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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
Beauty In Dress.

Mrs. Hawcis, in a volume entitled, 1.-The
Art of Beauty, makes the following points
with regard to beauty in dress.
1.-The reason that nm ordinary low neck
with short sleeves looks worse in black than
in any other color is because the hard line
round the bust and arms is too great con-
trast to the skin. A low neck always lessons
the height. and dark dress made thus less
ems il still more, and it strikes the artistic
eye as cutting the body in pieces, in this
way: il you see fair person dress, Il in u
low dark dress stIli ding against dark back
ground some way off, the effect will be that
of an empty dress hung up, the face, neck
and arms being scarcely discemible. On tho
other hand against dark background the
head and bust will be thrown up sharply,
and the whole dress ano body will disappear.
This effect, common enough, il eXccmbly
bad. If YOU must wear low black bodice,
let il be cut square, giving the height of the
shoulders Tor. better. with the angles round
ed fOi corners are trying), and have plenty
of white or pale gluze or thin black net to
soften the harsh line between the skin and
the dress. White gauZe or lace softens
down the blackness of the dress ut tho edge
of the bodice, and thin black stuff has an
equally good effect, az it shades tho white
ness Of the skin into the dark color OF the
gown. Only under these conditions does
the sudden contrast enhance, M some per-
SONS suppose, the fairness of the complexion.
"ShOrt women should never wear double
skirts or tunics-they decrease tho height
so much--unless, indeed, tunic is very short
and the skirt very long. So also do large,
spawling patterns used for trimmings; let
these be left TO women tall enough to carry
them off. Neither let u very little women
wear her hair half down her back let her lift
it clean up rs high rs possible.
Large feet should never be cased in
reveals so clearly the form and movements
of tho feet, and stretches so easily that few
feet have chance in them.
CHOSE who are very stout should wear
nothing but black; those who are very thin
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
Fast Trains In Winter Weather.

from the Indianapolis journal
Nine out of ten of the General Managers
of the roads of this country would favor leg
islation making it II Unable otfense, with
heavy penalty attached, to move trains faster
than thirty miles per hour. Indeed, this is
faster than trains should be moved in severe
winter weather. Fast trains We're put on
more to favor the American people, who are
DESTROYS of rushing through the country
ut the rate of forty or fifty miles per hour.
rather than on the judgement of experienced
railroad men; and now that the important
trunk lines between the East and West are
running fast trains, nearly every so-oalled
Jerk water" in the country is copying them.
Quite recently, in conversation on this sub
ject, ID. W. Caldwell, General Manager of
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati a st. Louis road,
remarked that the running time of two of
the trains on the main line was fully forty
miles IN hour, and that whenever he heard
of its arrival safely mt either Pittsburg or
Indianapolis real sense of relief came over
him. He further remarked that he often
walked up in the night, and among the first
thoughts would be as regards the safety Of
this train, and only Sunday last the General
Manager of another Indianapolis road re-
marked 10 the nilroad reporter Of the Jour
nal that with the coming severe winter
weather came anxiety about trains, espec-
tally the fast train run over their line, and
he remarked IL wish the time would come
when the travelling public would not demand
such rapid transit. If the officials have
such anxiety about these trims when NOV
ing 80 rapidly through the country, what
must be the feelings of the men on the foot
boarp, and the conductors of the trains, as
they run over the roads these sharp frosty
nights with so much responsibility resting
on them that the passengers should be car
ried through safely and on time?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
Earthquakes.
From the London Telegraph.

from ble LONDON IclcbrapH
There il Il general but erroneous impress
sion that earthquakes are invariably associ-
ated with volcanic cruptions. Such, how
ever, is not the case, and geology teaches us
that, nj least during some periods of time,
scarcely II spot of the carth's surface has
been free from sudden and violent upheav-
nj. The fair County of Kent, the garden
of England, il full of evidences of awful
catastrophes in which the titantic powers
played ut ball, as it were, with huge rocks,
leaving the face of the land, when their
terrible game was over and done, spotted
with great jngged stones and boulders. An
average of II dozen earthquakes occur in
different parts Of the globe every year.
There was II terrible one in England in 1918.
Part of old st. Pauls and the Temple
Church succumbed 10 another in 1850. Lon
don felt slight shock in 1850. A distinct
disturbance of similar nature made itself
manifest from Bath To Swansea, IL years
ago; and the latest record earthquake &C.
cured in Yorkshire no longer than nine
years since; by tho disaster in Austria sew
emil persons have been killed and many in
jured, while the damage done to property il
ut present incalculable. What may be called
the knowledge of the direct cause of earth
quakes is still in its infancy; and though, IN
the Laureate has it, science may steal her
secret from the latest MOON" the hidden
forces doing battle beneath the surface of
the globe remain for the present an undis-
covered mystery, apparently beyond mortal
ken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
A BIG BEAR FIGHT.
A Huntei:FOll0ws q Bear into Cave and Kills
Her, After Fearful Battle.

uuhteisr Oii0WHo beaf INTO cave ana Kills
Her, After a Fearful Battle.
The Philadelphia Times has the follow.
ing bear story from Honcsdale PA.
The details Of an adventure in the wilds
Of Pike county have just reached this
place. Jerry Greening il one Of the Oldest
and most skillful hunters in Pennsylvania,
and his adventures with wild cats, bears
and deer are pretty well known in this part
Of the country. A few days ago, Just be-
fore the cold snap, Jerry started out on a
grand bear hunt, taking with him provisions
for two days stay The first dry out he
killed fine four pronged buck, which he
dressed and hung up on tree, out Of the
reach of the animals. He built fire short
distance from where he had hung the buck,
and after eating u hearty supper rolled him
self up i'll his blanket, with his feet to the
fire and was soon asleep.
In the middle of the night he was awak-
ened by II loud noise, and turning over
noiselessly on his side he discovered large
bear trying to pull the buck out of the tree
Jerry grabbed his rifle, and after taking
careful aim fired. The bear gave n loud
growl ndgllloped oil in the underbush. In
the morning Jerry saw blood stains on the
ground and after following the tracks for
some distance hc came u the entrance of u
cave in some rocks. In front of this cave
was II large pool of blood, and the hunter
was convinced that his game was within.
He procured u pine knot out of which he
made torch, and after the manner of Isrl-
el Putnam, entered the cave. The entrance
was small and he was obliged to creep in on
his hands and knees, but ~ he advanced
the opening grew larger and larger, until
finally he could stand upon his feet. He
was advancing cautiously when he heard u
terrific growl, and before he could draw his
rifle the bear sprang upon him from behind
large holder, knocking him down and in
ficted Il severe wound in his shoulder with
his claws. The torch which Jerry carried
was eXtinguished and the old hunter was
left To fight for his life in total darkness.
He succeeded in reaching his hunting knife,
and dealt the bear several vigorous blows in
the neck and side with the weapon. The
blood from the animals wounds spurted in
to Jerry's face nearly binding him. The
bear released her hold and made for the
mouth of the cave. Jerry followed, but in
the darkness was unable To find his rifle.
He pursued the bear, and just outside the
cave another hand to hand conflict took
place. The struggle lasted about half an
hour, and after the bear had succeeded in
nearly stripping Greening of all his clothing
and had inflicted several more wounds she
was dispatched.
Jerry got another pine knot, e-entered
the cave and procured his rifle. In the
furthest corner of the cave he found two
little cubs, not larger than kittens, which he
took home with him to mise as pets. The
floor of the cave, Greening says, was liter
ally covered with bones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
NEW YORK PALACES.
The Four Residences Of the Vanderbilt Family.
From the New York Eyonnp Tolagram

The Four Residences Of the Vanderbilt Family.
From the New York Evening Telegram.
The Vanderbilts are spending enormous
sums in expensive Fifth avenue buildings
They have illustrated that many varieties of
architecture can be domesticated here, each
adding to the beauty and glory of our me-
tropolis. The four magnificent Vanderbilt
dwellings, now rapidly approaching compile
ton, are already numbered among the fin
est and most conspicuous architectural or
nnments of the Fifth avenue
On plot Of twelve lots, comprising the
whole front on the west side of Fifth avenue
between Fifty frstand Fifty second streets,
with two lots in the rear on each street,
bought by Mr.. William II. Vanderbilt in
1878 for $500, OOO,-stand two companion
houses, the most costly dwellings ever built
in this city, the pair costing 81 800 900.
the more imposing of the two, will be the
future home of Mr.. William H. Vanderbilt;
the other one il designed for his two marri-
ed daughters. The houses are in the Re-
naissance style, of brown stone, three stories
high massive and imposing On Sundays
tho opposite sidewalk ON Fifth avenue il
crowded with people, who stop 10 examine
these buildings, the iluted pilasters ut the
sides, and the elaborate carvings in stone
gmpevines, oak leaves, etc.--over the win
dows. The entrance to both houses is
through porte c0chere situated between
the two, from which the visitor will emerge
into II large tiled hall, surrounded by fra
grant exotic plants, with fountain playing
in the centre. The two lower floors alone
will he used by the family, the remainder
being appropriated to dOmestics' rooms,
trunk rooms, etc.
VIM. II. Vandcrbilt's younger son, Mr..
William X. Vanderbilt, has just inclosed II
house built on five lots on the northwest
corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-second
street. II is very ornate structure,
with front and sidewalks Of heavy cut stone.
In 1878 Cornelius. the son and heir of Will
liam ii. Vanderbilt, bought for $225, 900
the residence of Bigelow, on the northwest
corner of Fifty seventh street and Fifth
avenue, and for $ll0,00O the adjoining
house, belonging to Mrs. Louis Lorillard
These houses he demolished, and ON the
site erected massive house with stone
trimmings. Built into the brick of the
corners are round turrets of light collored
stone with narrow cmbrasures and loop
holes in the medieval style. The exterior
decorations are fluted pilasters in stone and
antique carvings in stone over the windows.
Fora year or two after their completion the
Vanderbilt mansions will be the show
houses of New York. Before long, howey-
or, other millionaires will build other and
finer palaces higher up on Fifth avenue OPP
posite the park. We are II progressive peo-
pie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
THE IRISH PROBLEM.
u Is a Revolution Now--What the Masses
Demand.

u IL u Revolution NOw--What the Masses
Demand.
Dublin Correspondence Boston Journal.
For revolution it is! and tho sooner the
people of Great Britain become convinced
of this fact the better it will be for them.
The land system which has prevailed in
these islands for so long n time has been
found wanting, and has not much longer to
endure. The people of Ireland have re-
solved to have the land of their island; every
man wants room for himself and believes
he has ~ much right to it as the air
he breathes. Land is power; and the
masses want power. That means revolu-
ton. 1t is of no use to cloak the facts.
For more than century this struggle for
land has been going on in Europe; the many
have been battling against the few, and they
have always won. They won in France,
although they had to kill, and burn, and
commit cruel injustices in order to win.
They won in Hungary. They won in Prus-
sin. Wherever they have set their faces
firmly against the few they have won.
There is no denying them. They will
not listen to fine reasons. Land, which
was once got by violence, by conquest and
foray, may change hands again in the same
manner. The landlord says that the masses
huNc uo fiSut iiiS Nthtcu
They laugh ut him. Heislik King Canute
they are the tide. The masses will not be
reasonable. They do not care if injustice
is committed. II will ayenge the old injus-
tees, they say. The end justifies the means,
they cry, as the Nihilists of Russia do. Now
that they have found courage to speak, they
wonder that they We're silent SO long. They
encourage each other; they rejoice in their
new found strength. The common law il
powerless before them. A nation cannot
be bridled with pack thread When n
whole community says TINT it. will not adj
NIT the force of law, the Court House
door may be closed. Then comes the
epoch of the drum-the sword, the patrol,
the execution. Martial law must come in
where civil law is dead. And it is danger
Gus to declare martial law in districts filled
with high spirited people suffering under II
sense Of wrong. A spark flies upward
breeze blows it into flame, and you have
your revolution. The conservative man
pooh poohs, and says that tho "rioters will
be put down" The careful observer re-
members that this is the nineteenth centu-
ry,-the age of democracy, prophe-
sizes that they will win.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
Are your Closets Ventilated?

There is nothing so handy in house as
an abundance of large, roomy closets; but
because they ARE handy and extremely use
full they are apt 10 he abused. There are
many things which, rs matter of course,
are always put into closet, of which the
article Of outward wearing apparel make u
large part. There are always things which
ought not 10 go into the closet, i. e., n closet
adjoining or closely connected with living
or sleeping room. OF such are all soiled
underglrments, the washed clothes, which
should be put into large bag for the pur-
pose, or II roomy basket, and then placed in
the wash-room or some other well-aircd
room at some distance from the family
Having thus excluded one of the fertile
sources of bad odors in closets, the next
point il to see that the closets are properly
ventilated. Ii matters not how clean the
clothing in the closet may be. Any garments
after being worn for while will absorb
more or less of the exhalations which
arise from the body and contain
an amount of foreign-it may be hurful--
matter which free circulation of pure mir
can soon remove; but if this il excluded, nv
in many close closets, the cflluvia increases
and the clothes closets and adjoining rooms
i'm time POSSESS an oder that any acute sense
Of smell will readily detect Every closet
in daily use in which the night clothes are
hung by dizzy and the day clothing by night,
should have an airing as well as the bed.
IL the closet can be large enough to admit u
windOw-and il is in some caSes-an ample
provision for sunlight and the circulation of
pure mir il provided in the window, which
should be left open for short time each
day. In the case Of small closets venti-
lator over the door or even on it. In many
cases az such precautions for your clothing
are not practicable, and next best thing il,
10 zee that the door of the closet il left open
for half hour or so each day ut that time
when the windows are thrown up and the
large room is purified with fresh air from
out doors. In this way first from keeping
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
Why Household Expenses Increase.

From the \. Y. Times.
Household expenses have increased here
greatly during the last ten Ia fifteen years,
mainly from increase in luxury rather than
from any advance in prices. Persons are
not satisfied with the kind of houses they
had then These are called old fashioned;
they sell at reduced rates and are rented
with difficulty. They have not the improve
ments and conyeniences required to-day;
they are often regarded rs untenantable I'M
til they have undergone expensive altem-
lions. Furniture is of a very different and
much costlier pattern than it used to be.
and there is much more of it. To build and
furnish dwelling genteelly demands nearly
twice rs large sum as II did from
1865 Ia 1870. We are now in the
artistic and decorative period, and art and
decortion are very dear. Men and women,
particularly women, wear more and finer
clothes than formerly; have more desires
and pleasures to crafty, more expensive
tastes To consult. We have grown to be
sybaritic to degree that We have never
been before: We need n plethoric purse, II
regular and liberal income to live IN any
manner elegantly. Householders We're
wont To estimate their rent rs nearly as one
third of their aunnal disbursements. Now
il is barely one-tifth or one-sixth thereof.
What was supertiuous has become essen-
tial. Hundred of things are needed to-day
which could not be had, which did not eX-
list II or Ii Years ago. National prosperity
has scarcely kept pace with national OK
tayagance, and most of Us tend to reckless
imDroVidence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

should put little padding in their gowns,
and neither should be in the least decOIle tee.
Perpendicular stripes in dresses give height
and increase fullness, and are therefore par
ticularly suited to very slight, small people,
and particularly untitled for stout figures.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
HOUSE AND FARM.
Cooking Recipes.

CELERY SAUCE.--Cut q head of celery
very fine, boil in very little water until
perfectly tender, then add teacup of milk,
piece of butter as large rs u hens egg, flour
Ia make it the consistency of cream; salt.
This is very nice for fowl.
LEMON CAKE.-Take ono teacup Of but
ter, three of powdered loaf sugar; rub them
IL crea'a; stir in the yolks of five eggs,
well beaten: dissolve teaspoonful of sala-
ratus in n teacup of milk; add the juice and
grated peal of one lemon, add the whites
of five eggs, and sift in ~ light as possible
four teacups of flour. Bake in two long
tins about M hour; much improved by icing.
Another for lemon cake: two cups Of SUI
gar, one lemon, three eggs beat together
very light, three cups of flour sifted; crush
sugar and mix flour and sugar first. then
the grated rind and juice of lemon; add two
cups Of very rich sonr cream, one teaspoon
full of soda mixed with two tablespoonfuls
of sour cream; have oven hot, bake quick.
LEMON PIE WITHOUT LEMONS: Take
IL cups sugar. IL cup Of vinegar, IL
cup butter, two heaping tblespoonfuls of
corn starch or flour, two cups boiling water:
put into u tin bucket. and set in Il kettle of
boiling water until il begins Ia thicken.
Take out, and, when cool. add the yolks of
tNo tSSN, - w hliih, i"Npi WIN
lemon; Just before putting into the crusts,
add l-2 teaspoonful Of baking powder.
Beat the whites of your eggs well with IL
cup of powdered sugar, and when your pies
are baked, spread this over them, and set in
the oven again for Il few minutes. and you
will have pies that San scarcely he told from
the genuine lemon pie.
CHICKEN BROTH AND CREAM TOAST
Broth-Put the bones and about one pound
Of the lean meat of chicken into II saucepan
with three pints of water. When it comes
10 u boil. skim we'll. Simmer three hours
and strain and salt. IL the patient can
bear it, little rice or tapioca boiled with it
is an improvement. Toast--Let halfa cup of
cream come Ia n boil, and season with salt.
Have two slices of bread toasted II nice brown,
dip them in the cream. and dish: pour the
remaining cream over them. Serve imme-
diately.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

The official returns from Colorado show
that Garfield and Arthur electors have an
average majority Of 5000; Pitkin rep. }, for
governor, Inns little over 5000 majority,
leading the rest of the State ticket about
1880. The total vote is about "a, 900, an
increase Of 90, 900 over 1873.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

Tho Government owns 1,O62, 23l ,727
acres Of unsurveyed lands. About $4,000
900 acres were sold during the last fiscal
year, and the total Of lands surveyed from
the commencement of the survey is 1852,
557, 1856 acres. The receipts for the last
year were 81, 900, 1862. Uncle Sam continues
To be pretty large operator in real estate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

"Sanbo, how you think I'll cure dis
rumatiz?"
"Well, don't know, nigga"
Den predispossess you of some Of your
surplus ignorance. I'll jes kick dis ruma-
tomato leg fru dat window"
"How's datp"
"Oh, you igniggeramus, don't you see do
pane viii be gomez"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

The salaries of the Chicago officials are:
Mayor, $500; Comptroller. "a, 1915; City
Clerk, 50, 25O. The Aldermen have no sala-
iies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

Judge E. E. Taylor was elected at the
special election in the Fourteenth district
OF Ohio to serve out the unexpired term Of
Gen. Garfield promoted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09

A small bottle with cork; ON that fit
small doll head. Dress in red skirt an
large cape and hood; pink with scis
sors all around. Fill the bottle with per
fumery.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-25
BERTHA.

After an absence of nearly two months,
have now the pleasure of posting myself OF
the condition of affairs dnring that time, by
perusing the accumulated issues of your pa
per. have been on the road for the past
fifteen days. and the most of the time on the
worst roads ever travelled over; am now so
nearly overcome with fatigue and cold that
l am not in condition to give graphic de-
scrlption Of the journey; it will suffice
when say to my Iowa friends that the
southern part of my journey was exceeding
ly muddy while the northern part was disa-
greeably cold.
see by communication in the FARMER
that our fri end Kit. Everson is on the road
to the land Of promise with lot OF friends;
we hope the winds will be tempered to them
as to shorn lambs
MIR. P. Williams, with part of his fami-
ly, accompanied me, while the rest and a
part of INV family will soon come by rail.
There was no end of enquiries about the fa-
cilities presented here; and the answers, l
apprehend, will be the means OF another
large influx Of land 10 okers this spring from
Iowa.
Things down here in Bertha are about as
usual The thoughtful farmer is preparing
for seeding.
Some low sneak thief, while was absent,
tried to see how much injury he could do
my property. l have the man spotted I
feel sorry that humanity has to suffer the
stigma OF such excrescences. OCCASIONAL.