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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
First insertion Feb. Last Feb. 10.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-SS.-In Probate Court. Special Term,
January st, 1895
In the matter of the estate Of Jonn D. Jones,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Thomas
E. Jones executor OF the last will and test a
ment and of the estate of said John d. JONES'
deceased, representa- g, among other things, that
he has fully administered said estate, and pray
ing that time and place be fixed for examining
aud allowing the final account of his adminiStra-
ton and for the assignment of the residue OF
said estate to the parties entitled thereto by
law.
1t is ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court, on Saturday,
the 23rd day of February, A. D., 1895, at 10
O'Clock a. m, at the Probate office in the City OF
Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered that notice thereof
be Civ n to all persons interested by publlshins
this order once in each week, for three success
sive weeks prior to said day of hearing in the
Mankato Free Press, weekly newspaper
printed and published at the city OF Mankato in
said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato, the 31st day
of January, A. D., 1895.
By the Court:
Seal. G.. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate.
THOs HUGHES.
Attorney for Executor,
MankatO, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
"THlRTY=SIX BELOW"
According to An Early-Riser Friday
Morning.

Friday, February, 1st will be re-
membered as the coolest day so Tar
this year. The morning was bright
and clear, but the thick heavy smoke
from the chimneys and the screech
of the wagon wheels in the thorough
fare were undisputable witnesses to
the fact that there was some pretty
cold weather lying around loose.
Some of the cheap thermometers
began about daylight to show signs OF
dissolution. The mercury kept on
hauling in it's legs and arms and re-
ducing itself to the smallest possible
space, eventually rolling into ball in
the bulb and with one final effort
braced itself for more room, only to
crack the glass and roll upon the side
walk.
Along about nine o'clock weather
returns began coming in. There
were at least 10 degrees difference in
the reports, and thereby hangs a tale.
Why is it that man who ordinarily
will handle the truth like dynamite
bomb will drop it like a hot potato
when talking about the weather?
Early morning reports had the maxi
mum temperature at 20 degrees below
zero. At eight o'clock it had reached
25; then il went down to %, and at 10
o'clock Charlie Yates said Pitchers
thermometer registered 30 below at
Tam.
1t remained for Harry Paddock
to drive the golden spike. He
reports that thermometer on the
hill at 1880 thisu morning registered
sc degrees below zero.
At o'clock the thermometer in
ront of the FREE PRESS registered at
Is degrees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Are You Afraid

to keep deeds and other valuable
papers in your houses where they may
be burned or stolen. For a very little
money you can rent drawer in the
vault at Mankato Savings bank, to
put your papers in to which you have
the only key and save yourself any
anxiety. Guaranteed fire and burglar
proof
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

For SALE-CHEAP-As scholarship
emitting the holder to pursue the
Shorthand Course in the Mankato
Business college. Inquire of III. L.
SCHMITT, 215 Y. M. 1. building, CITY,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

j. G.. Roller will sell the best cut
tiers and bob-sleighs at cost for the
next fifteen days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

"A. M. Rutan now has on hand
some money he can place on good first
mortgage farm land security.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

We will send the WEEKLY FREE
PRESS and the Northeastern AgricuL-
touist one year for $l.25. Address the
FREE PRESS, Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
HORSE DROPPED DEAD.
Stegner's Delivery Nag Falls Out OF
Its Harness.

W. G. Stegner was delivering some
goods to house on Third street OPP
posite the Union school at about 2
O'Clock yesterday and left his delivery
horse standing in front for few min
utes. When he returned the animal
was lying on the ground stone dead.
The horse was all right so far as Mr..
Stegner knew.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
1Oney to Lend.

on good farm land at Mankato
Savings Bank. stiff
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Money to Loan

At I per cent. on good real estate Sc
curity. THos. HUGHES,
Attorney.
Office opposite Saulpaugh.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

CAN OBTAIN A PATENTe For
prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to
MUM IL CO., who have had nearly fifty years.
experience in the patent business Comrnunica-
tions strictly confidential. A Handbook of In
formation concerning Patents and how TO OBJ
tain them sent free. Also catalogue of mechan-
ical and scientific books sent free.
Patents taken through Mum Co. receive
special notice in the Scientific American. and
thus a"e brought widely before the public with
out cost to the inventor. This splendid paper
issued weekly, elegantly illustrated has by far the
largest circulation of any scientific work in the
world S3 year. Sample copies sent Free
Building Edition, monthly, $3.50 year. Single
copies, 2J cents. Every number contains beau
tiful plates, in colors, and photographs of new
houses: with plans enabling builders to show the
latest designs and secure contracts Address
MUM & CO., NEW YORK, 361 BROADWAY.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15

az a time on a single tapered mandrel.
ai 80 tnen removing, clamping a wise aud
L,lllie TO lne requisite bevel. At this rate
tLt4 would cost eighteen confines each hv
tne Ltt9- With two mandrels and a hack
saM lney can be produced in the same
snoP Two al a time. end to end and sawed
az me part between the mandrels for five
confines each
n, ultlng up an American machine in a
r. ISlcn snop the other day found indlca-
t tiouS cI malt. There was a cast iron
bracket which held out the belt-shiftlng
uHSchallsm, and was bolted to the under
sue OF the table of the machine THIS
bracket, having considerable strain on it,
was praced by q short wrought iron dia-
sonai piece bolted to il at each end and
Mhch prevented the ordinary wrench get
ing al the bolt for the last few turns The
Wor kman complained that his straight
MfehcheS would not lit and that an s
wrench was needed. It never occurred TO
MN 10 unbolt the brace. tighten up the
bracket bolts and replace the brace Ton
minutes later, more trouble with wrenchas
OF lack of wrenches. Nothing on hand
would nj certain nut. too small or too
large must stop and send for another one
the right size. The idea of putting a piece
OF plate iron between the wrench jaw and
the nut never suggested itself.
Such Workmen, despite their wonderful
manual skill, are very annoying"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15

been any quarrel between them. he stated:
he had no Justification whatever 90 oncr
for the crime beyond that he was inn
PEELED 70 IL by a devil" Asked what he
meant he told strange story. From time
10 time. as he had seen his unsuspectiug
fellow workman looking over the edge Of
the vat, there had come over him with
a rush the temptation TO do what ne had
once read OF a man having done in similar
circumstances-to steal up behind and
Topic MIN into the boiling metal lie had
successfully resisted this diaboljcal fasci-
nation for years. but IL returned al inter
Nals' and once IL proved too strong for
him, and he had committed the atrocious
act. lie added that he now gave himself
up to justice solely because his life was
rendered unbearable by haunting fear
that the temptation might recur
If suicide be regarded as criminal I'm
the ordinary sense of the woodland. mad
ness apart, IL certainly is so-theu there
IS little doubt that many persons OF
morbid temperament have before now
been tempted to such a deplorahie step
FOR no better reason than that there was
g fascination i'm the very recklessness Of
it, In this way, a man whom the writer
knows well has often declared that he
cannot cross a high bridge without exper-
fencing a wild desire to leap from IT, nor
wait the approach OF train without
similar craving to tempt death by getting
INTO its path That madness Is not nee
essarily at the root of such a fascination
as this has been ofteutimes demOnstra-
ted by the fact that this suicidal mania
has affected the whole communities i'm
different parts of the world, with results
truly appalling.
Again, it is curious. as bearing upon
the fact that crime Is sometimes fascinat-
ing instead OF repelliug, that the highly
charged atmosphere of police courts poa-
sesses strong magnetism for some peo-
pie and that any trial with a spice OF sen,
sationalism attached viii attract scores
of persons who have no other object than
that of discussing the details of the crime
and perhaps Of obtaining "a glimpse of the
criminal. Morbid curiosity might account
for this. but the sensational element Is
not always present, and so can hardly be
adduced to explain why, almost any dav
of the week, there is to be found a knot
OF individuals waiting outside our local
police courts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15
OLIVES AND POETRY.
How a Paris Rhymester Combined
the Two with an Eye to Business.


Many people in Paris have seen the
young man who goes about Montmartre
selling olives, which he wraps in a piece
Of paper on which his latest sonnet is
printed Parlsians know him. and so, too,
DO some Americans who have been sight
seeing in that capital For this is the
young poet who got tired Of starving in
his garrett and took to selling olives for a
living.
His olives being good and his poetry
not so bad, he son got together large
number of customers, and has, after a
few years, put by money to open cafe
concert at Montmartre. But he was too
ambitious and too enteTprising. and even
tually lost all he had saved, so that to-
day he IS once more seen perambulating
the streets with his tub of olives and his
latest sonnets in his pocket. He consoles
himself for his past splendor az director
OF cafe concert with the thought that 1t
was he who first introduced Yvette Gull
bert TO the world.
Voice at the Head Of Stairs: George,
have you been drinking2
George: No'mi
Voice. Say chrysanthemum.
George Silent for mOmenD: I'm
dFunksh m dear!-Syracuse Post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15

cons. I have several orders to supply old
gulls for the shooting clubs on the island
and next fall after the breeding season !
shall ship them in boxes to the parties at
good prices.
THE gulls are no good for eating. They
are tough ishy birds. The carcass is al
ways thrown away. but the SOFT breast,
feathers make fine pillows. / have sold
about 100 pounds Of these feathers, and
] find they are better liked than, duck
feathers. But It take great many gulls
to furnish one pound OF breast-feathers-
II have some pet birds here that I
should hate to kill. One gets attached to
the creatures lust as much as another
man would TO his dogs or poultry Now
here is Pete, tho oldest gull / nave. He Is
the most intelligent fellow i ever met In
feathers. He Will cheer me on lonely days
by sitting on my knee and eating out or
my hand He is great fisher, too. ! can
take him down to the surf or bay, and
teach him to bring up a mess of fish for
me- He always gets enough to eat here,
for l make it a point to catch net full
of small minnows for him before | start
him in to fishing for me. He likes the
small minnows better. When the small
bue-hsh, or snappers, as we call them, are
I'm the bay. / send Pete down to catch
some for me. He will follow a school, and
dive down and bring up one weighing
three-auarters of a pound. Then he Will
fy to the shore and drop the fish at my
feet and return. In half an hour he VIII
catch a dozen fair-sized snappers in this
way. He rather enjoys the sport and
seems to know that / will protect him If
he will fish for me. / caught Pete two
summers ago while half killed with gun
shot. I dressed his wound and brought
him up as a pet. He is now at the head
Of my whole colony of gulls, and he bosses
the other birds around royalty. Not one
dare offer resistance to him, for he Is a
great fighter when once mad"
Pete is a great black-backed gull and
really belongs to the Arctic regions off the
Labrador coast, but he spends his summer
on Jones's Beach, contenting himself to
70 north at other seasons OF the year. He
is a monster of his race. and measures
nearly three feet from tip to tip Of the
wings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14

their brethren OF the federal courts Ju-
dietary. Even an inferior judge of
New York court, for instance, gets
seventeen thousand dollars year. and
In Pennsylvania the common pleas
judges receive ten thousand dollars
and all have very long ter-ns-terms far
exceeding the average service OF fed
eral judge. Now these federal judges
have national organization which de-
trays the expenses of its representatives
at Washington who are pushing the
claims of the dispensers of law for
higher salaries. When it was bruited
about that the ambassadors were to
have their salaries doubled. the judges
insisted that they should be similarly
treated. The great unpopularity of
this Judiciary, however, caused the
congressman from the west to hesitate
and finally declare that they could not
vote in favor of any such proposition.
Thereupon the lobby of the federal
judges declared that If they could not
have raise" the ambassadors could
not have one either, and they fright
ened the friends of the measure with
threats OF defeating it in open session.
Accordingly, the ambassadors have to
do without their extra salaries, and
much disgust is expressed by their
friends in consequence. The friends OF
the judges allege, however. that our
ambassadors would only spend their
extra money if they got tin the vicious
indulgences OF European capitals, and
that the great ambassadorial salaries
are invariably spent upon ballet dancers
and actresses. Our ambassadors allege
that they must frequent theater lob
bies and the ''coulisses, not to speak
of eultivating the demi-inonde, if they
wish to be influential with the European
type of politician
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14
-Fortnightly Review.
Care of the Ears.

A prominent physician says that
more than half Of the ear-troubleS
from which people suffer during the
cold weather can be traced TO the habit
of picking at the ears with the finger
nails or hairpins or some other hard
substance, which irritates the delicat.
inside of the ear. Instead Of this in.
furious picking" the ears should be
washed out with warm water and .
little good soap, and thoroughly dried
after the operation. II the ears are
sensitive little cotton may be put in
before going into the open air. though
this is apt to make them even more
sensitive. In extremely cold weather
before venturiDg out a good way &c
clean the ears is to wrap the corner OF
a towel around the finger, and with a
little cold cream carefully wipe out the
auricle. II will remove every particle
of dust and viii really protect the ears
from the cold, but il can scarcely 10
recommended for regular use. -Phils-
del phia Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14

that the men of wealth ere nowadays
light indulgers in drink at social af-
fairs, but latterly the younger element
has been getting reckless. Particularly
was this the case al one Of the recent
assemblies, when young man of the
highest social position was ignomin-
iously handed over to an usher for ex-
pulsion. owing to the freedom with
which he insisted that debutantes
dance with him. and he at the time in
en- utterly inebriated condition. The
Patriarchs' ball Is the function at which
this limiting of the conviviality will DE
practiced, and from all accounts it is
high time that such step was taken.
1t must be confessed in fairness to
New York society, however, that very
severe punishment Is visited upon such
youths as transgress in this way. One
young man who is member of fam
lily known all over the country, threw
an ice at fellow swell last spring,
and, as everybody knows, will never be
invited to fashionable mans home as
long as he lives. in spite of the tremen-
dous influence brought to bear by his
socially powerful relatives. There is no
disposition, therefore, to find fault with
the step taken by the patronesses of
the Patriarchs', for it is felt that cir
cumstances fully warranted it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14

tiles. aDliiIN 10 1T
cumstances. One of the first measures
called to his official notice when he
reached ST. Petersburg was the Stand
ard oil matter. 1t APPEARS that the re-
finers OF Russia supposed that he pro-
posed interesting himself in furthering
the Rockefeller deals in the cars do
minions, and one of Mr.. Breckenridge
first acts was to notify the Russian
foreign Office that our government had
nothing TO do with the Standard oil
interests in any way. Hence the nego-
tiations of the oil company received
set back, and, as everybody Knows,
they fell through entirely. As result
Mr.. Breckenridge Immediately got
into high favor with the Russian busi-
ness interests, and he proceeded to use
this advantageous circumstance IN ne
gotiating for the admission OF Amer
lean reading matter and ANerican
travellers without the embarrassment
of the usual inspection Already word
comes that these efforts have been
successful and our citizens interested
in Russian affairs are reaping the ben
cuts hlDbC h.AS 49,
tons of the world our country has the
right of exempting its citizens from
the detective search of private houses
and personal effects, once they
have passed the customs author
tiles. A mere production Of
passport signed by our secretary
of state. together with registry
ct the Office of any consul Of our IA
ton, stationed in Russia, VIII permit an
American citizen to go unnolestec
about the cars domains provided no
charge Of sedition is pending against
him This IS rare concession toi .
man new in diplomacy TO obtain. Ar.
breckenridge is now endeavoring 20
secure for American artists the privi-
lege OF taking home with them pictures
Rnd drawings OF scenes and persons
visited by them Heretofore this has
not been allowed and as result some
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14

.IariIcs I,S draws, Ior the snort UiInc, at
least. THAI he is at the dinner table.
After the dinner the guests divide,
the ladies going into one room and the
gentlemen into another. On given
signal the two doors open and the gen.
tlenan and lady who are in line step
forth and ere ordained by st. Valen-
tine as comr,anions during the short
musicale that follows, and as partners
for the first dance on the programme.
After the first dance the hostess comes
20 the conclusion that the young man
wishes to try his luck again. and must
be relieved Of as partner This sitna-
ton so uncomplimentary to the young
girl makes deal of fun. notwithstand-
ing. She is marched off to an Immense
tank. made by placing row of chairs
across the end of the room. Over these
are thrown rich draperies that are car
ried on at the same height along the
walls, making fine fish pond into
which the hostess has cast as many
pretty valentines as there are ladies
present. With fshhook and line the dis
carded beauty fishes out what she con-
siders the prettiest valentine in sight.
Once secured she opens it to read most
ELUSIVE lines of alteration signed by
one of the gentlemen present. 1t is
then her duty to hunt up the supposed
writer of the words and claim him for
the next feature on the programme.
Sometimes she happens to fish out the
name of the very man who pretends to
have lost interest in her, then she is
taken into the assembly-rooma and ex-
hibited as an unfortunate, forgotten
and unloved by st. Valentine, to the
unconcealed amusement of the rest Of
the gathering.
A tree of fate is announced ready
sometime when there is a lull in the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14

A well-known character in Paris Is an
old woman, whose breast Is literally
covered with crcSses and decorations,
and who i now peacefully engaged as
flower seller Her name Is Jean Mon
more. and her honOrs were gained IN
the Crimea, At Rome. Grs-eio;:e and a,
Orleans On one occasion she rendered
valuable service 20 her country By ssSal-
lowing a military dispatch Of g-ea: I'm
portanee, and 50 prevented is falling
into the hands II the enemy. 4 xonAs
who has swallowed 50 much for her
country with dispatch should not &c al
lowed 70 sup sorrow II her Old see.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-14
MOVEMENT.

traiized authority. In fact the scheme
is to follow the federal plan Of organi-
cation. Only recently, however, has
much serious attention been paid the
movement and this attention is the re-
suit of positive assertion that Gov.
Altgeld, of Illinois, conditionally 40
cepted the presidency of the coming
union. 1t will not be perfected or
Eanization until after the expiration of
his term of Office, and as the leaders
of the concern have received a promise
of the cordial support of the American
Federation of Labor and of the knights,
and as considerab bic sums of money are
pledged already, it Is not unlikely that
something Will come of it.
1t is proposed to take control OF
everything having even indirect refer
ence to the interests of labor. The new
union will, in fact. be organized on
military lines with commanders and
heutenants, and for the sake of giving
greater power to the body, as a whole,
the strictest military discipline is to be
enforced. 1t is said that James r.
Sovereign, John Mcbride, Samuel
Gompers and other equally eminent
labor leaders have Endorsed the new
universal. A decided departure from
the principle of these affairs Is the adj
mission of women to the organization.
Women, as will be remembered, have
taken prominent part in the recent
strikes in Brooklyn. The plan of the
wives and daughters Of the strikers to
form military company Ia Brooklyn,
with all the military accoutrements Of
such concerns has been already partial
" carried out. There NAV be some
difficulty in procuring a charter, as the
sion of independent military bodies to
the militia establishment. The women
do not, however, contemplate this.
Their idea is to be able to take the
field in opposition to the militia when
the latter are in arms against their
fathers, husbands and brothers.
It would be difficult to convey any
idea of the bitterness which the feeling
of class hatred has assumed in the met
ropolitan district at this time. In no
other part of the world, probably, can
class be found solidly arrayed against
class under the inspiration of deep, in
vincible hatred, to quite the
degree now witnessed in the re-
gion included in the greater
New York. This phenomenon has al
ready attracted attention from foreign
observers, but it has intensified consid-
erably in view Of recent events.