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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07
THE FOURTH.
The Day Was a Quiet One in
MankatO.
ST. Peter Drew the Crowd, Over ,
Thousand People From This City
Going There.

The Fourth of July has come and
gone. and we are glad not to be called
upon to recount long list of accidents
The day was a quiet one in Mankato,
except that the small boy was STRICTLY
in it with his explosives. Aside from
two or three picnics there was nothing
going on. In the evening, fireworks
were set off in various parts of the city
and were observed by many people.
ST. Peters celebration drew nearly
all of those who cared to spend the day
in the old fashioned way The little
city was fairly overrun with people
from many of the surrounding towns
and from all the country around. Man
kato contributed largely to this crowd.
The Omaha and Northwestern roads sold
$50 tickets to St Peter at the Union
depot, and it is estimated that at least
400 drove down or went on bicycles.
The program was carried out in it's en-
tirety and gave very general satisfac-
ton. The eating houses were crowded,
and there was hardly standing room on
the trains,
ST. Clair, Good Thunder and the
other towns that celebrated all had good
sized crowds.
In this city, the only accident re-
ported was that to ten year old boy
named Haslip, living near the Baptist
church. He.picked up cannon cracker
that he thought would not explode, and
while he held it in his hand it went off,
lacerating the hand.
c. E. Musser shipped 300 gallons of
ice cream by express Monday and fifty
gallons Tuesday.
The day was perfect in all respects.
The temperature fell two degrees short
of eighty, and there was no indications
of rain to make people who had gone
away from home nervous. The roads
were good
Business in Mankato was suspended
almost as much as it is on Sundays, and
almost everybody made the day one for
rest and recreation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07
SALE OF PROPERTY.

Chas. J. Macbeth has purchased Mrs.
Julia Fritz's $40 acre farm in Lincoln
township, near Lake Crystal, for So, 900.
Mrs. Fritz takes a house and two lots
in Given & Lewis addition, West Man
kato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07
MUST CUT THE WEEDS.

The council held regular meeting
Saturday night at North Mankato.
Among other things it adopted new
plan of cutting the weeds on the street.
All property owners are thereby or
dered to cut the weeds in front of their
property, to the center of the street.
This plan is good one and all
should conform with it and make it a
cI1ccnSG
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07

Adolph, son of Mr.. and Mrs. HI. S.
Holman, gave birthday party Tues
day afternoon for number of his
young friends. Last evening, sur
prise party was given upon Miss Edith
Holman whose birthday occurs the
same day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07

Jessie, the six year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Burwell, was badly
burned about one arm Monday. Her
sleeve was burned off by fire cracker
and the flesh burned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07

Miss Mary Allen Dayies, of Owatonna,
was guest at The Saulpaugh Monday
afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-07-07
MONTHLY REPORT.
City Treasurer Has Plenty of Cash at
Present.

The report of the city treasurer for
the month of June shows the following
condition for the city financially:
RECEIPTS,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

antique gems. These were offered to the
rich American at her own price. Under
protest the Cuban servants confessed
that the money was to keep their mis-
tresses in proper food.
This incident opened Mrs. Rathbone's
eyes to a condition of things no Ameri-
can woman had seen.
She went direct to Havana and talked
with General Lee and other eminent
Americans there about the condition, and
from tina beginning organized the society
called Ell Secorro, its object being to as
sist the INDECENT ladies of the island.
Mrs. Rathbone found out from her in
PRODUCTION into the plantation life Of the
higher classes that these women were ia
nous for their needlework. After the
Fourth of July dinner given by the
of $145 left. Mrs. Rathbone asked the
committee for this, and it was cheer
fully given her.
With this money her society bough
material and distributed it personally
among the ladies In and around Ha-
vana who most needed money. When
the needlework was finished, it was sent
to Mrs. Rathbone. The society then sold
it to any one who would buy. The Amer
lean element paid good prices for it, and
the work is growing in scope and organi-
cation.
The next best thing that Mrs. Rath-
zone has done is to lend her executive
ability for the caring Of the orphan chill
dren of Cubxns. Dozens of little starve-
lings were dying every day for want Of q
little food, some soap and water n a
woman's kindly hands. To give money
to the families was not to be assured that
the orphans would be taken care Of.
Again Mrs. Rathbone put her wits to
work, and under the guidance Of her
husband and Generals Lee and Wood
she organized the day nursery, which is
| now called the Lee home.
In one room of this building is the
American employment bureau, and all
day long the Cuban women pour in here
to get work. Mrs. Rathbone is the head
of this home. She gives her personal at
tention each day to it and has ~enthused
her American sisters in Havana to do
the same thing.
This eminently good work should be
| clearly distinguished from the Cuban or
phan fund. This orphan fund charity
endeavors to gather children in one home
from various sections.
The Red Cross spends no money for
building houses, but gathers up the chill
dren OF each section or village, endeayor-
ing to interest men and women in that
especial locality to help all they can,
and the children thus provided for are
taught what 1t seems will benefit them
most whom they take up the thread Of
life outside Of the asylum.
Mrs. Rathbone has many methods in
establishing these homes, going from
place to place as best she may.
On her return to Havana she will make
a trip through Santiago de Cuba (of
which placs General Wood is governor)
on horseback and subsequently to Trini-
dad and OF r
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

, and so are the shoulder knots White
glace m~ousqpetaire gloves reaca almost 10
the shoulder.
Another dancing dress was of the faint
est blue silk null with five rutdes around
the bottom. They are made narrower
along the front and wider in the back to
at into the shape OF the simulated tunic-
| This has rows Of narrow white satin RIB
ben set in 4 paint In front and nearly
covering the whole surface. Rows OF the
ribbon are put upon the snug waist IKE
stripes.
There is a hchu of white chiffon edged
with two rufies, and these have each a
row Of ribbon. The fchu is tied low,
and the short ends are fastened to the
! waist by a silver jeweled buckle.
I Always around Thanksgiving time and
from then on to Christmas social func-
tons follow each other as fast as the UNI
merciful disaster of which we read. That
makes evening dress a necessary adjunct.
\ There are SO many delicate and hlmy
white goods now that NJ young girl need
be deprived of that emblem OF early
youth. a white dancing dress. The only
| thing that is not flexible and soft is the
taffeta silk.
There are liberty, null, both cotton and
silk: mousseIine de sole, which is rather
crisuer than the null and crepe de chine;
also fine ~yeilings. Chiffon, tulle and net
are also employed for dancing dresses.
The net frequently has all sorts Of ar
rangements of ribbon or lace upon it.
For very young ladies the spangled nets
are not in very good taste, the object
being for them to look angelic in their
purity and simplicity. But soft chiffon
I or delicate lace trimmings are quite prop
er and a few flowers or perhaps a string
of pearls. Small gold beads are fashion
! able if in the rad guinea gold such as our
| great-grand1nothers wore.
| must mention another lovely ball
dress. This was Of straw colored t~affeta.
entirely covered with fine white 6shnet.
At the bottom were the usual tafeta
baIayeuse RULES. Over them was one
deep flounce and another above it, both
Of the net. On these there were wrought
| rocco wreaths By white chiffon gaufer-
ing not half an inch wide.
AT each crossing Of these wreaths
| there was q small double bow, with ends
Of white satin ribbon. There were three
founces in all, each made in the same
way. The low waist had a bertha made
like the wreaths and founces. The sleeves
ended at the elbows with fancy ruft1ins
and ruching. The skirt trained and was
made for a young lady by no means IL
her first season.
Immense boas are made of tulle and
chiffon, and they look like marabou
plumes.
Fans are small this season in all ways
but price. These little fans are gener-
ally real works of art, the sticks being
most delicately carved and the rest beau
tifully hand painted with microscopic fig
ures.
Speaking of evening attire reminds me
of two handsome opera cloaks. One was
Of soft drab cashmere of the finest quail
ity. There was a yoke at the shoulders,
and to this is plated the cloak which
reaches to the feet. The collar is high
and fur bordered, as is also the edge Of
the yoke. 1t is lined with pink brocade.
The other was of black miroir velvet,
with wide applications Of black passe-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

"How much viii you give me for this
atlasY' asked a shabbily dressed private
tutor, as he walked into a secondhand
booksellers and produced the book
named.
"Oh, it isn't worth much" answered
the bookseller, as he turned over the
leaves with an air of assumed indiffer-
ence. There's no demand for EN-. l
bought one the other evening, and it's
outside on the stall now. There's no de-
mand for 'em at all. l shall think I've
done well if | get eighteenpence for the
one I have now
"All right, here's your e-ighteenpence.
This is the one you had outside" gayly
answered the tutor, as he threw down
the money and skipped out Of the shop
London Answers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

#xAxA%1%Ax%xA4A@zH 4H44&
TO marry An. sesE Ton stand -
the church. and the good father says
but there againI would have to promise
TO love, honor and-how shall / promise
10 love you when l do MT know uhat
lore Is? Why should ! mirry youY
Because l love you and-and"-a brighe
thought this-'to have a home all your
own"
"But / don't want . home,p The be4uti-
full girl laushingiy replies What IL
honey It's q place uhere you eat and
sleep and read novels, and ! can do that
anywhere. ] need no home"
"Ah, yes" the young MAJ cries eager
ly. You say that now, but you are
youyk beautiful, petted, admired, loved.
VIII you not be lonely when you are old
and wrinkled? VIII you nsyt then wish to
feel the arms Of children and ~grandchfl-
dren about you; to-
"ChiIdrenl" The girls tone is full Of
contempt. "Oh, yes, Eve known girls
that have married-my sisters and 9TH
ers. That was the end Of life for them.
Nothing but work and worry, poverty
a.d pinching to make both ends meet.
Childreni They're funny little creatures.
l can't understand how anybody should
want them about her. lid never be 20
foolish. I'm sure"
"~Children-and a home the end Of 1ifef
No, no; the beginning Of life Maria, l
love you as the light of my life, and you-
are You incapable Of lover
How do l know? You have not yet
told me what love is moi has any one
else"
1t viii be such a conversation as never
man and maid held since the world be
gan, will it not?
And yet
Yet there is hope-the hope that educa-
ton, patient training, may wake in her
the lacking sentiment. It viii be q
strange case to watch as little Maria BrS-
cia grows up to w~omanhood.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

her sister is Mrs Frances Browne Of
Chicago, widely known al q woman 81
rare talent.
A leaning toward art was developed
in Mrs. Garland while she was a hid.
She studied In the west and In New xork
city. Her FIRST work to cenaunand atten-
ton was her colossal MASTERPIECES, ~Hree-
dom Breaking Esr Chains exhibited at
the Worlds fair in ChieaSo. After the
Worlds fair she spent tour years n
Paris, studying under Collfan n Mar
son.
The tastes Of Mrs Garland and her
husband are similar. They are products
Of the west, and the work Of both Is DIS
tinguiahed By the ningliIIg Of strength
and tenderness characteristic OF the re-
gion which saw their development, II Is
not believed hat Mrs Gfarland's mar
rage viii interfere with her WORK as :
sculptor.
Since attaining ~prominen.ce IN the inter-
AIRY world Mr.. Garland has made New
York his home to all practical 1ntents
and purposes, and it is likely that with hls
wife he will spend nearly, IL not quite, an
| Of his time in that city.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09
HELP FOR
THE
WOMEN OF CUBA.
How Americas Women Are
Aiding Their Dark Eyed,
Suffering island Sisters.
BY Annette Crawford.


mere is sum a great aeai or suHerlng
in Cuba. The wounds left by war are
| deep and do not heal readily. Ruined
plantations cannot be reclaimed in a few
months. War widows AID war orphans
| find that a pear of peace restores to them
neither h~usbsnds, parents nor homes.
You cannot live by freedom alone. The
flag Of cne's country is a thrilling sight
| to see, but it does not take the place OF
clothes to wear.
Several attempts have been made to
awaken the interest OF charitable and
! philanthropic American women In behalf
of the women and children OF Cuba who
suffer from ~priyation and want OF every
| kind. Most Of these efforts have met
with but feeble response. A new move
ment which has been started by Mrs.
| Este G. Rathbone, wife of the director
| general OF posts for Cuba, promises to be
| rich In results.
Mrs. Rathbone has stirred society wo-
men in Washington, New York and Phil
| adelphia by her vivid descriptions of the
| suffering which she has seen in the va
rious provinces. She has organized re-
lief branches in several cities, and now
| she has gone back to Cuba to PERSONAL
ly conduct the work Of relief.
In recognition Of her services she has
been appointed president CT the Cuban
Red Cross society by Miss Clara Barton.
This gives her the powerful machinery Of
the Red Cross organization, and It is GER
tain that she will make good use of the
funds she receives through this channel
The beginning Of the work for the
| Cuban Red Cross started in January.
The society that was started, called 81
Secorro, was one of the best things that
have ever been established in an army
ridden country.
Imagine how many Of the aristocratic
| Cuban women must be s~ufering-and
your high bred Cuban Is as proud as the
half breed is abjectI Tbs latter will
take everything she can get; the former
will not even ask for what life demands.
These women, on hearing that Mrs.
Rathbone was in one Of their towns, sent
/ servants to show her articles Of old fam
lily silver, expensive fans, rare lace and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

dOEx4E>S 4GsOA4CN-
operation, and this will be entirely con-
cealed by the hair at the. nape of the
neck.
In the operation it was found necessary
to remove, with the tulnor, a portion OF
the actual gray matter of the brain, and
this gray matter came from the region
assigned by phrenologists to the faculty
of love.
Love for her parents, her playmates,
her home, her country, love for her lover
is or 20 We u now-this may be to
Maria Brio ever known experience.
Science have saved her life at the
expense of all that makes the life best
worth living.
No one has yet proved-perhaps Maria
Bricia will be the first to prove-quIte
how definitely the seats of the passions
are mapped out in the brain or how IN
eyitable is the effect of the lack of any
portion of its matter upon the character
Jessie A. Fowler, president of Fowler
s. Wells, says of the case of Maria bri-
cha in the New York World:
sPhrenologically speaking, the loss OF
cerebral matter was from the occlpitai
lobe, which presides over the home life,
the domestic feelings and the desire Tor
social intercourse.
I'm the case Of this babe the loss OF
brain tissue was also from the region
where is located love of animals and pets
and the patriotic spirit.
"But as phrenology supplies an anti
dote for all small qualities in the form
Of advice and how to cultivate facultles
that are deficient, we would suggest TO
the mother that she take pains to de-
yeloD In the child a love for children
and some special pets and encourage
friendlness with other children, so that
she may grow up a companionabie wo-
man"
Physicians, who in general fight shy OF
~phrenology, hold, as a rule, that a trining
loss Of brain matter does not weaken
the faculty, nor do phrenoiogists dispute
the conclusion. The contour OF the skull
remains the same. The brain matter left
does double duty. Often in battle brave
soldiers have suffered brain wounds and
recovered completely, mentally and phys
ically.
But cases are many where q larger loss
of brain matter has affected the mind;
where head wounds and loss of the gray
ooze of the brain have made merry men
moody and irritable; have weakened
4la ,s4s,1sa+
r ~. s,,au ba tho c.sa with Maria
80 In -. go
brlcla' ner late WIN pe s
her Motner' LSSuLsa 'nNs a.
pretty woman. sne neissis, y
veiopmept Ioiio"s .ne prsseuent
ger, more beautiful. She viii be edu-
Gated, wear pretty ciosnss aug $500
an attractise enilu' : 49,, n,-aL
Prosperity will give ner oeautilul cloen-
ing; education will add charm OF manner
to physical beauty.
as a woman, cold.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

" Hx. -..-- "4s born III New
York city, she seemed doomed to die al
most Immediately. Indeed death seemed
a blessed release from life that must be
brief and full Of pain.
A freak of nature had fastened upon
the back Of her poor little head q great
humorous growth Of a sort which previ
ousIy had proved fatal But she was re-
moved at once to the Harlan hospital,
and there. for the 6rst time In this coun-
try, an operation was performed which
saved her life.
SkillfuI physieiaals carefully cut away
the foreign growth and sewed the edges
of skin together SO deity that there viii
hn Int q, firr.&eax rcrca;ninr to tall of tia
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

Always in the past india paper" has
been used only In ~high-priced Bibles and
devotional books. Now a ~well-known
publishing house proposes to issues the
works Of Charles Dickens in fifteen vol
umes on Nelson's India paper. The size
of each volume is six and one-haif by
four and one-hah inches. and in Pick
wick Papers, the first volume Of the
series. there are 845 pages in long primer
type. n the book is less than a half
inch thick. Think of a complete set of
Dickens occupying less than eight inches
Of shelf-room in a library! The other
volumes of Dickens are to be issued one
a month, until the set Is complete.
Thackeray's works are to be issued in the
same style and at the same price.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

I was up to see the tenth anniversary
exercises of the Woman's Press club and
he installation Of the newly elected ofh-
gers. There must have been 800 women
there, each having q different perfume Of
violet, lilac, iris, heliotrope, nusk and
patchouu, besides the rest whose names
/ do not knew.
All the women were well dressed, and
some were richly ccstumed in afternoon
garments, with some yery dainty bon
nets.
Mrs. Frank Leslie was on the platform,
looking like a queen. Her gown was of
Srich black brocade with white satin pam
els at each side covered with superb
black applique picked out with jet. She
wore a large black velvet hat with slash
ed brim and plumes.
This large picture hats IN various de
sief.s Of trimming were there IN force,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

There is no doubt in our mind that e
the north had not interfeied, II Virginia
had been left free to settle this question
for herself, by degrees all the slaves
would have been ensncipated under wise
and conservative provisions, the tie Of
affection that bound master and slave to-
gether would have been abiding, and the
evils of reconstruction had never been.
Slavery was imposed upon Virginia by
England, kept upon her by the alliance
Of New England slave trad ers with SOUTH
ern planters. Virginia made repeated at
temptr to stop the slave trade and even
to abolish slavery as an institution, and
we give it as our deliberate opinion that
even II there had been no .war there
would have been no slaves today il The
state Of Virginia.-Richm< nd Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

EYES," said the scientific passenger, II
IS a well established fact that dark hair
ed women have much more violent tenn
pers than their blond sisters"
Are you sure Of that, inistery asked
the meek little man across the aisle
There is no doubt about it. my dear
sir, said the s. p. "Biit you have a
personal interest In the ms.tter9
well. yes replied the meek indisid-
ual. 1--WE always SUSPECTED that my
wife hleached her hair. and II what You
say Is true / know it riow.s-Chicago
News
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

Cape Town. enjoys a certain distinction
in respect to the height Of its constables.
The talless is six feet eight and q half
inches, while there are IS others over SIX
feet In height.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

The doh is probably the most antique e
toys. 1t has been found inside the graves
Of children Of ancient Roals.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

tive bands of white tibet fur down the
front and around the wrists of the full
bishop sleeves. This was lined with
black satin and hung from neck to foot
in deep plaits in the back. The fronts
were straight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

Ants have brains larger , proportion TO
the size Of their bodies thai any ether ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

Art and let
tiers were unit
ed in III recent
naarrtag of
Miss Zuelme
Taft, h sculp-
tar. to Hamlin
Garland, author
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

oCULFTUn 4.s5 NOTHUH.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-08

The following orders were made by
Judge Rolapp
Leonard Murdoch vs.. Harvey Mur=
dock demurrer To- complaint oYerruledi
and ten days given It'd answer
=. G.. Ford vss%tlle Union Pacific Rail-
way company demurrer to amended
complaint argued and taken under adj
syisement.7
J. $ Gs Langsdorf4 Vs.. James q.
WangsgaardsR hearing on demurrer set
for Oct. To-.
Singer Manufacturing company vss
Elizabeth Byrnes$ motion ta tax costs
set for Oct. 10.
IN the matter Of the estate Of Jones
Whiddens deceased. hearing on final &C.
count and petition ia deliver residue of
the estate ia executors. Final aG~
count approved and petition granted
u c. ID. Stack vs. j. SnangIe; motion to
tax costs denied
The case of L. r. Rogers US. the
Press Publishing company came on for
hearing Court heard evidence and ar
gunents of counsel and ordered that
property be- sold by receiver without
compensation. other than actual ex-
pensess and that payments be made as
follows: First, lahorers; second. les
sors. and third, claim of r.. r.. Rogers.
Before Judge Hiies the case Of George
Al. Craig vs.. Jonathan A. Williams
came on for hearing. and occupied the
courts attention during the balance OF
the day