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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06
FOurteen samDles Of bees raised in

this vicinity were shipped to the state
experimental station last week, under
the second call made by the commit
tee. Any person desiring to compete
for the prizes, and not yet heard from,
can do so by sending direct to the ex-
detrimental station or leaving their
beetS with the committee. They
should be wrapped each in paper and
the whole placed in a light box. Each
contributor can do this himself, rath-
er than to throw the trouble and eX
pense on the committee, and it will
be necessary to do it to insure prompt
attention. MdnkdtO RerielC
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06
PUT Money in Thy Purse.

Our lady readers will be deeply in
terested in the advertisement of Glas-
go Lace Thread Co., which appears
on our local page 2Ot4
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06

The advantages of building first
class navy are beginning to make
themselves visible. In the strained
relations between this country and
Chill, it is comfortable to think that
in case of an emergency we have Sc
veral war vessels that can do effective
work. Chilli has gotten together
quite a navy and were we IN helpless
condition in that regard, might not
hesitate to attack us. An expendi-
ture for the utensils of war is often
the best preserver Of peace. As re-
CARDS Chilli, it might be noted here
that Secretary Tracy, of the navy de-
partment, says there is no danger of
war with that country, and that many
of the warlike conditions have existed
only in the imaginations of the CORES
pondentS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06
CITY COUNCIL.


the City council, was held in the city
hall Monday, Mayor J. A. Willard
presideng. AIDS present: Brett, Fow-
Ter, Hubbard, Peterson, Saulpaugh
and Schlingerman.
The president Of the Board of Pub
lie Works reported the cost of water
power for FREE PRESS Publishing Co.
as per request of L. P. Hunt, and on
motion of Alderman Hubbard, the
FREE PRESS was granted the privil-
eye o. using water for water motor,
providing contract be signed for
five years, and to pay for water at
meter rates. There will be another
test of the meter at the pumping sta
ton.
A petition was presented by O. Cas-
sidy, praying that the Northwestern
railway be granted the privilege Of ex-
tending their tracks along Willow
street to the packing house. On mo-
tion the matter was referred to the
committee on streets, alleys and grades
Wilson's offer to sell to the city for
$500 five feet on Washington and
Fifth streets claimed by him, was on
motion, not accepted.
A bill for 80 damages was present.
ed by L. S. Bright. 1t appears that
through neglect of the contractor who
laid the sewer in South Front street,
several planks were permitted to stick
in the ground after the work had been
completed, and in driving along the
public street, his buggy was smashed
by coming in contact with one of the
projecting planks. After several
members of the board had given vent
to their Indignation, a motion was
made and carried that the COMMITTEE
on sewers be given power to act in re-
lation to paying the bill of damages.
On motion the city engineer was di-
rected to order Mr.. Boegen to remove
his fences onto the line.
On motion it was decided that the
committee on Ways and Means be in
structed to secure Mr.. Lilly, who is
now in California, as witness in the
case of Savior VS. City of Mankato.
The City Treasurer made the fol-
lowing report for the month of Octo-
Der:
Actual balance on hand last report
$40, 430. 81
Monies rec'vd for spec. asst LIPS. 80
Total to be accounted for 1,558.66
Total expenditures 0,79S.0 90
Balance on hand Get. 31St 1908
The chief of police reported Is ar
rests and two dodgers.
Pumping station reported an ex-
penditure for the month of October
S147. 48
The sealed bids for furnishing wood
at pumping station and city hall were
opened, and all were rejected except
Phillip Mulligan's bid who offered O.
maple at 81 per cord.
On motion the committee on city
property was authorized to negotiate
with Lulsdorf in the matter of a GER
tain gravel grain on his property.
The petition of ID. G.. Willard re-
questing that an electric light be
placed near the packing house, was
referred to committee on city lights.
On motion the committee on Ways
and Means was instructed TO borrow
81, coo.
On motion of Aid. Peterson the
council ordered the Board of Public
Works to build bridge in Vine street
alley, between Rock and Vine streets.
Aid. Brett moved that sprinkling of
streets be continued until further
notice. Motion carried.
The following were among the. bills
allowed:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06
staye and Heading Bolts Wanted.
PhiIlips California Excursions

Every Thursday, leaving Mankato 7
a. M, via Minneapolis s. ST. Louis
through without change to San Fran
cisco. oct13 t4d&w w
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06
Are You Going to California?

If so, accompany Phillips personal
ly conducted tourist parties which
leave every Thurday in Pullman Tour
ist Cars over the Minneapolis & St
Louis Railway, via Denver, Salt Lake
and Ogden
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06

CHICAGO is bound to become quite a
literary center if books can make it.,
as well as a center of learning. Evil
dence as regards this was furnished
the other day by the purchase Of a Ii
brary af 100000 volumes, besides H.
900 pamphlets. 1t has been said that
New York is, and would continue to
be, the literary center Of the coun-
try, but of late years Washington has
grown to be fayorite place for au-
thors, especially during the winter
seasons. not only because one will
there meet learned men from all over
the world, but because Of the chance
there for research in the government
libraries But the great west is
growing. Chicago has had some large
,bequests lately for public libraries,
and if, in connection with their new
university they build up great libra
;ries, it will have a tendency to make
it more and more literary center,
and give the northwest d place in
as well as in trade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
have been recorded by the Register
of Deeds during the past week:
Edwin Rogers to Marion Hill,
IT 2S-100 chains OF center
sec II, 1926. Observation-Disclosures. 81, $50
Geo III Marsh ct al to John III
Klingel, so TT Of W LIS #,
lot Al, in Marsh & Bros. ad,
ManKaUC- .............-.. ZoU
Christen Torreson to 10 jack
son Lake Luth. Society, ne
cor lot 2, sec 30, 105-21. 49,. 10
BARTLETT Y Coffin to Ebert L
Dornberg, Sc cor sec 2S, 10S-21 1S5
Geo W Allyn to VIM Durrin,
blk 1 Allyn's add village of
Madison Lake ............. 200
VIM M Jones to Rich Hughes,
set, ne4, sec Is, 1928. ....... 1,400
Adam Weaver to John Schick-
ling, nwt, sec 5, 106-28. 1000
Joseph RauSch to VIM Schwin
lot 2, sec %, 1926. ........ $50
VIM Stoneman to Anton Reind-
feisch, 81, net, sw4, and NJ,
set sw4, sec II, 107-21. .... 150
Peter Kremer to August
Kraus, NJ, sw4, SET, 5, 1925 375
Peter Kremer to Chas Kruse,
NJ, nw+, SET, sec 5, 107-25... 375
Peter Kremer to Chas Ditt-
man. So, nw4, SET, secs, 107 % $40
Peter Kremer to Chas Kruse,
81, Sw4, set, sec 5, 107-25.... 375
Lambert Schaubetal to E W
Ewens, WI, sw4, sec 9, 10S-25 $500
John @ A Marsh to George III
Marsh, / 81, nw4. and ST
net, sec 4, lO6-29. ......... $50
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-06

3 THE Gar of Russia is determined
to reap some advantage from the dis
tress of his subjects from want of
food, and requires all applicants for
government aid to work upon the
military roads, SO that when the pre-
sent trouble blows over he will have
the roads in fine shape, as hundreds
are said to be focking to them for
aid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01
VOTING WOMEN.

One of the chief claims of those who
advocate giving the franchise to women
is that politics will be purified thereby.
IL is also claimed that the influence OF
the gentler sex will be ennobling, and
that the most dishonest politicians will
become honest by association. These
claims are evidently based on belief
that, politically, woman can do no
wrong. Chivalrous as the belief is, re-
Gently learned facts do much to dispel it,
and some New Jersey ladies can be
blamed for giving the enemies of woman
suffrage the means with which to do SO.
In that state women are entitled to vote
for school trustees at town elections,
and at such an election held the
other day, girls 10 and 16 years of age
voted along with women whose years
were sufficient, but Ewho were defective
as voters In the matter of residence and
registry. Charges based on the fore
going assertions have been made, and
What the outcome will be does not
particularly concern any but the New
Jerseyites, but the belief that women,
politically, can do no wrong, has re-
ceived a severe shock.
1t is not pretended that the occurrence
proves any innate dishonesty on the part
of women who wish to vote. The inten-
ton is merely to show that some of the
claims made in their favor are extrava-
CANT, and that the sex is, in itself, not
above wrong doing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01
BLAINE AND MEXICO.

The reciprocity negotiations with
Mexico are still pending. The conf
dence is expressed at the state depart
ment that satisfactory arrangement
will be concluded soon. The Mexican
authorities are little slow to respond,
In view of the fact that the late COM
mercial treaty in 1888 was allowed to
become imperative through the failure
of the house to enact the tariff laws
necessary to give it effect. 1t will be
remembered that the neglect of the
house to act favorably at that time was
due to report signed by the members
Of the ways and means committee. The
arguments advanced by this report were
characterized by Senior Romero, the
Mexican minister, as "flimsy, incon-
gruous and contradicting," and when
they were published in Mexico they
created feeling of resentment. The
Mexicans still insist that their fuxing
ores should never have been kept out of
the United States, and they are said to
regard the action of the late congress
and Secretary Window is successfully
keeping out these ores as showing an un.
friendly spirit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

II is now proposed 70 introduce electric
power in gold, silver and copper mining.
A lighting plant of 5000 incandescent
lamps is TO be installed In the imperial pal
ace in Vienna
Thomas Edison says there il more than
600 000, 90 invested in the electrical indus
try in the United States.
Electrical science will have prominent.
IL not a commanding, place IN the forth
coming Frankfort exhibition
Lady Siemens has recently given $4,000
toward the foundation Of an electrical
laboratory in connection with Kings col
lege, London.
4 flexible glass interior conduit has just
been invented By Alex T. Wright, Of Bos~
ton. Ii is perfectly waterproof and practi-
cally hreprooi.
An electrician who has made a speciality
OF spectacular electricity says the day Is
not far off when electrical fireworks will
supersede those now used.
A lioeulan who received an electric
shock in Louisville, Ky, has become in
sane, and believes that be is constantly
pursued by an electric ghost.
ANY kind Of cotton covering, when
soaked in solution of tGngstate Of soda,
is rendered absolutely incom II Is
therefore useful Ia central station work.
One Of the most exasperating accidents
that happen IN connection with the trolley
system Of propelling electric cars is the
killing of horses b. the breaking of the
trolley wire.
Dr. Foveau lie Courmeiles OF Paris a.
leges that be has succeeded in conveying
by the electric current 70 diseased internal
organs of the human body the constituents
Of uediczLnsn.s suitable for their recovery
Professor Thomson has recently shown
very plainly that between the CARTONS Of
al arc light there pourz steady stream %
carbon ygpor, and the light 10 derived al
most exclusively from the enormous heat
ed surface al with the evaporation takes
place
The Electrical Engineer holds tha. the
problem o, obtaining light without heat Ia
now one Of sueh immediate rsoE.snE, end
the pecuaiA-y rex2Fd oon>ac 1ea: upon
successful solution q the problem L. -
great, ttz. The energies Of inventors can be
ben; IL 10 better direction
4 novelty IN eisc-ical circles Il the
handy ino&n6esosrs drop light. By which
tie ccrreE; = switched CT or CT By pulling
The flexible oord tHai sapocrts tie lamp FL
TIE switch 10 In Ia ceiling. AID toe slight
e. pressure operates Il Csc pal viii
Light tEss lamp zad another ex.lEga1sh =.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01

Topeka is the town in which live the
hypocrites who howl about Wichita
joints, yet the fact now comes out that a
regular saloon has been running in that
place since 1888, at profit of $500 per
month. Without question some of the
howlers aforesaid have regularly pock-
eted some of that 5000. Some people
might now think that Topeka would
hereafter be a little more chary about
throwing stones, but she will probably
never become sober enough to realize
her disgrace.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01
THE z. NJ. G. a. AT THE WORLDS
FAIR.

What is being done for the young men
throughout the world by the Young
Mems Christian association will be
shown by that organization in an ex-
tensive exhibit at the worlds fair. The
association believes that the opportunity
will be an excellent one to snow TO the
world the magnitude and character of
the work, and that such exhibition will
inspire among visitors greater respec
and enthusiasm FOR the local branches Of
the organization at their own homes.
and thus add greatly TO their efficiency.
in spsaking of the subject a prominent
Y. NJ. c. A. man said: The display
should be pictorial as far as practicable,
so that as much as possible may be taken
in at glance. 1t should be descriptive
of the condition OF the young men of all
nations-their needs spiritually, intel
leotually and physically. The facilities
adopted by the associations for supply
ing these needs should be fully illustrat-
ed. and above all the actual success
achieved should be graphically set forth.
The definite methods adopted in ali the
branches of the work should be shown.
OF course the exhibit should be the
headquarters for all the association mem
bers who visit the exposition. and as
such should be provided with the things
that minister TO the personal comfort
and amusement Of the visitors
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01

beauty, with its delicate fabrics. its deli
cate tints, its airy ightness, its fresh
luStrous ribbons, its plumes or its posies,
its general effect Of being only a larger
sort of blossom ITSELF
In the next place. 1t IS the result OF a
high state of manufacture Not only
| has talent, skill, and aptitude OF ringer
gone TO the combination and harmony OF
hape and color there, but new looms
| have set up, and new methods have been
| thought out and employed, and these
sllken ribbons, these lutte strings and
gauzes, might be woven, and new In
ventions have exercised searching brains
for the making of these frames, for the
setting of these dyes.
This little bonnet, again, is an object
of taste in the creation of its ornament;
something like genius went to the
designing of this lace, perhaps; a
wonderful degree of talent to the
copying of the flowers from natures
flowers, and 10 the further copying Of
that original copy. Science lent its aid.
100, in the matter of the dyes; old Sc
crets that belonged once only to the al
chemists gave the first hint, it may be,
of their existence, and the laboratory has
learned in strange formulas. What adj
venture, too, went toward its compile
tion-the ends of the earth ransacked
for the pigments that produced certain
of the more exquisite tints, and others
brought from the dark recesses where
the primeval sunlight of submerged
forests is still sealed in the coal strata!
A marvellous insight, fairy-like deft-
ness has blended the separate parts, from
primitive frame TO the browning triumph
of these ostrich tips. which first waved
in some wild race across African lati-
tudes.
1t will be seen that our pretty trifie of
lace and straw is not by any means to
be spoken of cOntemptuously: that 1t Is
no slight affair of the vanities on which
money and thought are but wasted; but
that into its construction have gone
many of the elements of art and science
and romance, and that all it needs to
complete its charm is pretty face in
side it, with that smile of contentment
upon it that is all but inseparable, at
least for few days, from the face of the
poSsesSor of the new spring bonnet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01
TRUCK FARMING.

| Few persons comparatively have any
| idea of the extent to which truck farm
ing, commonly known as market garden
ing, is carried on in this country and
how great and important the interest
| has become. And the trend Of the
| population is towards Capitalization into
dense communities adds interest and i'm
portance to that line of industry. The
following facts and figures from a
recent bulletin issued by the census
bureau illustrates these points and show
where the enterprise Is most extensive:
Truck farming is carried on at a dis
lance from market, water and rail trans
portation being necessary.
Upward of 800, 100000 is invested in
this industray. the products reaching a
value of sos, 501, 155 on farms after pay
realized upon 534, 440 acres of land.
There are employed in this industry
226, 765 men, 1884 women, and IA ,S74
children, aided by 1886 horses and
muller and $S,971 ,206.70 worth of imple-
ments. The Norfolk district embraces
45, 375 acres, shipped produc valued at
81 900, COZ: SOuJn AtlaDtlC ulStTlCU, III -
TAI acres, products S13, 1873, 5l6; Mssis-
sippi valley, SO, $50 acres, products ST.
979.7S
Nearly 50 per cent of the truck pro-
duced in the United States comes from
belt of country along the Atlantic coast
living east of line drawn from Augusta,
Me-, to Macon. Ga; from Southern
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida; along
the north and south lines of railroad in
the Mississippi valley from the gulf to
Chicago, st. Louis and Kansas City, and
from the celery districts of Michigan
and Ohio. More or less of the truck,
however, is produced IN all these states.
The following figures show the total
acreage of the leading vegetables grown
upon truck farms of the United States:
Asparagus, 1899; beans String or snap),
1857; cabbage, 1901; kale, 2,962;
spinach, 20,195; Irish potatoes, 28,046;
beets, 1920; celery, 1881; cucumbers,
4.721. watermelons. 114,381; other
melons. %, Az; peas, Sc, 1872; sweet pota-
toes, 2S,631; tomatoes. %, S02, miscel-
laneous vegeta bles, e2,901.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01

The rigid requirements prescribed by
the government for securing the prof
fered bounty on sugar, will very likely
have the effect of multiplying the gener-
osity OF congress, inasmuch as few per-
sons or companies will care to engage in
an enterprise thus hampered. These
rules may not discourage the sugar in
dustry to the extent Of causing its
abandonment by those already engaged
in it, but we apprehend that there are
not many who will care to go into it
handicapped by such rigid and useless
restrictions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01

The dispatches this morning contain
some highly sensational rumors from
Washington in regard to the attitude of
the Italian government toward this coun-
try growing out of the New Orleans in
cident. The Italian government is IN
duly hasty in this matter, if it is correct
" reported. and certainly has proceeded
upon misinformatioU. The relations ex-
listing between the two governments
have not been in any way strained, as
far as the public are aware. that would
cause the other to seize upon this Incl
dent to provoke a quarrel with US Ii it
is meant as bluff, to induce the United
States to make any desired concessions
in the New Orleans matter, the buffer
will soon find that that sort of thing
don't go over here. 1t is hoped that
there Is no foundation of fact in the re-
ports referred TO. This is the LIST OF
April, and the dispatches may have bsen
inspired for the occasion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-01
FEMININE PRATTLE.

Matthew Arnold's sister, Miss Frances
Arnold, has fancy for collecting queer
| advertisements.
Miss Aimee Rapin is an armless Swiss
artist who is beginning TO achieve lame.
She paints with her toes.
Miss Rhoda Broughton, the novelist, is
described as tall woman of somewha:
imposing presence, her hair slightly gray.
Miss Alice Corbin is stylish girl, bat
not by any means a beauty. She could
have been my lady" or countess long
ago had she SO chosen.
Mrs. Arthur Wellesley, grandniece OF
the Iron Duke, and Mrs. Hesketh-Smith,
two members of good" society, have re-
Gently opened a flower shop in London.
The Duchess Dues, who spent fortune
IN bolstering up the Boulangist party, has
been i'll in Paris with fever and ague con-
tracted during a recent sojourn in Rome.
The household and personal expenses of
Mrs Elliott +. Shepard's family. Of New
York, are carefully noted down, and she
annually gives away in charity a sum
equal TO her expenses.
the most successful real estate agents in
Texas, has immortaliZed herself by voting
at the election held recently in that city
She is the first woman who ever voted in
Texas.
One of the handsomest women IN New
York is Miss Marie de Barril. niece of ex-
Peruvian Minister Berrada. She is deli
cate type of the purest Spanish woman
hood, is refined, dresses well and has a bar.
rel of money.
Mrs. Eleanor Bakers large requests to
amounting to 81 600, 900, represent money
made in chocolate. She was the wife of
Walter Baker, who made a large fortune
in the chocolate trade.
Secretary Fosters wife is sweet and
gracious woman. with wavy gray hair and
an intelligent and handsome face. She
has lovely family. They have always
lived in Fostoria, o., which was named
after the secretary's father.
The walls of Lady Randolph Churchill's
London drawing room are hung in pale
gold, the window draperies reproduce the
same tints, the floor is of light colored
wood, highly polished, and the furniture
is ali of the Louis XVI period, displaying
much gliding.
Mrs. Rebecca Bean. of Petersburg, Colo,
is granddaughter of John Quincy Adams.
Her mother was Elizabeth Adams, the pres
ident's youngest and prettiest daughter,
whose eIopement with Der poor but worthy
lover, Alfred Shinn, was the occasion of
8 national sensation.