The Mankato free press., 1904-03-04
SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING.

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Half the soldiers Of the Gar are IL
literate.
The Siberian railroad is about 500
miles long.
Vim and, vigor are the vital forces
in achieving success.
The center of the country's manu-
factories is now in Ohio.
The per capita wealth of England is
$2l0; that of Canada, $24O.
Money is the greatest trouble a. man
has when he hasn't any.
Of the public school teachers in the
United States, 27 per cent are men.
The Mercantile feet of Japan ranks
seventh in the worlds shipping.
The Church of England enjoys an in
come of about one million dollars q
week.
The United States has 100000 in
candescent and $4,000 arc lamps in OPP
GRAFTON.
AS whiskey improves with age, the
longer man lets it alone the better
it is for him.
Many a self-made man would proba-
bly, turn out different kind of job
if given another trial.
Being tricky does not look smart. A
man is smart when he knows how to be
honest is honest.
Chemulpo, the port of Seoul, the cap
ital of Korea, looks out over a vast
shallow bay, where the tide rises thirty
feet.
When you are paying for things
bought on the installment plan, the
weeks overlap like the shingles ON a
roof.
The revenue derived from the lumber
industry on the Pacific coast exceeds
that of all other industries combined.
The presses of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing are now running night
and day on new national bank notes.
The reftting and redecorating of the
Iroquois Theater, Chicago, will cost $22,-
600. 1t will probably be called the
Northwest.
Truth is immortal. The sword can
not pierce it; fire can not consume it;
prisons can not incarcerate it; famine
can not starve it.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has paid out nearly Sl,250,OOO in pen
sions in the past four years to 5000 en-
ployes who have been retired.
Germany owns 1920 miles of tele-
graph cable, or onetwenty fourth of the
entire system of the world, while Great
Britain owns two thirds of the total
mileage.
Noah didn't make much of parade
did he, with only one float?
There are over 500 umbrella factories
in the United States and more than half
of the umbrellas used in this country
come from Philadelphia
Be content with honest toll. The man
who is continually playing the get-rich-
quick schemes may have full pocket
book today but to morrow it is gone.
1t is said the law of supply and de-
mand governs prices. Then we move
that the law of supply and demand be
repealed-at least so far as it applies.
The spirits distilled in the United
States for the fiscal year amounted to
l4l 100000 gallons; an increase of $13,-
100000 over the previous year, although
the number of distilleries diminished
497.
When you hear some people you
know to be rather cranky critics abusing
a man you can write it down that he is
possessed of some good qualities that his
traducers can never hope to have.
A man who prefers the city weekly
to a home paper because "it's got more
in it," reminds us of man who picked
out the largest pair of boots in the
box because they cost no more than a
pair that fitted him, says an exchange.
Opportunity is only good enough to
occasionally meet man half way.
Don't make fool of yourself by wait
ing for her to come after you ins an
automobile.
Why should grocery man advertise
spasmodically? His clerks work every
day, his capital is invested every day,
people buy groceries every day and his
wagons deliver every day. Why not
keep his advertisement running every
day?
In order to handle the crowds expected
at the st. Louis fair, the Wabash rail-
road will run train of ten coaches
from the station to the grounds every
ten minutes. With thirty trains an
hour, $4,000 passengers can be moved
ONIONS. WANTED.