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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
What Drumlins Are.

Professor Barton of the Institute of
Technology gave half hour talk before
the students of the Chauncy Hall school
the other morning on ''Drumlins." It
is only within few years that any eX
tended research has been made into the
history of drumlins. The investigations
in this state have been conducted largely
by Professor Barton himself. A drum
lin, as the speaker explained, is mound
of material projecting upward from the
surface Of the earth to sufficient height
to be called hill This mound or hill
is made from loose bits of earth and
rocks torn from lodges at the time-some
thousands of years ago-when this part
of the earth was covered with sheet of
ice at least 1000 feet in thickness. AS
this vast sheet moved off to the south
ward it carried with it quantities of
earth and small fragments of rock,
which were deposited in valleys or heap
ed into drumlins.
The reason for the depositing of the
matter in valleys is an easy one to ex.
plain, but how it came to be piled into
hills has never yet been discovered. The
professor is at the present time making
this the subject of a special study, and
he hopes to solve the mystery before he
concludes the work of making map Of
the state of Massachusetts,, showing the
location of the 1900 drumlins within its
borders. Transcript.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
A Useful Leg.

In the human body, at least, art neve,
replaces nature with better work, bu
when false teeth refuse to ache an(
wooden legs save men from drowning
one is tempted to make some exceptions
An Alabama duck hunter had curious
adventure one day while on the water
in a skiff. He had lost a leg in rail
road accident and wore cork substi
tute, useful for ordinary purposes, but
preventing him from following game ex
cept in a boat.
On this occasion, as he was an expert
marksman, he had almost loaded the
skiff with ducks when, in reaching after
particularly fine bird, he overreached
and upset the boat.
Down went the birds, the gun and the
hunter, and as there was swift current
at that point the boat drifted away be.
fore he came to the surface. Being un.
able to swim, the hunter clutched wild.
ly for support, but found none, and
would certainly have been drowned had
it not been for his cork leg,
1t kept him afoat, and at first he was
overjoyed; then he became apprehen-
sive. The cork leg had tendency to
invert him in the water, but after strug.
Cling against this for some time he
managed to unstrap the limb and use il
as float.
It was then easy to paddle ashore, and
the hunter was saved, although he lost
nearly everything else but his life
Yor+tlhr's (,omnari0n.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
A Monster Advertisement.

The largest advertisement that has
ever been thrown out for wondering hui
mainly to gaze upon is that of the Glas-
gov News, made Of howerbeds on the
side of mountain back of Ardenlee,
Scotland. The words Glasgow News
can be seen and plainly read at dis.
lance of four miles. The length of each
letter is 40 feet, the total length of the
line 1923 feet and the area covered by the
letters 1885 feet. The borders of the
bed are sown with white flowers; the
centers with red and purple. The effect
from distance is said to be very grand
St. Louis Republic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
Repentant Lovers Awful Mistake.

Archibald Augustus barrow stood
gloomily in the dock, the wreck of a
well dressed man about town, and when
it came time to make excuses for his woe
he said:
"Your honor, l am the victim of an
other mans mistake. A few days ago
was the happiest of men. Fortune and
love both smiled. wooed and won one
of the city's fairest but most exacting
maids. Then l was persuaded to take
part in the Circus Maximus festivity as
Demetrius Propulsius, one of the myr-
millones.
'The rehearsal for my exacting and
heroic role took all my time. l neglected
my lady love until | grew fearsome of
my fate. Then said to myself, 4 will
make amends So sought florist.
"'Make the most beautiful floral offer.
ing your taste and skill can arrange
said.
"'What shall it beT he asked.
"'Oh, anything. But make it large
and fine and send it to this number.
With this gave him the location of my
lady's home.
'"That night I stole moment from re-
hearsal to seek my sweetheart's bower
and ascertain how my gift had been re
ceived. Her mother, frowning, stern
and awful, met me at the door. Point.
ing with dramatic finger to the parlo1
table, she said:
"'What is this insult heaped upon youl
neglect? Go, base migrate! Go, and
never returnp
81 looked in the direction indicated by
her finger, and there upon the table, full
in the glare of the chandelier, was an
enormous floral pillow, on which was
embossed in flaming marigolds the one
word Rest fled the house, and since
that time | haven't known whether
was myrmillo or a mousetrap. San
Francisco Examiner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
DOUBT AT THE LAST.
EVIDENCES BY WHICH PHYSICIANS
| DETERMINE DEATH.

Mankind Has Always Had Horror of Be.
ing Buried Alive. and the Cremation OF
the Ancients May Have Been Due to This
Fear-Some Peculiar Cases.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
Matthew Arnold's Brutality.

"Do you take sugar and cream?' a
hostess asked Matthew Arnold from be-
hind the breakfast urn.
Neither" he replied. 81 only take
cream when the coffee is nasty"
The feelings of the hostess may be
imagined after this statement to have
her guest taste the beverage and direct
the waitress to bring him sugar and
cream.-New York Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
A suegestion For am Epicure.

We have always believed that much
might be done by the scientific treat
ment of the kidneys of rabbits. Were
they as rare as the tongues of nightin-
gales or even the bosoms Of redbreasts
they might have made the fortune of one
of the cooks of a Heliogabalus or Luz
cullus.-London Saturday Review.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
Modern Spanish Literature.

The Spanish literature of our times is
of high quality, as was that of other
times. Spain has today as it has had for
hundreds of years. many eminent schol-
airs In all branches of learning. The
Spanish romancers. novel writers and
poets of this generation dererve very high
praise.-New York 81 n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07
Castoria.

"Castoria iss well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me- H. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. v.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-07-07

The use of Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it Sc ms work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach
CARLOS MARTYR, D. D.,
New York City.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23

One of the principal difficulties, writes
Franklin l.. Pope in the current number
Of the Engineering Magazine, attendant
upon the efforts which will doubtless ere
long be made to run railway trains by
electric power at much higher rate of
speed than has hitherto been accom-
plished by steam will be that of stopping
them within reasonable distance. A
very successful experiment has recently
been made at Altoona with modified
type of the Westinghouse brake, the dis
tinguishing feature of which is that q
very high initial pressure of the brake
hoes upon the wheels is secured, which
is automatically diminished as the speed
Of the train is reduced, so that practical
ly uniform retarding force is secured
throughout the period Of application. 1t
vas found that with an ordinary train,
running at 60 mill 8 per hour, the train
could be stopped within rs per cent of
the distance required by the present
4uick-action automatic brake. With
the prevailing tendency towards higher
speeds, and especially in view of the pos
sibilities, not to say the probabilities of
electric propulsion, these results assume
an Importance which can scarcely be
overestimated.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23
President Harrison has lately ex-

President Harrison has lately ex-
pressed himself in no uncertain way re-
garding his position with relation to ex-
Confederate soldiers. In the February
issue of Blue and Gray the president
gives voice to the following noble senti-
ment: 81 am glad that the Confederate
soldier, confessing that defeat which has
brought him blessings that would have
been impossible otherwise, has been
taken again into full participation in the
administration of the government-that
no penalties, limitations, or other inf1ic-
tions ret upon him. l have taken and
can take the hand of brave Confeder-
ate soldier with confidence and respect"
DIR. Washington GLADDEN. is at present
taking the place of Phillips Brooks in
lectures to students at Harvard Univer-
ity. His "Cosmopolis City club" now
appearing in The Century has been par
icularly timely and useful in communi-
ties where a fight for good government
happens to be going on. The first srti
Gle. which appeared week before the
city primary elections in Allegheny,
Pennsy lvania, is said to have had de-
cldt d influence IN the campaign conduct
d by the Citizens Reform association OF
hat city.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford has
written a three-part story entitled "Pris.
cilla's Love-Story," which is to be pub
Iished in Harper's Bazaar, the first cha p
ter appearing in the issue for February
Is.
The latest addition to Harper's Frank.
lin Square Library is novel by H. B
Finlay Knight, entitled A Girl with 8
Temper. 1t is said to be an uncommonly
good piece of storytelling.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23

81 could keep nothing on my
stomach, and got so poor my
friends hardly knew me. / suf-
fered with severe headaches,
dizziness, faintness, backache,
and the blues
Thanks to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, l
am now as fat as ever, and
have no female troubles.
eff you use my letter hope
it may be the means of saving
some other poor mothers life
as it did mine" Mrs. Ella
Van Buren,, Brazil, Ind.
All druggists sell it. Address in confidence,
LYDIA Z. PISKHAM MED Co., LYNN, MAss.
Liver Pills. rs cents.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23

I was Frustrated by
disease until compelled
to close my place of bus
mess. l tried some of
theleading sarsaparillas,
but received no benefit
until | took Gold Medal
Sarsaparilla, combined
with Red Clover, which
restored me to health.
J.H. Drew, E. Warren, VT
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23

Rheumatism Curedl
I had a severe attack
of Rheumatism in my
ankle. BY using one
bottle of Gold Medal
Sarsaparilla, combined
with Red Clover, l was
cured.
A. l. CONVERSE,
70 Main ST.,
Montpelier, VT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
MIR. BAYLY PROTESTS
There Are No Patent Right. on Gnrb-
age COmplafnts.

mere Are No Patent Rights ON Gnr1,.
age COmplaints.
Ex-Chief Clerk Bayly Of the health ot
nee VINO Is at present the general man
aser OF the National Sanitary Companv
mas made complaint to the health Office
ana MS complaint was investigated yester.
DAY Under date of Monday he complained
70 Chief Clerk Tracy that dead animals
mad been piled on the wharf adjoining tho
eompany's property for two or three davs
rms, ne charged. accounted for the odor
complained of in that section. He thonebt
the dead animals mentioned caused 3bs
door about which there had been com
plant and he did not want the Sanita ~
Company to shoulder the blame for everv.
thing in that section.
MI. Baylys note was referred to Patrick
Mann, the owner of the adjoining pron-
erty, and who Is rival of the SANTA ~
company in the rendering of dead animals.
Inls did not suit the ex-chief clerk and
yesterday he called on Mr.. Tracy and
made known his objections to the manner
In which the note had been treated. MT.
Tracy then had his complaint regularly re-
corded and referred. Inspector Beaumont
he made his report
According to his report he found that
there was no wharf on Mr.. Mann's prop
erty where dead animals could have been
piled, as the storm of Friday night had not
only carried away the wharf, but had dam
aged other property.
The inspector says that a small tempo
rary wharf had been constructed, and that
one dead horse was being unloaded thereon.
After reciting the condition of the prop
erty of the Sanitary Companys rival estab-
ishment, and of the losses sustained, In
spector Beaumont concludes: 1T would ill
become the office to stain it's records by the
approval Of the complaint"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
THE SENATE AND CLOSURE.
Mr.. Reed Thinks the Vice President
Has Power to Force u Vote.

Mr.. Reed, the ex-speaker. in an interview
published today. is quoted as saying that
the forcing of a vote or applying a closure
in the Senate all rested with the Vice Presi-
dent. He is said Mr.. Reed, chairman
OF the body. He is elected to manage the
body. 1t doesn't make any difference about
his not coming from the body. He is the
man to compel a VOTE to bring about a
vote. and to do what is easy to be done at
this Juncture. The Speaker of the House
gets his power partly by the appointment
of the committees, but / think more largely
by his ability to recognize whom he
pleases''
When ! was Speaker the democrats said
they DIDN'T want any rules. They wanted
to go along as they pleased. All right /
said: L don't want any rules either. Let's
go right along without Them So we went
along and recognized whom / pleased and
did the business / wanted to do Then the
democrats who didn't like that sort of thing
as much as they thought they would, began
to clamOr for rules Well, I was very glad
to have some rules. because ] knew that by
the end Of the session / would make a great
many enemies and have a good deal of diff
iculty. So I said all right. we will have
rules And after that we had the rules and
was able to shift my responsibility upon
the rules"
Tn concluding this informal talk Mr.. Reed
said quite Enthusiastically:
"Oh. the sum and substance of 1t all is If
the Vice President has majority behind
him he can do what he pleases."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
LOCAL MENTION.
THE WEATHER.

Forecast TIL pm. Thursday.
For the District Of Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia. fair; slightly warmer in the interior
Of Virginia; light variable winds.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
an: Great Falls, temperature, Sc; condition.
i; receiving reservoir, Temperature, so: condi-
ton at north connection. 8: condition at south
connection. 10. distributing reservoir, tempers-
ture. 81; condition at infuent gate house, 4;
effiuent gate house. 6.
Tides Tomorrow
High tide. Low tide.
217 am ESQ pm. 9.07 am 9:24 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
LANGDON'S NEW HALL.
Dedicated Last Night With Enjoyable
and Appropriate Exercises.

Dedicated Last Night With Enjoyable
and Appropriate Exercises.
The opening Of the new town hall at Lang
don, D. c., last evening was made the &C.
casion of an unusually pleasant musical
literary and dramatic entertainment, after
which the quality of the spacious floor was
tested by the young people until the hour
of midnight The hall was well filled with
Interested spectators, when at o'clock
Mr.. A. NJ. DEWEY, the secretary of the
Langdon Hall Association, rung up the cur
tain and introduced Mr.. E. P. Sherman,
president of the association, who briefly
addressed the audience on the objects to
which the hall was to be dedicated. Sec
rotary Dewey followed in a ten-minute
speech, in which attention was called to
the necessities which led the projectors to
undertake the erection and maintenance
Of a place for recreation and amusement in
that quarter of the District. Most of the
one thousand residents OF that neighbor-
hood, he said, were laboring people, and as
too much work and no play made Jack a
dull boy, 1t was desirable that there should
be some place for recreation and rest from
toll. where the people could come together
after the duties of the day in the office or
factory were over. Honest labor was a
noble thing and honest enjoyment was as
much to be desired. A man who served
humanity well could serve his God the bet
ter for having done so.
Mr. Dewey was master Of ceremonies
and the following program was excellently
rendered: Recitation, "Phandig Galore"
Mr.. II. K. W. Patterson of Washington;
humorous songs. Discovery of America"
and THE Prodigal Son." Mr.. Howard w.
Youngs and Masters Lloyd and Joseph
Youngs with Mrs. Mary A. Youngs as ac-
companist; Rotations THE School Board
Officers Story and .Laska," Miss Belle
Long of Washington; violin solo. Master
Lloyd Youngs; recitation, "'Ostler Joe"
MIR. Harry Allison: vocal solo, Mrs. W. A.
Flint Of Washington; recitation, THE Cob
Baker; grand chorus, America" quartet
and audience. The Federal City Comedy
Company then took possession of the stage
for the presentation of the one-act drama,
Zone Touch of Nature" with the following
people in the cast: Messrs. William H.
Baker, Harry Allison, II. d. Anderson, II.
W. Weber, Master Anderson, Miss Julia
Armstrong and Miss Lizzie Magic. The
play was we'll rendered, Miss Magic and
Mr. Baker being especially well received by
the audience.
Gently erected by the Langdon Hall Asso-
citation, joint stock company, organized
for the purpose one year ago. The build
ing Is OF brick, three stories high, and is
at present occupied on the ground floor by
the village post office and grocery store
and by the district school board with a
public school. The main hall is on the
second floor, will seat about 500 people and
has well appointed stage, with several
dressing rooms, &c The third floor is
fitted up with neat suite Of lodge rooms
Tor society gatherings and. a suite of FIVE
living rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
DISTRICT SINKING FUND.
Treasurer Morgan Submits His Annual
Report in Regard to 1t.
Reduction of the Funded Debt--An
the Ohice-AmOunts Required.

United States Treasurer Morgan has sub
mitted his annual report to the Secretary of
the Treasury in regard to the sinking fund
and funded debt of the District Of Column
bia- The amount uninvested of the sinking
fund for the old funded debt IL s39O, 80; the
amount available for sinking funds from the
appropriation for interest and sinking fund
for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1893, ID
GI6,Oi5- Bonds retired on account of sink
Ing fund aggregate s255.750. They cost $e64,-
$3.50. leaving a balance of $125,3n unin-
vested. which includes $3.50 held for the
payment of corporation of Washington reg
istered and per cent bonds due July /,
1881. and July i, 1882. not yet presented for
payment.
The Funded Debt.
The funded debt is stated at slS575, 100, as
against s221o6.65O. July 1. 1878. a net reduc-
ton of 50. 80. There is balance of sz72,
239 due the United States on account of
water supply.
The estimates of the amounts required by
the treasurer for the service of the sinking
fund office for the fiscal year ending June
30. 1895. are as follows: For interest and
sinking fund on the funded Indebtedness.
exclusive of the water bonds. N,I3.947; for
current expenses of the sinking fund office,
$500. for interest and sinking fund on one
half of the amount appropriated to increase
the water supply of Washington, d. c..
ss4. 997; for interest and sinking fund on one
half the cost of the 4S-inch main and con-
necIONS Sltct COuueC-
tions S20,003.
An Important Recommendation.
An increase of $500 is asked In the appro-
priation for pay of clerks in the sinking
fund Office.
1t Is recommended that Congress be asked
to make the sinking fund office regular
division Of the treasurer's office and in
corporate the estimates in the appropriation
bill for the service of the department, plac-
ing the employees upon the rolls upon the
same footing. as far practicable, with
the regular employees.
The foregoing recommendation, the treas
urer says, is based upon the fact that the
sinking fund office is. in point of law, legiti-
mateiy and properly an office of the United
States and a branch of the treasurer's bu-
reau. for which he Is as much responsible
under his bond as for any other division of
his office.
The retained guaranty fund under con-
tracts amounts to s3i7, 800.
b The firemen'S relief fund Is in a prosper
Gus condition, and shows a steady increase.
The sum paid for the benefit of policemen
in 1886 was 81 5S4. and each succeeding year
shows increasing demands upon the fund,
until in 1893 the sum OF S19 40 was required
an increase of over Sc per cent in eight
years.
The total cash receipts were Sis, 036 So;
the total payments were S114, 1865. "a; the cash
in hand is ssSsl2: add cash value of 5000
District of Columbia 3.65 per cent bonds I'M
sold. at 10S.Sl5, se.siS.I5: making the total
assets June 30, 1893, 1O,2S6.S7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-18
Must stand Trial.

Judge McComas this morning gave notice
that he proposed to strictly enforce the law
in relation to those persons out on bail
who fail to respond when called for trial
The judge stated that those persons in jail
were compelled to stand trial when their
cases were reached, and he did not intend
that those defendants who were fortunate
enough to obtain bail should escape the
penalty of failing to answer when their
cases are called. If they failed to answer
their bail would be forfeited and it would
not be set aside.