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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
$19,495

Familiarity with danger seems tc
breed, if not a contempt for it, an utter
carelessness. We have seen the Mo.
hawk Dutchman," the celebrated ex-
pert with band scroll saw, rub the
ball of his thumb in dirty grease and
them cut the grease off with the rap
idly running saw as clean as could be
done with soap ana water.
We have seen a man put his finger
under powerful triphammer in mo-
ton Just to show how he could manage
the machine Many other foolish things
are done Just to ''show off. But most
of the accidents happen through care
lessness resulting from familiarity. So
long as an operator is afraid of his ma
chine he is not apt to get hurt. Many
human minds are SO constituted that
they cannot bear sustained effort in
one direction-that is, cannot be al
ways equally ON the alert in regard to
a certain contingency.
A train dispatcher or switch tender
may hold place for years without ever
making a mistake and at last make a
| terrible one, from some cause he could
not explain. The only way to lessen
the number of casualties-they cannot
be avoided entirely-is to take all pre-
cautions. This is required of the own
ers if they wish to escape costly damage
suits, but when all possible precautions
haye been taken one can then only trust
to luck. -Chattanooga Tradeslnan.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Teapot Collectors.

Tea was not known in England till
the time of Charles ii, but it is inter-
esting to trace the gradual increase in
the size of teapots, from the dininutive
productions of the Elers, in the time
of Queen Anne and George |, when tea
was sold in apothecaries' shops, to the
capacious vessel which supplied DR..
Johnson with 1.-The cup that cheers but
not inebriates. Mr.. Croker, in his edi-
ton of 'Boswell's Life, mentions a
teapot that belonged to DR.. Johnson,
which held two quarts, but this sinks
into insignificance compared with the
superior magnitude of that in the pos
session of Mrs. Marrayat of Wimbledon,
who purchased it at the sale of Mrs.
Piozzi's effects at Streatham. This tea
pot, which was the one originally used
by DR.. johnson, holds more than three
quarts. George Nv had a large assem-
blage of teapots, piled in pyramids in
the pavilion at Brighton. Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Carter was also collector of tea
pots. Also Mrs. Halves, who bequeathed
800 specimens to her daughter, Mrs.
Donkin. Among tx EN- are several be-
longing to Queen Charlotte. = Salas
Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Achilles and the Tortoise.

There is one paradox which upon its
face appears to be very easy OF solu-
ton, but which, after careful study,
does not pan out so we'll. The story
was first told upon a gentleman named
Achilles, who was rather prominent IN
early political times, and who had
reputation as an all round athletic. lie
could run, and run fast at that. One day
he started to catch tortoise, which was
as slow in those days as he is today.
Achilles was some distance behind the
tortoise and set out to capture it. Achll-
les went twice as fast as the slow OLD
tortoise and gained constantly, but he
never caught it. No matter what prog
ress Achilles made, the tortoise went
ahead just half as far. By this time the
distance between the two, had they lived
to this day, would have been intinltesl-
NAL, but yet if Achilles and the tortoise
ran with the proper mathematical pre-.
cision there would still be an interval
between the two.-St. Louis GLOBE
Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
MRS. BENT'S TRAVELS.

Che Accompanies Her Husband In His Ex,
plOrations-An Abyssinian Adventure.
The woman traveller is becoming ev-
cry year less of novelty. Recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Bent, pair of
indefatigable English "globe trotters, "
started for south Arabia to continue the
explorations they have been making in
various countries. They began their
work in 1884 by digging along the
shores of Greece. The next year they
went through the % Cyclades isles and
carried a good many objects back to
the British museum. During her first
visit to Greece Mrs. Bent was unac-
quainted with the language, and the
people pronounced her nice, very nice,
but dumb. Three years later she re-
visited them, and, much to their sur
prise. conversed fluently. In 1886 they
visited Thasos, an Egyptian island, and
the next year sailed along the coast of
Lycia. In 1889, wishing to go still
farther afeld, they started for Bahrein,
on the Persian gulf, thence going across
Persia and over the Caucasus, attended
hs- --r>--:-,l -ee-.,t f.o--.- Al --l--l -
On all these expeditions Mrs. Bent
"roughed it, like the rest. A tent was
her only shelter, and she slept in ham
mock The scarcity of water was the
greatest privation, for in some places
the supply had to be so carefully hus-
banded that baths were an impossible
luxury, and even tea was sometimes
impracticable.
The most dangerous expedition made
by Mr., and Mrs. Bent was to Mashona-
land. They started in January, 1891,
reached the ruins of Tim babwe in June
and retraced their steps through path
less country via Beira, reaching Eng
land in January, 1898. They immedi-
ately returned to Abyssinia, whe"e the
natives became so fond of them that
| they would not allow them to leave.
This was an uncomfortable sort of pop
ularity, and after the travellers had
been twice defeated in attempts to get
away the situation became decidedly
unpleasant.
Hearing that troops were pouring in
and that there was a prospect OF ser1-
GUS fighting, Mr.. Bent said that they
must make strong effort to escape.
Mrs. Bent is an ardent photographer
and was at the time engaged in develop
ing some negatives she had made OF the
Abysslnian women around her. She
finished her photographs first, and then,
! watching for favorable opportunity,
the little party mounted mules, and as
sisted by an Italian officer and 400 SOL
diers who had been sent to rescue them
managed to escape from their devoted
Abyssinian friends.
Mrs. Bent brought away the negatives
she had persisted in finishing, and these
show the costume of an Abyssiniar
woman to consist of two garments
pair of trousers fitting tightly arount
the ankles, and long, loose o~erdres'
lavishly worked round the mack ant
down the tapering sleeves, Which arr
so tiny at the ends that one can hardl.
imagine how woman's hand coulC
get through the cuffs. New York Sun
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
White Blood Absorbing the Hawaiian

The marriage of young American men
to half whites is becoming quite fire.
quent among respectable white families
in Hawaii 1t is of no use for the for
eign parents to turn the cold shoulder.
Outlines the half white girls are fully
equal in intelligence, taste and domes-
tic virtues to those who marry them
There will be more of these marriages,
and the mixed blood will improve with
growing prosperity and better educa-
ton, and as the primitive influences and
environments decrease with the lapse of
generations. Indeed one way that the
Hawaiian population is now decreas-
ing is not so much by the disappearance
as by the dilution or by whitening of
the blood New York Evening Post.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Terrible Death of an Inventor.

A chemist named Liardet met a
shocking death at Melbourne recently.
He was engaged in his laboratory in
some experiments with a powerful ex-
plosive, which he had just succeeded in
inventing after years of patient labor
and at an outlay of several thousands
of pounds, when the substance explod-
ed, with the result that the unfortunate
man was blown to pieces, his mangled
remains being projected right through
a wooden partition. = Melbourne Ga
yette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
A MODEL SAVAGE.
King shama Is an utocrat of the Best
Possible Type.

King s~ham:, Is an Autocrat of the Best
Possible Type.
King Khama is a model savage, if a
black man who has been thoroughly
civilized by European and missionary
influences can still be called one. He
is an autocrar of the best possible type,
whose influence in his country is en-
tirely thrown into the scale of virtue
for the suppression of vice. Such a
thing as theft is unknown in his realm.
He will not allow his subjects to make
or drink beer. He has put stop also
to the existence of witch doctors and
their wiles throughout all the Bamang
wato.
He conducts in person services every
Sunday in his large, round kotla, or
place of assembly, standing beneath the
tree of justice and the wide canopy of
heaven in truly patriarchal style. He
is keen in the suppression of ali super
stitions and eats publicly the flesh of
the duyker, a sort of roebuck, which
was formerly the totem of the tribe and
held as sacred among them 20 years
ago. The late King Sikkome, Khama's
father, would not so much as step on
a duyker skin, and it is still looked up
on with more veneration by his sub
iects than Khama would wish.
AS an instance of Khama's power and
Judgment, it is sufficient for us to quote
the sudden change of his capital from
Shoshong to the present site, Palapwe.
Shoshong was in strong position,
where the Bamangwato could effectual-
ly protect themselves from the Mata-
beles' raids under Lobengula, but it was
badly supplied with water, and in dry
seasons the inhabitants suffered greatly
from drought. The change of capital
had been subject discussed for years,
but Khama waited quietly until people
began to think that he was against it
and would never move. He waited in
fact, until he was sure of British pro-
lection, until he knew that Lobengula
could not attack his people at Palapwe
without embroiling himself in war
with England.
Then suddenly one day, without any
PREDATORY warning, King Khama gave
orders for the move, and the exodus
began on the next day, and in two
months time 200 individuals were
located in their new capital, 60 miles
away from Shoshong. Under Khama's
direction, everything was conducted in
the best possible order. To every man
was given his allotted ground, and he
was told to build his huts thereon. Not
single dispute arose, and no one would
imagine today that only a few years
ago Palapwe was uninhabited.
Khama, in manner and appearance,
is thoroughly gentleman, dignifed
and courteous. He wears we'll made
European clothes, billycock hat and
gloves; in his hand he brandishes a
dainty cane, and he pervades every
thing in his country, riding about
from point to point wherever his pres
ence is required, and if he is just lit
tie too much of dandy it is an error
in his peculiar case in the right direc-
ton. contemporary Review.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Superior Train Service to Pittsburg.

The Baltimore'& Ohio Railroad of
fers the public the smost convenient
train service between Chicago and
Pittsburg. The routel is via Akron,
Ravenna. Warren and Youngstown,
Ohio. Two solid trains are run every
day, both carrying day coaches and
new vestibuled sleeping cars through
without change.
The Pittsburg express leaves Chi
cago at pm, aud arrives at Pitts
burgh the next morning at los. The
vestibule limited leaves Chicago at
100 pm. and arrives at Pittsburgh
the next morning at lilo. The vesti-
bule limited also carries Pullman
sleeper to Cleveland via Akron, ar
irving at Cleveland at am.
All B. & o. trains depart from the
grand Central Passen ger Station, cor
ner 9Th avenue and Harrison street,
Chicago, the finest and most coInmo-
dioIs station in America.
MICH TICKS, aged 80 years, diedsat
the home of his son, in Mankato town
ship, Friday, after an illness lasting
some time. He was first taken with
II grippe, which was followed by lung
fever. He leaves two sons and two
daughters, the latter being Mrs. Jo-
seph Yaeger and Mrs. John Albert.
The Mcpherson Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of this
county will meet at St. Clair, Jan
uary 2, 1894, to hold their thirteenth
annual meeting. Every member is
entitled to vote.
Ed Mccall was before Judge Por-
ter Tuesday morning and pleaded
guilty of being drunk the evening be-
fore. He was sent to the county jail
for thirty days. A tramp was also
brought before the court and sent out
of the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
A REPLY.

EDITOR PRESS FREE: Permit me
to make few remarks on SD. +.
Davis answer to my reply (Which
comes out in the last Weekly ReDieoc.
! In answer to my assertion that The
could not find 60 tax payers that sign
ed his protest against the commits
sioners of Blue Earth county, he gave
80 names that signed petition to the
county board for a brldges on the
upper crossing, they knowing that it
was necessary and that it would be Of
good service to them or some body
else, but they did not know that they
were going to SANDER the county
commissioners, and he cannot get
them to do anything ofothe kind. A
petition for bridge is not SANDER
ing protest against the county board
by the tax payers of Blue Earth
county, to which l tried to make a re-
ply, by saying that he could not prove
his assertion or at least that he did
not do it then, nor has he tried to do
it in his answer But he goes on and
says there is no difficulty in crossing
the Cottonwood, and yet he is the
leader of one faction that petitioned
the board to build bridge on the up
per crossing, and when the board de-
ided to build it on the lower cross
ing he turns around and ISLANDERS the
board by saying that they were
through senatorial courtecy in squan
dering the money of the people to pay
ante-election promises. In his an
swer in the last Revieao he says that
the Minnesota at this point could not
be crossed only by skiff for nearly
three months. If he said weeks in-
stead of months he would tell the
truth pretty close, but the Cotton
wood was for five or six weeks after
the pontoon was put back into it's
place that it was dangerous to ford it,
and | can inform athe tax payers Of
Blue Earth county for d. P. Davis
that one man went to CORTLAND over
Shaw's bridge and when he was on
the bridge he thought he could ford
it home, instead of going SO far
around, and he tried it and came
pretty near of losing his life and
team, wagon and all, and he did lose
his wagon and he could not get iG out
for nearly three months, and he
never found it, although bran new
wogon; and in about three weeks after
that another tried and came pretty
near losing life, team and all, and he
lost four or five bags of potatoes.
And this is squandering the peoples
money in building bridges where they
are not needed, according to D. P.
Davis. Further on he says that he
is a watch dog of the money of the
people. Now, Mr.. Editor, let Dan
P. Davis prove his assertion that
Robert S. Hughes and the county
board is squandering the peoples
money for bribery, and let him prove
that 60 taxpayers signed his SANDER
on the board in the ReDieao, and let
him prove that the bridge is not
necessary, and last, what made him
be leader on petition to build a
bridge on the upper crossing if it was
not necessary. On the lower crossing
there is not piece of road in town
where there is half the business that
is done on the lower crossing road for
the last 10 or Is years. His closing
paragraph to r. S. Hughes is nothing
but spleen of a defeated fighter who
styles himself champion.
d. J. WILLIAMS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29

The persistent cough which usually
follows an attack of the grip can be
permanently cured by taking Cham
herlaln's Cough Remedy. w. A. Nc
CURE, of Mckay, Ohio, says; "La
grippe left me with severe cough.
After using several different remedies
without relief | tried Chamberlll s
Cough Remedy, which effected a per-
manent cure. Ihave also found it to
be without an equal for children when
troubled with Gods or Group" 25 and
80 cent BOTTLES for sale by J. q. Thro,
druggist. !" 49,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
The Obliging Juryman.

Some jurymen have too low an opin-
ion of what some philosophers call their
ego and are willing to depute their du-
ties to an alter ego. When Mr.. Justice
Gould had been about two hours trying
a case at York, he noticed there were
but IL jurymen in the box. PLEASE,
my lord. :" replied the foreman in an
swer to the judges natural inquiry,
1.-The other has gone away about some
business he had to do, but he has left
his verdict with me. London Illus
trated News.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
RnckIen's ArnIca SaIye

The best salve in the world forCuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tettar, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, COrns, and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or NO
pay req uired. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Lamm & Morehart.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

L Hislop to w W Hislop, NJ, set
sec 9, 1O6-26. ...... -. 500
Il Hislop to G w Hislop, 81, sci.
9, 1O6-26 -. ................ $500
D Davis to G T Harbo, 1Oa
of W rs of lot 2, sec %; ,se4,
and nw4, sci, sec II: Sc 81 of
net, sw4; S A Of e 81 of IA
of set, net, sec II; Sd, sw4,
net, Sw4, sec II; and part of
set, sw4, sec II. 109-29 ........ 1925
G Bruch to WPagenhoff, net, net
sec 6. lO6-55. 1900
S A Chaffee to G Cole, lots and
s, blk 9, Lake Crystal -. 80. 1,4OO
G Cole to Alkaline L Chaffee, lots
and 8, blk s, Lake Crystal. ] 400
MinneHoppe to EttaBeyersdorff
sw4, Sw3, sec 5, 1925. 80. LOO
r f Ramsey to w w Ramsey,
%, nj, nwt, ne4, sec 13, 1O6-15 200
Ernistina Glockzin to NCharles-
worth, 20 in net, set, sec %,
1OS-25 1897
2 G Harrington to DIN Weld aud
- Robinson, of Window, lot
II. Harrington'S sub. of blk 16,
Van Brunt's ad. .......... $500
W Buelow to r Speck. WI, mel.
sec 2, l06-27, except 81 a; also
e st of n l6t of e 30 of ne4
nw4, sec 2, 1862. 2,OS3
G Tuberg to f Gustofson, land
in nw4, sci, nw4, and in ne4,
nw4, Sc. "a, 1927 .. 200
Total, IL deeds. ........... $1S, 495
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
The following officers were elect

The following officers were elect
ed last night, at the meeting of the
Emmanuel young peoples society of
the Swedish Lutheran church: Chair
man, Andrew Under; vice-chairman;
J. Emil Peterson; secretary, Eman-
uel Soderberg; assistant secretary,
Miss Augusta Carlson; treasurer K. A.
Landquist; librarians, Miss Emma
Carlson, Miss Ellen Nelson, Miss
Edith Gunstrom.
Miss Neltnor at the Baptist
church Saturday night.
Mr.. Ralph Kimball, foreman at
the Everhart candy factory, met with
quite serious accident last evening
AS he was ascending the long stairway
In the rear of the Model he lost bis
footing and fell the entire length TIC
the bottom, giving him severe shak'
ing up.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Holiday Excursion Rates

Via the nickel plate road Dec. %, "a,
rs, 80, 81, and Jan. l. Good returning
until Jan. 2. '94.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
Santa Claus

Has induced the nickel plate road to
sell excursion tickets at very low rates
during the holidays.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29

Bring your orders for blank books
to the FREE PRESS biDdery. No extra
charge for the patent fiat opener.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29
The Time to Travel

Cheaply will be during the holidays
Special rates on the nickel plate road
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-29

R. f. Jones left for ElYsian this
morning to look after his branch
store at that place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
THE PHTNT CLOTH MARKET.

Fall River Aug (~prcian-Th" cloth market J.
,orv dul At noon to-day 7uo."' 'piiu'9 WV
.hut down for an indefinite period ana '"'' P"'P
will be thrown out Of work Inc '"'i' l"', - w.
nI lac olouf So 900 q week. The sales oil ~" "''N
- vary. ucht and we're confined almost WHOLLY u"
odd goods for future delivery The weekly statement
* a. follows: Promotion, 1900 pieces u'''''''
1oa oGO: stock on hand. $4,000; last weeks S'''"'
OOH 600: sales 1OOO Of which 1000" We're "'"''
600 O. xGis, 10000 spots and "l''"o l"''r'9'
sale, for weekly deliveries IN August '"''' oP''
o.. IN 600. october. 23OnO: November. l9nuo
I"a,o,nh,.r 16 900. January. 5000, February fVV
W,rch 1000. The market Is dull, and the price j.
%prov,d'ncn r. L. aug. with tho mills alr"a'y
shut down and lose thai WIN .9n d"" 10 praid. "
81 ~ rd,.c'd about nn.. half. The avrrag" """hly
mr'dnctlon has been - 900 pieces. lnr STOCK ol
"a X Gis on hand is 1o2oOo pieces '''H'' wig
dul at = Bic!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

i or britannia can beat the Navahoe bv at
Ia. NE minutes over a fifty-mile course Her
nan. OF stinhess, compared with that possessed
Dy Engllsn yachts, renders her present nerf,rm.
ances uncertain. She will be wonder in lirht
pIee.es. we know nothing as to the relative
merits vi the Navahoe compared with the Jubilee
IHeIlm anu |lglant. III any of those are superior
10 ,he NaNahoe, as the New-York press asserts,
theIe Is not one among them that the Valkyrie
couIu peat mere Is a strong feeling here that
the Nalkyrie will be sailing after an irnis fatuus
stay at home"
1t has been reported that the great strike of
coal miners. which began on July 2s, has been
settled. These reports, however are not true.
The price Of coal is rising in consequence of the
strike, and this fact is causing suspension Of
work IN many factories in Lancashire and York
shlre- IL Is estimated that fully 100000 hands
VINO depend on mining. shipping and manufacture
ing for their living have been thrown out Of
work through the strike
Lord Rosebery, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, will start tonight for IIomburg, where he
VIII make three weeks stay. VI. Decras, the
newly appointed French Ambassador 10 Great
Britain will present his credentials TO the Queen
at Osborne House next week. According TO dipo-
matte usage Lord ROsebery should accompany him
when he visits the Queen hut he will not be able
TO do so. From the fact that Lord Rosebcry will
be absent at the time, it is argued that the under
s'andlng between Great Britain and France Is not
perfect.
buckingham Palace is about to be closed for six
months The sanitation Of the Palace il i'm
perfect. All the household servants. including
the head housekeeper, will be put on board wages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
coryTY Judge SHOOTS Az EDITOR

roxnrkoro Ark. Aug. 5-mtcnse eXcilcmrnt WIS
.ord bcrn last nisht by IN" shooting ana probably
t,,l wounding Of Captain W j. Allen, hdit"r ana
pronri,tor Of The DalF Intcr,tat" News 10y Johh
+ King County Judge OF Bowie County, Texas me
,pInniug Of the trouble dates back about uI"hSi'
,rhnp Allen was arrested aud fined for alleged con
,mnt M court by the Comm -sion"rs Court OF "hIr"
King IS. ex-oicio, prcsling omcrr. me aI'g'u con
,,n,,, vos the publication by Allen Of an a1vcrs"
-,i.,.n =, tbc courts action Last night the men
, and King drew a revolver and fired. the ball
inIio@ meet ~ Alien left side aud passing thr'ugh
he body below the lung. fhN'Nliiia say ti'i' i
uftlc chance for Aliens recovery.