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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
Fortunate Mortals,

Considering that bicycling in it's pres
ent form is only four or five years old,
the popularity it has obtained is surpris-
ing to the layman. To the crank, how
ever, there is nothing astonishing about
it. The modern bicycle offers means
of getting over ground that is at once
healthful and economical. The silent
steed needs no oats. A drop of oil now
and then satisfies it's appetite. 1t doesn't
die. 1t isn't subject to SPAWN, ringbone
or CHAMBERS. 1t doesn't run away, and
no stable is required to shelter it. Seat
ed on its back, the rider laughs to scorn
the crowded cable cars and the elevated
road. His cheeks glow with the ruddy
health engendered by the exercise, and
he would not exchange places with the
fashionable in the dogcart whom he
leaves far behind on the boulevard 1t
is no wonder, then, that all bicyclers are
enthusiasts. They have a right to be-
They enjoy advantages over ordinary
people, and they are only human in
showing that they possess them.--Chi-
cago Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20

1t is rumOred that as soon as the
worlds fair is over the Milwaukee
branch trains will run on the old time
schedule. 1t is to be hoped that this
is true. The time for the Wells train
would be much more convenient if it
left at $40 o. M, than at $3.50 D. m.
Some further work will be done
on the Presbyterian church before
winter, to even the walls up. The
building will be completed next year.
Before snow flies the stone should be
removed from the travelled part Of the
street, as accidents are likely to occur.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
Specimen Cases

S, III. Clifford. New easel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheu.
matism, his Stomach was disordered
his Liver was affected to an alarming
degree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and stength.
Three bottle of Electric Bitters
cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, Ill.
had running sore on his leg of eight
years. standing. Used three BOTTLE of
Electric Bltters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker ,Cataw-
ba, o., had five large Fever sores on
his leg, doctors said he was incurable.
One bottle Electric Bitters and one
box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him
entirely. Sold by. Lamm&Morehart
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
BUILDING A DRAMA.
An Interesting Account of How the Real
Article Is Constructed.

an intervening ACCOUNT Oh now tile hSai
Article Is Constructed.
A real drama is constructed and not
written. 1t is built up as a house is
erected by the bricklayer and stonema-
son, and the words are only the bricks
and stones and have the same relative
value to the design of the playwright as
these to the designs of the architect. The
architect has the structure in existence
and clearly wrought out before the first
stone is laid, aud the drama of the true
playwright is in existence before word
is written. Words there must be, Just
as there must be bricks, but as the latter
can be carried from the kiln at current
prices in any quantity, so can the former
be brought to the playwright from the
dictionary by any purveyor of sentences
at current prices.
The rare man who constructs a good
play can hire men by the regiment to
write the lines. But the dialogue, the
epigram, the repartee, the brilliant
speech such as we find in Congreve and
in Sheridan, is not this an essential!
the reader will ask. Let us not put the
cart before the horse. 1t is the situa-
tions that produce the dialogues. 1t is
not the dialogues that produce the situa-
tons. Given situation that calls for
a smart, brisk, snappy, witty exchange
of words, and the words will come We
see this in real life, and the stage copies
real life. Even in so simple situation
as when couple of cartmen get their
wheels locked on Broadway on a muddy
day and policeman comes up to sepa-
rate them, you will hear a good deal Of
smart though coarse dialogue. Such
dialogue and all dialogue that grows out
of any situation (and no dialogue worth
listening to grows out of anything else)
is interesting in proportion as the situa.
ton is interesting.
Without situation to call forth an in
terchange of language suitable to the oc-
casion, and especially such situation as
of itself interests the audience and causes
each member of it to ask himself what
the characters will say next, a lot Of
sssv'5.. dressed people might Stand or sit
around on the stage and fire off epigrams
at each other, and the audience would
yawn.
Dramas, SO called, written in perfect
accordance with syntax, witty here and
there and always elegant, pour in upon
the manager and are repeated with the
utmost energy and dispatch because they
are nothing but sermons or essays in
three or four chapters called acts Their
authors style them dramas because they
are not dramatic. They divide them
into acts because they involve no action
and subdivide them into scenes because
where nothing is done nothing can be
seen. | may remark in passing that the
old fashioned shifting of scenes during
an act is now only put into plays by nov
ices who have not studied the modern
stage.-W. H. Crane in North American
Review.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
Less Than Halt Rates to the World
Fair

During the remainder of the world S
fair The North Western Line will
sell excursion tickets to Chicago and
return at less than half rate; tickets
on sale October Is to 3lst, good for re-
turn passage until November Is, 1898,
inclusive. No one should fail to take
advantage of this opportunity to
visit the grandest educational and
historical exhibition the world has
ever seen. Tickets and full informa-
tion can be obtained of agents Chi
cago & North Western Railway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
He Ought to Visit at Home.

The German emperor is no doubt a
model of most of the domestic virtues,
but he certainly is wanting in one of
them-a fondness for home. Not long
ago his imperial majesty happened to
mention to his brother, Prince Henry of
Prussia, that he was out of health, and
that his doctors had advised at least a
month Of complete change of air. On this
Prince Henry suggested that the best way
of following the advice would be to spend
q month in Berlini-Londan Tit~Bits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
A Singular Coincidence.

The chaplain of an American Jail
vouches for the following. A little boy
was taken by his parents to visit the
prison, and on passing one of the cells
in which notorious criminal had been
incarcerated his father playfully pushed
him in and closed the door upon him.
The child, overcome by some vague ter
ror, screamed aloud and could scarcely
be comforted by his mothers caresses.
Years passed. The lad half thought
lessly fell into crime and was only re-
called to his better nature on finding
himself, having been sentenced to term
of imprisonment, in the identical cell
into which he had been momentarily
thrust as child.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20

-Chas. Jones. formerly bar tender
for Henry Wolff, has commenced a
suit for $3.50 against the latter for
wages which he claims due him.
| There was no contract, and Mr.. Jones
sues for $50 month and allows So per
month for board. Mr.. Wolff offered
to give him SIS month and board.
w. r. Geddes is attorney for Mr..
Jones.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Rev. John w. Marshall
and Miss Julia A. Whitelaw, Wednes-
day, Oct. 18th. They will arrive in
the city tomorrow and will be sat
home" after Nov. 1st at 620 Byron
street. Their many friends will well
come this worthy couple home with
the hope that the future may have in
store for them it's choicest blessings.
The DR.. Wards liniment cases
have found their way into the United
States courts. j. r. Watkins has
commenced an action against Lam
don Burchard, of Plainview, in the
q. S. Circuit court, for infringement
of trade mark, and claims 10000
damages. He also asks that the de-
PENDANTS be restrained from further
using the trade mark and that they
show what profits they have made out
of the use of the trade mark here
tofore. The trade mark is valued at
100000. Pau & Young are attor. eys
for Mr.. Watkins.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-20
Spent ONLY One.

Little Dot-Mamma gave me two
quarters to buy candy, but only spent
one of them.
Father-That's something like. Now
I'll give you another quarter to put
with the other.
Little Dot-Thank you, but 1 can't
put it with the other till I find it. 1t
dropped out of my pocket on the way to
the candy Store.-Good News.
The herald., 1893-05-31

The final heat of the open mile bicycle
race WAS disasteroue as far as wheels
were concerned. There were two falls,
Dozier on the track and Burke ran over
the lower bank. Neither of the riders
were hurt much, but both wheels were
bent con siderably.
The herald., 1893-05-31
Notice Inviting Street Work Pro
posals.

DURsUANT TO THE STATUTES AND TO
i ordinance No 1903 of the council Of the
city OF Los Angeles, adopted May %, 1898,
directing this notice, the undersigned 1nyltes
and will receive at his ofee n the city hall, up
to II O'Clock =. m. of Monday, June ., 1898,
sealed proposals or bids for the following atreet
work 10 be dons according TO the specihcations,
No IL, for cement sidewalks ia the city Of Los
Ange eS, posted ana on nle, therefor adopted, or
herein mentioned. to wit:
That l. oemeat sidewalk six feet in width be
constructed along the north side OF said Twen'
ty.thlrd street from the west line Of Main
street To the east line Of Grand avenue Except
ing such portions OF said street between said
points alsng which cemant or asphalt side.
wa as been constructed and accepted said
sid, walk TO b constructed in accordance with
specifications on 6le in tho office OF the city
Gle X, said Specifications being numbered u.
Bidders must lie with each proposal or BID a
check payg bic o the order of the mayor of this
city, Ger fled by responsib.e BANK for an
amount which shall not be less than ten per
cent OF the aggregate nt the proposal, or BOND
for The said amouut and so pay Bile, signed BY
the bidder and by wo suretlesi VINO shalt Justt-
Iy, before any ctlicer competent to administer
an Oh n, In 6ouule the said a@ount, and over
and above all stgiutO exemptions.
In bidding use blanks which Will be furnished
by the city clerk upon application
Los Angeles, Cal May %, lS93
O. A. LUCKENBACH,
City Clerk and ex Ofhoio CLERK of the
530.2t Council of the City of Los Angeles
The herald., 1893-05-31
Ordinance No. 1886.
lNRW snRIRaN

(NHW SERIES)
A N ORDINANCE DECLARING THE IN
~ tention of the mayor and council OF the
city of Los Angeles TO establish the grade OF
Ocean View avenue from Alvarado street to
Bonnie Brae street.
Tho mayor and council OF the city of Los An
gcles do o ,dain as follows;
council of the city of Los Angeles to establi n
the grade OF 0cehuView avenue from Alvarado
street to Sonnie BrRe street, as follows:
At tbs intersection OF Alvarado street, rs now
established. 80 90 on the northeast corner and
10000 on the southeast corner; at the intersec-
tion OF Quebec street 1856. 90 on the nor Invest
corner, and at point opposite to said corner in
the south slde 1900 on the northeast corner
and st soint opposite 10 said corner in the
Eouth side; nt the Intersection OF B1nnio Braa
street 1890 on che northwest corner and
1890 on the southwest corner.
And at all points between said des gnated
points the grades shall be estab ished so as 20
conform to straight line drawn between said
desi8nstei points
Elevations are in feet and above city datum
plane.
SIC. 2. Ordinances Nos. 1142 and 1891 (new
serieS) are hereby repealed,
hEc g. The city CLERK shall certify to the
same to be published for ten days in the Los
Angeles HERALD, and thereupon and there.
al er it shall take effect and be- in force.
hereby certify that the above ordinance
was adopted by the council of the city OF Los
Angeles at its meeting OF May 18th, 1893.
C. A. .LUCKENBACh,
City Clerk.
Approved this 10th day OF May. 1898,
5-24l lOt r. e. ROWAN, Mayor.
The herald., 1893-05-31

O. V. Howard and James Ryan then
ran 440 yards. They both trotted around
the quarter, Howard being slightly in
the lead until the home stretch was
reached, when they spurted. Howard
winning easily in :13.
A lO0-yard run, handicap, was the
next event. Ray Maynard of Stanford,
jr., university, was at the scratch Art
Guthrie and Ed Germain, three yards;
B. F. Hoyt, four yards; r. J. Habcock,
two yards; George Throop and Whitney
of Pomona college, FIVE yards each.
Hoyt won easily in 1034 ceconds, Whit.
ney second and German third.
The club 100-yard run was won by
Jas. Ryan in III seconds. Germain
was the other starter. Germain lead to
the 75-yard mark, when Ryan obtained
slight advantage. Both finished well
together.
THREE-MILE HADICAP.
The three-mile bicycle handicap was
another pretty and exciting event.
Fox was on the scratch and finished
third. He made fine attem pit to win
this event, his spurta being the prettiest
riding OF the day, but fate was against
the Cotton man yesterday, and he was
and their hsndicaps were w. M. Jen-
kins, 80 yards; W. S. Ruby, rs yards;
p. Kitchen, rs yards; G. E. McCrea,
200 yards; B. M. Clark, 225 yards; ]. w.
Cowan, $50 yards, and Macy Thomson,
800 yards. By some mistakethe men
covered thirteen laps instead OF twelve.
Beginning with the second lap the fol-
lowing is the order in which each
quarter was finished
Thompson, Wilson, McCrea, Clark,
CoWan, Kitchen, Jenkins, Ruby, Fox.
Third quarter was the same.
Fourth lap, Wilson, Thompson, Ma
Crea, Clark, Cowan, Kitchen, RUBY,
Fox, jenkins.
Fifth lap, Wilson, Thompson, Cowan,
McCrea, Clark, Kitchen, Ruby, Fox,
jenkins.
Sixth lap-Wilson, Thompson, Cow
an, McCrea, Kitchen, Clark, Ruby,
Fox, Jenkins.
Seventh lap - Wilson, Thompson,
Cowan, McCres, Kitchen, Clark, Ruby,
Fox, jenkins.
Eighth lap-McCrea, Thompson. Cow
an, wilson, OlarK, FOX, Kitchen, Ruby,
Jenkins. ~,
Ninth lsp-McCrea, Thompson, Cow
an, Clark, Fox, Kitchen, Ruby.
Tenth lap-McCrea, Cowan, Themp-
son, Fox, Clark. Kitchen, Ruby.
Eleventh lap-McCrea, Oowan, Fox,
Thompson, Clark, Kitchen, Ruby.
Twelfth lap-McCres, Cowan, Fox,
Thompson, Clark, Ruby, Kitchen.
Thirteenth Lap - Cowsn, McCrae,
Fox, Thompson and Clark. The time
in this event WAS minutes "a seconds,
A special hurdle race against time
was to have concluded the programme,
but the crowd which had been grad
ually thinning out during the latter
events left the grounds entirely after
the completion of the handicap. 30 the
idea of the hurdle race was abandoned.
The herald., 1893-05-31
Notice Inviting Street Work Pro-
p0sals.

DURSUANT TO STATURS AND TO ORDI-
Il nance No. 1897 of the Council OF the city
of Los Angeles, adopted May 22d, 1893 direct,
ing this notice, the undersigned invites and
will receive at his office in the City Hall, up to
IL O'Clock q. M, OF Monday, June D, 1898,
sealed proposals or bids for the following street
work to be done according to the specif1ca-
tions No. 8 for constructing graveled streets
in the city of Los Angeles posted and on file,
therefor adopted, or herein mention, to-wit;
LIST. That said Bonnie Brae street, in said
city, from the northerly curb line OF Temple
street to the sOutherly curb line of Bellevue
avenue, including all intersections OF streets,
excepting such portions of said street and in
tersections as are required by law to be kept in
order or repair by any person or company hay-
ing railroad tracks thereon, and also excepting
such portions as have already been graded and
graveled and accepted), be graded and graveled
in accordance with the plans and profile on
file in the etiee OF the city engineer ana specl.
iicatlons on file in the Office OF the city clerk of
the city of Los Angeles for graveled streets
said specifications being numbered five.
Second-That redwood curb be constructed
along each line Of the roadway of said Bonnie
Brae street, from the northerly curb line of
Temple street to the southerly curb line of
Bellevue avenue excepting along such por-
tions Of the line of said roadway upon which q
redwood, cement or granite curb has already
been constructed and accepted in accordance
with specifications in the office of the city
clerk of said city for constructing redwood
curbs.
SEC. 2. The city engineer having estimated
that the total cost of said improvement will be
greater tnnn one dollar per frOHL tOOt along
each line OF said street, including the cost OF
intersections, It is hereby determined, in pur-
suanee oS an act OF the legislature OF the state
OF california, aPProVea February ~, 1873 that
bonds shall be issued to represent the cost OF
said Improvement said bonds shall be serial
extending over period Of ten years, an even
proportion of which shall be payable annually
on the second day of January of each year,
after their date, until the whole are paid and
TO bear interest at the rate OF per cent per an
mum, payable semi-aunually on the seconds
days Of January and July OF each and every
year.
Bidders must file with each proposal or bid
check payable to the order of the mayor of
this city certified by responsible bank, for
an amount which shall not be less than 10 per
cent Of the aggregate OF the pro
posal, or n bond for the said amount and
so payable, signed by the bidder and by two
competent TO administer an oath, in double
the said amount, and over and above all statu-
tory exemptions.
IN bidding use blanks which will be fur
nshed by the city cleTk upon application.
Los Angeles, Cal, May 20, 1898.
c. A. LUCKENBACH,
City Clerk and ex-offco Clerk Of the Council
OF the city of Los Angeles. 3-3O-2t
The herald., 1893-05-31
USICAL.
Ordinance No. 1886.
LMHM nnn1nr

(NEW BERlEH.)
oRDINANOE a DECLARING THE + =, ISTEN; y; p
Los Angcl-s to establish tho grade OF Cum
mlneS street from Flrt street to Sixth street.
The mayor and e0uncl OF the city of Los
Angeles do ordaln as follows:
SECTIoR I. That 1t is the intention of the
council OF the city sf Les Angeles to establish
tho grade OF CuEmi Raa street from First street
TO B1xth street as fWllews;
AT ths inters cti0n Of First street the grade
shall bs. as 70v established, 3S 60 on the
sscies S Second meet SfsS on At the he n6rh
west coFHer. 90 on sae northeast corner,
3l67 on the south vest corner, and 81. .96 on
Third street. 80. 90 eh tho northwest sAd north
eHst corner, aud as so on the southwest and
southeast coRgsr; At the Intersection OF Fourth
gtreet, 30 90 on the northwest and southwest
90 st corner; at peiat A4o feet south OF the
south live Sf BoVrth street In the west line of
Cummings ttrcet, 43 90 and 80 90 In tho east
line; At a point 800 feet south of the south line
81 Fourth street 81 0ain the west line of Gum
mings street, and sc 90 in ths eat line at the
wtst corner ana $40 on the northeast corner.
And nt ell points between said designated
points the grade shall b. established SO as to
conform TO straight line drawn between said
designated points.
Elevations are in feet and above city datum
sEo. .. Tho city clerk shall certify to the
passage OF this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published for ten days in the Los
Angeles HERALD and thereuoon and thereafter
1t shall take effect and be in force.
hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
WAS adopted by the council of the city of Les
Angeles at its meeting OF May 10th, 1899.
G.. A LUCKENBACH, City Clerk
App owed this 10Th day of May, 1898.
5-24.10t Mayor
The herald., 1893-05-31

The 6rst quarter was run in 4415
seconds, and in the following order, the
riders being we'll punched: Holbrook
jenkins, Burke, Dozier and Kitched.
The Eecond quarter was made in the
Same order. On the third quarter, when
opposite the bleschers, Burke shot
ahead Do2ier second, the others punched.
They kept this order until the beginning
OF the fourth and last lap, when Kitchen
forged ahead, Do2ier good second.
Jenkins, third, Burke fourth and Hol-
brook last. In making the last turn
into the home stretch, jenkins at
tempted to turn out, and in some man
ner interfered with Dozier, who fell
prone upon the track. Burke was
then squirting and preparing to pass
the leaders, but had to turn his wheel
towards the edge of the track to avoid
running afoul of Dozier. He went too
near the edge, however, and his wheel
jumped the track.
The three remaining riders, Kitchen,
The herald., 1893-05-31
Notice Inviting Street. Work Pro-
pOsals.

DURSUAET TO STATUTES AND TO ORDI-
4 nance No. 1893 Of the council OF the city
OF Los Angeles, adopted May ~, lS93 direct,
ing this notice, the undersigned invites and
viii receive at his oiice in the city hall, up TO
II O'Clock am. Of Monday, June D, 1898
sealed proposals or bids ior the following
street work to be done according to the specif-
cations, No. 8, for graded and grayeled streets
In the city of Los Angeles, posted and on file,
therefor adopted, or herein mentioned, to,wlt;
ftrst-ThRt said Sixth street IN SAID city from
tho east line Of st. PauFs avenue 10 the west
line Of city OF Los Angeles including all inter.
secu0ns OF streets excepting such portions OF
said street and intersections as are required by
law to be kept in order or repair by any person
or company having railroad tracks thereon, ana
also excepting such poruons as nave already
been graded, graveled and accepted), be graded
and greveled In accordance with the plans and
profile on file in the office oi the city engineer
and specifications on file in the ONCE 0t the
city clerk OF the city Of Los Angeles for gray
eled streets, said specifications being num-
bered five.
second-That a redwood curb be constructed
along each line Of the roadway OF sald blxth
street from the east line OF 81. PauPs avenue
20 the west line Of city OF Los Angeles tex,
eeptinE along such portions OF the line OF said
roadway upon which a redwood, granite or
cement eurb has slready been constructed and
accepted in accordance with specihcatfOns IN
the once OF the city clerk OF said city Tor con-
structing redwood curbs.
SEc 2. The city engineer having estimated
that the total cost Of said improvement viii be
greater than one dollar per front foot along
thcn line OF Bhld streCtt lHciuulIh tnt ooot vi
Intersections, IT is hereby determined, in pur-
sqance OF an act Of the legisature Of the the state
OF California approved February 27, 1898 that
bonds shall be issued to represent the cost Of
said improvement. Said bonds shall be serial,
extending over period Of ten years, an even
proportion Of which shall be payable annually
on the second day Of January OF each year after
their date until tho whole are paid, and to bear
interest at the rate of seven per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annualy on the second
days Of January and July OF each and every
year.
Bidders must file with each proposal or bid
check payable to the order of the mayor OF
this city, certified by n responsible bank for
an amount which shall not be less than ten per
cent of the aggregate of the proposal, or a
bond for the said amount and so payable,
signed by the bidder and by two sureties, who
shall justify before any officer competent to
administer an oath, in double the said amount,
and over and above all statutory exemptions.
In bidding use blanks which will Ire fur-
nished by the city clerk upon application.
Los Angeles, Call May 80 1898.
c. A. LUCKENBACH,
City Clerk and ex offcio Clerk OF the Council
of the City OF Los Angeles. $50 Ut
The herald., 1893-05-31
Proposals for Supplies

NOR PACIFIC BRANCH NATIONAL HOME
L for Disa blsd Volunteer sodiers-Los Ange-
les county, Ualifo mia. May 12, ls93.-sealed
proposals will be received Mt the Treasurer 8
Office until O'clock ?. IA. Friday. June ?, 1913,
for suupl es Tor tho quarter ending septem Der
30 S93. as follows; Quartermaster subsist-
formation and instructions ior sub itting bids
will be furnisned upon application to the un-
dersigned. The rig bit to reject any or all bids
A. M THORNTON, Treasurer,
Approved: @. TREIcHBL, Gov,
S 22-may 90 25, IS, 81 At