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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05
GAVE UP THE LICENSE.
Trouble Among the Hackmen May
be Settled.

Awarrant was issuedMonday for the
arrest of VIM. Taylor, on the charge
of driving a hack to the depots with
out a license. Geo. Atchison was the
com planning witness. Al. Empey has
been driving a hack for Will Karmany,
and had the license taken out in his
own name. Saturday, MI. Karmany
employed VIM. Taylor to drive the
hack, but Empey refused to surrender
he license. After the warrant for
Taylor's arrest was issued today.
Empey turned the license over to
X armany, by consent of the city au-
tn orities, and the warrant will prob
ably not be served. Empey is now
driving a hack for MI. Atchison.
P eace is again settling down on the
d isturbed waters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

F. A. JOHNSON, ESQ.,, the political
writer at the national capitol for
the St. Paul Dispatch, says that
four prominent Minnesota federal ap-
pointments will be made at
one time and very soon after
the close of the present year.
MI. Johnson feels quite certain that
Arthur W. Lyman, of Minneapolis,
will be chosen for collector of GUS
tones; Holver STEVENSON, of Crook
ston, for U. S. district attorney, julius
Block, of ST. Peter, for collector of
internal revenue, and Eli S. Warner,
Of St. Paul, for marshal. If it shall
prove that Johnson is correct in his
guess, the country will get just half
of these four appointments which is
more generous treatment than it has
been in the habit of getting. But we
guess that Mr.. johnson has guessed
wrong on one or two of the offices.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05
INJURED AT GAINESVILLE.

Eugene Diendonne, son of a we'll
known GAINESVILLE hardware merchant,
was severely injured in a runaway
there Saturday afternoon, The pole
of the buggy stuck in the ground,
throwing the buggy up, and young
Diendonne came down astride d
wheel. DR.. Andrews was summoned
IN the evening in consultation with
DR.. Taylor, and DR.. Taylor brought
the patient to Mankato yesterday.
In the afternoon DR.. Andrews, as
sisted by Drs. Steel and Taylor,
operated on the young man. 1t is
thought that Mr.. D%iendonne will
recover. He is about twenty-three
years of age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

THE district court at Brainerd has
rendered a decision in the case of the
Anderson law taxing railroad lands,
holding that it is valid and that under
it all railroad lands not used in the
actual management Of the road are
liable to taxation. In regard to the
point made by the railroads that
Frank A. Day, by virtue of his office
of lieutenant governor, was not a
member of the senate and had no
right to vote on the bill, the court
held that Mr.. Day was at that time
occupying a dual position, and was a
de facto member of the senate, and as
such, of course, his vote could not be
questioned. The case will now
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

DIED of too much bOssism will be
the epitaph of the Republican party
of Minnesota in l89S.-Anokd Union.
Don't be in a hurry to write its
epit aph. The people propose to con-
troll the party next year and it is not
going to die. BY the way there has
never been a Republican who got dis
gruntled and left his party, that did
not imagine it was going to die at
once, but it has always moved right
along and is as vigorous as ever.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05
PROPERTY MALICIOUSLY INJURED

Ralph Healy, ex-postmaster of Beau
ford, was in the city Monday and con-
suited County Attorney Hughes in re-
gard to injury that has been inflicted
upon some property of his. He states
that a week ago Friday night some
one broke some window sashes and
other things of his property, and ne
believes that it was done with malici-
Gus intent. He suspects certain par
ties and has gathered some evidence,
and when he obtains sufficient to en-
sure a conviction will cause arrests to
be made.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

THE Waterville AdUdnce issued a
very handsome illustrated supple
ment to its regular edition this week,
giving a very extended write-up OF
Waterville and vicinity. Waterville
is an enterprising little city, and the
Adyance keeps a little ahead of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

w. J. Merchant, Esq, purchased
this week a span of bay mares from a
far mer near Rochester, and they ar
rived in the city today. He will come
out in a brand new rig in a day or two.
The animals are full sisters and Of
good blood.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

The days of Thos. G. Platt's boss
j sm'' are about ended WinOnd
Herald.
And how about Tammany? That
organization is worse and more cor
rupt than Platt. Why not bury
them all in one grave and have done
with the bosses. Why single out
Platt?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

THE Albert Lea Standard speaks of
"Greater New York with its 5000, 900
votes" Tammany must have been
up to it's old tricks Of importing votes
and robbing graves of their names
for the benefit of repeaters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

THOSE Colorado people who are
wading in snow had better move into
Minnesota and enjoy the banana
weather we are having. Living in a
country where the wires are all down
and trains blockaded 0y snow in Oc-
tober must be dreadful!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

The LIE Sueur Sentinel says the Re-
publican party has outlived its use
fulness. This statement is not or
iginal with the Sentinel. it has been
the cry of Democracy ever since the
war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

THE restoration of silver to it's Origi-
nal place as a money metal would not
remedy every wrong.-Bufalo Journal.
No, it would simply create a greater
one, that odf very cheap tiatollars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

SNOW in South Dakota, Nebraska
and Colorado. What's the matter
with Minnesota? Well probably be
sin it, a little later on. But just
now it's delightful here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

THE mustiest old chestnut in this
state at the present time is Jerry
J,"-Bufalo Journal
So he has been stepping on your
cOrns, has he?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

The ladies of the Episcopal church
took in about S63 from the meals
served Thursday. and netted about
$55.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

President Mckinley has designat-
ed Thursday, November 25th, as
Thanksgiving day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

doubtless go to the supreme court,
and it will likely get into the United
States supreme court before it is I'm
ally settled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05

The Daily and Sunday
Editions of the Inter
Ocean are the best of
their kind. . :.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

storage batteries and there kept until
needed.
A feature of this dynamo is that the
same one which generates the current
when there is a breeze also acts as a motor
during calm and can be used with the
energy always on hand in the storage
batteries. This double service by dy-
namo has never before been accom- phi shed.
In the comparatively light breeze which
was bowing when the first trial was
made the wheel OF the windmill began to
slowly revolve, then faster and faster it
went until il looked like one solid piece of
circular wood spinning about in the air.
A mum ber OF electric lights had been put
mp in the stable as test, and when these
were turned on after the windmill had
been workin some time they showed
brilliant, steady light, the equal of that
supplied by any electric-light company in
the country.
The experiment was a success, and
combination of windmill and motor had
been found at such comparatively slight
cost that the matter of expense was hardly
worth considering.
Once the practicability of the machinery
was assured Mr.. Feely lost no time in
putting electric lights throug hout his
house and stables and about his private
grounds and utilizing the new agency for
various household and farm purposes
The whole secret of the success of his
work is in the dynamo, which in num-
ber of ways is different from the usual
electric dynamo. In an ordinary dynamo
the voltage depends upon the speed with
which its armature is driven, and it was
found that owing TO the various speeds at
which the W ind mill was driven an ordi-
nary dynamo would be entirely useless
for such purposes as Mr.. Feely intended: {:
hence it was necessary to construct the
special one.
In devising such a dynamo three things
were essential. 1t must be self-regulating,
free from ell mechanical contrivances,
and above all it must be efficient.
The seli-regulating part of the requi-
sites was accomplished by peculiar and
some what com pIicated arrangement of it's
integral parts and not by any mechanical
addition. 1t required no little thought
and many trials to eventually accomplish
this end, but it was finally done and
moreover, it was done without adding 10
or taking anything from the machine.
w nen the dynamo was trleu 1t was
found 10 work perfectly. By keeping the
voltage constant 1t was found that sub
stantially all the power of the windmill,
however erratic, could be utilized by
simply increasing the current in proper
tion to the increase of the speed of the
windmill
During his experim ents in ascertaining
the varying changes in the velocity of the
wind Mr.. Feely found that there is not as
great a difference as is generally supposed
between winter and summer winds.
During the midsummer months he
found that the wind averaged eight miles
an hour. while during the winter months
the average was about nine miles an hour
One of the most important features of
this new contrivance is what is called a
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

Then You Can Harness Old Boroas to Electra Brilliantly uni-
nate Your Home and Laugh in Your Sleeve at
Elecic Liaht COMPANIES

THE first successful attempt to put to
AS practices use an electric plant run
,yzeS by a wind mill has just been accom-
plished by J. ]. Feely, well-known law
yer of Walpole, Mass, with a penchant
for mechanics.
With wind as the fundamental factor,
this lawye r-mechanic-inventor operates a
private light plant forces water all over
his estate. operates farm machinery, cuts
wood, turns lathes and fills storage bat
teries tor use in horseless carriages.
1t was no easy task which Mr.. Feely set
him self out to accomplish when he under
took to develop this windmill electric
plant" for his own use on his ample
private estate.
From an electricians point of view the
greatest obstacle, and one which it was
claimed could not be overcome, was the
varia oility of the wind and the consequent
erratic fluctuations of the electric pres.
sures which rem dered their utilization i'm
possible by subjecting the ordinary
mechanical connections to excessive and
fatal strains.
Early in his experiments, Mr.. Feely
found that one OF the first problems TO be
solved was to determine accurately the
wind velocities and efficiencies during the
various months of the year.
This was determined by the use of an
thermometer made especially for that
particular purpose and very similar to
those in use by the United States Weather
Bureau, with the exception that while the
Government instruments record the mile
rate of wind the one made for Mr.. Feey
recorded the wind at each fiftieth of a
mile.
After some months of hard thinking.
and harder work, the machinery with all
its i'm provements was finally set in place.
and when al connections were made MIR.
Feely anxiously awaited the first trial,
which should demonstrate the failure or
success of his pains and labor.
The windmill proper is the ordinary
kind, common in all out town and
country places where there is no public
water supply. The frame, or supports,
extend fifty feet above the second story of
the stables, as shown in the picture.
At the top of this frame are the wheel
and fan, which are operated by the wind.
As the wheel revolves under the influence
of the slightest breeze it operates a series
of cogwheels which work upon long
vertical shaft running from the head oi
the machine to the basement or cellar oil
the stable, where it communicates with a
second shaft leading directly to the dynamo
of the plant
From this dynamo lead two sets of wires.
One set carry the current to the various
parts of the estate, where it is utilized ior
power purposes and for lighting, while
the other set of wires receive the surplus
current and store 1t in storage batteries,
for use when the tickle wind is not suffi-
ciently strong TO give power enough to
supply the necessary voltage.
When there is high wind there is
naturally much stronger current than is
necessary, and in order that it may not
be wasted or play havoc with the lights
the surplus energy is led into these
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

! the hull in the securest possible manner
the numerous cylindrical bags. These are
sent down to the diver, who. with chains,
binds them along the keel on either side.
These bags are connected by stout pipes
with the air pump above, and when all are
made fast the powerful machinery of the
tug connecting with the pump is set in
motion.
AS TIE bags gradually fill with air under
the influence of the powerful pressure
from above, they exert lifting power on
the hull which is not TO be resisted.
Gradually the huge frame is completely
turned over and eventually rests Oh the
bottom of The sea upside down, the air in
the bags being of sufficient buoyancy TO
keep 1t in position.
Meantime, the,large main pipes which
were first made fast inside the hull have
not been idle, and as the Powerful and
steady current of air is forced through
them into the hull, the water Is gradually
forced out, and light buoyant air takes the
place OF the heavier water.
As the air pressure increases the hull
becomes lighter and rises toward the sur
face. Air being constantly forced into the
hull and the bags strapped along the keel,
the pressure is maintained and the water
kent out on exactly the same principle
that it is kept from filling the inverted
cup held under water.
In addiuon to turning the hull upside
down before it is emptied of water, the
bags ranged along the keel also serve the
purpose OF keeping the craft in the proper
position while it is being raised through
the water.
Strange as it may appear, the proper
position for the craft during the process is
keel up. Were this position not main
tanned the ship would naturally right her.
self ana again fill and sink, thus undoing
all the work of the wreckers.
Once the ship is at the surface it is q
comparatively easy matter to maintain
The air pressure while the hull is toweu 10
the nearest drydock.
AS long as the air pressure is maintained
once in the drydock it is easy to right her
and place her in a position to make the
necessary repairs.
/ By the use of the Gaillard system, as 1t
is called, of wreck-raising almost all the
! disadvantages under which wreckers have
heretofore labored are obviated. All oi
the hard and laborious work is done by
the air bags and the air within the hull.
There are no ponderous cranes or derricks
to be moved about, and the very sim plicity
/ OF the whole arrangement is what recon-
mends it most forcibly to wreckers and
| divers,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

speed equalizer OF special construction by
which the surplus energy generated by
nigh winds is mechanically stored and de-
livered to the batteries in a comparatively
uniform manner.
As it is necessary that dynamo must
attain a sufficient velocity to give an
electro-motive force sufficient to overcome
the back electro motive force of the bat
terry it was therefore necessary to devise
some means of preventing the current
from the storage battery passing back to
the dynamo when not needed.
This was accomplished by a device
which, when the electro motive force OF
the dynamo rose to given point, would
connect with the circuit, thereby Sc nding
it into the storage battery and again OPEN
ing the circuit. when, owing to decreasing
speed of the dynamo, the electro mt olive
force falls below that of the storage bat
terry.
In every way this windmill electric
plant has proved itself a surcess even
under the most varying conditions. The
lights in the house, stable and those scat
tered about in different parts of the es-
tate burn as steadily as any electric lights,
maintaining an unvarying uniformity, no
matter whether there is a gale blowing or
dead calm.
The entire plant is as nearly self-acting
as it is possible to make machinery. abso-
lutely no attention being necessary except
once in two weeks, when it is cleaned and
oiled.
The first cost is practically all the ex-
pense, and following this example the
time is not far distant when private elec-
trIc light plants operated by wind will be
the property of every owner of a country
estate when large number of lights are
desirable.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14
THIS HORSEPOWER LAUGHS AT ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPAl

side, so as not to be directly over the spot
where the hull lies.
On the tug is carried com plete divers
outfit, and when the boat comes 10 an
chor the diver is sent down 10 the bottom
to make the preliminary arrangements for
raising the wreck.
When the disaster has been occasioned
by collision or by striking submerged
reef and the ship has slid back into deep
water, there are holes in the hull to be re-
paired before anything can be done to-
! ward bringing the craft to the surface.
1t is hero that the large pieces OF canvas
which are a portion OF the OUTFIT are in
dlspensabIe. With them the diver patches
as tightly as possible the holes in the hull,
and at the same time opens all the haiches
OF the sunken ship and makes fast within
the hull the large main pipes which con-
nect with tie huge air drum on the tug.
That much being accom- plished, the next
step toward the raising Is to make fast to
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14
CETY GIRLS INDUCING IN THEIR NEWEST ARTISTIC FAD

back with huge faring bow, while that
portion which is displayed in front is
elaborately embroidered iii gold and sill
yer tracery and coiored silks. 1t takes
the average society young woman some
time to master the intricate manner of
wearing the costume, but it is essential to
the success of tie japan lunch.
The trailing edge of the suso-moyo is
also gay with ingram patterns and gold
and silver tracery, which helps to give the
garment its name. moyo, meaning, as we
have said, pattern or tracery.
About the neck of the properly dressed
lady is worn the han-yeri, or collar. 1t is
a very elaborate affair OF silk or satin,
heavy with mbroidery and delicate pat
terms worked in many colors or gold and
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14
Spiders in the Air.

In a communication to knowledge on
Spiders" Rev. Samuel Barber discusses
at some length the pheno menon OF the
fiotation line and Its method of attach
ment, which is the foundation of the
spiders web. Is it not evident, asks the
reverend gentleman, that air-and prob
ably at high mperature-m be in
closed within the meshes OF the substance
forming the line when it passes from the
spinnerets into the atmospheric The
creature with this substance lifts it into
the air. 1t has been usual to explain the
ascent by the kite principle, namely, the
mechanical force of the contiguous atmos-
phere, but air movements, especially on a
small scale, are so Capricious AMI uncon-
trollable that without directive force the
phenomena seem quite inexplicable
In support of this tn ory of direct pro-
pelling force, Mr.. Barber gives some of
his own observations. Writing one day
with two sheets of quarto before him he
saw a small spider on the paper, and in
order to test its power of passing through
the air he held one of the sheets of paper
about foot from that on which the crea-
ture was running. 1t ascended to the
ed AID vanished, but in moment it
landed upon the other sheet through mid
air. in horizontal direction, and picked
up the thread as it advanced. In this case
there was no air movement to facilitate,
nor any time to throw line upward
which, indeed, would not have solved the
difficulty. On another occasion, at din
ner party in Kent, four candles were
lighted on the table, when a thread was
seen TO be strung from the tip of one of
the lighted candles and attached to an
other about yard off, and all the four
lights were connected in this way, and
that by web drawn quite tight.
The only explain alton which Mr.. Barber
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14
When the Tide Is Low.

Some time a. eve when the tide is low
l shall slip my mooring and sail away
With no response 10 the friendly hail
OF kindred craft in the busy bay.
In the silent hush of the twilight pale,
When the night sioops down to embrace the
day,
And the voices call in the waters flow
Some time at eve when the tide is low
I shall slip my mooring and sail away.
Through purple shadows that darkly trail
Der the ebbing tide of the Unknown Sea,
I shall fare me away with dip of sail
And ripple of waters to tell the tale
OF lonely voyager, sailing away
To Mystic Isles, where at anchor lay
The craft of those who have sailed before
Ger the Unknown Sea to the Unseen Shore.
A few who have watched me sail away
Will miss my craft from the busy bay;
Some friendly barks that were anchored
near
Some loving souls that my heart held dear
In silent sorrow will drop tear.
But shall have peacefully furled my sail
In moorings sheltered from storm or gale,
And greeted the friends who have sailed
before
Ger the Unknown Sea to the Unseen Shore.
LIZZIE CLARK HARDY, in Midland Monthly.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

served in a temple near Mandalay. 1t
consists of 729 parts, in the shape OF white
marble plates. 1t Is written Z in Pail, and
contains 275, ,250 stanzas, forming the re-
ligious code OF the Buddhists. Each plate
is protected by temple of bricks The
smallest book is konversationslexicon
published in Berlin. 1t is less than half
cubic inch in bulk, although it contains
175, 900 words. A microscope especially
prepared for the purpose is necessary to
enable reader to peruse this midget of
book.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

can suggest for this remarkable occurrence
is that the spinner was suspended at first
by a vertical line from above, and thus
swayed itself to and fro, from tip to tin of
the candles. 1t was certain the spider
could not have ascended from the table,
and it was equally certain that aerial floIa-
ton OF the line from a fixed point was i'm
possible, as it involved floating in four op-
posite directions. The rapidity with which
the initial movements in forming a web
are made cannot be reconciled with any
theory OF simple atmospheric convec-
tion and propulsion appears the only ex-
planation.-New York Mail and Express.
the palace of the King of Siam is in
closed in hign white walls which are a
mile in circumference. Within them are
contained temples. public offices, seraglios,
stables for the sacred elephant accommo-
dation for 1000 troops, cavalry, artillery,
war elephants, an arsenal and theater.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

The smallest sized scissors have blades
a little less than one inch in length; the
largest hand shears exceed two teet
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14

The human eye is from one to one and
three-eigths inches wide, and, in per-
fectly proportioned face, the distance be-
tween the eyes is equal to the width of
one.