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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-06-02

VIM n. PLYMAT,
Atty. for Petitioner,
Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-06-02
THE BLACK PERCHERON NORMAN
STALLION
DAGOBERT 5I5I.

DAGOBERT 515I, Is One of the Greatest
producing sires Of the world reu owned Brilliant
1911 (775). There is not hDrse 10 he United
States with anywhere near the reputation, both
as prize winner and as a sire of wiuners Won
in the greatest and ar last fought battles of the
show ria IS Of Franc, al An erica, that is placed
at so low fac as is Digobert (FOr bres ling
and further inform alton see small card5.)
Desert DtiDn-Dagobert is brilliant black,
condition) 2l00 !bs would weigh in show ring fro
of bone and substance (maasur, Jug inches more
the champion Shire horse Of America This M
Clyde that has yet been mporsed to this coutry, 81
Tarms-Fifteen dollars TO insure mare Will
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Abolishing London Fogs.

The London county council has turned
out to be remarkably active and enter
prising body, but when it is said to be
seriously proposing to take up the prob
lem of aboEshing the fogs that have so
long given Ill repute to that city 1t
would seem that it is taking tremend-
Gus contract upon its hands. For a
proposition to abolish the London fogs
sounds very much like interfering with
the order of nature, such as undertaking
to stop snowstorms, or, like General
Dyrenforth, attempting to shake rain
out of the sky. But when it is considered
that the horrible fogs Of London are of
comparatively modern date, that they
did not exist two centuries ago, and that
they are due to human agency, the un-
dertaking, though still large one, does
not seem unfeasible.
The character of these fogs, which OBJ
scure everything with an almost inky
blackness and often make MONDAY as
dark as midnight, is due to the clouds of
unconsumed carbon pouted out by thou
sands of ehimneys into humid, misty
atmosphere, where the smoke mikes it
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Tho 1ntelliccnt E.I.imo Dog.

The much referred 20 intelligence of
the Scotch collie which is a sort of first
cousin Of the Eskimo dog, is undoubtedly
even surpassed by that Of his arctic rel
ative. Some of the characteristics Of
the Eskimo draft dog are almost incred
ible. Any one who has observed them
finds it difficult to deny him the credit
of reasoning power. | had one dog
which persisted in feignins lameness or
sickness in order to shirk duty. he
would suddenly begin to limp dread
fully and look back at his driver with a
most pitiable expression. He succeeded
several times in arousing my sympathy
and being released from the harness
until one of my Eskimos assured me
that it was all trickery. After that ]
punished him whenever he tried to stlrk.
and in ev " case it would be days be-
fore any sign Of lameness would be seen.
He had a trick of slipping out of the
harness, in which he was an expert, and
made his escape from the ropes IN a man
ner which would make a spirituallstlc
medium green with envy. This dog
through Sinking his work had incurred
the enmity of the rest of the team. and
they resented repeatedly his unwilling
ness to meet his part of the teams OBJ
ligat! ms. l saved him several times
from the fierce onslaught Of his col
leagues after he had run away from the
sled.-A. B. Schanz in Milwaukee Sen.
+ipo1
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Whimsical Children.

Children are supposed to be the most
whimsical creatures in the world, and
yet there have been grown men who were
quite as much SO as any child that ever
lived. The writer knows little girl
who cannot go to sleep unless she has a
piece of rubber held between her thumb
and forefnger, which some persons con.
sider to be whimsical in the extreme, but
what have these to say of Haydn, one Of
the'greatest of composers OF music, who
could not put two notes together until
he had dressed himself in his best suit
and had his hair powdered, and who de.
clared that without certain diamond
ring, the gift of Frederick II of Prussia,
on his finger he could not begin to work,
since he could not summon a single idea
into his head? Other composers have
been equally whimsical.-Harper's Ba-
zar
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
THE MOTHERLEss.

God pity the motherless children,
Wherever we chance to meet.
The curled and the petted darlings,
Or-the waits that drift in the street.
Sorrow is bitter enough for the old;
0 pity young hearts when they ache,
For love is the sun that should circle
each one.
When life's dawn is beginning to break.
God pity the shiyering children
Who shrink in the darkness and miss
a voice on the stairs, and the murmur of
prayers,
And the JOY of a goodnight kiss,
Who nestle like birds with no lowering
wing,
From the gloom of the night and its
O the smothered sob, and the hearts that
throb
On the pillows pedewed with tears.
God pity the helpless children
Who never dare lift their eyes
Or voices to plead, though their hearts
may bleed,
Except to the plying skies,
Who cringe from the sting of a word OF
blow,
Where mercileSs Justice stands,
Till long to gather them all in my arms,
And soothe with loves plying hands.
God pity the lonely children
Who hunger for love, and thirst
For the strength of an arm to shield from
harr:,
Till their dear hearts are ready to
burst.
Who long for some mothers caresses
AS over her darling she smiled,
Till it seemed God alone had forgotten
his own
In the grief Of / motherless child.
We give to the suffering children,
The outcasts wherever they go,
But how many may die for the love we
deny,
All around us, we none of us know.
These little ones are of his kingdom;
His love like the sunlight is sown,
them I. part,
With plenty still left for her own.
! O shelter the motherless children,
They are bearing life's heaviest cross.
No love is so sweet to the bruised little
feet.
No loss is so bitter a loss;
For the love of mother is nearest
Christ's love.
Redeeming. forgiving as need.
Unchanging Away. and unfailing for aye,
As infinite as it is true.
Chide gently the motherless children.
o think if your darlings should GO
/ Afar from your fold to the world cruel,
cold,
/ And you could not mother them so:
Be gentle, be patient with all of their
faults,
Some day-you can never know when
Your loved you will leave for your pres
ence to grieye.
How much you would crave for them
God pity the motherless children.
Off love were not selfish to-day,
We would brush every cry that is waited
on high
From the orphans that throng in our
way.
We would clasp little hands, we would
cheer little hearts,
AS motherhood blesses and charms:
We would gather them in from sorrow
and sin,
As Christ folded them in to his arms.
-Eu,ice Ployter Scdb,ry.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
A Family of Dwarfs.

The appearance Of dwarf on the
streets recently attracted considerable
attention. He was from Admission. and
was the smallest man seen In Rome
since the days of Tom Thumb. His
name is W. F. Darnell, and his Lillipu-
tan appearance is something remarka-
BILE. Heis sixty-four years old, and Is
feet and A inches high and weighs
ninety-eight pounds. He has tie face
and every appearance Of an old man.
but when he is seen walking the OBJ
server is constantly reminded Of the
small boy.
Mr.. Darnen came to Rome in search
of assistance for his sen, who IS afflicted
with spinal trouble. His son is twenty
one years of age, and is thirty-seven
inches high and weighs forty-four
pounds. On election day Mr.. Darnell
carried his son to the polls in his arms
and both voted. There is another son
who is twenty-four years of age, and is
forty-seven inches high and weighs
ninety-eight pounds, the same as his
father.-Rome (N. " Tribune.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
A Golden City in Africa.

We find in the London Times letter
giving striking description of the
remarkable town of johannesburg in the
Transvaal, which is well called '.The
Golden City It's name even does not
appear on the maps of Africa issued ten
years ago. It will be a surprise to null
titudes to know that there is any such
spot on the African continent. The city
stands upon gold reef, upon which reef
fifty companies are now working. employ
ing $50 white men and over $4,000
natives OF the city of johannesburg
itself, the writer says:
st is neither beautiful nor impressive
from the aesthetic point of view, but it
might be set down as it stands in any
ulation of about 1000. The bulornss
are good, the streets are broad, there are
shops with plate glass windows full OF
ball dresses and silver plate, the resldcn-
tial quarters are rapidly spreading them
selves out into squares and boulevai ds,
a tram line connects them with the
business center. for twenty miles east
and west you may see the tunnels OF nm
inc works smoking against the sky. the
sound of an engine whistle is in your
ears. and you find that tram has been
constructed. which runs from one end OF
the Rand to the other. The town is lit
with gas. water is supplied to all It's
houses, every ordinary appliance OF civil
ization is here, and when you remember
that it has all been done in five years
and that every scrap of material has
been carried up, and the SIX piano;
waiting at the frontier will presently be
carried, by OK wagons. ycu begin to real
ize something of the extraordinary con
ditions which can have called SO sudder
development into existence.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Boston Her Standard.

The following story is told me of a
little girl who spent some weeks in a
visit among relatives in this city not
long ago. When the days of her visit
ended she returned to her home in
Maine. A few DAYS later there was a
camp meeting in the immediate neigh
borhood of her home, and she frequently
attended with her mother. She heard
many glowing descriptions of the beau
ties Of the heavenly land, and she be-
came enthusiastic over the prospect Of
such a glorious future home. One day,
unable to restrain herself longer, she
said to her mamma: Lets hurry up
and get to heaven before its filled up. l
want to go there. If it's anything like
Boston I shall never want to come
back Boston Globe.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Lacking in Enterprise.

The city editor sat at his desk gloom
ily, and it was near midnight.
"Well," he exclaimed petulantly to the
reporters in front of him, haven't any of
you got any copy?
Nobody had.
'Tsn't there anything at all occurring
in town. he asked.
"No, sir replied the head reporter.
| Everything is dead dull"
"Of course it is; Of course, of course, !"
growled the city editor, "and no wonder.
Every man of you has loaded revolver
In his desk that hasn't been fred at any
body for four weeks, and still you claim
to be efficient newspaper men. You fell
lows have got toe much education and
not enough enterprise, and unless some
thing occurs in the next ten days I'll dis
charge every one of you and employ COM
petent men, even if we do have to pay
them salaries. Mind that, now" and the
city editor ones more relapsed into gloom.
Detroit Free Press,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

Prof. George II. Schodde tells rs in
the January Quarterly thar 1t is a
singular fact that in. the l@st years, the
lands of Biblical history have in most
surprising manner been giving up their
dead, and the resurrected witnesses OF
ancient civilizations have marvellous
tales to unfold Pick and spade have IN
our day become most6mportant aids for
Biblical and historical research.
Throughout the valleys of the Eurhrates
and the Tigris and the Nile; in scores OF
historic sites in Asia Minor, along the
routes of Paul's missionary tours; IN
Italy and Northern Africa; in Palestine,
the explorer and the investigator have
been discovering rich treasures which give
this history and the antiquities OF the
ancient world an entirely new. appear
ance,'' and are of immense value to the
Biblical student.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
LITTLE SHOPS THAT PAY.
They Carry Stock of Papers and Get a
Rebate on Copies Unsold.

They Carry Stock of Papers and Get q
Rebate on Copies Unsold.
Speaking cf small stands, some Of
them, though apparently Insignificant,
make considerable money. Those urder
the up town and down town elevated
stations do so, as matter of course, be-
ing patronized by the thousands going
to and coming from work and forming
distributing points of house delivery.
But refer more particularly now to the
little shops that have a board out in
front, on which are arranged the morn
ing papers and evening papers at their
appropriate time of the day. An extra
stock is sometimes keptinside. They vend
er sees the outside business through the
window perhaps, but you don't notice
that or pay any attention to it.
The customer grabs his paper as he
goes along, leaving the price on the
stack, and the subsequent proceedings
interest him no more If he hasn't the
change he makes it usually fror. the
pennies and nickels already there. Now
and then soD .-oody comes out and takes
in what is lying around loose, and that
is all there is to it. These small stands
are also distributing points. You ieave
an order at the nearest stand, and the pa
pers come up your dumb waiter in the
early morning along with your milk
etc, and the bill is pinned to a paper at
the end of the month. These stands get
their stock from the big newsdealers.
who deliver their supplies by wagon.
and the little retailer has no direct con
nection with the publication office He
returns his unsold copies and gets the
rebate through the same channel This
One Of these small venders on An
sterdam avenue, near Eighty-frst street,
told me he paid the rent Of his store out
of the sales on that little board out IN
Jront. And yet the newsdealer is be-
tween him and the publication office
This dealer, or wholesaler, protects his
customers by so restricting the number
of stands that they are practically IN
monopoly of certain territory. That
is why lots of other people don't run
stands. They couldn't buy the papers
AS it would not pay them to run up and
down several miles to and frcn. the
newspaper Offices, the dealer Is king
New York Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

clans tane their instruments after IN
stead of before coming into the orches-
tra:'
1t is mistake to imagine there is no
tuning of the instruments before coming
into the orchestra. Violinists, doublo
bass players and violas (f professionals
or good amateurs keep theirinstruments,
as rule, up to concert pitch, the differ
ence oc temperature, the loosening Of a
peg or variation in the tension of the
strings necessitating another tuning
when in the orchestra. Strings OF cat
gut are materially affected by moisture,
which swells them laterally and tends to
shorten them. Damp heat sharpens the
strings, while dry heat hattens them.
Concert rooms, according to the state
of the weather, experience both condi-
tons. Hence so much tuning and play
ing as soon as in the orc.estra is neces-
sary to get the instruments accustomed
to the temperature of the room. Wood
wind instruments, such as oboes. clari-
nets and bassoons. sharpen from the
swelling of the wood by the warm,
moist breath of the performer. The brass
instrument also sharpens by the heat Of
the performers breatll.-London Tit
Bits
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Tho Income Tax of 1861.

The heaviest income tax ever levied by
\ civilized government was that imposed
upon the people of the United States IN
1864, when, perhaps for the first time in
human history, patriotism was so strong
a passion that men really paid tax
which they might have evaded. A. 7.
Stewards income tax in one year was
s312 900, being 10 per cent. Of his income.
One millionaire of this city who, alarmed
at the long continuance of the war, so
disposed of his wealth abroad that for one
fiscal year it yielded no income. gave
true account of his affairs to the col
.ector. and in accordance with the latters
advice paid in full a tax estimated on his
income of the year before.-New York
Sun
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
ODDS AND ENDS.
Yale university has 1869 students.
Women put too much confidence in

Yale university has 1869 students.
Women put too much confidence in
pins.
A good credit is often as useful as a
good bank account.
Billiards were invented in France by
Devigne about 1471.
The man who most deserves monu-
ment does not need it.
A secret shared by more than two be-
comes common property.
In 1853 efforts to lay the cable failed on
account of a severe storm.
1t is said that 80 900 varieties of goods
are manufactured from wool.
Electric omnibuses are to be introduced
on Liverpool street in London.
The best work os Pa;siello was COM
posed while that genius was in bed.
When woman starts out to reform
she thinks only of the faults of men.
Allegories are fine ornaments and good
Illustrations but not proof.-Luther.
The soul moving accordion was in
vented by Damian, of Vienna, in 1929.
A riotous stomach will nearly always
gratefully receive glass or more of hot
water.
In 1884 Faraday proved the strength of
a battery to depend on the number of
plates.
Dentists bury in human teeth about
1,s0O pounds of gold a year in the United
States.
Franz Sigel, the jolly German general,
was familiarly known as "Dutchy"
among his soldiers.
A small boy, on seeing tandem bicy-
Gle for the first time, shouted out, ooh,
look at the double jointed safety
Girls of twelve to sixteen years were
never dressed in more comfortable and
becoming manner than they are this sea-
soa.
The kind of religion that tells in the
long run is rhekind that never howls and
growls because there is no pudding on
washday.
While ''to be dexterous in danger is
virtue" so, too, to be an adept q. fruit
and flower raising is no mean accom-
plishment.
Pierre Denis, who Will be remembered
by Americans as the de~oted friend of
Boulanger. is about to publish the cor
respondence of the general; also some
d, ,rments said to contain very curious
revelations, which may prove also dan
gerous 10 certain prominent Frenchmen.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Too Likely.

Mamma-Did you and Ethel play
church with your dolls:
Little Dora-We tried to, but we
couldn't, cause we hadn't any boy doll
for preacher. We dressed up Johnny's
iumpin jack an tried him. but he was Z
little too lively for reg'lar church. SC
ye turned it intoa revival.-Good News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Every Seven Years.

OF course everybody knows that seven
years of bad luck may be expected by the
Unfortunate person who happens to break
mirror. There it a general belief with
most people that the human body under
goes complete and mysterious change
every seven years.-New York News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
After Twenty Years.

In the issue of one of tt prominent
magazines for the current month is print
ed a story which was accepted twenty
years ago. Today it sees the light, and
its author is dead There is material here
for pastel" which is respectfully sub
mitted. The refrain could run. ut was
paid for.r-New York Times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

The Equal Rights Association of South
Carolina-f4 women. p men-has peti-
toned through Congressman Ti.lman tor
the passage OF the bill to give women the
right to vote in choosing the members OF
the House of Representatives.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

Sir John Lubbock, who probably
knows more about bees than any
other man in the world, living or
dead, says that there is strong evi-
dence that the queen bee has the
power of controlling the sex of the
egg.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
Freakish Actions of a Spring.

The greatest curiosity in West vir-
ginia and one of the most wonderful
freaks known in the south is spring at
field during two months Of the year and
at some other place during the other ten.
The Virginian end Of this wonder is en-
gagged in active business during the two
hottest months of the year-from July i
to Aug 3l-its basin being as dry as the
proverbial chip the remainder of the
year. This phenomenal fountain is no
tov wafer Jet; neither Is it 'seep' or
.sspouty place" On the contrary, 1t IS
gusher.
The ten months silence and two
months activity of this Virginian oddity
is no. ire only phenomenon it presents.
1t wor..,s on the intermission plan, spout
ing column of water of huge dimen-
sions for fifteen minutes, then relapsing
into state of inactivity for the same
length of time. The going and coming
of the w4ter are preceded by strange
roaring sound not unlike tAat Of heavy
train ,c.ssing over trestle. The size Of
the stream does not seem to diminish
from year to year, being always suffici-
sntly large to turn an ordinary tlywheel
St. Louis Republic.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

self with The natural fog in, such a way
as to seem almost solid. The only
thing required, therefore, to prevent the
fogs is to provide a different method of
combustion.-Boston Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

Nos 3 and 80 Solid Trains between
Charleston and Clinton, ). c.
81. NJ. EMERSON.
Asst Gen'l Passenger Agent.
J. r. kENLI,
General Manager.
T. N. EMERSON,
Traffic Manager.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

The GloomicSt Men on Earth Arc Tho
Whose business It Is to Make Fun &c
others-christian society Is wittier an,
More Humorous Than Any Other.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

The death rate from collisions and
other railroad accidents has been
appalling during the past few weeks.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

Additional trains Nos. /. md is-LEia accom-
mediation. daiIy except sunday. leaves Atlanta
5.@', p. IA. arrives Lula so p. ni Returning.
leaves La 800 4. m. arrives Atlanta >.:0
Between Lula and Athcns-No>. II AND = daily,
leave Lula so m. and l".:;j 4. d.. arrive Ath-
cn> i0.ij p. n. anc i2.20 p. Returning .eavc
Athens. Nos. 10 and y. daily. 6:Sp p. and So.
M. lrri:c Lula -.i5 2. IA and 30 4. N.
Between TOccoa and ElheItDn-No. ~ and No.
;. daidy except sunday. leave Toccoa 80 a. III.
anG - a. M. arrive E.bcrt"n il..S5 a. N. and
. 20 p. N. Hrtaruu@. No. - and No. l.. daily
except sunday. leave EJherton Boa p. m. and 80
I. H.. arrive l"ccoa 40 p. ~. ana io.2j 4. N.
No.. and 10 Pullman Sleeper between Atlanta
and New York
Nos 3. and Ss-waShinSton aliJ Southwestern
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and Memphis. VIA Atlanta and Birmingham.
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Pullman sleeper io and from Shreveport. Id.
via Meudian and Nick>hlrS. No. 3, connects IT
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