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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01

The thawing of the last few days
has put an end to sleighing in the
country. Last winter was an open one
up to Jan. Goth, and then several
weeks of uninterrupted cold weather
followed. 1t would not be surprising
if February and the first half of March
should furnish some pretty stiff win
ter weather.
M. B. sHaynes left Monday for
Seattle, Wash, where he will visit his
son, Manly, for two or three weeks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01
MANKATO FREE PRESS

ton of the cage. the work being &C
complished by brooms and mops from
the outside In changing the wilder
ami mails from the cages employed on
the road to the larger and more COM
modious quarters at the winter sta
tion, what we call a strong box is
used. The wagon is hauled alongside
the large cage and the steel strong
box, open at both ends is constituted a
psasageway. The animal hesitates to
make the journey through such sus-
picious looking object, however, and
again the heated iron must be brought
into play. Washington Star.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01
A HEN SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Southern
Minnesota Poultry association was
held in this city on Saturday. The
reports of the officers showed that the
association is in good financial condi-
ton. The poultry show which was
held short time ago was not sue
cess financially, although nothing was
lost by holding it. Another show will
be held some time next January.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, ].
w. HOLMAN vice president, R. F.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01
What q Patent Costs.

In the course of it's progress through
the Office up to the issuing and mail
ing of a patent, says E. V. Smalley
in The Century, an application passes
through the hands of 81 persons. An
applicant pays $15 to have his claim
examined, and in case he is granted
a patent an additional fee of $40 is
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01
The Place to Wash Him.

On one occasion an M. P. of a past
generation not noted for his habits of
personal tidiness was visiting seaside
place, and one day while out in a boat
with sailing party he was swept
overheard, but was happily rescued.
When the excitement was over. a
young fellow rushed down into the
cabin.
''By Jove," he exclaimed, "we've
been having such an exciting time on
deck -
"What is it?' asked everybody.
''Mr. Blank was washed overheard -
"I'm glad of it," snapped fastidi-
ons matron.
Everybody was Mortified.
"Well, am, - she explained. "Just
think of that man being washed on
board. London Answers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-01

Sir Waiter, bring me some
oysters They must not be too small
nor too large nor too fat and salty,
and, above all things, they must be
cold, but not too cold, and l want
them quick.
Hammond Aigs waiter Yes, sab
but yo' amt don specify yet whether
yo' wants IN wifi or wifout pearls,
sab. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
CANADA AND THE STEEL TRUST.

TITHILE EMPLOYEES
w bitterly fighting might be
arbitration in the
north that they would do well take heed
a vha
bounty bets Will 1907 in
given
NewG
not less stella
full
a iron
STEEL bnes which
and get its
cheap
by
water ront the district
a erfvalto the
and of
viii be inactivity difficulty the
a in
OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
POSSIBILITY OF FIFTY-MLEANHOUR BOATS

THE improving
made in fewer
to
d
a paper
a whic
a in
Of
Of
equaIng
miles an hour including which
make
He thatu
e mile an
be
it be cut in A lei
An
and back and still have
a would
to In fact reanv
n making
or ixd
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
CLEANLINESS POSSIBLE
WITHOUT USE OF SOAP.


LondOn TRUTH
Surely too much Importance Is attached
to the scarcity of soap in the Beers
farm houses. People may be very clean
and use very little soap. The RusslaIis
and japanese cleanse themselves Win I'd
pOr baths. rarely using soap Then they
do so A really healthy skin cIsanSeS
itself Rough inside clothing, which;
presume, the Beers wear IS great ska
cleanser. ] have known OF doctors cuilLl
luxe being cast aside ana coarse uhdeT-
garments worn instead
The late emperor of France har0ly ever
sOaped his hands until he went TO Eng
fend- ] have come across a papsS IoLnd
IN Eis desk at the Tuiller1es- 1t contained
the instructions of the king of Holland
to the governor of his two elder sons
Among the things forbidden was Tor the
young princes hands to be washed Win
soap. They were to use bran and a slice
of lemon. The lemon was to remove the
ink stains. and in summer to keep or
gnats and mosquitoes. Napoleon. WnoSS
bands were good TO model and beautfui-
w white. also used bran and no soap
any kind without sense of skin discom-
fort which not even a deluge OF quite
pure water will wholly remove.
In England on account OF coal STnOke
and smut, soap is more needed than IN
countries with clear air. The Beers en-
joy. perhaps. the purest atmosphere IN
the world, except when there are dust
storms I know French ladies who have
discarded soap for Vaseline. They smear
themselves with the latter and then rub
doctor tells me that nothing IS mora
cleansing. but that he prefers, as moro
tonic, plain cold water, followed by the
same sort Of rubbing. DIT. Leyds really
Stanley said about the Beers being badly
off for soap.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28

machines and who got ready the bal
loon in which he took a short trip.
Moreover, a woman accompanied him
during this trip, and guided the balloon
the entire way. Even when a large
balloon has 20 be launched, task
which is ordinarily supposed to re-
quire several exceptionally strong men,
Herr RiedingeT employs only women,
and he says that twenty young girls
can do the work satisfactorily unless
very strong wind is blowing. and that
even then they can do it with very lit
tie assistance.
According to Herr Reidinger tact,
decision, skill and manual dexterity are
most essential for work of this kind
and these are the very qualities in
which women excel men. Courage and
GOODNESS, he admits, are also indis-
pensable. but he claims that in this re-
spect women ara quite as well endowed
as men. and that in critical moments
they may even prove themselves to be
superior
In France this novel statement is
causing much comment. I do not
think" says one writer that French
girls would achieve such wonders as
aeronauts. for they are decidedly ner-
vous. and not at all like the large.
stOlid girls of Augsburg, who work so
faithfully for Herr Riedinger and who
are evidently the descendants of those
ancient German women whom Tacitus
described as being almost in. all respects
equal to man."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
UP-TC-DATE BURGLAR.
Latest Accessory to Twentieth Cen
tUry Crime.

tury Crime.
CNew York JournaI)
Electric ':bilIys" are the latest inven-
ton adopted by upper ten" burglars.
The police found one today on one of
duo arrested. end they say absolutely
the latest thing out among the many
accessories FOR twentieth century crime.
The men arrested are Felix Hanick
and Walter Fischer. They refused to
give their addresses.
The newly disco vered Chilly" is not
unlike an ordinary one in appearance,
except that from the handle a tiny wire
runs uo the coat sleeve of the man
carrying il. In his various pockets he
has small storage batteries. In the
handle of the billy is wound the deadly
coil, and q steel cap on the tip of the
weapon cOmDletes the outfit.
Hamick and Fischer were arrested in
Van CORTLAND park for burglariZing
the home of Benjamin Delavaile, at
Jerome avenue and Dawson street.
Yonkers, last night. JewelTy worth $500
was stolen.
Mr.. Delavaile telephOned the YOnkeTs
police, and an alarm was sent through
the Bronx. Policemen J. L. Pearse and
Livingston Hunt found three men act
ing suspiciously in the park, and asked
their business.
The men ran, but two were stopped
by pistol shot. They were Hanick and
Fischer.
On them was found $3.50 worth Of
stolen jewelry. They also had revOlvers.
jimmies, skeleton keys and the new
tangled ''biIIy."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
NEED OF A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

EsTERDAY editors
scrihes
They outing but
cl tina
gOsspy and netuc artcl o
city a
S outside
advantages of Zion than hitherto had
while greatd
benefits
ola o a
of
has O to
with the o.
Of
a
Information compelled
in
conc
of
OF ordinary
OF
to of
entertaining visitors
the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
Got Square.


II speaking Of the Massachusetts,
Dental society recently President FL
Iner H. Capen of Tufts college ex-
planned his ignorance of technical den
tai nomenclature, and expressed the
hope that if. on this account, he made
a DOor. speech. it would not be as
sumed that he always made poor
speeches. In making this point he told
a nautiCs3 story.
The mate of certain schooner
he said. was in the habit of drinking
more than was good for him. on one
occasion. after he had recovered from
an unusually severe attack OF intoX-
iCation he was looking over the log
and found that the captain had IN
scribed therein on a certain date:
Mate drunk.
The mate promptly went to the cap
tain and asked why such a statement
had been written down.
It is true, isn't it?' asked the cap
tain.
Yes said the mate.
Then let it stand, said the cap
tain.
"A few days later the captain, in
looking over the log, found this In
scriptiOn; Captain sober He sum-
mOned the mate and asked him what
he meant by taking such a liberty.
' 1t is true, isn't it2' asked the mate.
Yes, said the captain. but
Then let it stand said the mate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
AMERICAN SLANG IN CHINA.
contention.

THE vERN2CUIAR SOLDIER
4 10 o In
of prints
remarkably appropriate intercourse
10 to
srnecdng around" the act ubberneckng feet. means
n
A
ninut less la
gugu Telegraph pure simple
nsurgent But the of the collection
Of
a
Teegraphs glossary mad with bowling
ar of crap loot
enterprise o Telegraph glossary
full
the language of their native land To @ residents
they able to worry along without it.
young in postpone their we'd
ding burglars The
that
a insinuation
brought home the re-
mains OF one Of their counynen dead more than GOO vearS
for the William
America
pows works of
Lakes hand- painted watering carts
swimming use of its
This certainly Improvement the
corporations put water
Dealer ambition it is
bound to rise Yes Ike ambition ordinary
attain it.
of the personal
from being soaked
Kansas and half loaf is
powerful no corn read.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
FROM SOCIETY 70 soAPsUDs.
One of the 400 Forced to Sell He1
Fine Dresses and Open Laundry.

(Sew York JOurnaL)
From member of the 400" to keeper
Of a hand laundry, from wealth so
grea. hat she could play the part of
phil, -0Dist to living on a beggaTIy
stipend 20 cents a day-such is the
change in the worldly affairs of Mrs.
Alfred Sc. ,ermerhOrn.
Down at fashionable Southampton.
L. l., on Wednesday, she offered for
sale to her former fashionable friends
her gowns and dress patterns yet I'M
cut. She says she was forced to it to
buy food.
Her friends rallied to her assistance
and made the sale a great success, the
sum Of several thousand dollars being
realized for the relief of the distressed
SsntlewOman. Her laundry is also doing
rushing business, having secured the
patronage Of majority of the summer
cOttagers at Southampton.
Her home and laundry is the old Bel
lows cottage, overlooking five palatial
homes she built on Lake Agsvain.
There is no furniture. She has a few
trunks, and the balance of the house
hold equipment is made up of soap
boxes covered with blankets.
In the parlOr soap boxes and blankets
make a window seat. while two trunks.
a tomato box and a blanket form
couch.
The only ornaments Of the room are
q broken china mug, cracked gided
glass and toy. They belonged TO her
dead children. and they still appeal to
the mothers heart.
See these walls" she said. proudly
Il scrubbed them with my own hands
and I liked it. II is easier than play
ing golf.
DO I mean to go ahead with the
laundry Certainly"
In spite of her poverty she claims to
own property valued at S210. 900. She
blames relatives for keeping this from
her.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
CoCKRoACH PRAYERS WERE
TOO UTTERLY SUCCESSFUL
Denver Times.)

That aggravaung domestic pest the
cockroach. has stirred up dissension in
one Of the many science organizations
Of the city. The household of a prOmi
nent city official has been Overrun with
these bugs for some time, and not long
ago Mrs City Official who has faith that
al ills may be dispelled by prayer. bega \
a series Of prayers for the destruction OF
the cOckrOaches. After the second CAV
the reaches all disappeared. She was 50
elated over this happy result that she
related the occurrence at the next ex-
perience meeting Of her society. When
she mad triumphantly finished her story
one of the sisters arose and said, an
gritty.
SO that's where all those cockroaches
came from that have swarmed over nv
house ] never had one on the place until
last week. when the house was suddenly
overrun with them. / suppose they are
Sister City OhciaTs, and wish the next
time she would use poison instead Of
PRAYER and not send her pests to her
nedghbors. so therei"
The president Of the society tried to
pour little oil on the troubled waters
by explaining that in the great economy
of nature nothing is ever lost but the
neighbOr Of Mrs. City Offlcial sta 1ed that
she would ike tc have the laws sus-
pended long enough 10 lose ole flock Of
reaches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
Women Aeronauts.
New York Herald.)

IF Herr August Riedinger of Augs-
burg is to be believed, a new career
has just opened for women. in which
they need not fear much competition
from men. According to him, women
are by nature specially fitted to be-
come aerOnauts, and for this reason
they ought tc be employed in prefer
eEce to men in all those places where
balloons are now manufactured.
Herr Riedinger practices what he
breaches He has a large factory in
which ne makes balloons and he en-
ploys only women. Archduke Leopold
Salvador visited his factory the other
day. and il was women who explained
to him the mechanism Of the various
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
z. c. W. I.
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS.

Ladies' hemstitched and embroid-
cred Handkerchief, guaranteed pure
linen, regular price Csc each, in
Special Sale, at...... -..........
Ladies' hemstitched and embroid-
cred, and scalloped and embroidered
Handkerchiefs, guaranteed pure lin
en-; regular price 35c, in Special Sale,
at -. .. -. .....
Ladies' hemstitched and embroid-
cred, and scalloped and embroidered
Handkerchief, guaranteed pure lin
en-; regular price 75c, in Special Sale,
at .. ...-.-
Ladies' plain linen hemstitched
Handkerchief; regular price 15c, in
sale .......'.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28

Italian pows are
art they
salt Lakes nand-painted watering carts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28

brought HON
OF Of
for the William
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28


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helpless
majority
The majority to So
ing for you ~ ~ ~ ~ INV ' ~ @ " a READER.
Dear to
he OF
blood realize might
the past mere and there to them the spool fate and COM
The human will a
be resut in time
OF
and single tax all indications OF the seethng unrest OF the u
BY bring viii be de
progressive lines.
To the to outa
within for heI-
50 long you think failure you viii be failure
great deal in name no matter what Shakespeare thinks aoou
beginning be- incarnation if is cut off
years old and in possession
lettering
in
the mind vibrations which shall help minds millions of miles
mourn a
children of
result really people of the
o IN an lines achyen nave sprung from no
stiles of life could theryouth the children
how rarely 90 we ma these auaesIn the eh1Ien OF weatn o
Ia5orthe Tageanng an evils which
a
to the reeipent S S " "'' ELLA WHEEIER Wilcox.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28

young couple postpone tn
ding bugl
kansas city suggests replace the good
sounds a very insinuaton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28

corporation swimming for the
employees certainly ordinary
corporations put water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

no you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do:
Set watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true,
Rid your mind of selfish motives,
Let your thoughts be clean and high.
You can make a little Eden
OF the sphere you occupy.
DO you wish the world were wiser?
Well suppose you make a start
BY accommodating wisdom
In the scrapbOOk of your heart;
Do not waste one page on folly;
Live to learn. and lea IN to live.
TT you want to give men knowledge
You must set it ere you give.
Do you wish the world were happy:
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
As you pass along the way,
For the pleasures of the many
May be Ofttimes traced to one,
AS the hand that plants an acOrn
Shelters armies from the sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-11-15
MAY BUY MORE BONDS.

1t is possible that within the next
month Secretary Gage will announce the
intention of the Government to make sti:l
further purchases of Government bonds
for the double purpose OF reducing the
national debt and reducing the accumula
ton of money in the Treasury.
Since July 1st las. there has accumulated
in the Treasury surplus of more than
So, OO0, 600, and the available cash balance
in the Treasury has reached the enormous
sum of $4,000, 900, not including the re:
serve funds.
The problem that is presented to the
Treasury at this time is whether it would
be better to anticipate money strlngency
and relieve it by purchasing bonds, thus
putting money into immediate circulation,
or to wait for the slower action of Con
gress in reducing the revenues, either
through tariff revision or through reel
Dlo:i.y. The i'm r.Ssion in the Treasury
Department seems to be that the first
method will be adopted, and that before
the first of December announcement will
be made that the Treasury Department is
prepared to buy long term Government
bonds to the amount of at least So 100000,
and at a price that will lie satisfactory
both to the Government and to the holders
of the bonds.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-11-15
PLANNING A CONTEST.

There WAS conference of Republi-
can lead,Is in Baltimore on Wednes-
day. disappointed office seekers are
raising the usual cry Of fraud, and en-
doavoring to make mountains OF mole
hills. Contests arc thrcatt ned in diff
ftl,nt parts OF tie State and commit
tees will lie all ointtd 10y Chairman
Go!dsboroush TO take Charge of the
matter. Three business men of Balti-
mole city will raise tie money, and a
committee Of five lawyer will press
the contests. The familiar names of
Messrs. George Il. Gather, Charles j.
Bonaparte, Roger W. Gull, John c.
Rose and Edgar II. Cans appear as
the pr, babe mcmi,rs Of the latter
committee.
In its report Of this meeting the
Baltimore Sun says:
'.If, as the contests in the counties
progress, the Republican leaders find
that the proof Of tie fraud does not
materialize the idea of contesting Mr..
Germans seat will be promptly drop
ped. The Democrats claim that most
of the Republican charges and threat
ened contests are "bluff and assert
that in TO county do they fear re-
count or are unwilling to have the
courts pass upon the methods.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-11-15
THE RETURN OF MIR.
GORMAN.

The return of Mr.. German to the
Senate, says the Cleveland plain
Dealer" will he distinct gain to that
body and especially to the Democratic
side. The eighteen years Ct continuous
service in the Senate, which was broken
two years ago by the entrance of Sen
ator McComas as his Republican sue
ccssor. gave him an experience and in
tiuence Of value TO his party and to
the Senate as whole. Mr.. German
is a skilled political manager, never
rash, Tut using his influence conserva-
lively. He was held in great respect
10y his colleagues On both sides of the
political fence aud was on that account
able TO accomplish much more than
could lie effected by q less discreet
partisan.
Men on both sides who served in
the Senate with him and who retain
their seats in that body, will heartily
welcome Mr.. German back 10 his old
field of active and valuable service.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-11-15
A BIG SUGAR SURPLUS.

Germany, Austria Hungary, France
and Russia, the great producing countries
says the New York Sun" 'have gathered
"a beet crop this fall that will yield the
largest output of sugar yet produced Ger
many in particular bids fail to be SO over
whelmed with sugar that it can neither
consume it nor sell it abroad except at a
ruinous sacrifice. Owing to the enor-
nous stimulation which the bounties paid
on export sugar have given to the cult
walton of the sugar beet this article is
now the largest industrial staple of the
German Empire. About onc-fourth OF the
sugar consumed by Europe and America
is German beet sugar, although, curiously
enough, the Germans themselves are small
sugar caters. They use only one third as
much sugar per capita as the people OF
the United States or Great Britain. The
result is that for years past it has been
necessary to find foreign markets for a
great deal more than half the crop
Louisiana is evidently opposed to let
ting in. Cuban sugar free of duty. Com
menting on the increase of exports from
the island, the New Orleans Times
Democrat says:
"Now it is the height of nonsense for
the champions of Cuba's industrial trade
to bemoan the depression of her business
condition when such a showing is given
in the record. The Division of 1nsular
Affairs of the War Department could have
no interest i'll classifying the record, and
its igures tell the story that the foreign
commerce of the island was greater by
$11 ,660, 90, or by II per cent, in 1901 than
in 1900 A country whose trade is suffer
ing from depression does not show a
healthy increase in its foreign commerce
to the tune of II per cent. in a year, and
the conclusion to which most people will
come who may see these figures is that the
island can get along very well without
either lowered tariff or Il reciprocity
treaty with this country"