ,
Lhe company loses four car loads Of
Hour, eight thousand bushels of wheat
and more than 10000 sacks were des-
Nroyed, besides the cooper shop with
all its implements and barrels on hand,
AID twenty-five employees are thrown
out OF employment. The elevator
near the track caught fire but was inn
@mediately eXtinguished. The wind
vas in fortunate direction for the
Town, or the fire might have been
great deal more destructive. 1t is
thought the loss will reach S75.
There is an insurance on the mill, but
now much we do not know.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

THE following extract from Senator
Davis address of welcome to the Ma
tional Editorial Association shows
shat he has true idea of the news
papers: "The newspaper has become
function in government affairs.
Times have changed since the news
PAPER was the subservient tool of the
political powers of the moment. 1t
is now imperial and autocratic. Times
have changed since the period when
2rom the political center Of the coun-
Ery thought went out to the nation
and to the world. In the times in
which we now live thought flows from
the circumference to the center, from
without TO within, from the news
paper. that speaks every day to the
powers that be. Thought is generated
from the outside instead of Springing
from Within"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
THEY FOUGHT NOT.

Governor Merriam showed the stuff
that is in him yesterday when he
ordered Sheriff Bean to prevent, at
any and all hazards, the fight between
Hall and FitzSimmons in St. Paul.
Mayor Smith Remained obtuse to the
opportunities for official interference
on behalf of the municipality, and it
was plainly apparent that so far as he
was concerned the pugilists would be
permitted to fight to the finish in de-
fiance of law and order and the strong
protests of large number of citizens.
Not so, however, with the Governor.
The statutes of Minnesota provide
against such exhibitions of the ''manly
art" as was advertised would take
place, and in the performance of his
official duty it became mandatory upon
the Governor to see that the law was
not openly or secretly violated, failing
in which he would have subjected him
self to just censure and public con-
demnation. But he was equal to the
emergency, and unlike Mayor Smith
had the stamina.to uphold the dignity
OF the law in the face of a determined
crowd of sports who demanded the
fight, and against the inactive munich
pal authorities of ST. Paul. He did
only that which the chief executive Of
great state could not honorably de-
cline to do, and through his prompt
and effective action he has elevated
himself in the estimation of every
law-abiding citizen-it matters not
whether he was interested in seeing
the glove contest or otherwise. flour
laws are enacted for anything they
are to be obeyed; and it is truly re-
freshing to see the Governor step in
and demand their recognition when
the city authorities of great munich
pality like ST. Paul refuse to s'inter-
fere.'
The State of Minnesota is to be con-
graduated upon having man at the
head of affairs who knows his duty,
and knowing, is not afraid to act.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
A Sentimental journey.

But few people read Lawrence
Sterne's book nowadays, for we have
a craze for the newest of the new and
book shelves TEEN with French and
German TRANSACTIONS, cratic and relig-
lous novels, and we haven't the time
to devote to the old masters, as it
were. And yet ga Sentimental Jour
ney" is one of the later classics and
has IN its time enjoyed wide populari-
ty. But people, with the exception
OF lovers and bridal couples, are not
taking sentimental journeys in this
practical age, and whenever they en-
ter upon a jaunt they express a de-
cided prediction for fine equipment.
convenient trains, quick runs and all
other modern Improvements of travel.
And they find no difficulty whatever
in securing these advantages when
they take the Duluth Short Line, as
the ST. Paul & Duluth railroad is pop
ularly termed, for it has them all, be-
ing the Oldest and best route between
the Twin Cities and Duluth, West
Superior and other points, with close
connections at fine terminals with
roads running in all directions. In
formation cheerfully furnished by
ticket agents, or by Geo. W. Bull,
General Passenger Agent, or Geo. G.
Gilfillan, Asst. G. P A, st. Paul,
Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

The Sioux monument, erected in
New Ulm by the state in commence
ration of the Indian massacre of 1862,
will be formally dedicated on the 22d
day of August. The New Ulm Rerie,v
in speaking of the program to be car
ried out, announces that in the morn
ing of that day special trains will ar
rive from both east and west. The
visitors will be assigned to their quar-
tiers and at 2 o'clock a procession will
form, after which the formal dedica-
tion will occur. At the latter Gov.
Merriam, Col. Flandrau and other
prominent speakers will deliver adj
dresses. Impromptu speeches will
follow in the park. In the evening a
concert and ball will be given in Turn
er Hall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

WE prefer" said Maj. Mckinley in
his Ohio speech, ''to tax the imported
rather than the domestic product.
The Democratic party prefers to tax
the domestic product rather than the
imported 1t prefers to tax foreign
product, the like of which we cannot
produce at home, and the price of
which the foreigner fixes absolutely to
she American consumer, a tax which
benefits no American interest and
which is paid wholly by the American
consumer, rather than to tax the for
eign product, the like of which we do
produce at home, although such a tax
IS benefit to American interests and
American labor, and is not necessari-
~ or even generally paid by the Amer
lean consumer"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
A Safe Investment.

is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return Of purchase price. On
hh1s safe plan you can buy from our
advertised Druggist bottle OF DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion. 1t is guaranteed to bring relief
1neeVery case, when used for any affec-
lion of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such
as Consumption, inflammation of Lungs,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough,
Group, ETC., can always be depended
npon. Trial bottles free at J. r.
Zones, Drug store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
sorrow.

LET US see. Some days ago, and
Just previous to the Ohio Democratic
State Convention, it was given out
that Gov. Campbell would secure a
nomination and then for the sake of
harmony he would decline the
honor. 1t tranSpires that the nominal
ton part of the program was brought
TO a successful issue, but the declina-
zion has not yet made its appearance.
And it will not. Gov. Campbell will
Setire after Major Mckinley has
got in his deadly work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

II comes to pass that Major Brack-
EFT, chief clerk of the Treasury depart
lnent, is to be retired to give place to
one Of Secretary Fosters more init
mate friends. The Major was at one
slime resident of Minnesota, but his
continued residence in Washington
has put him in the list of Capital City
residents, and in losing his identity
with Minnesota he also loses his head
1t is said that he will be provided for
otherwise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

IN New York interview Tim
Byrnes is quoted as saying that the
National League of Republican clubs
will work against Harrison and for
Alger. Tim never said anything of
the kind. He knows that the Repub-
2ican clubs were not organized to boom
any man for any office, and he knows
farther that they cannot be perverted
80 any such use. Tim should enter
libel suit against the paper that
caused him to father such words.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
MANKATo FREE Press
FRIDAY, JULY "a, 1891.

THERE is no longer doubt about
Chairman Quay resigning his position
as head of the Republican National
committee. Whether or not Mr.. Quay
be guilty of the charges preferred
against him, he cannot afford to re-
main in his present position and the
Republican party cannot afford to
have him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

ly correct when he says that Messrs.
Montfort, Lamphere, Ward, Furlong
and Harrison unanimously supported
Mr.. Hunt for. the superintendency at
the Chicago meeting, and without any
application on his part for the place.
This statement is made in yerification
of Mr.. Reeves position.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

Mr.. THOMAS WILSON, Of Minneap-
oils, president of the Bank Of Mime
apolis, died at his home Tuesday, af-
ter an illness of about four weeks.
Mr.. Wilson was one of the best known
men of his city, and tinancier of
wide reputation. His demise will
cause widespread regret and genuine
aSnrrnW
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
Sick Headache.

LOOSE'S RED GLOVER PILLS
cure Headache, Dyspepsia, Indiges-
tion, Constipation. 25c. per box, box.
es for 81. For sale by Jno. r. Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24
McC0NNELLS
Semi Annual Clearance Sale +! !!

Inc special prices and discounts making
White Goods Founngs EmbrOidere and other kinds
er Goods are SO attractive that the goods moving rapidly
we offer this week pieces beautiful Gngham
can tell they equal genuine Gnghams
The lowest price they have offered cents We
offer the entire lot at 10 cents yard We
pieces OF Scotch Zps that have been quick at 5c to close
Also lew pieces OF the best Scotch effects that sold
45 to 65c., your choice 25 cents
we offer special prices in Carpets contemplating
buying cannot afford to miss the Bargains Offering every
department of our store.
Samples sent on application
SAgents for BUTTERFLIES Celebrated Paper Patterns
Mail Orders promptly filled at Lowest Prices
". W. P. MCCONNELL,
MANKATO, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-24

sition, and which will form the high
est triumph of the scheme of the
architects.
The Liberal Arts and Manufactures
Building, which is also known as
THE MAIN RITIIDING