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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25
Notice to Shareholders.

The annual meeting of shareholders
of the Mankato National Bank of
Mankato, Mimi, for the election of
directors of said bank will be held at
their banking rooms Tuesday, Janu-
airy 18th, 1897.
Polls open from 2 o'clock p. M. to 4
o'clock p. %.
JNO. r. THOMAS,
Cashier.
Mankato, Minn,.
Dec. 8th, 1896 27t5
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25

The habits of wasps were closely studied
by Reaumur, who placed the insects un-
der glass hives and SO domesticated them
as to be able to observe all the operations
carried on y-'thin their nests.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25

&C. d. Taylor. the jeweler, of Man
kato, is giving fine hand painted oil
paintings to his customers. Call for
explanation. 26t4
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25

Diseases of women speciality by
DR.. E. d. Brandenberg, 40l S. Front
ST., Cor. Jackson. Office hours, 1912,
"a. Telephone 90.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25
Wool Growers to Meet.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Dec. 21.-A call
has been issued for meeting of repre-
sentatives of all wool growers and
sheep breeders associations in the
United States at the Ebbitt House,
Washington, on Jan. f. Two days
later hearing will be granted by the
house committee on ways and means.
The Bolingbroke club, London, offers
purse of $4,000 for fight between
Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
James M. Glover, brother of ex-
Congressman John M. Glover, aged 80
years, suicided by shooting himself in
the head. Dependency over business
reverses
Ex-Secretary of State John W. Foe-
ter, who has been i'll for some days
past, although still confined to his bed,
is much BETTER and his early conval-
escence is expected
The body of Alexander Hermann, the
magician, was laid at rest in a vault in
Woodlawn cemetery Sunday, where it
will remain until the family decides
upon permanent burial place.
In the presence of numerous prelates,
the best known members of the Amer
lean colony, Cardinal Satolli Sunday
took formal possession of the titular
church of Santa Maria Del Ara Coeli
which was assigned him by the pope at
the last consistory.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25

Soft wood taken in exchange for
merchandise at the Model Clothing
and Shoe House.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25
To the Farmers.

l want your chickens, calves, hogs
cattle and sheep, and will pay highest
market price at the packing house
Chas. j. Macbeth, Mankato. 14tf.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-25
T eth for Wood.

DR.. Eberhart will fix your teeth and
take wood in trade. Over Savings
bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

Numbering peacefully In similar Isolation on the
approached 10y lonely road overhung with trees
and bordered with stone walls and nigh hedges
There seemed To he no farming occupations. ana
there was not IA vehicle of any Kind moving nor
hardly n stroller by the wayside Yet the road
leading 20 these somnolent villages was III AS PEI
feet condition though the Queen al Inc realm
We're expected to make o triumphal progress over
IL on the morrow There had been heavy rains III
the week but there were no pools of standing
water in the road and no Shiny trenches al the
sides There was no mud 10 tarnish carriage
wheel if one were to be driven over 1t. There
were no stones in the road To trip up wheei"eh'
there were no fallen trees or decayng stumpS ID!
the waysdc: there were no signs Of neglect al any
turn faithful roadman living close at mana
was hired iy the county to keep the road III 'rde'
and he did his work SO we'll that it was source
q. comfort and delight TO every one passing
over IL.
Good roads in England are not the result VI
teaching in the public schools or of sentimental
agitation They are a practical detail OF COM
nonsense efficient local administration. N"ponS
ever feels called upon here 10 preach the eospe'
~ eood roads The English people have them pe-
cameo ,hav nav for them in local taxation ana IN
sist upon having them kept i'll order. The poorest
rustic loves the country road which leaoS 10 MS
humble cottage II is his pcasure-Sround-h's
rebtful share in the goody heritage oil a Well
governed country. ~ -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

duh. Nor arr the experiences OF the young women
who making complete record OF the shops OF
the city for that matter The law is such new
thing and is known little except by the pro-
prictor~ OF the large stores. that tho inspectors
meet everywhere at first suspicion and dsinclna-
ton on rho part of the shopkecpers II takes IA
vast amount Of diplomacy and smoothing down
to convince great many of these people that they
have no; been complained against. that they arA
not suspected Of doing anything wrong. and th't
the inquiries are perfectly fair ones. Time after
time the inspectors are treated with GOODNESS AMI
even inci,ility At tho start and find it hard
the first replies 10 their questions. But. little by
ttlr by tact and alert estimating Of the people
that stand before them sometimes by leaving the
store and coming back AT a moro propitious time.
they manage to ind ont everything required.
THE QUALITY OF THE INSPECTORS.
Nv good luck II not by careful design. these in.
~pe~iorS are ~ very high order. No finer set NJ
Young women for expert work. requiring cool
head Judgment. discretion and large store Of
knowledge has over been attached 10 any branch
Of tho government The civil Service examination
the, wcrc required TO pass In order 10 get these
positions was on" 81 the most difficult. Only a
small minority ~ tho applicants got through IT,
something like twenty Of seventy. The
animation lasted from 10 until o'clock. and II WAS
divided I'm three sections. II should he said hero
that n Vas open for men well as Tor women,
and that there are now three male inspectors al
tschcd to this court Rut their duties are some
what different. In addition to the regular :x-
animation they required To have a knowledge
OF sanitation. aud they now engaged on spcclal
sanitary inspection Of the stores tho "hi"f or IN"
department may happen to detail thcm 10.
First In tn. examination referred 10 was IN"
arithmetic paper n series OF questions SO difficult
that whom tho applicants came TO start on than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

week except during the Cns1iss Of an hour
sowea for ba to ear n II she
Relieve that the truth not been told da her er; s shs
nst nate Of the case Hut when all Is said and
done the getting of this infornato rctica every
daw bypnotism on the part of these young women,
and the way they calm down recsr r,n.narkahle
:, IS an Instance of where womans wit anG sois
speech avails more than any amount OF "aso"''"'
BY little after oelGek each moTn rnSm the in hf the
way leading TO the old Excise BoarG IL
REQUIRES the efforts OF two stalwart policemen I'd y,
keep the josng crowd OF ydun as number on
little slip of cardboard and when these a muov nd
begin to approach the hndred na room arranged
shut and locked Those leff OUTSIDE 'n"s' ~ """'
until the following morning
EXAMINING THE CHILDREN.
o,ar,, ,,,h,c takes the AFFIDAVIT of the father,
mother or guardian TO the age and birthp'ace .,
tho child and a burly policeman measures an"
weighs il. Then, according to their numbers. inc
children file up to the two inspectors '"' nav
charge of this branch of the work ana h" t s
ewes write out on a pad some simple r,nsh h =
sentence For in addition to the requirement nc
they produce "A school certificate me sou, QUA rsad
must show that they know how 10 write ana re CO..
r. is NOT much OF a task for most Of them. d0r
tho sentences given are simple y snS hs is the
cat " is popular phrase and even II The writing
Is bad 80 long AS It is egible and the child seems
to have intelligence. the Inspector passes '"e '''''
Not so many children would be supposed are are
,nn,sh,nsIv small Children OF the people they
have been trained up be their own masters anu emu
rnistresses from early age. ana InrE ~, ~, Ia.
alder than their years In comparison with me
fathers and mothers Wh S ISnr M @ @sGepons
and few billiards may DO noticed in the ranks; 1t
is brighteyed shrewd set Of 'n , yop ,ore Than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
CHILD WORKERS.
ExAMrSArroN UNDER THE NEW LAW.
INSPECTION or STORES BY TIE SPECIAL HEALTH
EOARD oFFICTALs-SoME Of THEIR
DIFFICULTIES AND HOW THEY
ARE ONt.lilDNII.

For more than month Ten pretty Young women
each carrying packet Of legal-.ooking doclinfn's
A notebook and pencil, have been travelling up
and down :hc streets OF Ncw-York with look or
infexibe determination their faces ihiny masked
by a smile In the interest attendant upon political
affairs Il has happened that they have scarcely been
noticed. or. at an have been speedily Tor
gotten. Yet the work they are doing is ~ curionsiy
interesting and important anything that has ever
been done In New-York. They are the inspectors
required by he Board Of Health AZ the operation
OF the new law designed 10 regulate and better the
conditions OF the employment o. women and children
in mercantile establishments, and their work is
thoroughly explore and pa on file a complete
record OF every shop and store. every place. no IL
large or obscure. where anything whatever j. sold
In addition 10 calling these new inspectors in'o
existence aad creating brand new department for
the Board OF Health he Mercantile Establishment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

simple civil Service examination ana having an
affidavit signed by i,s father. mother or guardian.
10 ;ake on, a certificate which tesilnes mlnutoy
a. 10 age facial characteristics, weight ana 50 or
without this /: wi. 10 longer b. possible 20 obtain
employment, ard the law further reads that 10
child between the ages o. Twelve and fourteen shaI
work In stores. except IN vacation tmc. ana 10
child under twelve AZ all.
Even more picturesque and novel than the daily
march of the ten pretty young women INTO shop
after shop In search OF statistical Information ana
for purposes OF inspection Is this gathering together
morning after morning. In tho rooms OF the ora
Excise Board OF hosts Of children boys ana
kris the large majority Of them unkempt ana I'M
tidy each one accompanied by some adult relative
all as quiet mice. oppressed 10y NV" and the Tear
that Mayor and Police Commissioners are watching
them from bchind some door or other. AFRAID lest
something may happen to prevent them from get
ting the precious certificate that the "boss has
told them they must have. Not a sound Of SKY
larkng" not a gigglc or whisper. comes from
these hundred more youngsters that arc crowded
into the room each day. Nearly all. In fact, are
prema turcly old and scdlte. and show on their
faces that thcy appreciate the gravity OF being
bread-winncrs and the importance of this touching
OF elbows with the great city government, when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
hitherto they have only known through the SCHOOLS
and the police.
THE TWO POINTS OF THE NEW Law

b,berto they have only known through the SCHOOLS
and the police.
THE TWO POINTS OF THE NEW LAW.
Tho giving OF certificates to children and the IN
s,oc,tou Of the stores thus the two essential
noin,s of the new law. The duties or the Health
noard however do not stop there. The numper
~ children that come before the officials for exam
tua,ion il swollen by the provisions OF the now
Factory law which makes 1t necessary Tor the
Roa ri of Health 10 give certificates in the same
way 10 the young people who wish TO work III fac-
,ories II must not ina gined that because OF TINS
any OF their former duties or powers are taken avn!
from the old factory inspectors. In every r'spec,
thor work continues the same. Only, the cnnreh
cmployed in mercantile establishments being GER
,jdcated" II seemed wise 10 the lawmakers az Al
bany TO nut the children in factories unhcr VI"
same rule II is difficult to say at the moment
how many children will receive certificates pefore
the work is all done. Al present something over
100 have been passed and approved, besides III"
few that for a variety of reasons. nave p''i
..tbrown out Of court" The inspecion Is going on
and PROMISES 10 continue for considerable ume
vci at the rate OF something like hundred "A DAY.
These details dry as dust. perhaps. Dut IL
Is necessary 10 give them in order To show fhe
full scope Of this most interesting now phasc
of government Tho scenes, however, IN the Oh
Excise Board day after day are not nj all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
HIS HONEYMOON.

From The Pittsburg Bulletin.
The colored female cook of a FANNY living AZ
the South Enc came upstairs the other afternoon
and twisting the corners OF her apron with
con sidera ble embarrassment said 10 her mistress
You see misses. I thought II mought be hes. 10
he tellin' you dat dat l done got married las
week
"Ah. indeed, And what is your name now
Hannah
mis- Williams ma'am You see. my husban he
am n cook too. He am what dcy calls shelf In
a hotel.
"A chef. heho That's very nice. And do you OK
pect to leave directly. Uannahr'
Not 'rectlv mum m stay Wild ye for de pres
cut You see my husban he's gone TO Now-l ORR
an Washington his honeymoon. an irll bt
nigh onto six weeks befo' lie comes back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

law has established a new system which might be
known As the first entry OF working children into
the city government. The law does not stop at tho
inspection OF the stores Of Non-Nork ana their
rroper sanitary condition but IL makes II necessary
FOR each child be weon the ages OF fourteen AMI six
teen seeking employment 10 come down 10 tho
Board OF Health. on tho Top floor OF iho new Grim
inal Courts Building and there. after passing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
NO MISTAKES MADE YET.

All this has resulted IN the securing OF rxcep
tionally clever young women for the position. Four
Of them arc doctors, several ex-tcachers, and the
balance young business women OF a good deal OF
shrcwdness So far az ~ known yet. they have
not committed a single error Of Judgment In their
work and arc faithfully carrying out the abiding
principle Of the Health Board to popuarizc a new
ming IL into peoples heads. without making any
attempt to enforce harshly The principle OF this
The people who are determined not 10 obey It can
he carefully picked out. considerable amount Of
credit tx due President Wilson of the Health
Board for the rapid way In which he has created
this new department and has set II to work so
after it's foundation It works smoothly and with
out friction. and without creating tn" slightest
By now every shop in the city below the Harlem
down TO Eighth.st excepting that section th .,,t
employers Informed OF the new law. and told that
n ccrtidcate Practically all that has been done
is 10 get together reports as TO the condition
those So that need reform will he reformed. and when
the present inspections ar" finished the inspectors
Complaints II does not seem likely. though. that
there viii be many Of these. for employers every
where arc showing n disposition TO carry ont the
provisions of the law to the last detail.
HOW THE FACTS ARE OBTAINED.
Tee method Of getting together the necessary
facts vary according to the circumstances and the
temper OF the people that are approached. The
inspectors slip into a store quietly. and. finding
out who the proprietor Is. announce hat they
come from the Board cf Health. In n few words
they tell what the new law is and then Just begin
asking questions. II, In this particular case. 40
bows or girls below the age OF sixteen happen TO
no employed and no young women between the
ages OF sixteen and twenty little Inquiry needs
TO he made. There times when II requires a
good deal OF cleverness 10 get the facts from an
unwilling man--it Is likely to be especially so when
the proprietor is woman. and the shop IL small
Again IL often that employer does not
know the ages OF his working people. and the In
spector has to interview them. and skilfully draw
out the facts.
The names and ages Of all the children between
be entered in a special register kept BY the en-
pIoyer and other provisions that no female
under the age OF twenty one nor male under the
ago Of sixteen shall work more than sixty hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
CROW As 4 MEDICINE.

From The Spokane Spokesman Review.
A Chinaman brought up In a Vancouver
d. c. court recently for shooting crows. The
crows are 4 very essential feature in the prepare
ton of medicine, and one hunter vas getting them
for the Chinese doctor. They are used sometimes
a. an application u.s. split open, and applied
whole carcass Of the bird Is dried and ground up,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

tho time voluntarily extended from an hour
@ an hour and forty minutes The markings on
his were more on the met hods used and the KNOW
edge that tho principle OF working ont was under
stood than on the actual calculation. Following
this certain hypot hetica facts were given out ana
each person was required to write report around
them In practical form. adding any such other
facts az their Imagination might suggest. The
third section VAS devoted 10 series of questions
sicccssfuI applicants nftcrward said: YOU had to
know the law inside out and outside In. backward
and forward and every least particle OF II In order
In Inc OF being righf.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

A great number Of the fashionable people
have come back to town in the last few days
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris. with her children.
are already settled in their homes and the Lei
ter mansion is being made ready for the arrival
OF the family. who are on their way hther Tho
Mexican Minister and Madame Romero have
opened the legation for the winter. and the Bro
zlian. Austrian. Argentine. japanese. Coreans
Venezuelan and Portuguese Ministers are q
their several legations. The French Ambassa'
dor and Madame Patenotre have taken UP theR
residence at Clifton. the home OF Madame PATE
notre's father in tho suburbs Of Georgetown
where they will remain during the fall
The Chinese Minister and Mrs Yang nav.
Just returned from trip TO Niagara ms ~
the first outing Mrs. Yang has had since sns
reached Washington nearly four years ago. ano
she enjoyed il to the full besides attracting ~
little attention by her Oriental dress The pre-.
ent Minister and his family have become ~
popular in Washington that his probaple ~ ~
preaching recall Is thought OF with regret III
four years Of service arc nearly AT an end ans
II has been the policy ~ the Chinese Gove ,..
ment since the establishment Of lesa.v ~.
here 40 allow a Minister TO remain for ON! . IA
term and there has been but single exceP'S-
to this rule.
The morning times., 1896-11-01

among whom are Helena Collier, Loduski
Young, Jennie Christie, Harriet SOphOir,
Wilbur Hudson. Thm4as Garrick, Frank
Drew and Charles Webster, Rrttirns Of
wire and read from the stage on Tuesday
night.
Washington amusement patrons will be
favore1 on November with n new and
beautiful dramatic temple under the di-
rection df. 'Messrs. Nixon and Zimmerman, n,
WHO nave secured epl the inaugural week
the notably fine Enflisii Grand Opera Com
pany, organized by 'the wel-known I'M
pressnrio. Mr.. ii. Grau. 1t is called he
Metropolitan English Grand Opera Com
pany and includes Georgine Won dance
Schowsky. OF the Imperial Vienna Opera,
and OF the Metropolitan y pera House, New
York VINO will be heard In Faust ~ Car
men, 'Eidelio." .'Cavalleria Rusticana'
and III Trovatore.'
Mr Payne Clarkc, and an old faynrite;
Mr. A Montegriffo, Mr.. William Mrrtens
Lizzie Macncnoi. Minna Schilling. Mary
Helen Howe, Edwin Knight, Henry W
Dodd, A Abramoff and many other artists
OF note will participate In the casts OF the
operas.
"A complete and effective chorus and
orchestra, under the baton or Musical Di,
rector Adnlph Neuendorff, may bc accepted
as a guarantee OF excellent representa-
tions, and that Mr. Grau has spared 'nt
expense in affordinS US an ensemble ol
exceptional quality.
Mr. Grau's company will appear here
every evening Of the week except Thurs
day, and Will also sing at the Saturday
matinee. The expenses OF THIS ompahy
are very large, but the regular theatel
nrices have been adopted and the sale oi
seats win begin ut Metzerott's next Thurs
ll y evening.
The morning times., 1896-11-01
-
"rHE LADY SLANEY."
Coming Back to the City of Its Birth
Next Week

In '.The Lady Slayey,' Canary 4 Led
crer's big Casino production. which VIII
he seen at the Lafayette Square Theater
for one wees. beginning Monday, Novem-
her g. with wednesday ana Saturday mat
inces, will be presented the first attempt
vet made to idcaiiLc the bloomer costume
and the golf dresses TO make them accept
able tor stage purposes. From all accounts
there seems To be nothing lacking in this
production which mi git please.
The costumes and stage groupings repre-
senting a combination of experience and
good Taste in stage matters which Few
of the many managers III this iieid can
command. Bat charming and isf?ing
rs are the special features the piece WHICH
forms the vehicle for the display OF color
and melody is not neglected AMI from all
accounts the iibietto has been thoroughly
Americ;nlzed moi withstandiDS its success
in London.
The company includes such well known
players "A 5 Marie nressler, Dan DAILY, Charles
Dandy, Richard earle, Charles kirke,
Nicholas Burnham, Joseph Gree uStcl,!cr,
George Tallman, Annie Buckley, Marie
George, Jessie Carlisle, Doruthy Neville,
Lila Lear, cara Franton, Edith Ahlward.
La Pelite Adelaide and the mary .lous
chorus cf perfect vocal and physical beauty Y
II SIXTY FOR which the Casino has SO ION Z
lecu noted,
The morning times., 1896-11-01
FREGOLL. THE WONDER.
\ Much TaIkrd-of Performer Com
ing to washington Soon.

FreGoli lis coming and he promises to be
the greatest novelty Of the theatrical year.
The mans talents are so varied that it
is difficult to describe them adequately
in the space usually devoted to theatrical
news.
Mr.. Fregoli occupies the stage about an
hour and "A half, and his speCialties
are SO wonderful and SO varied that it
almost passes heller they are all really
given by himself, yet such is the fact.
The effect is the same az II the audience
had witnessed the very highest class OF
vaudeville performance, and had seen from
twenty-five to fifty Of the greatest
speciality artists that could possibly be
brought together at one time.
a prominent fhi!adelphan critic recently
described him as being "A musician, a
singer, n dancer, Il 1ugcler. "A comedian, 1,
tTasetiian. Il magician, a wonder! He's the
dcftest, quickest, cievcrest, many-Sided
genius that has ever. come, or likely To
come to this town"