The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-03-18
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

The Yale University Union has in
vited Mr.. Cleveland to address it upon
some civic topic.
Prof. John Fiske declares that there
is not competent scientific man in
the world today who is not an evolu-
zionist.
Club restaurants are often costly
luxuries. Last year the restaurant of
the University Club, of New York
ran behind $4,000. But the club has
a quarter of million in bank.
Sir Edwin Arnold shortened his
southwestern tour and sailed for India
on the Belgic, from San Francisco,
last Tuesday. His last "sight" in
America was the Lick Observatory.
John Jarrett, of Pittsburg, at pres
ent United States consul in Birming-
ham, England, has sent in his resig-
nation, and hopes to be free soon to
return home. His wife's health is
not good, and besides he has the offer
of his old place as Secretary OF. the
American Tinplate Association, with
headquarters at Pittsburg.
1t is announced that Mrs. Anna
Wilstach's reason for changing her
will, by which the Philadelphia Acad-
envy Of Fine Arts will probably lose
the famous $1,000 Wilstach collec-
tion of paintings, was that she had
been once refused a ticket of admis-
sion, asked for on the ground of her
ownership of certificate of stock
Frederic Remington, artist and
writer, is about to go to Europe for
long stay. While there his enemies,
who are very few, say that his kodak
will learn TO draw. Really, Reming-
ton will add with his pen and pencil
that spiriG and grace to the European
Soldier that he has bestowed upon the
native trooper-that is if the foreign
product will admit of it.
The University of Pennsylvania has
received astatue of Rameses H., found
in the ruins of the temple of Harshefi,
at Hanes. 1t was made in 1913 B g.,
and represents the oppressor of the
Israelites. Another valuable relic
from the same place, received by the
university, is a column eighteen feet
high and several feet in diameter.
the head of the column is owned by
the British Museum, which would
like the entire column.
Next to postcards, Mr., Gladstone
uses half-penny wrappers most extern
sively. The marked catalogues which
he returns to booksellers are always
sent in half-penny wrapper, with
necessary directions scrawled on the
margins Of the book lists. An anus
ing illustrat ton of Mr.. GladstOne's
economy in this way was on view at
meeting of the ex-Libris Society lately
In response to Mr.. W. H. X. Wright's
request for a copy of his book-plate,
the G. 0. M. sent one with brief
note, both inclosed in a half-penny
wrapper; and yet this violation of
postoffice regulations escaped the
notice Of the officials.
The government is considering a
scheme for the defense of New York
harbor that seems as chimerical as
the dream of an opium eater, yet, at
the same time its inventor has the
record of a most practical engineer.
The method is secret but, whatever
it is, the inventor claims that with a
comparatively simple plant he could
strike hostile ship with a succession
of blows, each having the force of
$4,000 foot-tons, the result being an
Inhalation. The inventor is General
Edward W. Serrell, of New York,
who planned the Swamp Angel"
batteries used in the seige of Charles
ton, and has been identified with
famous engineering enterprises. His
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