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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
Freaks of Globe Lightning.

A very singular story is told concern
ing the vagaries of one mass of globe
lightning. A tailor in the Rue St. JAG
cues, in the neighborhood Of the Val
de Grace, was getting his dinner one day
during a thunderstorm, when he heard
a loud clap, and soon the chimney board
fell down, and a globe Of fire as big as
child's head came out quietly and moved
slowly about the room at small height
above the floor. The spectator, in con-
yersation afterward with M. Rabbinet,
of the Academic des Sciences, said it
looked like good sized kitten rolled up
into ball and moving without showing
its paws. i was bright and shining, yet
he felt no sensation of heat. The globe
came near his feet, but by moving them
aside he avoided the contact.
After trying several excursions in diff
ferent directions it rose vertically to the
height of his head-which he threw back
to prevent it touching hirn-steered to-
ward a hole in the chimney above the
mantelpiece and made its way into the
fue. Shortly afterward-"when l sup
posed it had had time to reach the top,
the tailor said-there was terrible ex-
plosion, which destroyed the upper part
of the chimney and threw the fragments
onto the roofs of some adjoining build.
ings, which they broke through.-Cham
bers' Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
Lemonade Beats Bandoline.

Il was out to dance recently" said
an acquaintance to me. ''and funny
thing happened. It was not 30 very
funny either. but it made me laugh after
it was over. You see, it was as hot as
bake oven, and the room was crowded to
suffocation. had girl, and we were
waltzing around as best we could when
suddenly the girl gasped, turned pale
and said. Get me out to the air.
stopped and released her and offered her
nv arm, when bump! down she went on
the floor in heap. tainted away, see!
Dead as a herring. What did l do!
WHY, tried to pick her up and couldn't
do it. for she was heavyweight. Then
I succeeded, with the aid Of others, in
getting her to the porch, but she
wouldn't revive. Then I ran into the re-
freshment room for water, but the tank
was empty, and the only thing they had
was lemonade.
"Something had to be done, and got
two glasses, ran back and emptled their
contents into her face-not exactly IN
to- but onto After using 80 cents
worth of nice, sweet lemonade she came
to. Well, say. You would have died
to see her hair. Sticky? Why bando-
line, ounce seed, gum arabic and kin
dred concoctions were not in it. Lemon
ade beats them all. Was she mad? Well,
guessyes. She said Twas intoxicated
and a natural born fool. Some one else
took her home, / didn't."-Youngstown
co. Telegram.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
BETRAYED BY HIS HAND.
Yixhtning's Victim Recognized by the Man
Who Had Been Robbed.

Who HAD Been ISOOOCus
Charles E. Thorpe from Oregon, formerly
q business man of Philadelphia, called at
The Progress office. Said he: Il happened
To take a seat in the car just behind PLAIN
ly dressed but good looking coiored man.
There was nothing unusual about that CIT
cumstance. however, and would propaoly
never have noticed whether sat behlnu
eolored or white man but for little event
of no greater consequence than the coloreo
mans placing his hand upon the back OF
the seat in which he sat.
1.-THE train had nearly reached Tucson
when the colored man happened to throw
his right arm over the back OF the seat,
with his hand in plain view, and was al
most thunderstruck at what saw. could
scarcely believe my eyes and eagerly Leaned
forward to get a closer look at the mana
and be sure that was not the victim OF an
optical illusion. l satisfied myself that
there was no mistake. The third and 1ourth
fingers of the colored mans hand were as
white as lady's, and white streak over
an inch wide ran along the back OF MS
hand and up his arm as far as could see.
81 was sure had seen that hand before.
went to the front end OF the car a1ter
drink of water simply that might get
look at the mans face. Every doupG was
then removed. He was George Waldron,
the man who had been my coachman In
Philadelphia for over years some ~ years
ago. Though paid him well for MS serv-
tees in an evil hour he stole over $500 from
me and fled to parts unknown. never
made any effort to find him outside of the
city and had never seen or heard OF MIN
until that day. When I faced him, he rec.
Cow 11 hin chQ1 thrOn OH his
black skin at the recollection of his crime
and ingratitnde. He told me that he is
now living an honest life in Texas, where
he has family and home and small trac'
of land.
"But he has the mark of Cain the whole
length of his BODY" continued Mr.. Thorpe
land he got it while he was working 1ol
me. Though l have read stories of similar
cases, don't believe there is another maj
in the world marked in the same way thai
Waldron is My house was on hill, ane
he was standing in barn during a severe
thunderstorm, with his right hand upllitee
and resting against the side of the building
when lightning struck the barn on the SID.
where he was and passed down his arm ant
body and through the floor. 1t burned MI
clothing wherever it touched his body anC
tore the SnOe lrOh HIS rlSno looo "AiN' UNIV
1t nearly across the barn.
"Of course the shock knocked him dow
and rendered him insensible for moment
though he suffered no lasting injury. Blu
if there ever was a scared darby he wa
the one. He was too frightened to pray
and he looks half scared even now. ID
will always bear on his right side, from tn
tips of his two outside fingers, which wer
next to the building, to the sole of his foot
the white streak which marks the track O
that flash of lightning. Pomona Gal
prOUrpSS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
Points About Point Lace.

You mustn't be fooled into thinking
that lace is made in the country whose
name it bears. The Irish took Noting
ham lace, embroidered it and sold it for
real Irish point. l have seen many of
our good Americans, who SO dearly love
to be humbugged, buying .''real Irish
point lace" from dealers aboard ship in
Queenstown harbor, when it was moth
ing more than they could have got in
Nottingham or any city at home for half
the money.-Interview in Clerk and
Salesman
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
A Fifty Years. Tryst.

DR.. Nevins tells very touching story in
his Disorders of the Brain" A patient OF
his, young lady engaged to be married.
was often visited by her intended husband
by the stagecoach, which passed within a
mile or two of her house. One day she went
to meet him and found instead an old
friend, who brought the news of his sudden
death. She uttered frightful scream,
'He is deadr' and then all consciousness of
her misfortune ceased. DAY by day for
80 years did this poor creature in all sea-
sons journey to the spot where she expected
to see her lover alight from the coach, and
day by day she uttered in plaintive tone
He is not come yet. / will return tomor-
row." Could anything be sadder than
this romance from DOCTORS notebook?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
Castoria.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me- H A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
iii So Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
A Small Town Proud of Its Years

The little town of Newport, Hants
county, N. S., has population of about
1,40O, and there among them 40 persons,
% Of them women, whose united ages
amount to $500 years, an average of 81
years each. The townspeople ask if
there is another small town in the world
that can equal theirs for longevity
New York Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
Reading a Girls Letter.

A caution to girls who write indiscrimi
nately to young men was seen on one Of
our street corners the other day. A youth
evidently not in the habit of receiving
many letters was reading aloud to com
panion missive which any passerby could
see was intended for Dear Will" alone
but the other youth evidently enjoyed the
contents as well rs the reader.-SpringfielG
GraDhic
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08

"The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems wock
of supererogation to endorse it, Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
The Author of kathleen Mavourneen."

A young art student of New York, who
used to live next door to the author of that
tenderest of love songs, Kathleen Mavour-
men," is authority for the statement that
he was cross and Grabbed old man of
whom all the children in the neighborhood
were aid.-New York Times
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08
Did Not Succeed.

First Pickpocket- did you do q
good business while you were out at the
fair?
Second Pickpocket Cback from Chicago)
No. Somehow or other couldn't get
my hand in.-Truth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-08

''For several years 1 have recommended
your 'Castoric, and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN T. PARDEE, NJ. D.,
125th Street and 18th Ave., New York City.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24
ITO hs Coufinue<.i
Tattoofng the Holy.

TattoOng is by no means confined
% the Polynesians. but the "dermal
at" is certainly carried by them to an
extsnt which is unequaled by any other
people 1t pervades all the principal
groups Of islands, and is practiced by
all classes. though to a greater extent
~ the Marquesans and New Zealand
ers than any others. BY the vast mum.
Der of them it is adopted simply as a
personal ornament though there are
some grounds for believing that the
tattoo may. in a few cases and to
small extent, be looked upon IS n
badge OF mourning or memento of O
departed friend. Like everything
else in Polynesia. its origin is related
in a legend, which credits its inven-
ton to the gods and says it was first
practiced by the children of Taaroa,
their principal deity.
The sons of Taaroa and Apouvaru
were the gods Of tattooing, and their
images were kept in the temples of
those who practiced the art as pro-
fession. and to them petitions are of.
fered that the figures might be hand.
some. attract attention and otherwise
accomplish the ends for which they
submitted themselves to this painful
operation. The coloring matter was
the charcoal of the candlenut mixed
with oil, and the instrument used was
a needle made of fishbone. and .
thread which was drawn through the
skin. after which puncturing the black
coloring matter was injected with in
struments made for the purpose. To
show any signs of suffering under the
operation is looked upon as disgrace
full. and accordingly. in some Of the
islands. while the operation is going
on the young man undergoing it will
lay his head on the lap of his sister or
some young relation. while a number
of female friends will keep up a song.
so as to drown the murmuring which
the torture may draw from him mad
vertently. and that therefore, he may
not be demeaned in the eyes of his
countrymen who are present as specta-
tors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24
A CrOmwellian President.
"What kind of a man is President

"What kind of man is Presiden.
DiazP"
He is pure Indian. You can
always tell gentleman when you come
near him. can't you? Well. now. Diaz
carries around him the iudescribable
aroma of a gentleman. He is man
about your size, substantial and in
clined to be stout, with dark color.
You never see him without a smile on
his face. OF course he was a magnifi-
cent soldier. as his record shows. He
restored his country. He has COM
PEELED the Mexicans Of the present day
to accept modern ideas. You saw that
yesterday he threw into prison Itur-
bide? Yes he did. Iturbide is descend
ed from the first Mexican Emperor by
an American woman from the District
of Columbia. He has q fine plantation
in Mexico and he came back there the
other day and began to talk against the
Government of Diaz as if he had
special rights. Diaz clapped him into
Jail. When the grant to the American
railroad in Mexico was withheld by
the Parliament or Congress, Diaz was
out taking ride. He came up into
Congress and addressed them, saying:
'Signors, you will either pass this bill
or 60 straight home They looked
minute and raised the cry of Long
live the PRESIDENT and passed the bill.
This is the kind of President to tie to.
The Mexican army is about 10000
Ne1; a very good army."-Gdth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24
K0TIeEk0F The PUBLIC sale
0f the Lois In the tnaoIi Portion
in the Town of Fort Angeles.
/ Washington.

/ NOTICE il hereby given that at ten u'rlocL 80,
Tue 1T day oi january, I-9i To- Cubic ,,l.
a. ."t> IN the UH>uid portion ol the fuNn..,, ,,r
Iof' Ai@"lc>, Washington, NH hc hn,rn at In.
court hOilsc therein and continued nos: ,iny In
day until all the iUt- and parcels IN sad low i>itr
that are subject Ia sale at public cutlery -Dal Lave
/ been sold or offered tor sale.
Port Angeles j. situated .puu tL,. Sir,t,s Of So,
Juan dc Fuca III lallaii county, in the HORT ,,,.r
crn portion oil the Siatv of Washington Md va.
reserved n Government townsic in 1853 by or
der OF President Lincoln.
The sale of the uuruld portion of s,id rsi,,
was provided Tor by acts OF Cungres. Of March 4
1871. - stat. ~. AMI August J. l>,il y Stnt an
dud md portion comprises jhirtI -nur hl.ri,.j
ana fOlyscNc ard thirty one lUt acres surveyed
into 1OUS urban ana suburban lots and unr.e.
! he majority of the urban iu- are iirl Inv n. nm,
dfcd and forty feet in >II". Whii' th. suburban
lots contain an average oi about eight and ouc-half
acres. 1900
The sale will be conducted by the REGISTER and
Receiver OF the Seattle Land Office, ami ali lois
AMI parcels VIII be offered singly To III. HIGHEST
bidder for CT: h. except those lots which may h,.
purchase. al private sale prior 10 the dHic of ub
lie sale by the parties entitled thereto but no Nd
VIII he received Tor less than the appraised ,an,.
tor any lot or parcel.
Notice il hereby given to each and ever; per-on
claiming by the terms Of the Act of Congress Of
August =, 1872 preference right 10 purchase lois
AT private entry at their appraised value prior To
the date of public sale; that he must publish no
tee once week for six consecutive weeks H. A
newspaper of general circulation in Port Anr,i. s
IL Il
that he VIII make proof at specified time touch
III" such residence and Improvements before the
Register and Receiver of the Seattle Land Office or
other officer authorized to take proof in home
stead cases.
Said proof must consist OF the testimony Of the
claimant corrohcrarcd by the testimony of Two
witnesses. stating that the claimant had individ-
ually established residence upon one lot and had
made valuable improvements upon one such addi
tonal lot prior 10 July !. l>93. And that he had
maintained such residence and improvements up
Ia the date OF his application purchase, and that
title 10 said Improvements still remain vested in
him. The foregoing to he accompanied by proof
of the publication required.
Notice L. further given that tn. aforesaid proof
must he mede in time to be- forwarded to, ard
passed upon. by the local officers at Seattle prior
10 the day of public sale.
Full explanation will be made ny the Rcgisterl
prior to the offering OF the several lots and pare
for sale n TO exact location of each and shape sSs
size ard area of the in order that parties msy
bid intellgently upon them.
=. W. LAMOREUX,
Commissioner General Land Office.
Date of first publication Sept. 29, 1898. ct
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24

These Books have been carefully selected,
and are all by well known authors. They are
elegantly bound in cloth, with gilt back and
TITLES. The regular retail price is three times
the figure we ask.
Married Beneath Him, BY James Payn.
Marvel. BY The Duchess"
Mary st. John; BY Rosa Nouchette Grey.
The Matchmaker. BY Beatrice Reynolds.
Modern Circe. BY 1.-THE Duchess"
Mona's Choice. BY Mrs. Alexander.
My Danish Sweetheart. BY w. Clark Russell.
My Hero. BY Mrs Forester.
The Mysteries Of Paris. BY Eugene Sue.
Nellie's Memories. By Rosa Nouchette Carey.
old Hoss ssnSP BY G RS se 1f haon
Oliver Twist BY Charles Dickens
One Life, One Love. BY Miss NJ. F.. Braddon.
Only the GoyIerness. BY Rosa Nouchette Carey.
Pilgrims Progress. BY John Bunyan.
The Pioneers. BY J. Fenimore Cooper.
Plutarchs Lives.
The Prairie. by J. Fenimore Cooper.
A Prince Of Darkness. BY Florence Warden.
Queenie's whim: BY Rosa Nouchette Carey.
Rienzi. BY Sir f. Bulwer Lytton.
Robinson Crusoe. BY Daniel Defoe.
Romoa. By"George Eliot.
Rory O'More. BY Samuel Lover.
Sartor Resartus. BY Thomas Carlyle.
The Scottish Chiefs. b Miss Jane Porter.
The Sealed Packet. By>T. Adolphus Trollope.
ss fp sacrice sn By Mrs. NJ oliphami.
The Sketchbook. By Washington Irving.
Silence of Dean Maitland. By Maxwell Gray.
Son of Porthos. BY Alexander Dumas.
st. Katherine's by the Tower. BY w. Besant.
Swiss Family Robinson.
This Wicked World. by Mrs n. L. Cameron.
The Three Guardsmen. by Alexander Dumas.
Tom Brown at Oxford. by Thomas Hughes.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. by
Jules Verne.
Twenty Years After. BY Alexander Dumas.
Two Years Before the Mast BY Il. II. Dana, Jr.
Uncle Max. BY Rosa Nouchette Carey.
Inducements. BY THE Duchess"
Under Two Flags BY Ouida.
Vanity Fair. BY w. NJ. Thackeray.
The Vicar Of Wakefield. by Oliver Goldsmith.
The Vicomte de Braggelonne. BY Alexander
Dumas.
Vivian the Beauty. BY Mrs Annie Edwards.
Wee Wife. BY Rosa Nouchette Carey.
We Two. By Edna Lyall.
The White Company: BY 4. Conan Doyle.
Willy Reilly. BY William Carlton.
The Witch's Head. by H. Rider Haggard.
The Woman In White. BY Wilkie Collins
A Woman's Face. BY Florence Warden.
Woman's Heart BY Mrs. Alexander.
Woman's War. BY Charlotte NJ. Braeme.
Won by Waiting. BY Edna Lyall.
The Wooing OF. By Mrs. Alexander.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24
FRANCIS HENRY,
AttorneY-at-Law
AND PROPRIETOR OF
THuRST0N COUNTY ABSTRACT.


MY Abstract, ana an experience of more than
VI twenty years in searching the records o.
Thurston county In regard to title enables me to
give prompt attention in regard to same
have complete and the only abstract OF the
Records of the Probate Court of said county pre-
pared during the eight years that was JuaASs
of said Court.
l have the only abstract that was ever
tempted to De made OF sales of property for taxes
IN said county.
negotiate loans for those wishing to borrow
or lend on real estate security. On the matter
of loans, represent only such local capitalists
as are my clents.)
have for many years represented, and at this
time represent, as agent of residents and nonres-
dents, large holding Of real estate in the city Of
Olympia, and in Thurston county, for the sale of
which negotiations can be made through me-
also have upon sale, for fixed prices, q large
amount OF real estate, both city and country,
which am ready 20 show up on call
am ready and equipped by the labor and ex-
pertence OF more than twenty years for the trans
action OF general real estate business, in which
line respectfully offer my services to those who
desire, either to purchase or sell, to borrow or
loan.
To those who think of investing, / have no
hesitation in saying that money put into real
estate In Olympia and Thurston county at this
time would be good investment
10 those who wish to sell, have to say that
my connections In this line of business will en-
able me to find purchasers for their property
among the many strangers constantly coming
and going through the country in search Of
chances for investment, who would otherwise
know nothing of the opportunity.
have large amount of city property, both
improved and unimproved for sale. Also, some
very desirable farms.
llOlympia. June l. 1870.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24

When grew dizzy and felt too weak to
walk, turned down bystrect, hoping TO
find another bench where might rest
little. But had walked away from the
park, and the by street only led me into n
desolate waste broken by few squalid
houses in scattered blocks, gas works and
here and there in the dim horizon factory
shaft Not bank to sit on-not even n
railing to rest against nothing but a level
stretch Of mud aud refuse thinly patched
with tufts of grinly ncttles and whitening
grass, an ocher sky above and distance
gray with the slanting rain.
plodded on doggedly-why should so
back with my head down, like a jaded
beast, sometimes closing my eyes to lhut out
the surroundings which seemed to add to
the sick loathing within me, stumbling i'll
rough places. careless whether fell or not
benumbed, dazed, more asleep thai awake
The howl of tug aroused me, apd lift
ing my head drowsily found that / was
by the side Of the river. separated from it
only by narrow causeway and a strip of
oozy shingie. The factories on the other
side were half hidden in their own smoke,
beaten down by the rain. The line Of shore
upon this side was unbroken save by
hulk that stood aground at some distance.
| saw the tug slide away into the murky
cloud that hung over the river and watched
the swell it made flow up the shingle and
recede, flowing again and falling In dimin-
ishing waves until the last ripple faded
away, leaving the stream as still as pond
under the steady rain.
III was time to go on again, now chat
there was nothing more to notice. Which
way should go' asked myself, and then,
Where should | 20, and why? Neither
shelter nor food was to be got by walking,
nothing but aching pain in body and soul.
Better to stop here and rest A wisp of
straw came into sight, floating down wish
the stream SO easily that | envied its condi-
ton. To lie upon the water and knowing
nothing, feeling nothing, to pass away in
endless sleep, surely that must be good 1t
would not be colder to lie in the river than
to stand shivering in the rain. Nothing
could be worse than living
walked down the shingle and stood in
the water. 1t seemed warm to my feet. l
walked out still farther, and my limbs
ceased to shake under me. What fool
had been to endure such misery, with this
alternative at handl l went out more swift
ly till the water lifted me from my feet,
and l felt myself going on and on without
exertion. put my hands up to my breast
to see II the ring was there and clasped
them upon it to keep it safe.
Then out OF the darkness that closed over
me the grave, kind face of Taras came into
sight, and out of the rushing sound in my
ears his voice spoke, know not what, but
with the tones had heard before Of sooth.
ing music Everything was fading away
like ideas at the approach Of sleep. but at
the very last the kind eyes smiled as if
Iaras in those dying sounds were saying.
Farewell. little friend"
Ito hs CoHftnue<.i