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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
CHURCH BASEMENT.
1t Is Nicely Fitted Up By the Ladies
of the Church.

Work on the basement of the Pres
byterian church is progressing
steadily, and that part under the rear
half is about completed. 1t is not in
tended to finish eff the front part of
he basement, as there is ample room
in the rear half for all purposes. The
work is being paid for by the ladies of
the church, as already stated in these
olumns.
On entering the basement, one first
ONES into a small hall, having on one
side cloak room with $50 boxes
will be numbered: Beyond this is a
g entlemen's toilet. Through the en-
trance hall one comes to the dining
com, large, well lighted room, cap.
able OF seating a hundred or more
ersons at one time. The ladies have
p urchased ten square tables, to seat
eighty persons at time, and more
will be purchased as needed. These
will be in for the meals to be given
Thursday and Friday.
To the north of the dining room is a
Kitchen, with gas range and all ar.
engagements as handy as in any
hotel kitchen. A large pantry opens
into the kitchen, having great many
cupboards and drawers. There are
openings to hand articles both into
he kitchen and dining room. The
china closet will contain full set of
dishes for use whenever needed. All
kinds of cooking utensils will be kept
on hand at all times. A rear entrance
leads to this department.
There is also a ladies cloak-room and
toilet. Every room is nicely finished
off, and it will be favorite meeting
place for the various societies of the
hurch
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
COURT IN SESSION.
THE ADJOURNED TERM OPENED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Several Civil Cases Settled, Others
Continued, and Twenty-One for
Trial-COurt May be i'm Session
Month.

The adjourned term of the district
court convened Tuesday at two
o'clock. The petit jury was present,
as well as other persons interested in
the session. Sheriff Bowen appointed
David Bowen, of Lake Crystal, and
Daniel Bixby, of Garden City, bailiffs.
The calendar was called, and it was
found that there were twenty-one
cases for trial. Several cases were
continued until the May term, and
the following were otherwise disposed
of:
Uriah Street VS.. W. j. Glynn, a set
Element agreed upon, but the case not
yet dismissed.
August Rosen, respondent, VS.. G. G.
Guederdain, appellant, dismissed.
j. E. Brown VS.. Geo. e. Case and A.
r. Hathorn, reported settled, but not
yet dismissed.
Citizens National Bank VS.. j. G.
Thro, motion by defendant to dismiss.
to be argued Thursday morning.
Allen Olmstead VS.. Deforest Car
penter, placed on the calendar on
motion of the plaintiff. Judgment
appealed from and ordered affirmed
and fifteen days stay given.
The trial of the suit of Ransom
Bros. Co. VS.. j. S. Clear, Richard Wal
ford and Chas. Goldman was begun. w.
E. Todd, of Albert Lea, appears for
the plaintiffs and Hughes, Rice 81
Hughes for the defendants.
The next case to be tried is that of
Isaac Redner and Mary A. Redner VS..
Rhoda Lovett. After this will come
the Amboy liquor cases, and then the
civil calendar will be resumed. 1t is
said that there is enough business to
keep the court in session month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
NEW STORE AT RAPIDAN.

w. A. and r. Just are about to open
a store in the old Webster building at
hapidan. They have secured the
postmastership, and will open the
store at once. They were in the city
yesterday and purchased a complete
new stock of groceries of l.. Patterson
& Co., and this was shipped to them
today.
Patterson & Co. are enjoying a good
trade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
A VERDICT.
Clear rlust Pay==A Blind Pig Case
Divorce Granted.

The jury brought in verdict this
afternoon in the case of Ransom Bros.
Co. VS.. j. S. Clear, Richard Wolford
and Chas. Coleman, as follows:
"We, the jury, find for the plaintiff,
and against the defendant, J. S. Clear,
and assess it's damages at the sum OF
$275,S5, and as to the defendant
Richard Wolford we find no cause OF
action"
DThe trial of Louis Walz on the
charge of selling liquor without a
license at Amboy last year was com.
menced this afternoon.
The court granted a divorce yester.
day afternoon to Minnie w. Palmer
from her husband, Granville B. Pal
mer, on the ground of cruel and in.
human treatment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

Shoes stamped $500, S4.OO or $500
cuts no figure nowadays. Prices are
too low for people to be duped that
way. We have fixed our prices very
low and on a hard time basis. Come
in and see 9. III. Austin & Son.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
MANKATo FREE Press.
LETTER FRO1 FLORIDA.
EDITOR FREE Press:

EDITOR FREE Press:
If you care to allow space for
southern breeze we will come for
short chat on Florida flowers, TO
whatever attractions this fair elm,
has or has not, it certainly is one per
feet flower garden nearly the yea
around, each month unfolding new
beauties of the floral kingdom, unit
one is quite bewildered with the vari
ETY. and brilliancy of them all. There
is the majestic Spanish dagger, q
strikingly handsome plant of erect
branchless habit, which grows to some
five or seven feet high, and is crowned
with one large truss of creamy white,
bell-shaped flowers. The truss is
about two feet high and nearly the
size around of water pail. Imagine,
if you can, more snowy plant. The
oak geranium is a lovely foliage plant,
The leaves being rich dark green,
deeply veined, Oakshaped, and Of a
peculiar aromatic fragrance. | first
saw this geranium at home in the
north, but here they grow in wild
luXuriance everywhere, as do many
other tender northern plants, such as
ADDITIONS, hyacinths, oXalis, lautanas,
Gamma lilies, Easter lilies, Zanzibar
lilies, cactus, and many others. l
wish you could see to what perfection
the oleanders grow here. They are
very cen mon all over the state, and
reach the height of fifteen feet, and
Just one complete sea of flowers the
greater part of the year, l assure you
they do not resemble their northern
cousins, which perhaps tower four or
five feet above small tub of soil, and
occasionally surprise you with a few
clusters of blossoms. Do you know
The southern cotton makes fine house
plants? | have sent seed to several
north, who report fiattering success.
one lady writes that the great white
cotton flowers, followed by the fluffy
Galls, attracted more attention than
all her other plants. II any Of you
wish to try raising Gotten, l will send
J GU seed if you send postage; for that
matter l can send you geIanium seed,
also seed OF the Spanish dagger, for
poth are ripe now. One stamp lie !
[ nOugh postage for one or all of them.
Let me tell YOU of a grand sight |
witnessed last summer, that l or the
h undredS of others who saw it will |
Il ever forget. Up in the lagoons there
I row great quantities of beautiful
white hyacinths. During a heavy
wind and tiGe these hyacinths broke |
loose, and for two days acres of them
came floating down the ST. Johns |
river, sailing gently, silent but sure,
ut to the great tlantic, where the
empeStuous salty waters would soon
destrOy them. 1t did really seem too
to see such a mass of beautiful, |
living fowers-a floating garden of
p urple and gold surely going to de-
struction. Lest the editor weary with
90 long first call, | will close, with
he request, when you send for flower
: eeds, please give the address of a
number of persons who have either
piano or organ. More anon.
MRS. f. A. WARNER,
Jacksonville, Fla.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
Snl1H RELEASED.

The habeas corpus case brought to
secure the release of James Smith
was given another hearing before
Judge Severance this morning
County Attorney Benedict, having
looked into the matter, moved that
the commitment under which Smith
was held be dismissed, and the court
granted this. Smith is once more a
free man.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. GRAF, Chm. Co. Bid.
S. THORNE, Clerk Dist CT.
p. A. GUNDERs, Co. Auditor.
The county board met this after
noon in regular session, A delegation
from Cambria advocated the building
of pontoon bridge across the Mime
sofa river by that township.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

Foster & Co. are leaders in latest
styles of ladies fine shoes. They are
considered the finest goods made in
the United States. Sold by G. Fl.
Austin & son.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
quarters
BOARD OF AUDIT.
Reports to the County Commits
SiOnerS Today.

The board of audit met this morn.
ing and looked over the county treas,
urers affairs, and made the following
report, which was presented to the
county board this afternoon.
To the Honorable Board Of County Com
missiOners of Blue Earth County:
GENTLEMEN-The board of audit
would respectfully report that they
have this day examined the condition
of the county treasury as shown by
the county auditors books liable for
the sum of $50, 220. SO, for which the
treaSurer exhibited receintS from.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

n often costs more to prepare
house for repainting that has been
painted in the first place with cheap
ready-mixed paints, than it would
to have painted it twice with strict
ly pure white lead, ground in pure
linSeed oil.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

{ G. III. Austin & Son have received
several hundred dozen pairs of shoes
for spring trade, and more coming
every day. Call and see latest styles.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
Strictly Pure
White Lead

forms permanent base for repaint-
ing and never has to be burned or
scraped off on account of scaling
or cracking. 1t is always smooth
and clean. To be sure of getting
strictly pure white lead, purchase
any of the following brands:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

An interesting bowling game was
held Saturday night among the local
l4fyCs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

First National Bank. 80. s9,97s.3O
National Citizens Bank -. $3.50. 10
MankatO National Bank. -. 9,S14. 33
Bank of Lake Crystal ....... 1,061. 16
Bank Of Mapleton. ........ 1885 80
Bank of Amboy ............ 1913. 33
State Bank of Good Thunder. 1,0S5. Is
Town and school orders. -. 29.S1
Currency, checks and cash
items ............ 1,237.71
To4,1 noe oao 90
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08

Yes, S1.50 buys a serviceable, stylish
pair OF shoes nowadays for a
lady or gentleman. G. I'll. Austin g.
Son will show you styles at that price
that will surprise you.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
SPREADING OUT.

j. G. Koller will start branch stores
at st. Peter, LIE Sueur and GAINESVILLE,
and will handle grain and produce, at
the same time maintaining his bust
ness in this city. He will also handle
coal. Mr.. Roller has been in business
in Mankato since 1875, and is well
known over this section as a reliable
business man. We are pleased to see
these signs of prosperity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
Southern" Red Seal,
Collier" "Shipman."

FOR CoLoRs-National Lead Co.'S Pure
White Lead Uniting Colors, one-pound can
to a 25-pound keg of Lead and mix your own
paints. Saves time and annoyance in matching
shades, and insures the best paint that it is pos
sible to put on wood.
Send us a postal card and get our book on
paints und color-card, free; it will probably save
you good many dollars.
NATIONAL LEAD CO..
st. Louis Branch,
Clark Avenue and Tenth Street, st. Louis.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

with line sllafting enclosed under a raised platform back of the machines. Each machine is connected with the line shafting by beting and shift pulley so that the machines may be run separately or together
 The power of the motor is obtained from our own electric plant a
 Each linotype machine requires about half horse power to operate it. Fig ure shows the front part ready for the operator, who sits in chair in front of the keyboard. At his right are two hooks. upon which the copy Is filed ready for use. Taking sheet and placing it in the copy holder above the keyboard, the operator touches the keys, each one of which bears its own label of letter. or fig ure, or other character, and responds to a very light touch. From the keyboard there arises a multitude of rods connect ing with appliances at the base of the sloping magazine above, in which are contained the matrices. When a key is touched the corresponding matrix Is re- leased and, sliding down the gfoove shown in the cut drops into receptacle just above the copy holder. At the left of the matrix channels Is a receptacle for the spaces, which are different from tue matrices in shape and are better shown in figure 5, which depicts a line of matri-
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metal to produce a slug or linotype the metal will flow into the matrices, which produce their respective type characters in relief on the edge of the casting.
 Behind the mold wheels there is ar ranged a pot, M, in which type metal is maintained in 0 molten condition by flames from gasburners beneath. The pot has a delivery mouth or channel adapted to fit against and close the rear face of the mold. A mechanically oper- ated pump plunger helps to force the metal out into the mold. After the line of matrices is locked against the face of the mold the plunger forces the metal out, and it soldifies in the mold, thus forming the slug or linotype; the mold wheel makes partial revolution, turn ing the mold slot from the horizontal po- sition in which it stood during the east ing opera tion into a vertical position, and then horizontal blade advances from the rear and pushes the linotype forward out of the mold and between trimming knives into a galley on the front of the machine, near where the matrices started from after being composed.
 All these operations are performed me- chanically and very quickly, and strange to say. the linotype just cast is cool. But 1t Is not necessary to handle it. as it falls in the place where it is wanted to make up, with it's mates, a column of type.
 Now we have our linotype complete. ready for use, and the next thing Is to distribute the matrices into their proper channels, ready for use again, and this the wonderful machine also does auto- matically. Many visitors at the Age Herald office consider this the most mar velous part of the machine. Tt seems endowed with human reason" has been the remark of many who have stood upon the platform in the rear of the machines and watched the distribution. An eccen- tric brings down a long-armed lever just at the right moment, and the matrices are lifted and separated from their spaces; the latter go to the position, l, and the matrices, after a moments pause, are carried on, along the dotted line route, to the distributor bar.
 To see the matrices carried with infal- lible correctness, each to its proper chan nel and dropped therein, seems to the whole performance; 1t looks so much like the display of human intelligence by a mere machine. But 1t is accomplished by very simple device. Each matrix (see cut 8 has the teeth, B, in its upper end arranged in peculiar order or num- Der, according to the letter which it bears. In other words. matrix bearing any different letter differs, as to the number or arrangement of Its teeth, from matrix bearing any other letter. and these teeth are relied upon as the means for effecting the distribution. rigid metal bar, T, Is fixed in posi- tion above the open upper ends of the magazine channels, and is formed at it's lower edge with longitudinal teeth or
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ces set, with five space bars inserted. The spaces are wedge-shaped,s so that when the line is brought in front of the casting box the spaces are showed upward, thus crowding the matrices to i'll the line com pactly The spaces are dropped into place by pressing a special key or space bar" The line being filled with matrices and spaces. is showed 'oyer-to the left in front of the casting apparatus. and there by an ingenious contrivance, the molten metal is forced by a pump into the east ing box, the metal comipg in contact with the faces of the matrices and mak- ing perfect impression. The casting af- ter 1t is made is trimmed by a knife to re- move any irregular -peiAts upon its sur face, and Is then removed to the right and thrust through an aperture into re- ceptacle, and when the latter is filled, the slugs, as they are called, are removed to a proof press. where a .proof-is taken for the correction of errors.
 In the old style of typesetting errors were corrected by taking galley full
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lines and the only remaining liability of error is his failure to notice the correc- tions In proof, or as sometimes happens, placing the new slug in the wrong place in the article. '
 Referring now to the illustrations and figures, the reader may get some idea of the
 Mode of Operation.
 Figure shows some of the principal parts of the machine, and the dotted lines represent the different movements. A Is an inclined stationary magazine or holder containing chanels in which the matrices are stored, each letter in it's appropriate channel These matrices tend to slide downward out of the maga- zine by reason of gravity, but are held in cheek by escapements. B, one at the mouth of each channel. From the es- capernent rods, c, are extended down. ward to series of finger keys, D. There is special key for each letter, punctua- tion point, etc.
 Each time the key is pressed it permits
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

practical use some eight or ten year ago but it had not then attained the com pleteness that would give it commer- cial value or justify it's general introduc- ton. The Age-Herald was content to let others do the experimenting and pa tiently walt until the machine would meet the practical requirements Of a daily newspaper plant. Since then many valuable improvements heve been made, although the essential features of the machine were early devised-the later work of the inventor and his colaborers relating mainly to minor details which render the operation more practical and satisfactory.
 The inventor of the machine is Otamar Mergenthaler of Baltimore, Md. He is native of Wurtemburg, Germany. He landed in Baltimore in 1872, clock and watchmaker by trade, and, curiously enough, was never a printer Upon this point MT. Mergenthaler now says:
 "Doubtless had I been a printer would have been so drilled in the ruts of the trade that I would never have thought of any other way of working. Men are used to continuing fixedly In the way they are taught. The fact that knew nothing of the technicalities of the trade made me take hold of it in a new way" uik
 MT Mergenthaler first engaged with an electrical manufacturing company at Washington, D. C., but remained there only two or three years, returning to Bal timore in 1875, when the firm removed their works to the latter city. He then conceived the idea of the typesetting ma chine. He first tried to make 1t on the or der of typewriter, but he soon becam" convinced that it was impracticable. Next he produced machine which would set and cast solid newspaper column, but the imposslbility of correction and the general unwieldiness of the matter caused him to change his plans again. The third time success came. In 1SS3 the main idea of the line of type was realized. It was the machine that, improved by nearly twenty patents, now does such wonderful work. It sets line by line, each of which is cast by itself, thus making possible easy corrections, swift handling of type, and combining all the little eco monies which mean so much in the crowded hour of the newspaper work
 The first company organized to manu- fracture the linotype machines was the National Topographic Co.,, which was subsequently, reorganized. In 1887 the
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-14

sary to recast the entire line. This, how ever, is not so much an objection as at first thought would be inferred as there is less liability of error with the ma chine, as every letter Is plainly indicated on the key board and an expert upon this as upon a typewriter, soon becomes so familiar with the location of each let ter that no trouble is experienced in striking the right key, and the machine itself Is incapable of error; the right letter is bound to come in place every time. Another feature that eliminates the liability to error is in the distribd- ton. Tn the old process the printer would pick up one or more words and throw the type one by one into its own case. There was a constant liability, however of throwing a type into the wrong box and in composition that type would be picked up under the mistaken idea that it was the letter that properly belonged in that box. With the machine this is impossible as will be described later on.
 Another frequent mistake in the old process was the inverted letter. Readers have often noticed turned letters; this cannot occur in the machine as every matrix must come right side up. Proof having been taken of the matter set the . operator quickly recasts the defective
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ribs adapted to engage the teeth of the matrices and hold the latter in suspen- sion. The ribs of the distributor bar vary in number and arrangement at diff ferent points in its length, there being a special arrangement over the mouth Of each channel of the magazine. The mat rices to be distributed are simply pushed horizontally upon the bar at one end so as to hang suspended therefrom, and moved slowly along it over the mouths of the channels, this being done by large screw. Each matrix will remain in en- gagement with, and be suspended from the teeth of the bar until it arrives over It's proper channel, where the arrange ment of teeth permits the matrix to dis engage, so that it falls directly into the channel.
 Figuure shows how linotype, or slug, looks when set up.
 What the Linotype Will Do.
 To appreciate the achievements of the linotype as a piece of mechanism 1t Is
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livered. one after another, and assembled in line in the block c, until 1t contains all the characters necessary to complete one line in print But how Is 1t wedged tight, or spaced out" as the printer would say? This is done, as we have already explained in part, by one of the most in- genious devices of all. The spaces used are long wedges, with the thick end down. As they fall into the line of mat rices they hang down below the matrices, and the spacing out is done automati- cally by pushing from below until the line is tight.
 Casting the Line.
 Next comes the casting process. This greatly interests the visitors who have inspected the Age -Herald's machines. A lever is depressed, and the portion of the machine which casts line, and also that which carries the matrices after use up to the distributing bar, which had not been in action before, Is started, The ar rows show the direction in which the line