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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-16

Coal oil now costs 10 cents gallon
at retail. People who believe trusts are
good things say it might be 81 gallon
if the Standard Oil company were not
operating for the benefit of the masses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-16

The largest individual taxpayer in the
United States is said to be Marshall
Field, whose Cook county assessment
this year reaches total of $40,000,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-16

The Atlantic liners will now give one
board and lodging for 81 week and
take one across the ocean besides. What
sthe use of staying at home?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-16

The industrious young man without
bad habits stands u mighty good show
of making reasonable success of life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-16
One Dollar Per Year In Advance
(s,. soIIf Not Paid In Advance.

How many people realize that there
are 2,S3S mopthly magazines in the Uni
ted States?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
RIGHTS OF A REPORTER.

Inasmuch as newspapers furnish
the medium through which the PEG.
| pie learn what is going on, they DC.
cupy a public position which invests
them with the duty of obtaining and
printing the news. The newspaper
reporter is, in fact, a representative
OF the people, and when he seeks le-
climate information he Is exercising
right which no one can properly
question or deny. He pursues his
calling, not with any purpose or lie.
sire to interfere or NEEDLE in the af-
fairs of others, but TO discharge a
plain obligation to the public.
Many otherwise intelligent persons
do not seem to understand thai 1t is
quite impossible for any one man TO
defeat or hinder the work of a public
journal by refusing TO recognize its
reporters when they are seeking to
exercise their proper prerogatives.
Nothing can exceed the absurd as.
sumption of the individual in charge
of affairs which are of interest and
concern to the public who turns
down the newspaper reporter and in
terferes with the performance of his
duty. The person who takes upon
himself such unwarranted authority
does not harm the reporter and news.
paper so much as he harms the pub
lie.
For example, a newspaper reporter
has as much right on wrecking train
as the officials of the railway. He
goes on the floors of the legislature
hecauce he Is as properly placed there
as the representatives themselves.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
CAN A MORAL, UPRIGHT
CHORUS GIRL SUCCEED?

Much interest has been aroused in
the last few days by letters published
IN newspapers and signed by actress
es.chorns girls and other members oi
the theatrical profession, discussing
the conditions of the stage as they ex-
list today
A lettsrlsigned "A Chorus Girl was
published in newspaper yesterday.
II was an appeal To the press of New
York for aid in rightpg many wrongs.
The letter said in part:
IF the treasurer dared or would
tell, he could tell many unprincipled
things. Many chorus girls are re-
fined and respectable, but we must
live, and such treatmen, takes all the
heart out of us, II Is The respectable
chorus girl that gets her notice each
time as soon as the New York open
ing is over. and she must go from
office to office almost begging for
work Chorus Girl
In view OF The unusual interest
aroused by the number of letters
printed lately on the same subject,
4 newspaper yesterday obtained
number of interviews from chorus
girls. All the young women said the'I
letter was true recital of the pres
ent conditions, and some said ii did
not tell half the things chorus girl
endures. All were unanimous in say,
ing thar a young woman who tries
TO lead moral upright life cannot
succeed as chorus girl. She may |
hold position for a short time, but |
unless she is willing 10 submit 10 the |
regulations" as the girls call them |
she is doomed to failure. OF course,
there are some exceptions.
Goldie Sherman. until recently
Of the Pin. Paff, Pouf Com
pany, said;
"A good girl--that is, a girl who
wants 10 lead respectable life, can't
succeed on the stage today OF course,
here are exceptions, but in the ma
lority Of cases a girl who is willing
% submit to the grossest indignities
cannot even get a position, to say
nothing of retaining one. | know OF
girl who recently left an opera com
,any for this very reason She was
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27

and recently was with the Castle
Square Opera Compay, said:
The abuses recited in the letters
published recently are true. Somt
managers have the reputation Of be
ing beasts. They are insulting and
abusive Chorus girls endure what
would NOT be tolerated in any other
business. II is almost impossible for
chorus girls TO lead moral lives with
present conditions.
The society woman has done more
harm than is imagined She becomes
tired of her home life and wants ex.
element She goes on the stage. She
has fine clothes. dresses the part ex-
pensively and in many instances
works for nothing. Under these cir
cumstanees what is there left for The
girl who is getting SIS per week."
When asked what he thought of
the matter. Joe Weber said:
Chorus girls are treated with more
respect than most other girls who are
earning their living AS far as their
morals are concerned, they are good.
| have never heard of any managers
who have tried to influence the moral
ity Of the chorus for other than good.
The chorus girls have an easier time
than most women VITO are earning
their living. and are paid more, and
their morals are the concern of the
girls themselves. IN. Y. World.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27

| getting a salary of SIS week ana
supported her mother and two small
sisters She was In the company
several weeks before she was an
preached. Naturally. she was highly
Indignant and resigned Immediately
She still Is Out OF position.
The only way to put an end to
these wrongs is for the press to take
up the matter and then the public
would follow. Lots of girls try to
make an honest living and change
from company 10 company in an en-
deayor 10 do so. II an actress like
Mrs. Gilbert, who has great influence
with the profession. would take mp
This question, she would get the sup
port OF hundreds of chorus girls: and
the managers would have 10 come to
terms
Mildred Sherman, a sister of the
young woman quoted above. also
former member of the same company
said.
The general public has no concep-
ton of the condition of the stage as
IL exists today. These wrongs have
become so serious that it will take
ehe strongest opposition to stop them.
III is only too true that unless the
chorus girl IS willing to submit to the
requirements, and ii is needless to
say what these requirements are, she
Is bound to fail. Absolute necessity
Is often the case of a girls downfall |
and the managers or their represen
tatives are 10 blame. There are more |
temptations on the stage today than |
IN any other walk of life. A girl sees
her friends dressed In silks. satfns |
and fnrs. She knows they are only
getting the same salary she is. Bat
she cant afford to dress as they do
I she wants 10 lead an honest-Iife.
No girl, though. Is willing to make a
public charge against a manager, for
he would be Blaeklisted in every
heater agency in the city and could
10. obtain a position If the press Of
Iew York would expose some Of
hose managers the thing would soon
top"
Louise Randolph. who has been I'm. /
er the management of w A. Brady
Z
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
TWO MORE ARRESTS.
Democratic Election Judges in Den
YER Placed Under Bond BY su-
preme Court.
BY the Associated Press

Nh"NNNf&ANA iCEG.
Denver Col, Nov. 25.--Two more
arrests on supreme court warrants
charging contempt, were made today
as the outgrowth of the legal contes,
over the recent election in Denver
Thomas Culp and Frank McMahan,
Democratic election judges, were
brought before the court and released
in bonds OF $1,000 each.
The court also granted the commit.
tee OF Republicans permission to COPY
names from the poll books Of the cleo
ton. When complete copy has
been made the Republicans will begin
a canvas of the city for the purpose
of ascertaining the extent of tho
fraud they charge was committed on
election day Certain proposed con
TESTS viii depend on the result ac.
complished.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
CHICKEN FISHING.
With Worm as Bait, Successfully
Employed BY a Negro.

William NJ. Jones, of No. 297 Glen.
wood avenue, Bloomfield, N. j.. owns
some fine chickens, and the regularity
with which they have disappeared
during the last month almost out
weighed his interest in the Russo.
Jap war. Every day would see his
brood diminished by one or two. and
no matter what he did Il would not
stop. He sat up for six nights armed
with a shotgun loaded with rocksalt.
He set traps, he covered his chicken
coop with a network of burglar
alarms, and with the exception tina.
an entirely innocent neighbor goi
caught one evening when keeping Mr.
Jones company there was no result.
Mr.. Jones came to the conclusion
that whatever was taking his chick
ems was doing the work In the day.
lime, and he temporarily abandoned
his business. Hiding himself so that
he might not be seen. he went on
duty early in the morning and re-
manned there until dark, but without
result. The chickens continued TO
disappear with accustomed regular
ity
He was on she point of giving il up
as one of those mysterious things
which only psychological society
could explain yesterday, when. sud
denly turning his head. he noticed his
prize Dominick rooster feeding down
near the coop, suddenly give three
excited flaps of his wings and sail M
IN the air Mr. Jones rushed forth
and just managed to grab the roost-
er's feet as it reached the edge OF .he
hen-coOp roof To his surprise the
rooster resisted his attempt to draw
il back to earth, but a moment later.
after hard pull. something gave way
and Jones found himself in undisput-
ed possession of the Dominick. He
also perceived Tor the FIRST tine
stout twine leading from the ROSTERS
mouth. He rushed behind the hen
COOP just in tine to catch a glimpse
of an Afro-American form disappear
IN the bushes in a neighboring field.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27

All institutions which are created ana
supported by the people and which
touch their common welfare must, ac.
cording to tho modern order of things
be subject to public scrutiny, and the
newspaper reporter is entitled 10 be
present and to see and ask questions
without hindrance or evasion.
sas City Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27

It was too far away for him TO iden
tify the back.
Investigation showed that Mr.
Jones's rooster had been caught on Q
hook and line, the fisherman being
concealed on the roof of the heneoop
A fat worm was the bait.
So far as Mr.. Jones is concerned
he declared that IL is the closed sea
son for chicken fishing on his prop
erty hereafter, and he will keep his
fowls cooped up TO enforce the order.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
COW FOR THE BRIDE.

In little Ohio town where
! stopped last week" said travelling
man last night, are two hearts which
wait only the minister's words to
beat as one. They--the happy pos.
SCISSORS of these two hearts-are en-
gagged TO be married. And of all he
strange wedding rings on record this
Young man has one which heads the
procession What do you suppose ?
A COW. Fact Plain, ordinary. every.
day COW. Cow, COW.
"Nelghbors say the young man is
not blessed with a preponderance OF
this worlds goods, and that as he
expects to make his home in the
country after the wedding he thought
he would make the token of his troth
one which would be of some practi.
cal use. So he sealed the engage.
ment with a COW i didn't dare men
ton i over there, but | wonder If he
conducts his courtship along the
same line, and instead of flowers and
candy. brightens his calls with such
useful little articles as potato mash.
ers, frying pans, mops and washing
And perhaps he prefaced
the COW with the milk pail and
stool
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
New IsteamsLlIn 70 cuha.

Commencing November 18th. 1904.
the large and modern steamship
Saratoga" of the Munson Steamship
line, viii ply between Mobile. Ala.
and Havana, Cuba. making the trip
in less than 30 hours. Low rates via
the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Write
John NJ. Besll. @. P. A.. NJ. q o. rail-
road. ST. Louis. fer full particulars.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27

To California are run over the un,on
Pacific Via Omaha IS hours quicker
to San Francisco than any other line.
No change Of roads. no detours, The
Overland Route ali the way. Be sure
your ticket reads over the Union Pa
cihc. Inquire of J. H. Iothrop. C. A,
905 Olive street. st. Louis. No.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
Must Have Seen EriohtfuI.

A missionary who had lived q long
time among the Kafflrs tells how one
Of them who was valiant warrior
and rich could not be called man"
because he had never been able to Sc
cure wife. being too ugly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
Remedy for MUSCULAR Fatigue.

In formic acid DIR. Clement Of the
French Academy of Medicine claims
to have discovered wonderful rem
edy for muscular fatigue. He com.
bines IL with bicarbonate Of soda 10
save the stomach from distress.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27
Low Estea 70 cuh,.

Ask fno. n Beaii, @. P. A, Mobile.
and Ohio fsilread. st. I.onis. for par.
ticulars as 10 the new steamship serv.
les and l0v rates 70 HaTzns
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-27

Miss Juanita Boynton, charming
Dramatic reader will appear here
with the Wesleyan Quartette at Iii
bfary Hall next Monday evening
Nov. 2S. under the auspices of the
Womans club.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04
THREATENED BY THE TIDES
Danish Castle of Kronborg, the El- shore of Shakespeare's Ham
 let" in Danger.

According to the Westminster Ga- zette, the Danish castle at Kronborg. celebrated in literature as the Elsinore of Shakespeare's Hamlet" is threat ened with destruction iD consequence of undermining by the high tides of the Kattegat. The castle, as it now stands, was built by Frederick II. in 1574 on spot of land at the junction of the Kattegat and Oresund. and it's foundations have been seriously dam aged by violent storms.
 The Standards correspondent says that unless something is done to pre- serve Kronborg the castle will have to be pulled down. with the terrace on which the ghost of Hamlet's father appeared, as well as the no less famous vault beneath the casemates, where Holgar Danske, the national hero, sleeps, waiting for the hour when he will be called to free Denmark from a foreign yoke.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04
THEY LIKE HUMAN FLESH.
Cannibalism Still Exists in Different Parts of the World-Sometimes
 a Religious Rite.

There are many places in the world to-day where cannibalism flourishes. Scattered about the Pacific ocean are many cannibal islands, where the na- tives eat human flesh because they is practiced as sort of religious rite, says the New York Sun.
 The natives of New Guinea are con- firmed cannibals, and not long ago they killed and ate the members of an exploring party led by the well known missionary and explorer, Dr. Chalmers.
 pr. Chalmers was one of the found- CTS of Port Moresby, the principal town in the British part of the island and had done more Tn the way of exploring New Guinea, that any other man. On his last expedition up the Fly river, the largest in New Guinea, he was at first received with all the old-time re- spect which the natives were wont to show him, but one night they killed the whole party and ate their bodies, including that of their friend, the doc tor.
 Seven Spanish sailors. who wero wrecked near the mouth of tho Mur! river, in West Africa, were captured and eaten by the natives recently.
 To-day there are cannibal tribes liv- ing in many parts of South Africa. Such tribes inhabit that region of will derness belonging to Colombia known as Cacaqueta, and the brother of Gen. Rafael Reyes, the special envoy of Colombia to this country in the Pana- ma matter, was killed and eaten by some of them while attempting to cross to the head waters of the Ama- zon.
 Some of the tribes of northern Luzon are suspected of being addicted to can nibalism. Grewsome tales of cannibal- istic practices are told of the voodoo worshipers of the interior of Hayti.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04
ARCHITECTURE IN KOREA.
Is Suited to Anything But the Ex- treme Climate Such as Pre-
 vails There.

The Korean style of architecture is suited to anything but an extreme cli- mate such as prevails there, says the Housekeeper. During the winter months 1t is very cold. The houses are made of bamboo frame work, plastered within and without with adobe mud The roof is thatched with rice straw, which is weather proof. The inside may be made into one room by the sliding back of screen-lfke partition. Just why these were introduced it is impossible to say, for they are but rarely used, as privacy is never desired in Korea. This open space becomes the living room, and even when travellers are passing along and must halt for the night they are invited to share a common sleeping place on the floor with the entire family. The dis comfort of such an experience is extreme during the summer Tn the kitchen, which is just without the living room, there is located most curious kind of stove. From this clay pipes extend un- der the floor to the living room. They warm the house summer and winter alike, for 1t has never entered their minds that some means could be devised where by the heat could be turned off from the other quarters.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04
Death bv starvation.

The phenomena of starvation have been a subject of study by Vanlair, ] Belgian physiologist. The fasting per son is at first tantalized by recollec- tions of fiavors and aromas, and tho call for food is soon emphasized by rumbling in the intestines, painful spasms Of the stomach and dizziness The activity of the brain diminishes, the hands tremble, &he limbs shake, and the muscular weakness becomes excessive. The heart soon beats faster and lighter. Body weight dim1nishes. the fat cells being first affected, then the liver, muscles, blood, intestineS and bones, but the heart and nervous centers suffer little until near the end The lessening of bodily activities brings rapid fall of temperature Az death draws near, the face becomes ashy, the eyes are fixed, muscular feebleness is extreme, and the legs are swollen and covered with blotches. The scene closes ill an unreal world of hallucinations.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04
FIVE TONS AT ONE BITE.
Automatic Grab Bucket Can Pick Up That Amount of Coal at Each
 Operation.

The thing that can bite Up five tons of coal is known as an automatic grab bucket. It was invented not long ago. The Carnegie Steel company owns it and it's function in the world of work Is to insert it's great jaw into places wherefrom vast quantities of ore are to be removed. For instance, when placed alongside laden steamship 1t can gobble up and redeposit on dry land about 2,000 tons an hour.
 Every day sees some new labor-sav- ing or tinle-saving invention in { the way of machinery for handling ma- terials in bulk. This ffve-ton bitter or. grab bucket measures 15 feet over all when its jaws are wide open. A three ton bitter measures Il feet. They are something like great pairs Of claws and their mechanism is go perfect that no supplemental shovel.,sa up is neces- sary after they have finished unloading vessels hold.
 Even before these largest grabbers were created some marvellous coal-bit- Ing exploits were recorded on the Lake Erie water front. One machine un- loaded $500 tons of ore in three hours and 56 minutes. Another handled 4,300 tons in two and half hours. :,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04
THINGS SHE DID NOT WANT
Story That Suggests the Philosophy of the Negative as Tro-
 moter of Happiness.

Among the members of a certain family is much-beloved little woman whose philosophy of life furnishes no email amusement to her friends.
 If you ever feel really forlorn and poverty-stricken," one of her nieces was overheard saying to schoolmate one day, you just ought to go down town with my Aunt Mary"
 l'.The other day I went shopping with her, and I thought I'd keep count. Thirteen times she stopped and looked admiringly at things, and then walked on declaring that she didn't want them. The silver would need so much cleaning, and the glass would be such constant anxiety; the fine clothes would be too fine to have good times in, and the handsome furniture would show every speck of dust Even books could not make her waver, although she is an unsuitable reader.
 There's so many you don't want to read she says
 Once I caught her, when she stopped before some American beau ties in a florists window.
 s Wouldn't you like to have money enough to buy those, auntie?' I asked. But she wasn't to be caught.
 I'd so hate to see them fade she said
 "The only thing for which I've ever heard her wish was more money with which to do things for other people, and even that was only a half wish, for if you haven't money you have to think of something else, and the some thing else is often so much better she says. really think Aunt Mary is hap pier in discovering things she doesn't want than most people in getting what they do want"
 The pretty story, says the Youths Companion, suggests query: Do we the majority of us-make enough of the philosophy of the negative as a promoter of happiness? Wealth, wheth CT of spirit or estate, must be recloned not alone by the good possessed, but also by the undesirable avoided. Many d quiet flower of happiness grows be- side the paths of those whose eyes are wise to see the things they do not want.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-04


 Plymouth Rock, the beams" of whose time have become the scarcely discern ible s'motes" of the moment.
 The New York Times reports that not long since buxem Rachel of middle age, and Reuben some years her junior, submitted themselves as candidates for this ordeal. The usual opportunity for dissent was given, and, to the consterna- tion of the assembled countryside, the confirmed old bachelor of the commun- ity raised his hand and, shambling to his feet, signif1ed his disapproval of the Impending nuptials. The fact that he had long been known to cherish a secret affection for the bride, but had chron- ically lacked the courage to put his fate to the test. only increased the general amazement.
 The clergyman, visibly perturbed, in uuired if his objection were grave.
 "And it is that, sir" quavered the oc- togenarian.
 .'Then perhaps 1t would better be stated in private" the former suggested. No, sir" returned the other with sudden vehemence. "I'm a man, and I don't care who knows it. had intend CT, sir, had intended Rachel for my self"