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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18
BETTER THAN EVER
Odjard & knott Prepared to do First
Class Undertaken Service.


Odjard & knott have repaired the
damage done their coffin room by fire
recently, and have neatly reprinted
and repapered it and the adjoining
furniture rooms. The coffin room is
now work of art. The goods are
new and of the latest and most ap-
proved kinds. There are caskets in
various colors, with fine trimmings
to match, of broad cloths and pushes,
etc., in different shades. Somber
black IS no longer the exclusive color,
but steel gray, buff and other colors
are now coming into use in the east
and elsewhere. Oijard & knott have
some fine rugs and pedestals for use
in supporting the caskets before the
altar. These are in black and white.
Geo. P. Day, the undertaken and
embalmer, has had wide experience
and is thoroughly up to date. His
outfit Is the very latest, and enables
him to use the most approved
methods in embalming and preparing
for burial. Those unfamiliar with
this business would be surprised at
the recent advances made.
Those who arc called upon to secure
the services of an undertaken will find
Odjard & Knuff always prepared, a
large stock to 81 c from, first-class
undertaken serv fl ie hearse, and
every other afc leading es-
tablishment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT
Some Recommendations Made
by Mr.. Thompson.
What Has Been Done During the Past
Year in the Way of Public
Improvements.

City Engineer Thompson has COM
pleted his annual report for 1897, and
it has been published in pamphlet
form, making fifty seven pages. 1t is
very complete and comprehensive
report. We take the following alb
stract:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18

Eighty Per Cent are Catarrh Subjects. -
DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder will cure the
worst Of them. 1t has been tested thousand
times and never disappoints. It is pleasant to
apply. harmless, and gives such quick relief.
One short puff will clear a cold from the head
and prevent the possibility of contracting this
nasty disease which taints about 80 per cent. Of
the whole American people. Sold by P. Foil
man,-26.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18

condition just for the expense of dis
tributing the water.
The total length of water mains
laid is IL .S5 miles. There are 81 main
valves, III hydrants, and % meters,
the latter costing l,4S8.
The following is summary of the
financial account of the water works
system for the year:
RECEIPTS.
From sc front'ge taXS3, PALS
Water rents & sales 1929 95
EXPENDITURES.
Pumping station
Fuel. ", Z94 II
Salaries ....... l.S94.77
Supplies & repairs 373. 43
Total station. "a, 56284
Repairs and main
tenance of system 2,2S5.59
Interest. .......... 4, $40 w III, 693. 40
Receipts over exp 5 l,273.70
Use of III hydrants,
$35 each. ........ 50, O95 90
Water, sprinkling.. 100000 $685.. 90
Total profit Of
water works. S 6,S6S 70
The cost of maintenance and re-
pairs in 1896 was 81, 9l7 81, in 1895,
81, 663.72
The cost of pumping one million
gallons of water is figured out as fol-
lows.
Based on pump station rum
ming expenses. ..... ......S 14.16
Based on maintenance and
pump station expenses. 22.0l
Based on total exp Of system
Interest on bonds. ........ 1880
Int. on cash investment
aside from bonds Jan. l, '97
81, 169.79, "a per cent. 1898
Depreciation in cost of
plant Jan. l, '97, $98,169 10
Ia 4 per cent. 3927.S7
Pump station repairs 1897. 242.9O
Pump station expenses. -. 1852. 80
Maintenance ............ 2,285 SO
Total. .$16, 424 03
Cost of one million gallons. .S50.97
The following water consumption
data is given: ..
POpulation-cenSus '95. ..... 10,173
Estimated pop. using water. 5000
Water furnished free
Six water troughs, also street
sprinkling estimated 1S,000,-
600 gallons.
Lincoln park fountain.
City Hall.
Eight drinking fountains.
III hydrants.
Total number taps. ........... us
Average daily consumpt'n, gals8S2. 700
Total gallons pumped, '97. 1922, 1913, 700
Average daily use per capita
Except free water), gallons. 81
Average daily use per capita
for consumers $1,000, free ex-
cepted, gallons. .............: l39
Total gallons pumped in 1894, $685.
$4,000; in 1895, 34S, 100000; in 1896,
1923, 10000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18
Street Improvements.

The total cost of the street i'm
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18

A dispatch from Seattle says that
the report has reached there that rich
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18

provements made under contract was
Sl0.727 .43, amount assessed Sc, 742 IS,
amount paid by city S., 9S5 %.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-02-18
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Weekly TRIBUNE will be mailed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19

be actually bad, the result is practically
a series of heavy blows transmitted to
the team through the collars, and these
blows are estimated to be doubly as IA
tiguing as u steady pull even at the
maximum traction of the road. On
smooth road the traction itself is less
and is comparatively constant, so that
the pounding effect on the team disap-
pears, thus enabling them to use their
whole strength in hauling much heavier
loads with less expenditure of power.
During the tests team of small
mules easily drew over 1000 pounds up
Il 10 per cent grade of smooth macadam,
but were unable to pull the same load
down a per cent grade of sand, though
the indicator showed that nearly double
power was applied, and three-quarters
of the load was removed before it could
be started. A loaded wagon, with 2
inch tires, drawn over dirt road cut
it into deep ruts, while the same load
with inch tires only smoothed the
surface, and it was found that the trac-
ton on the road where the narrow tires
had been used was double what it was
on the section where the wide tires
were used.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Morals and Sex.

Whatever the Turveydrops of the
moral world may have to say about the
necessity for elevating moral depQrt-
ment on the part of ''wooman, bewitch-
ing wooman, have never been able to
see any indubitable Intent in nature her
self toward binding them over to any
higher:meral standards than she does
men. Both men and women seem to me
to be compounded of the same average
morality, though with certain unlike
manifestations, largely the result of cir
cumstances and opportunities.
see no special cause for believing
that the average woman under like
temptation would do very differently
from the average mana belief which
is not lessened by Bishop Potter's re-
cent accusation before the women's
auxiliary of the Civil Service Reform
association that they put their relatives
into office whenever they get the chance,
'without any evidence that they are fit
ted to fill the places they applied for.
Possibly women We're intended by their
Creator to stand for the reformatory in
terests of life, but l think there is not
as yet sufficient evidence thereto, either
i'll the nature of things or of women, to
warrant any.special abrogation of other
distinct and more familiar duties in IA
vor OF interests mainly moral. Helen
Watterson Moody i'll Scribner' s.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
FORCE OF TRACTION.
Interesting Experiments Conducted by
the Bureau of Road Inquiry.

Interesting Experiments Conducted by
the Bureau of Road Inquiry.
Experiments to determine the force OF
traction on different surfaces have been
made from time to time duralg the last
60 years, the latest being those conduct
ed by the road inquiry office of the de-
partment of agriculture
In order to secure a continuous record
as well as Il measure of the tractive force
an apparatus called tractograph, ar
ranged to make graphic record, was
attached to loaded wagon which was
driven over different surfaces and gradi-
ents. These tests gave the following re-
suits:
The force of traction is not constant,
but varies with the character of the road
at any given instant being most uniform
on the smoothest surfaces and constant
ly increasing the variations as the rough
ness of the road increases until it be-
comes merely quick succession of vio-
lent pulls. A team is thus subjected to
continuous jerking motion, which
greatly increases the fatigue caused by
the simple pull necessary to move
load. On asphalt the variation of trac-
ton is very small, on smooth macadam
it is somewhat more, and on an ordinary
dirt road it is seven or eight times as
great as on macadam. If the dirt road
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
MEMORIES.

Once more. once more, my Mary, dear,
sit by that lone stream
Where first within thy timid ear
l breathed loves burning dream.
The birds we loved still tell their tale
OF music on each spray,
And still the wild rose decks the vale,
But thou art far away.
In vain thy vanished form l seek
BY wood and stream and dell,
And tears of anguish bathe my che Elk
Where tears of rapture fell,
And yet beneath these wildwood bowers
Dear thoughts my soul employ,
For in the memories of past hours
There is mournful joy.
Upon the air thy gentle words
Around me seem to thrill
Like sounds upon the wind harp's chords
When all the winds are STILL
Or like the low and soullike swell
OF that wild spirit tone
Which haunts the hollow of the bell
When its sad chime is done.
seem to hear thee speak my name
In sweet low murmurs now.
l seem to feel thy breath of flame
Upon my check and brow.
On my cold lips feel thy kiss,
Thy heart to mine is laid
Alas that such dream of bliss
Like other dreams must fade
&. ID. Prentice in New York Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Culture of Vines.

An all important matter in growing
vines is to see that they are constantly
supplied'with sufficient water. Planted
as they usually are, in situation where
they are exposed. to the suna major
portion of the day, the soil dries out
very rapidly, and plenty of water
should be given. when necessary. In tho
event of red spiders attacking the foli-
age of the tendcr sorts of annuals,
daily Swinging will quickly eradicate
the pests. To induce a low, bushy
growth i'll ANNALS, cut the tips of the
runners. Hardy vines, such as wistari
as, !honeysucliles, etc, when not grow
ing qtoo rapidly, can be trimmed with
little or no injury.-Woman's Home
Companion. -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
THE COTTON GIN.
How Woman Helped Whitney to Per-
feet His Great Invention

How Woman Helped Whitney to Per-
feet His Great Invention.
Recollections of Washington and
His Friends is contributed to The Cen
tury by Martha Littlefield Phillips.
They were taken down from the lips of
the authors grandmother, who was the
youngest daughter of General Nathan
ael Greene. The following is one of tho
stories:
During my life at Dungeness a cir
cumstance occurred there of some his
torlc and scientific interest and in re-
gard to which much erroneous state
ment has been made. refer to the in
vention of the cotton gin by Eli Whit
ney and my mothers connection with.
1t. The facts, briefly stated, were about
as follows: While spending the previ-
Gus summer at Newport, r. J., my
mother became acquainted with Mr..
Whitney and grew much interested in
the outcome of the experiments he was
then making i'll the interest of his pro-
jected gin. To assist in his enterprise,
my mother invited him to spend the
following winter at Dungeness, where
an abundance of cotton and quiet could
be assured. Mr.. Whitney accordingly
came to Dungeness, and diligently pur-
sued his experiments, a room in the
fifth story having been specially fitted
for his use as an inventor. One morn
ing he descended headlong into the
drawing room, where number of
guests We're assembled and excitedly
exclaimed, The victory is minen In
deep sympathy with him the guests
and hostess went with him to his work.
shop. Whitney set his model in motion.
For few moments the miniature saws
reyolved without hindrance and the
separation of the seed from the cotton
wool was successfully accomplish, but
after little the saws Clogged with lint,
the wheel stopped, and poor Whitney
was in despair.
= Here's what you need,' exclaimed
my mother, i'll her clear, decisive way,
and she instantly seized clothesbrush
lying on the mantel and held it firmly
to the teeth Of the saws. Again the
drum revolved, and instantly the saws
were cleaned. of the lint, and the last
requirement Of the great invention was
satisfied.
'""Madam,' said Whitney, overcome
With emotion and speaking with the
exaggeration 'of gratitude, you have
perfected my inventionn n'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
SOME ROAD STATISTICS,
Things That the People Interested Rarely
Think About.

Think About.
A prominent man interested in statis-
tics recently made the following state!
ment: More money is lost in one year
by bad roads than is levied on all the
dutiable articles imported and more
than all the money. that is collected
from all the internal taxes LEVIED by
the general government The bad roads
of this country cost the public $780,
600, 600 year. The yearly freightage
OF all the ships, canalboats and railways
in the country is far less than the
freightage that passes along the country
roads, Z.
There is hardly pound of. freight
hauled upon the railways of this coun-
try which does not have to first pass
over some highway designed for the use
of vehicles and horses. American rail
way freight rates, though they are the
lowest in the world, are, frequently
grumbled at, but does the complainer
ever think, queries the statiStician, that
it has cost him more to haul 40 bushels
of corn or wheat over 10 miles of bad
roads than to ship it 100 miles over
railway?
These are things that the people who
are most interested i'll good roads seldom
think OF, because, as they do not have to
pay in cash upon the spot, the loss that
results from carting their products over
roads deep with mud Or dust or full of
loose rocks and deep ruts, they imagine
that they have lost nothing. In reality
they have lost labor, horsefesh, wagons
and, worst of all, great quantities of
time, which to every man who makes
the most of his business is the most
valuable commodity of all.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
IF LOVE WERE OTHER THAN PERFECT.

If love We're other than perfect thing,
Love We're no gain, but Cnly all a grief,
And better to check its blCssoming
Ere one poor bud could struggle into leaf;
To kill it in the spriSg
If love We're other than Il perfect thing.
If love were other than most sweet of all,
Love were the bttercst gift OF bittei fate,
And ."r were to spurn beyond recall
Its magic cup NOR" perilous than hate.
Its sweetness We're but gall,
II love We're other than most sweet of all.
If love We're other than the love of you,
Love were poverty, and nothing worth,
And all the task that memory had to do
Would be to loathe the hour that gave it
birth.
Love We're not sweet nor true
If love We're other than he love of you
But love is love, and you are you, and
Am l that dare to love you with Il will,
Knowing that love is perfect, true and high,
And always greater than its greatest ILL.,
knowing it cannot die,
Since love is love of you and am l.
j. Colmore in Woman S journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Attend Ito This,

The State Board of Health has offer.
ed in the House of Delegates bill
providing for the prompt notification
of Infectious Diseases, and the eStab-
lishment Of a bacteriological labor
atory If made law the following
results may be expected:
Physicians generally Will be able to recog.
nize positively and promptly many infectious
diseases, whose nature now remains for Il
time in doubt. Such valuable aid will bring
health officers into cordial relations with
practising physicians, will facilitate prevent
i've measures, and will to a large degree re-
ieve physicians of responsibility for the
spread of infection.
The results of examination of water sup
plies are supplemented by METEOROLOGICAL
studies. In these benefits health officers,
physicians, patients and the community
share alike. The law will also prevent mid
wives from carrying infectious diseases into
lying-in chambers
The Maryland Public Health AS
sociation passed resolutions at the
meeting in February, 1897, recon-
mending the passage of such law,
and it is hoped the reader will speak
to the members of the Legislature
whom he knows in favor of both the
House bill and the Senate bill.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
No Room For Toll Roads,

When the country was poor and
sparsely settled and there was little
travel, it was perhaps necessary to
transfer to private enterprise function
of the state and allow tolls to be levied
i'll return for the construction of high
ways That day is long since past. The
state should take its own-of course on
just and equitable terms, but it should
recover it without delay.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
a Mexican Custom on Good Friday.

Mrs. Sara y. Stevenson contributes to
The Century all article ON "MaXimil-
ian's Empire" one of series devoted
to the lrnCh intervention in Mexico
In describing the scenes that followed
the siege Of Puebla Mrs Stevenson SAYS:
1t WAS Il Mexican custom on Good
Friday to burn Judas in effigy ON the
Plaza Mayor. Judas was manikin
made i'll the shape of the person who
happened to lie most unpopular at the
time. 1t was quite admissible to burn
Judas under different shapes, and sOme-
times these summary autos da-fe were
multiplied To suit the occasion and the
temper Of the people. AT the same time
rattlys were sold on the streets and uni.
vcreally bought alike by children and
adults, by rich and poor, to grind the
hCucS If JUDAS, and the Objectionable
noisc- second III hideousness only to
that Of our own sending off of firecrack-
ers on the Fourth of July-was reli-
giously kept up all day. In the year Of
our Lord 1868 Judas was burned in
Mexico On the Plaza Mayor under the
shapes of General Forey, Napoleon Ill.
and last, hut not least, M. Dubois do
Saligny, who especially was roasted
with II will amid the wild excavations
of the pOpulace.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Their Value Apparent,

The same needs are found in widely
separated sections of the country. In
Charleston and Saginaw, Mich, they
are beginning to realize that improved
highways converging in their cities
would increase their trade and make
them greater distributing centers, to
their material advantage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
The New Observation Cars.

The new observation cars. Gun
dine" and ''Bianca,' on trains Nos. )
and 6, the New York and Chicago
limited trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio, are the latest cars of this pattern
from the Pullman shops. They are
magnificently furnished with splendid
ly equipped buffet. parlor, state
room and observation end. The OBJ
servation platform is Il special feature.
1t is six feet deep with extended roof, the
sides being protected by large plate
glass windows. Passengers can enjoy
the magnificent scenery on all sides
in perfect comfort. The buffet is ever
ready to supply light refreshments,
and dining cars en- r0ute serve full
meals. The cans are the handsomest
ever built by the Pullman company,
and will be run daily between Balti-
more and Pittsburg on the trains
mentioned
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
BrcVitIcS.

An electric locomotive in Canadian
coal mine shows II saving over mules
of 81 i2S in 200 days. and an electric
pump in the same mines shows saw
ing over steam pumps of fl ,513 in go
days.
The thickest known coal seam in the
world is the Wyoming, near Twin
creek, in the Green river coal basin,
Wyoming. 1t is 50 feet thick, and mp.
ward of 300 feet of solid coal underles
1000 acres.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19

Early i'll the fifteenth century Paris
firm annually sent to other parts of
Europe more than 1000 dolls, dressed
i'll the latest styles, to serve as models
of fashion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
West ward.

In addition No. leaves Piedmont $40 Il. IN. :;
arrives Frostburg lO:44 ii. M, and No. s, leaving
Frostburg 200 p. m, reaches Piedmont BOP p.
m., stopping at all intermediate stations.
*On theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station. Cum
berand.
Nos. l, ?, 8, A, 7 and Sdaily except Sunday.
Nos. and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
l.. M HAMILTON,
Nov ~ Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Pittsburg Division.

*Except Sunday. Nos 46 and Al carry
passengers. No. II is local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No IA from Pitts
burg to Cumberland. Nos and make 3
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pittsburg. Icy Through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland.
M. C. CLARKE,
VIM. NJ. GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. d. b. MARTIN
Nov 20 Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
His Impression.

"Oi must confess, said Mr.. Rafferty,.
that it amt clear ty me what's meant
by arbithratlon.'
Its Il great ting" replied Mr..
Dolan. "Oi'll explain it till yez.
'Spose two people hev qnar'l-"
(which Is Ii bic to happen any day"
"They call in three or four other
people to take Il hand and ixprees an
opinion, an the result is absolute peace
or general free fight, ayther of which
is ty be desired. Washington STIR.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19

1t is not unusual for the Duke of
Westminster's charity ball to amount
to e20. 900 year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-03-19
Bad News.

There have been some melancholy
and nervously apprehensive specula-
tons published recently as to the pros
pectlve exhaustion of the coal supply.
They are all based upon the false as
sumption that mankind is learning no.
thing
All that coal does for us is to fur
nish power. Long before the coal
supply is exhausted intelligence will
have learned to draw power from other
and at present neglected sources that
are absolutely ineXhaustible.
The tides in the East and North
Rivers, for example, represent an un-
used power sufficient to turn every
factory wheel in New York, to run
every car and every elevator. to oper
ate every kitchen and every telegraph
aud every telephone and everything
else that calls for force.
Our great rivers-the 100. 600 miles
of the Mississippi system, for example
with their reslstless flow toward the
sea. mean immeasurably more of
power than all the coal that was ever
created 1t is only that with the
clumsy convenience of coal so easily
available we have done next to no.
thing toward rendering these resources
available.
But we are learning, and long be-
fore the coal supply shall be exhausted
the age of coal will be as completely
over as the age of stage coaches is
now. Coal will follow the draught
horse into disuse.-New York World.