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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-24

Rev. Nordgren of Our Savior's Norwe
gian Lutheran church took twenty five
members of his parish in two of Mar
tin Wiltgen's blue jays last night to the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Soren-
sons on the Spring Island road, where
they were royalty entertained. The
ride was much enjoyed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-24

Gottfried Kruse, Martin Walser and
about thirty other members of the st.
Peter and Pauls society went to st.
Peter today to attend the blessing of
new banner and the celebration of
Catholic day in the Catholic church of
that city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-24

The Eastern Star circle will be enter
tanned Friday afternoon, Feb. pa, by
Messrs. Wernicke, Nerbovig and Eber-
hart at the home of the latter on Clark
street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-02-24

Mrs. Frances G. Cutie entertained a
party of ladies at her apartments IN
the Security block yesterday afternoon
from three to six o'clock. Bridge whist
was played, refreshments were served,
and all had an enjoyable time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
E. p. SMITH MAKES
 OFFICIAL VISIT
STEEL CITY LODGE NO. 19o, K. OF P.. HAVE A HOUSING MEETING AT ENsLEY-MR. SMITH MAKES AN ADDRESS.

Ensley, September 19-tspecial.) )--steel City Lodge. No. 1so. Knights of>Pythias. met in regular session tonight and the occasion was one of memorable interest on account of the presence of District Committeeman Eli P. Smith, who paid an official visit to the lodge.
 After the initiation of two candidates in the degree of Page there was a social session at which refreshments were served and all present expressed them- selves at the close of the meeting as greatly pleased with the evenings enter tainment.
 MT. Smith made an address on the work of the order which was well received by all present His report of the growth of the order in the state for the past twelve months was very gratifying and inspired the members present with renew ed enthusiasm.
 He reported net gain in membership of bos and 115s limitations. The total membership in the state Is 90l4. Mir Smith admonished the lodge to guard against suspensions wherever possible and heartily commended the encouragement of the social features of the lodge as much as possible as 1t tended more than any other one thing to hold the members together and keep them in the lodge
 Steel City lodge is very strong and s growing in membership very rapidly. The membership at the present time is III.
 L. G. Waldrup. member of the ways and means committee in the state grand lodge, also made speech which was highly commended by those present
 Other short addresses were made by members of the order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
SANTA FEE REPORT.
Total Income for Past Year Was
 $6e, ,189,73e.

Chicago, September 19.-The tenth an nual report of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad system was issued to- day.
 The total number of miles operated dur ing the year was s31S. an increase of 1T IA The gross earnings were $6s 375,s s37. and the income from other sources ss13902 making the total income $69, ,1S9, ,739
 The operating expenses, including taxes rentals and other charges, were 1885, sS3; fixed charges, including accrued in- terest on adjustment bonds, s96 1,510, leav- ing net income of $11,742346. equivalent to per cent on the preferred stock and 5.92 per cent on the common stock out standing.
 The dividends paid were: Preferred stock, $5, 70S 690 common stock, $4,07S, 220.
 Including the $12.420,000 of convertible bonds, of which the greater portion will not be used until September 30, 1905, the funded debt July 1. 1905, was, withou counting bonds In the treasury, $265, 9s6, 50O
 The actual interest charges for the year ending June 30. 1906, will amount to $10,- b89 95S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20

When 1t prints good. 1t is good cut The Gawk Engraving Co <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
To Build New Railroad.

Newport News. Va. September 1s.-A corporation has been formed under the name of the Virginia Pennsylvania rail way with s9oo0Oo capital to build a rail- road from this city to Yorktown, with a branch line to Poquoson. It is intended to extend the line from here to Hamp- ton, Phoebus and other peivs. Motor cars will be used. W. A. Post Is presi- dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
STATE NORMAL
 SCHOOL,

Jacksonville, Ala.
 A SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS. Enrolment 436 last session from 62 counties of Alabama. Prepares for State Examination. Board $10.00 per month. Tuition free. High and healthful location. Twenty-third ses- sion begins September 19, 1905. For catalogue. address,
 c. w. DAUGETTE, President. 7-2-su-wed-friwky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
Races In ohattanc .na.

Chattanooga, September 19.-(Special.)- The race committee of the Chattanooga Fair association has reopened entries for races which were advertised to close Sep tember 19, extending the time to Satur- day, September 23, thus giving ample op- for foreign horses to enter. The races will be under the auspices of the Southern Racing circuit and it will be the first held here for several years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
Bio Irrinatlon ProIaot.

Dallas. Tex, September 19-It was stated today that B. F. Yoakum of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico rail- road and St. Louis capitalists have em- ployed c. B. Davis, consulting engineer of Dallas. for irrigating 100000 acres of semi-arid land along the Rio Grande river. The project is said to be one of the great est of it's kind in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
Mrs. wInsIow,s soothlnq syrup.

The best remedy for D1ARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHTNG. with PERFECT SUCCESS r sOOTHs the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLO. and is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-20
WayneSViIIe, North Carolina.

Altitude 2s50 feet For over fifteen years the most popu- lar health and pleasure resort of the mountain section of North Carolina, in the celebrated Land of the Sky"
 "BEAUTIFUL HAYWOOD" WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL
 B, J. Sloan. Owner and Prop. Season opens June 6. under the same management as last year. Accommodation limited to 250 guests. Cuisine and service unexcelled. Rates moderate.
 For illustrated printed matter etc.. ad- dress
 MRS. D. J. RING. Manager. vs<i-fr1-su Waynesville. N. O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

BAD HABITS.

We are always dining into our chill
dren's ears that in order to carry a
thing through properly they must de-
vote their whole attention to the mat
ter in hand, and yet we do not always
set a good example. We retire for the
night with the object of resting our
tired bodies and brains, and instead of
doing the latter we make up our minds
for good think or indulge in a quiet
read. Now, a book may have very
soothing effect on some people, but it is
decidedly bad for the majority and only
excftes the brain so that when we
finally lie down sleep refuses to come to
US.
There is a time for everything, and
after a long, trying day it is most i'm
portant for our own health and for the
well being of our families that we sleep
well, but to do so we must retire with
this object only in view. We must
make up our minds not to think or to
read, but to secure that refreshing
sleep which is natures way of prepar
ing us for whatever vexations we may
have to face on the morrow.
Breakfasting in bed also, unless one
is really i'll, is most unhealthy habit
and should not be permitted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
Mr. len Peek's WE.

We all know the woman who won't let
her husband smoke in the house.
would like to put her at hard labor SO
she would reach the point of fatigue
where she needed something to stimu-
la.e and at the same time soothe her.
Then perhaps she would realize how a
man feels when he wants to smoke.
read in magazine recently of a
man whose wife forced him to go into
the back yard for his smoke and whose
daughters avoided him when he was
INDUCING this pernicious habie'' as if
he had the pest.
If I were that man I'd leave that wo-
man, for she. plainly was meant to live
alone, an old maid. Yet I suppose her
husband resigns himself, believing her
to be merely the ordinary type of a
good woman.
Good womani" How that word has
been taken in vain How it has come
to mean in too many instances all that
is narrow and ignorant!
Give me the good woman who under
stands life as it really is and who ac-
cepts it in a hearty, wholesome way.
Did you ever try serving half a
grape fruit with a cherry and a dash of
wine in its followed out center instead
of oysters on the half shell? 1t acts
as quite an appetizer before the con-
somme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
His daMqhters aroided him.

made up skins this year that bafie the
student of natural history. Thank
goodness. a pedigree is not an impor-
tant thing with a muff, as it is with a
dog,
The name Japanese is taken in vain
in the fur department this year. and an
inferior class of goods masquerades un-
der this designation Thus we have
Japanese sable, an imitation of the
Russian article. and Japanese fox,
which methinks is just plain kitty
But it's kitty dyed and fixed up in great
style, so what's the odds? And, really,
when you have these strange hybrids
on they look just as well as the expen-
sive sets.
Just remember that in buying furs it
is better to get a set OF inexpensive furs
prettily made than an expensive stole
and a cheap muff, as so many do. or.
worse still, an expensive stole and no
muff, which looks anything but lux
urious on a cold day.
Furs are so much cheaper than they
used to bel A good Hudson bay sable
muff can be purchased for $55. and a
mink nuff for much less. Altogether
quite a pretty set may be obtained for
as low as $50 in mink, chinchilla or 9th
er furS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

rice. Proportioned in this way the rice
absorbs all the water. OF course hot
water is used in the lower boiler, and it
is boiled about three hours.
If you have a white fur rug or white
dog to clean dry plaster of paris or
powdered French chalk is the thing.
You rub it into the fur until every part
has been cleaned. then you shake the
fur out (the dog will do it for himself),
and behold an effect good as new.
This is a valuable hint in cold weather,
for it is dangerous to wash a toy dog,
and it certainly is unpleasant to have
him running around in a smutty state.
If you want spring tailor made now
is the time to get it There are plenty
of lightweight winter suits which can
be worn late into the spring. and they
are marked down to almost half price.
Gray is the best color to select, and
next a light golden brown which will
harmonic with the burnt" shades of
straw which are going to be worn a
great deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
pleasant PERsoNs.

It is a grand gift to be able to smile
as the pleasant man or woman smiles.
1t is not the stereotyped duty smile"
of society, it is not the patronizing
smile of careless tolerance or the pain
full smile of bored politeness.
Whatever ADDS in even the smallest
way to the worlds brightness and cheer
is worth while. One who says an en-
couragfng word to disheartened
neighbor, gives a look of love to a lone
~ one or speaks a sentence which may
become strength, guidance and comfort
to another does something worth while.
1t is always worth while to live nobly.
VIGOROUSLY, struggling to do right,
showing the world even the smallest
fragments of divine beauty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

tombstones. Yet she learned so rapidly
that before she ever had taken a lesson
in modelling she received a commission
for an art work. 1t was to prepare
figure of the genius of wisconsin for
that states building at the Chicago
Worlds fair in 1899.
Helen Mears thereupon journeyed to
Chicago and took six weeks lessons in
modelling before she began work on
Miss Wisconsin. Following that she
began the actual modelling work on the
Worlds fair grounds not long before
the opening of the show itself. Winter
was still on, water froze into ice. the
winds swept across those grounds as it
were from the north pole itself, and the
plaster workers of the fair were on
strike when the girl, all new to such
work, began to mold the big genius of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
F. MEARS
MODELER of the WILLARD STATUE

silent contempt, too-contempt of their
own bad looking images. Who knows?
At any rate. the image of Frances
Willard win not cause that good lady to
be made ashamed if perchance she can
look upon it. The statue is noble and
beautiful. It is nearly eight feet high
in reality, but in its place in the hall it
will appear life size. Frances willard
is represented standing beside a read
ing desk, the right hand resting upon
the desk, the left arm hanging by her
side, the hand holding the notes of an
address she is apparently about to de-
liver She raises her head like an eagle
and looks out over her audience in the
way Frances Willard had just before
opening her lips to speak. 1t was as if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

Ut is remarkable what a fuss some
people make about the slightest
things they do For instance, take
N the man who is always so busy"
And listen to what his wife says about
him:
why. before I married John I was
scared nearly to death for fear he
would break down, he was so rushed
and worked to death. He told me he
slept about four hours a week, not in
his bed either, but bumped up in a
chair, all dressed AS for meals-h' m
wen, he merely shrugged his shoulders
with a blase smile; he hadn't had time
to eat one square meal in three days.
He was actually so busy the week we
were married that I was deadly afraid
he would miss the ceremony altogether.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

%HE closing session of the Fifty
eighth congress ought to be
memorable to American wo-
manhood. At such time as
that congress designates this winter
there will be unveiled in Statuary hall
of the beautiful capitol building at
Washington a full length marble figure
of Frances Elizabeth Willard. reformer.
1t is the first occasion on which the
statue of a woman has been deemed
worthy to adOrn the fine old hall where
in American statesmen and others who
have deserved well of their country
look down in ehigy upon the hustling
hosts that tread upon one another's
heels in this gallery of greatness. Per-
haps some of them are looking down in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

are lots of women like that, and they
honestly believe they are keeping the
human race from going utterly to the
bowwows. AS a matter of fact, they
are not making an impression on it
bigger than the scratch of pin. One
reason is that the women who make
the don'ts in this world are usually
those who are incapable of affirmative
actions-I mean of doing things that
count You see. they feel they must
make themselves heard. They can't
just sit around and be of no impor-
lance, so they criticise and blame the
active ones. It is so easy to -criticise!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
coMcERNINa eEMs.

The work of the lapidary or the pol
isher of the facets of a precious stone
cannot justly be called an art, and it is
unworthy of the material. The one
style of human ingenuity that is, it
seems, consistent with the beauty of
the finest emerald or the deepest and
bluest sapphire that the earth has Civ
en- up is that art of gem carving prac-
ticed ages ago with so admirable skill
in Egypt and again in the great days
of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

cold does not kill. We can Iearn-well
we can learn geology, meteorology, nat
uraI history and botany, all in a brisk
walk of an hour or two, and by the
time we get home we shall have left
all our worry behind.
Finally, when you walk hold your
head and chest up and you chin in and
breathe deeply and slowly. Winter is
the time of all times to take long, blood
purifying walks.
MARY GOULD LYLE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

ever employed. The cultivation OF rice
is the main occupation of the country
folk, and, while the women have to
stand nearly all day in a foot or more
of water planting and gathering rice.
they are extremely afraid OF a short
downpour OF rain and at the first signs
of a storm at once rush for their great
rain hats. These extraordinary cover
ings are often more than seven feet
long by five feet broad and fully protect
the wearer from wetting. They are
made from a combination of thickly
woven horsehair and a tough, nbrous
plant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

HELEN FARNSWORTH MEARS.
Wisconsin. She herself. with one ordi-
nary workman, had the grit to under
take the task of manipulating the plas
ter.
BY and by. though. the statue-that
of a woman upon a rock, with her arm
around the neck of an eagle-was in
place in the state building, and Miss
Wisconsin in all her glory stood forth
revealed. A pretty incident of the un-
yelling was that. unknown to her, some
ladies of the committee, in sight of the
public, suddenly pulled away the dra-
perry and showed the dark eyed, hand
some girlish sculptor herself poised
upon a ladder, putting the finishing
touches to her work. Cheers and ap-
plause greeted both her and the statue.
The Women's club of Milwaukee gave
Miss Mears a separate prize of $500 for
the piece. With this in her pocket as
piring Helen Mears fastened to New
York and entered an art school. In
time she became a pupil of ST. Gaudens
and finally his assistant. She went to
Paris and studied there two years, with
all her soul in her work. She also as
sisted st. Gaudens in his Paris studio.
Before she returned to America her
sister, the story writer, Joined her, and
the two girls Travelled and studied in
Italy. One of Miss Mears' most inpor-
tant pieces is the model for a great
fountain, allegorica1 in scheme. She is
now engaged on some portrait busts.
ALICE w MORTIMER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
AN EXTRAORDINARY HAT.

Western ideas and inventions are not
looked upon with favor in Korea This
is strikingly shown in the immense rain
hats worn by the farmers. wives while
working in the fields during the rainy
season. Through superstition, no UNI
breIla or other waterproof garment is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

tervals that he was not the most in
jured and overworked of mortals, with
a constitution all broken down from
lack of sleep and not enough to eat
I can sympathize with her. We had
a girl like that in school. She used to
learn her arithmetic to the accOmpani-
ments of grunts of agony, and when
she was studying to enter Radcliffe her
gToans were truly awful.
Meanwhile the woman who accom-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
pisiIIusionment.

"And now what do you suppose
hnd2 He is still busy. very busy. work
ed to death-in fact, so busy that he
hasn't time to do anything I ask him.
But does he eat? Wen. ask the cook.
That functionary demanded a raise last
week on the ground that she was over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

IN the box is
about the worst.
Don't throw up
your hands in
h oily horror.
Some very de-
cent people do
it-that is, de-
cent otherwise.
Not one per
son out of ten
knows how to
cook rice. and
as a result you
get a mushy
compound about
as Zig h t as
the proverbial
" sinkers. A
southern wom-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

" Orke d. A II q
does he sleep 4?
Ten hours if he
does a minute.
And. oh, such
growls when you
wake him in the
morningt ] new
err thought the
hardware bust
ness involve d
such a wonder
full strain on the
intellect. but to
hear him talk
you would think
it required a
Napoleon of fl
nesse and a gil
ant Of r4Ea77 2-1,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
The Clever Furriers.

1t is wonderful, to change the SUBJ
ject. how clever furriers are becoming
in the matter of inexpensive muffs and
stoles. There are plenty of prettiIy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

The craze for girdles has brought out
the prettiest ribbons, two toned, Per-
sian, gauze with gold or silver ernbroid-
cry, with Iouisine ribbons in the lead Of
the plain ribbons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
Narrow Minded DANES.

What a mistake the narrow minded
woman makes-the woman who has
rules in her house and who bristles
with ideas on what is proper, or, to be
more exact, what is not proper! There
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

One inclined to be deaf should not let
the feet become cold and damp or sit
with the back toward a window, as
these things tend to aggrayate any ex-
listing hardness Of hearing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

plishes things puts in an action for
every exclamation of self pity uttered
by her more self compassionate sister
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
A CHARMING TOILET
FOR EVENING WEAR.

The evening frock illustrated is a Gre
alton of Paquin's. It is delightfully."-
carried out in armond chiffon velours
trimmed with lace and motifs Of passe-
menterie.
The skirt, mounted in plaits, has a
tablier front ornamented with three
handsome passementerie designs of ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

it should be cooked in cold water and in
a double boiler. You use a quart and a
half of cold water to every half pint of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07

Wise and Otherwise.
Of all the reprehensible habits biting
a piece of candy and throwing it back
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-24
A BR AVE WOMAN.
Dowager Empress of Russia Not
Afraid of Assassination.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 24-All the mem
bers of the imperial family who at
tended the requiem for Grand Duke
Sergius at Tsarskoe-Selo remained to
Il family council in the evening The
dowager empress, who has been at
Tsarskoe-Se since the eyentful red
Sunday" Jan. 22, becoming impatient
at the restraints which were advised
by the police for her safety rebelled
against the alleged necessity OF re-
manning at Tsarskoe-Selo, declaring
that she il not afraid; that the sands
OF her life have almost run out and
that If assassius want her life they
may have IT, The imperial family and
authorities impIorod her not TO return
60 81 Petersburg. and she finally yield
ed
General satisfaction Is expressed
oven among liberals. that the funeral
day of Grand Duke Sergius passed on
with no uutoWard incident Even the
extreme wdiCal3 respected the day OF
grief Of the imperial family, The police
precautions, both here and at Moscow
though extensive, apparently were not
needed.
The public IS discussing with aston
ishment the sweeping statement OF the
metropolitan Of Moscow, attributing the
guilt Of the assassination 20 the entire
Russian society, critics saying that IL
this be true Il iustifes the contention
of reformcrs that all Russia is at odds
with the political system. The wisdom
OF such statements at this crisis is very
geenrally questioned.