The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16
HERE AND THERE.

tiOn Of four games, has maze lts en-
trance and been we'll received in east
ern society circles. 1t is called pro-
gressive grand, and the inner details
are just the same as for any other
progressive game of cards. The dealer
takes full pack and deals them all
out, one at time. The player sitting
at the left of the dealer looks at his
cards and then has the privilege OF
saying which of four games-hearts,
cinch, whist or grand (which is the
same as whist without trumps) shall
be played. A glance at his cards will
enable him to say which game he
stands chance of winning, though
his partners hand may be adapted to
some other game. But that is where
both the skill and the fun come in.
In whist and grand the six tricks
form the book as usual, and every
trick over six counts nine. Thirty
seven points are played at the head
table. 1t is great game, and has the
great merit of providing quite little
variety in the evenings game, as one
may possibly not play the same game
twice at one table, and ones wits are
consequently kept busy. 1t would be
a good game to introduce in Mankato
next fall for change.
Household Words: allow odd it
is" said Pat, as he trudged along on
foot one sultry day, "that man new
er meets cart going the same way
as he is"
Mrs. E. G. Hunnewill made S1O,-
900 bequest to the city of Owatonna
for the establishment of public IL
brary. The provisions of the will
make it necessary for the city to pro-
vide $4,000 additional, and it is ex-
pected that it will be two years be-
fore the project is perfected.
The Kansas City Journal has
gathered some sample Kansas drouth
stories, showing that there are times
when it is so dry in the western part
Of the state that you have to soak
hog over night before he will hold
swill. There are places where water
is wet only on one side, and there is
one place where the owner of ferry
boat hauls water eleven months in
the year to keep his ferry running,
while one poor farmer used to run the
we'll through the clothes wringer
every morning to get water for cook
ing.
The mosquito has twenty-five teeth
in the end of his bill. Many of our
readers have already found this out.
At recent meeting of the Board
of Education of Valparaiso, Ind, re-
solution was adopted requiring all
lady teachers to sign contract not to
marry during the school year. A
dozen of them refused to sign the con-
tract, and the school board has given
il out that their places will be filled
by other teachers.
"John," said his father to the heir,
aged 5, ''do you want your grand
mother to put you. to bed?" ANY
old thing will do" replied the little
man, and he went to bed quick.
Winona milk dealers have recently
been worked up over cut in prices
from cents to 81 cents quart made
by firm that recently started in
business there. Some of the leading
dealers have organized to fight the
new concern.
"Do you like colored servants?"
"Itdepends on the color. I don't
care for the green ones" Harper's
Bazaar.
Bicycle manufacturers are making
a large draught on the supply of elm
wood. Most of the wood used in the
rims of bicycle wheels is now made of
rock elm. During this year 100000
rims were required for the trade. 1t
takes about two and a half feet of
wood for rim, so that the 100000
rims will call for 100000 feet of
wood, AS only the finest wood can
be used in the rims, amounting to
only fifth of the bulk of rock elm,
these rims will call for the cutting
and handling of nearly 100000 feet
of this wood.
District court took a recess Satur-
day until Aug. End, when a num-