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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-01-18

in the way, for I know that the prosperity
of the United States is above partisaE-
ship Let us yield. Let us watch for the
redemption of pledges. and as am mere
today, unless the reform which has been
held out to us comes. four years from to-
day our presence will mean more thah II
does now.
II declare the electoral college of Geor-
gia formally convened"
Throughout his speech Colonel Robert
son was frequently interrupted BY APP
plause
When counted It was found that Wiiliam
Jennings Bryan had received the thirteen
votes of the state Of Georgia.
The announcement was greeted with
applause from those who had gathered
TO watch the proceedings Of the college
A ballot was also taken for Arthur sew
all, and the thirteen votes were cast Tor
him.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-01-18
FROM ILLINOIS TO GEORGIA.
Colony of Prairie State People Settle
in Wilkes County.

Washington. Ga. January i2-tSpeeiaL)-
An Illinois colony of immigrants. under
the direction and management OF the
Wilkes Lana Company, has boueht 2 large
tract of land from #. N. Green lying on
Iattle river and adjacent 10 the Washing
ton branch of the Georgia railroad SIX
miles south Of Washington.
Five families have already arrived ana
some forty more are expected 20 follow
soon. They have money. make good cash
payment and appear thrifty and weii-t"-ao-
Wilkes already has a number of imini-
grants scattered over the county, b54t tals
is tho first effort to form colony. me
tract Of land occupied is fertile. well Wa
tered end tiInbered and q supply of energy
and thrift is all that Is needed TO make
the colony a permanent success.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
DO CLOCKS eEr Hired?
There Are Times when They Do Need
Rest, MIR. BiIltops Thinks.

There Are Times When They DO Need
Rest, MIR. BiIltops Thinks.
"Do clocks get tired?" said Mr.. Bill
tops, according to the New York Sun.
81 Imagine they do. I love to hear a
clock tick; suppose everybody does.
We had little clock that used to keep
in my own room. It stopped one day
and 1 shook it up little and it started
on, but it soon stopped again, and after
that it kept stopping, and sometimes 1t
would take me ten minutes to shake 1t
up so that it would go on and keep 60
ing. I suppose spent on that clock as
much time as would have paid for half
dozen clocks like it; and finally it
stopped altogether and 1 gave it up and
the little clock lay idle for months.
supposed that sooner or later we
should throw it away, and thought
the only reason that we didn't was be-
cause we hate to throw anything
away.
"But one day one of the children got
hold Of the clock and took the back of
it to see what was the matter with it.
You know what happens when children
begin fooling with clock. never
expected to hear the clock tick again.
but I'm blessed if the shaver didn't
make it go. What he did to it 1 don'i
know; nothing, guess, except to oil it
and suppose that was all it needed, OF
else it had simply tired and had wanted
rest. But it's going again now, ant
ticking away like a good one"
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
SMALL ILLS.
The Power to Endure Them May he
Cultivated.

The Power to Endure Them May he
Cultivated.
It ia often easier to bear great sor-
now than to endure small ills and re-
main of even, sweet disposition. The
old simile that drops of water wear into
the solid rock is certainly an apt one.
1t is easy to steel ones nerves and fight
fravely fortune that is adverse if there
is a chance of an honorable victory. The
bravest knight, however, may be over
come by gnats.
1t is the misfortune of women to be
more delicate in their nervous structure
than men, and to be more often the VIC
Tins Of petty annoyances such as rasp
the nerves and temper. II Is peculiarly
woman's duty to attend to minutiae-
Housekeeping demands strict attention
to small things. If the housekeeperhas
trouble in her work it Is a petty matter
to talk of. 1t comes from the petulance
of servants, the failure of the yeast
perhaps to rise, or the stupidity Of some
one who has left the oven door open and
upset all her plans for dinner. Some
one, perhaps, has carelessly stopped the
plumbing, and a large bill is incurred
from this source, which makes it i'm
possible for her to buy much-needed
winter bonnet for herself, or new coats
for the children. The matters essential
tohealth come first, and at any cost the
water pipes must be repaired.
1t is just such petty things as we have
named which wear woman's patience
out and sometimes make the SNiddle-
aged woman a hopeless scold or a nerv-
Gus invalid, when she should be placid,
even-tempered, happy woman. The
power TO endure small ills, however,
can be cultivated. 1t is an easy matter
at the beginning of life to look upon
things philosophically and check the
frown or hasty word which rises to the
lips. If mother would only remember
that her whole future happiness de-
| pends upon the restraint she exercises
on such occasions it would save her.
More than her own happiness, the hap
piness of her own children and that OF
all who love her depend upon it. 1t is
an effort that she must make at what
ever cost. The habit of self-restrainS
and self-repression grows upon one who
practices 1t. Finally 1t become second
nature to speak gentle word instead Of
a fretful one when an annoying blum
der occurs. A word ftly spoken with
out temper will do more to prevent an
other blunder than all the sharp ut
| terances of anger.
Unhappy fretfulness also grows Will
the indulgence in the habit unit
the person becomes an unbearable com
panion and sometimes drives all he
friends from her. This vice is by n,
means limited to women. We hav
known men who were chronic scold
andwhorenderedth their rhomesand Office
nbodes of misery by fretting over SINAI
matters. though this is not often mas
cullne fault.-N. Y. Tribune
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
ninerinr nenlenntlon..

Mr.. T. L. Selater writes to the Journal
of Science, asking it to avoid the word
scientist" which is, in his opinion, a
hybrid term. The purists have always
objected to this word, formed, like
artist" with ct" interpolated. Mr..
selater proposes "scient," which is on
the analogy of "savant" The pedantic
sound of this word led an English editor
to recall story about Prof. Henry
Sidgwick. Some visitors to Cambridge
remarked that there were many dis
tinguished and learned men in Eng
land, but none who corresponded in
breath of culture to the savant abroad.
"Oh. yes, we have them" said Prof
Sidgwick, and then breaking into his
most effective stutter, added, sharply:
"But we call them p-p-p-p-prigs."
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
Sweet Potato salad.

Boil three large sweet potatoes. Cut
into half-inch squares. Cut two stalks
of celery into very small pieces. Sea-
son with salt and pepper and pour over
a French dressing made as follows:
Three tablespoonfuls salad oil, two Of
vinegar, one tablespoonful Of onion
juice. one saltsPoonful each of salt and
pepper. Let salad stand in refrigerator
two hours. Garnish with pickles, pitted
olives and parsley.-N. Y. Ledger.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
FARMER AND MEeAPHoNE.
A PILOT on a Boat stops Horse in a
Cornheld Near Dy.

Cornheld Near Dy,
was on the upper Ohio this sum-
mer when the river was low and was
much amused over the use to which a
pilot put a megaphone. He bought the
thing to call ashore any message that
might have been given the boat to
CARR. This was to save time, for those
little boats in the local trade are
great deal like the old-fashioned mail
carriers-anything to accommodate
the people along the bank.
We were in the pilot house, and the
boat was running up chute near the
West Virginia side of the river. In a
cornfield was an old farmer who was
following a plow behind an old flea
bitten gray that only needed half in
vitation to stop at any time. The pilot
put the megaphone to his mouth and
shouted: "Whoal" and the old gray
whoaed.
The farmer heard the sound, and he
thought, evidently, that a neighbor was
there or thereabout, for he looked
around to see from whence the sound
came. Then he tossed a clod at the old
horse and started him up.
"Whoal" said the pilot, and again the
old horse stopped. Then the old Rube
went to the river bank and looked
down In the willows, but not soul
could he see. He looked up and down
and then at the steamboat, and
scratched his head In surprise. He
| couldn't afford to waste any time in
| looking for the ghost, for he went back
1 TO the plow and started on with his
job.
Once more the joking pilot said
"whoal" and again the horse stopped
dead still. You could see from the boa
that the old fellow was all mixed up
for he looked up and down the river an(
then at the hillside behind him to SCI
If he could find the man who was work
ing him and his old horse. He made VI
his mind that he would take it out o
the old gray, and to fix for the occa
sion he went to the underbrush and Gu
a stick that was ten feet long. II
Il started the horse with a vengeance
When the pilot hollered "whoal" agai
the old man gave the gray lick tha
sounded clear to the boat. We coul
almost hear him say:
"Thar, gol darn you, TIL teach you
stop when you hear a spook hollerir
at ye."
But the pilot kept up the good wor
and hollered "whoa, whoa, whoai" an
again and again the old man hit til
gray. Finally it looked as If he ha
4 A.. - l.. =
while he watched the boat.
Then the pilot thought he had ha
: enough fun and he called out:
"Feed the old gray; feed him. He
I so hungry that he can't work. That
I all the matter with him."
, Then old Rube got his voice and v
heard him say; "You go to thund'
, with your old voicel It'd stop a RAJ
= road train auywheres." - Cincinna
9 | Commercial.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
TOOK HIS LAsr CENT.
one bartender Gets n Fair Price 70
His Whisky.


One bartender Gets n Fair Price for
His Whisky.
The other afternoon about the time
the sun had warmed up Halsted street
pretty well a rather tough-appearing
citizen, who looked as II he might be a
blood relation to a tramp, slowly rolled
into a saloon He went up 10 the bar,
and, putting both his ragged coat
sleeves on the polished rail, he looked
the bartender squarely in the eye.
"say, pard," he said, addressing the
drink mixer, "you wouldn't take the
last cent feller's got fer drink, would
you2"
'You bet yer life 1 would" shouted
the bartender. That's wat we're run
min this saloon fer. Did ye t'ink we're
operatin' charity health resort2"
swell, I guess I'll have to have IT,
anyhow. Let 'er out" And the tough.
looking man heaved a heavy, ragged
sigh.
The bartender set out a bottle OF Hal
sted street whisky and the man poured
out about four fingers and swallowed
It at one gulp. He wiped his mouth
with the back of his hand, and, reaching
in his ragged pocket, pulled out cor
iroded penny and laid it on the counter
''There ye are, old man. You saic
you'd take me last cent fer drink
There she is. That's me last" he said
The bartender reached for a club will
one hand and a beer glass with thu
other, but before he could inaugurat'
a campaign the drinker had sbo
through the door and vanished.-Chi
cago Chronicle.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
Ronsting conee.

In Norway, where superb coffee is
made, bit Of butter is added to the
beans while they are roasting in the
covered shovel used there for that pur-
pose. In France, as well, a piece Of
butter the size of a walnut is put with
three pounds of the coffee beans, and
also a dessertspoonful of powdered
sugar. This brings out the flavor, and,
moreover. gives the slight caramel taste
which is so greatly admired.-Cincin-
natl Enouirer.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
Lemnn Cnntnrda.

Crate the thin yellow rind of one
lemon and press out all the juice. Mix
the grated rind and juice with one cup
ful of water, place over the fire and al
low to boil, then add one tablespoonful
Of butter, one tablespoonful of corn
starch wet in half a cupful Of cold
water; when it boils again, remove
from the fire, add tiny pinch Of salt
and allow to cool. Break two eggs into
a bowl, reserving one Of the whites OF
the eggs; beat the eggs until light, add
one cupful of granulated sugar and add
to the cornstarch. Pour into a buttered
pan and bake until the custard is firm;
about 20 minutes will be sufficient Beat
the white of egg to a stiff froth with a
tablespoonful of sugar and spread this
lightly over the top of the eustard and
return TO the oven until delicate
brown. This custard may also be
cooked in small individual cups. Fill
the cups and set them in pan, which
must be filed with boiling water to
nearly reach the top of the cups. When
the custards are baked, remove from the
pan and allow to cool. Serve with a
little grated nutmeg on top of each, or
bit of bright jelly.-Ladies' World.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
foRTuNEs ERoM oAReAeE.
Science Converts the Refuse OF Citiel
ruln CAonn.. IrnrtIII.n.n annra Etc

Science Converts the Refuse OF cities
Into Steam, Fertilizers, Soap, Etc.
William George Jordan, writing on
V'Wonders of the Worlds Waste" in the
Ladies' Home Journal, says; 'sThe
garbage of a great city is worth for
tune every year, if properly utilized. In
st. Louis, Mo., the refuse is placed in
enormous vertical cylinders, surround
ed by steam jackets, which evaporate
the rs to so per cent. of water In the
garbage. The fatty substances are dis
solved, and as the result of number of
processes a fertilizer is produced which
Is worth from nine dollars to twelve
dollars per ton, the demand exceeding
the supply. One of the purest and best
soaps of the country was made Of
garbage grease before cotton-seed oil
entered the field. Tt is now proposed to
light London by electricity for nothing.
It now costs that city'$1.0s (4s. sd.) to
get rid of a ton of garbage. Acombina-
ton of boilers and other apparatus has
been devised that can burn the garbage
at "a cents( one shilling) per ton, and
generate steam sufficient torun enough
dynamos to light the entire city. Lon
don can thus save 3s- Sd. on each ton,
and, in addition, illuminate its city
without cost. Garbage, by machine
called the dust destructor,' is converted
into clinkers, which can be used for
roadways, as artificial stone for side
walks, and as sand for mortar and
cement. In Paris the invisible particles
of iron, worn from wheels and from the
shoes of horses, are rescued by passing
powerful magnets through the sweep
ings."
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
Whht WINS oId.

a large earthenware vase in win
dow in New York is surmounted by a
conspicuous sign bearing this inscrip-
ton: "Made of Egyptian Clay, Three
Thousand Years Old" One day an ex-
pert who happened to be passing the
window stopped and looked at the vase.
"Yes," he said, after brief inspection,
sit is considerably older than 5000
years. refer, of course, to the clay.
The vase probably WIS made In 1898"
Evening journal., 1897-12-30

likely be nominated. They are: Presi-
dent, George c.. Morton; vice-president.
William Alexander; treasurer. John 2.
Pyle; William Mccarthy, financial sec
retary, and William Rommel, recording
secretary.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
Two Strikes.

"Mawson struck oil and made his
fortune"
"He was lucky. Hewson struck dyna-
mite and made his exit."-Philadelphia
North American.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
Will, NoMINATE oFFIcERs.

There will be a meeting of the Demo-
cratic League of Delaware this evening
when officers for the ensuing year will
be nominated. The present officers Will
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
NEW CASTLE REAL ESTATE

FOR sALE.-No. 7s South Fifth street,
New Castle; brick house; slate roof
seven rooms and bath; range; hot and
cold water; gas; plastered Summer
city; newly papered; perfect condition;
Immediate possession; easy terms. Apply
G. w. Edwards, Evening Journal o1ice,
Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30

From all appearances, the emperor
OF Germany Is trying to take, the title
of Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse" away
from his grandfather.-Savannah
News.
Evening journal., 1897-12-30
AIhnnr pnddInr.

Grease a bowl thick with butter, put
seeded raisins around it, then line with
bread. Make a custard, pour In. bake
and. eat with liquid sauce.-N. Y. Led
ger.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26
STABBING ARRAY.
A Dispute Over Wages Leads to
Trouble at Alma City.

Information was received in the
cityMonday of stabbing ARRAY which
occurred at Alma City Friday night.
1t appears that farmer who lives in
the village and his hired man had a
dispute over wages which the latter
claimed. The affair started in a
harness shop. Words led to blows,
and the report is that the farmer
took splitting knife, used in cutting
leather, and stabbed the hired man
in the face, cutting him quite badly.
The trouble began in the shop aud
continued on the street. AS to the
details of the quarrel, or what
revocation there was for the assault,
our informant did not know. The
farmer has always borne a good
reputation, and we refrain from CIV
ing his name at present.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26

should secure release from the Man.
kato Stone and Lime Co. of the
ground on Madison avenue occupied
by the stone saw mill. He moved
that the city attorney secure such a
release, and this was carried.
The bond of d. P. Hayes, Minneso-
ia street culvert contractor, was ap-
proved.
March goth was set as the date for
the vacating of a street in Cummings
addition.
Aid. Himmelman wanted to know
whether the Omaha road has placed
flagmen On it's crossings. 1t was STAT
ed, in reply, that the road will soon
do so, as there are some cripples which
it will appoint for this work.
Aid. Bradley said that he had not
seen a man who wants the wards
divided into precincts for the spring
election. The new elective franchise
will greatly reduce the vote. And
many have not taken out their second
papers.
City Attorney Pau said that the
validity of the election would not be
effected if the wards are not divided
1t would be needless expense tC
divide them.
The council adjourned.
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PLACES A GUARD.
North rlankato Real Estate is on the
Move.


II. P. Christensen owns a lot in
North Mankato which affords a good
quality of building sand. It's so con-
veniently located that some of the
teamsters who are engaged In hauling
sand to this city and elsewhere have
been helping themselves to it without
consulting the owner, and the result
is that the lot is being damaged, and
will soon be nothing but an unsightly
hole instead of a choice building site.
Mr.. Christensen has notified the tres
passers to leave the remainder of the
lot, and has put up sign boards direct
ing the public not to take the sand.
The teamsters have relentleSsly torn
down these signs and upset them, and
have persisted in transferring Mr..
Christensen's real estate to other
localities.
The matter came to such a pass last
week that guard was employed to
watch the lot and prevent any of the
soil from being stolen. This man is
still ON duty, and Mr.. Christensen
states today that if his sand is not
left where nature placed it he will be.
gin prosecutions. He will take every
step possible to protect his rights, and
the teamsters will have to get their
sand elsewhere.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26

lock, for which they presented me
with silver medal, medal that
prize very highly. take this oppor-
tunity of recommending John We'd
derburn & Co. to the public and to in
ventOrs as reliable and trustworthy
tirLI,an to their promptness and care
in which they handled my case in get
ting letters patent and patent
rights. | can reco mmend them to any
one wishing protection for inventive
ideas and getting letters patent. They
will give you first class service.
E. M WANGER,
Inventor of Sash Lock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26
DR.. HIELsChEH HYPNOTIZES.

DR.. j. A. Hielscher, of this city,
attended the meeting of the Indian
Lake literary society last Saturday
night and read an interesting paper
on hypnotism He brought subject
Mr.. Levi-with him, and illustrated
on him the different ways of hypno-
tiZing and the q tferent featS person
can be made to do while under the
hypnotic influence He then hyno-
tlZcd two young men from the audi
ence and had them completely under
his control. The doctor has made
ny pnotism a study for some time. He
received the heart thanks of the
society for the trea' he gave them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26

The regular meeting of the council
Saturday night was presided over by
Mayor Weaver, and all of the alder
men were present except Aid. An
drews.
A petition was received from W. ID
aud J. A. Willard, asking the coun-
Gil to vacate the alley in block "a,
City of Mankato, and also that part of
Pike street which lies south Of the
south line of Poplar street, and be-
tween block "a and block l, Cum
mings' addition, for the reason
that the alley and street are of no
use to the public, but an expense to
the city. The petitioners desire to
locate a new street as shown in an at
tached plat through the two blocks
and block one in Warren's addition,
and the implanted land between
North Row and Cummings addition
to connect Poplar street with Mound
avenue. Referred to the street com
mittee.
AttorneyW. E. Young appeared be-
fore the council on behalf of j. N.
Lang and Frank H nlein, who have
bill against the city for gathering gar
bage from June 1st to Nov. 1st. He
said that they were not trying
to get netting for nothing
The question is whether they did
their work, and if they did and the
bill of S14O is reasonable it should be
paid. He hoped that the council
would investig tie the matter. The
work had been done under the direc
tion of the health department, the
contractors receiving orders verbally
and by postal card from the health
inspector and health officer.
Aid Peterson said that if the
gentlemen received orders from the
health department they should be
paid.
Aid. Zimmerman said that the
health department claims that the
gentlemen were only employed one
month, and that whatever they did
beyond that was unauthorized. Two
members of the claims committee had
looked into the matter and disallOwed
the bill.
Aid. Adams said that if they
worked by direction of the health
department beyond the thirty days
they should be paid. If the inspec-
tors sent them postal cards and gave
orders when there was no contract,
some new inspectors who I'm derStand
their business should be appointed.
Aid. Bradley moved that the mat
ter be referred again to the claims
committee, to report after Aid. An
drews returns. Carried
A petition was received from TWEEN
ty-seven property owners, asking the
city to grade Fifth avenue from Mills
street to south side of Mankato city
and Spruce and Chestnut streets from
Fifth avenue to Third avenue. Re-
ferred to the street committee.
A letter was received from G. p.
Jones, agent of the Milwaukee Bridge
and Iron Works, enclosing Minneso-
ia bond to be filled in and returned
1t was approved, subject to correc-
tion in the signature.
Aid. Zimmerman offered several
amendments TO ordinances, all but
one changing the wording but not the
meaning. They were in the nature
of verbal corrections. They were re-
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TO THE PUBLIC.
have the Meas

L have the pleas
ure of announcing
to the public that
[ received entire
satisfaction from
j o h n Wedder-
burn & Co., pat
tent attorneys, at
Washington, d.
c., in matters con-
nected with Oh
tanning letters
patent for a sash
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
BILLS FOR WATER METERS
CAUSE DISCUSSION.

License Fees Are Re-
duced to $500 a Year-Bridge Con-
tractors Furnish a Minnesota Bond
The Number of Voting Precincts
Will Not Be lrCreased-Garbag
Gathering Bill Bobs Up Again
Minor rlatterS Considered.