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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

public taste. 1t is true that they may
indicate coming styles, and, to cer-
tain extent, assist in leading the taste
of their patrons, but that is all they
can do.
I'm regard to this growing popular
ity of green, | may say that 1t has
been coming for some time, and al
ready varing shades of the color are
seen in the latest importations of our
best lines of goods AS proof of this
the tailor exhibited hundreds of pieces
of fine fabrics, with many of them
showing threads of delicate green rum
ming through the weave in hundred
different ways, giving changing,
pleasing, elusive hint of green to the
fabric, In a few pieces the green was
quite pronounced, and the entire fab-
ric seemed to shine with the love-
lest shades of green, from the softest
tints to the dark shades of the forest.
Solid Green-Never
Said prominent Fifth avenue tall
or: II don't think that you will see
much green in this springs clothing,
but there is no doubt that the color
is coming, as you will see i'm the fab
RIGS for fall wear. However, it Is
doubtful if there will ever be any
solid green worn to any extent in this
country.
You never can introduce foreign
ideas to the extent of our people
adopting solid green's. They dress as
they please. Nobody knows how to
dress with more taste, elegance and
refinement than New Workers."
Other interviews revealed the fact
that men most in need of clothes had
the least to say about color or any
other feature of wearing apparel An
officeholder who did not wish to appear
as critic said the best thing he had
seen ON the question was Bernard
Shaw's remarks on mans clothing;
Costume is bigger question
than people think, In our good,
sordid civilization people lose all nat
ural delight In color. They actually
come to hate ii. or else to conceal their
longing for it, as if it were something
shameful"
Something quiet" is the demand of
the commonplace, respectable English
woman. Color is a moral question with
her; she never talks of red, yellow or
green, but of gay colors, loud colors.
nice colors, ladylike colors-meaning as
little color as possible. She becomes an
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

war. Nearly every one lost a friend,
relative or some member of the family
in that terrible campaign. This uni
versal mourning has unconsciously set
the fashion for the English speaking
world in shade and color. Strange as
it may seem we couldn't get out of its
influence-this all pervading taste for
black and grays-and the thing has
become monotonous So l am glad that
a change is coming. though l don't
think it will be as pronounced here as
oerned.
1T is a great mistake for tailors, no
matter how good they are, how great
their patronage, or how well estab-
lished, to attempt to force a change in
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

understanding III the
white mans wisdom.
MY voice is for his
freedom. Let him go
III peace"
All remained silent as
before, still scowling
and bitter-and the man
on trial waited with
stiff and aching limbs,
seeing the hushed chill
dren draw near to peer
with curious eyes. He
felt the hatred of the
woman, the natural con-
servatives of the tribe.
The gentle wind had
passed. There was an
increasing chill in the
air, the night was fall
ing.
At last the presiding
chief, a rugged old man.
put aside his pipe and
arose and said harshly:
"You may go. But you
are not of us. Your
skin Is red like ours,
but your heart is like
the white mans Be-
gone!"
Turning on his stiff
fened, insensate feet,
Primean limped from
the lodge and painfully
clambered upon his
horse.
AS he turned for a
final look he saw his
splendid defender ap-
preaching. AS he drew
neor he held up his hand
and Primean took it and
clasped it hard.
"You CO." said the
chief. mo more come
now. Bimeby come.
Chiefs heart hard now.
B m e by s o T {. You
sabe?"
"I sabe," answered
Primean. II sabe you
good man. I like you.
My heart very soft.
Here is present." he
drew out his watch.
"You keep 'em. Keep
me in your heart"
And he rode away,
leaving his advocate
holding the glittering,
mystic white mans
present in his broad
red palms.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

adept in dressing respectfully and
perfect nincompoop at dressing prettlly
The happiest moment of her life is
when some member of her family dies
preferably her husband-and gives
her an excuse for wearing black and
white, which are not colors at all, for
year or so.
l.. Reinhardt said that undoubtedly
colors and expensive fashions would
come with an increase of wealth. 1t
was only a question of time, he thought
when history would repeat itself in
tailoring and costumery here as in the
older countries of Europe. In time all
the aldermen and city officials would
wear uniforms of office and be cos
tuned in the richest apparel and the
most expensive colors. Red coats and
waistcoats, scarlet or green might be
the fashion, with trousers of another
color and hats to match the uniform.
Still further on, in the evolution of
taste and fancy officials would wear
robes, as they now do in the courts
and churches of England, and ulti-
ent days, when royal purple and other
gay colors distinguished the garb of
the dignitares and men of rank and
wealth, but he thought it would be
awkward for men in American life to
wear coats of one color and trousers
OF another.
For instance, the man having as
many colored suits as there were col
ors In Joseph's coat, in case of fire or
sudden emergency, might be tempted
to rush onto the street with orange
colored trousers and peacock o~l6red
coat, with a flaming waistcoat and a
lavender hat, which would be mortify-
ing to members of his family and
friends not connected with mounte-
banks of the circus.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

Here is very interesting eut-out ana
folding puzzle. The object is to make
the large hat smaller, so that it Will
fit the head of the man below. Cut
out the hat around the heavy black
lines, as indicated by the stars, After
you have done this fold the large hat
so that II will make small size hat
and fit the head of the man. The fold
will do the trick.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

A large portion of the earth's sur
face is deficient in railfall, having less
than twenty inches year. 1t has been
estimated that there is sufficient water
to irrigate only about one-fith of the
arid region of the United States, or
from 15O,OOO,OOO to 2OO,OOO,OOO acres. OF
this irrigable area about 10,OO0,000
acres have been reclaimed. In Europe
irrigation prevails chiefly In the south,
where 1t was introduced by the Ro-
mans. 1t is most extensively and sys-
tematically practlced in Lombardy,
Spain and the south Of France.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

HE use of green in mems cloth
ing is once more threatened. In
England where the agitation
arose, the fashionable set is on tip-toe
over the latest edict that green is to
be the prevailing color for men of
fashion. A cablegram from London,
which started the discussion in Amer
lea, says:
Should the confident predictions of
tailors be realized green will be the
fashionable color for mems attire this
summer, green in all shades, ranging
between the aggressiveness of the
cat's-eye and the subdued pallor of
Brussels sprouts. The shops already
indicate the change from the present
sombre black and brown, which even
the smartest men affect. Olive green
Homburg hats and automobiling caps,
even dark green bowler hats, confront
one in the hatters' windows, and green
ish tweeds and still more pronounced
green fannels are to be seen at the
most fashionable tailor establishments.
A fashionable tailor in the West End
says men are becoming tired of black
and grays The colored coat Is bound
to come, for mems views are distinct
ly broadening on the matter of dress"
What Berry Wall Says
Berry Wall, in patent feathers, frock
coat, silk hat and wonderful pale
green cravat, with a bit of green hand
kerchief peeplng from his breast
pocket has just closed out a block of
stock at higa figures and looked happy
and prosperous as he turned from the
ticker to New York reporter.
"Really l have been so busy of late
that I've not paid much attention to
foreign fashions. OF course l read the
interesting cable from London that the
English were going to wear green this
season. But fancy that there will
not be a pronounced tendency that
way ON this side of the Atlantic. 1
don't think the well-dressed men of
New York will go to extremes. 1t Is
hardly possible that any except eccen-
tric persons will wear green Of pro-
nounced shade. Solid greens will GER
tainly never come into fashion for
mems attire in this part of the world"
Il see that you are already wearing
green yourself"
That is So" said Mr.. Wall, glancing
at his erayat but just how far the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23
uNREwARoED EFFORTS

The tree toad cannot sweetly sing
on music he Is shy
But how the poor, misguided thing
Does try and try and try
Springfield ull) Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23

For using sick monkey to beg with.
an organ grinder has been fined $40
in London.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
Some Feats of Endurance.

Some people delight in parading be-
fore the public the great feats perform
ed by the athletes of the Roman empire
in the days when the ampitheatres were
transformed into slaughtering pens for
the purpose of giving the inhabitants a
holiday. In those days the bright red
gore flowed freely whenever the sport
ing blood was up and the fair damsels
in the front seats laughed and cheered
the ~victors with as much vim as if
their favorites had made a touchdown in
a football game. A writer in The Chi
cago Record Herald tells us that strong
men of all times have excited the adj
miration of their fellows and have al
ways been objects of popular interest.
The Bible celebrates the exploits of
Samson. Greek mythology tells of Her.
cules as the personification of physical
force, strength, bravery and generosity.
In more recent days we have recorded
some instances of extraordinary
strength.
1t must be borne in mind that re-
markable physical feats depend less up
on the size of the individual than upon
the mechanical proportions of the vari-
Gus members of the body and also those
qualities which go to make what we
commonly call will, the power which
represents those characteristics of the
mind and which are chiefly the result of
discipline, habits, confidence and acu-
men.
Jumpers and acrobatic tumblers are
credited with many extraordinary ac-
complishments dating from remote
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
Back to the Overall Days.

Down in Fort Dodge, Iowa, several
children were sent home from school on
account of their wearing overalls. That
teacher is no doubt of aristOcratic tastes,
one whose tendencies and thoughts are
not in accord with the spirit of sim
plicity which pervaded this country
when our Revolutionary fathers were
fighting oppression and s~talling off the
a9gressions of the royal household of
England. That spirit of homely COM
mon sense had much to do with the
drafting and the adoption of the Declar-
alton of Independence, a document which
has no equal. That school teacher evil
IDENTIFY has forgotten the humble garb
worn by Abraham Lincoln when a boy.
James A.. Garfield. too. wore overalls,
so did General Grant and a long line of
other illustrious men whose names
adorn the pages of history, and their
brilliant achievements are immortalized
in song and story.
There can be no wrong in wearing
overalls. 1t is no disgrace to be CARRIED
in the common blue-ieans. There was a
time in this country when a young man
did not feel ashamed to receive his col
lege diploma while dressed in a home
spun suit and minus the frills and feath-
ers which now adorn so many graduates
who appear in the lime-light on COM
mencement day. 1t would be much bet
ter for all concerned if we could return
to the days of ~overalls and all of
us take on that democratic simplicity
the foundation stones upon which this
grand government rests.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
VALUABLE ATLAS.
One Can Be Secured From the Great
Northern Railroad.

FROM saturdays Daily.
The beautiful new atlas of the west
ern, northwestern and middle western
states with large maps of the island
possessions. Japan, China, United States,
Alaska and the world, just gotten out
by the Great Northern Railroad is a
dandy. 1t is l6x2l inches in size and
besides the large number of excellent
maps it contains a vast amount of
up-tO-date valuable statistical matter
arranged in convenient form to get at
and a large number of beautiful half
tone cuts of important places in cities,
noted buildings and scenery, etc, in all
parts of the west and the Orient.
The series of large maps of Japan and
the far east are especially fine and
particularly valuable at this time when
interest is centered in that part of the
world.
The atlas is a magnificent example
OF the printers art, costing many thous-
ands of dollars to produce, and you can
obtain a copy for 81 from the passenger
department of the Great Northern rail
way, st. Paul. MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
An Unpleasant Reminder.

Forty years ago this section of the
state was having trouble with the grass
hoppers. The following from the "forty-
years ago" column of The st. Paul Dis
patch is an unpleasant reminder of the
scourge: "The g%rasshopper scourge in
the counties of Renville, Brown, Blue
Earth, Nicollet. lie Sueur. Sibley and
Scott this season. in numbers and des-
tructiveness, equals anything ever
known. The locusts of Egypt were
nothing to compare with them. Thus
far their ravages have been confined
chiefly to the prairies. But recently
they have entered the big Woods, and
there is every probability that they will
pass through and beyond it and attack
the southwestern part of the state.
On Saturday last they appeared as a
cloud over st. Peter. Then the
cloud broke and their descent resembled
a heavy storm of large snow flakes,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14

Those aggressive Swedes who want
ed to wage war upon Norway are not
talking so loudly as they were a few
days ago. They nave been apprised of
the stern fact that their country is not
in shape to stand the strain of battle.
War between the two countries could
only result in serious disaster to both
and why should there be a fierce con-
flict over the dethroning of a. king, any
way? In these enlightened and pro-
g~ressive times the people should be
given the privilege of choosing their
own governors. Norway has thrown off
a burden and the free and independent
peoples of the earth are in sympathy
with her action.
But the warlike spirit of Sweden has
been greatly subdued by the report of
the special committee of the govern
ment that the country is insulficiently
prepared to wage successful war. Col
onel Bratt, an esteemed Swedish mill
tary authority, publishes an article in
a Swedish paper stating that Sweden is
unable to raise more than 10000 effec-
tive troops against Norway, while Nor
way says she can raise 10000. The ar
ticle has caused much comment in Swed-
en-. Most of the Swedish papers think
100, 900 men can be raised. hut admit
this is too few for success. Despite the
motion in the Swedish riksdag for rails
ing a war loan of 100. 600 kroner
($2G,S00, 0O0), the general impression is
that Sweden is tired of wal talk.
The dethroning of King Oscar has not
disturbed Norway's business or indus
trial interests. Trade is good, and the
prospect of an abundant harvest has
encouraged the people beyond measure.
Norway has demonstrated to the world
that she is a progressive nation. Her
people are making rapid strides toward
the formation of a republic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
PLAYED BALL IN THE LAKE,
Unique and Exciting Game at Worth
ineton on Tuesday Last.

From Fridays Daily.
Jay Long, a Mankato boy, now en-
gagged in railroad telegraph duties at
Brewster. was one of the two baseball
players who got as far as the second
base in the game between the teams
in the lake at Worthington IN the eve
ming of the Fourth. Only three in
nings were played and then the SILVER
ing fives, not mines. clad only in their
bathing suits, quit the game, neither
side having succeeded in making a
point.
The bases were RATS in the water,
with the exception of the second base.
boat had not been securely moored, and.
as the current here was pretty strong,
it was swept away before the game
began. and glided swiftly down the
creek that is an outlet to the lake.
SO the second base men had to stand in
the water. which was nearly up to
their armpits at this place. In most
places on the diamond it was over the
heads of the players and they had to
swim.
A canoe paddle was used as a bat.
and a tennis ball was played with. This
was soon knocked to pieces.
Great big Mckay, pitcher for Worth
ington, repeatedly slid off his plate,
which had not sufficient buoyancy to
bear up so fat a man.
The umpire stood on the high dive.
A vast crowd looked on, laughed
shouted and applauded.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
EXPERTS CROP REPORTS.
Do Not Agree With That Given Out BY
Government.

Fl. V. Jones and John Inglis, the crop
experts, have prepared their Joint re-
ports covering the winter wheat pro-
duction of the United States. Mr.. Inglis
reached Minneapolis this morning.
The ,Jones-Inglis estimate for the
production this year is 5000, 0O0
bushels, or about 10000, 900 less han the
government June figures called for
Jones estimated the southwest and Ing
lis the Ohio valley and Missouri. The
coast states are based on correspondence.
ference between state and government
acreage. The report uses government
acreage, and on this basis the total es-
innate is 1865, 100000 bushels. On the
basis of state bureau acreage the result
would be only $4,000. 000. Ohio is Civ
en- 2S.OOO,O 900. Michigan l4,0O0,OOO, Indi-
ana 10000. 900. Illinois 22,000,O00. Mis-
souri, 3O,OOO,OOO, Kansas GS,O00,0 900, Ne
braska 3O,OO0,OOO, Texas 100000, Okla
HOll1d IO,UUU,UUU, 1dlllOl HId Z-:Ooo,ooo
Pennsylvania 26,O00,000.
There is considerable blight in all of
the states. and some black rust on heavy
wheat. but also there is much wheat of
superior quality from fields of thin
stand.
Since his return from Argentina Ing
lis has been in the wheatfields ~continu-
ously for weeks but has given attention
to winter wheat only, and has not yet
seen the spring wheat of Minnesota and
the Dakotas.
The combined report of the two esti-
majors appeared just before noon, and
was taken by the grain trade as ia
vorable to price maintenance. the i'm
mediate effect being to check the heavy
decline that was still on from yesterday,
and turn September wheat back from
9lM cents to 92B.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
PROVED AN E. z. MARK.
ST. Clair Ball Club Lays Out the
Mapleton Boys.


st. Clair, July 7.-On Sunday, July
2, the st. Clair ball team defeated an
aggregation at Mapleton by a score of
II to 4. Mapleton's pitcher proved an
"E. Il. Mark" for the st. Clair boys
and thus by punching hits they won the
game. Herbert Bestman did som SEN
s%ational work for st. Clair.
The bricklayers are about half
through bricking the new parsonage and
by the tenth of this month the car
penters can finish it. 1t is certainly
going to be a pretty, up-to-date dwell
ing.
The race track is finished and the
recent rains have packed it very hard,
1t is o%ne-fourth of a mile long and
in a circular form. 1t is now a com
mon sight to see Andrew Quinn and
H. Thielman t~rotting their horses
around the track.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Chase and fam
lily have returned to st. Clair and now
occupy their house at 2l3 Pleasant
avenue.
Miss Alice Davis has returned to her
home at Mankato after spending a
week with her brother, DR.. Davis.
Mrs. p. II. Bowe and children have
gone to Mankato to spend a week with
Mrs. Bowe's mother. They expect to be
gone a week and take in the circus.
Asa Andrews and family have moved
into the house recently vacated by Mr..
Mike Huebel.
Rev. A. r. Brown and wife arrived
on Thursday, June 20. and he preached
his first sermon in st. Clair on Sun
day, July 2.
Henry Korts and stepson. Frank Ario,
came home to spend the Fourth. They
have returned to their work at Dodge
Center.
George LOssow has returned home
from Mankato, where he was treated
for rupture.
Mrs. Herman Fitzloff is at Mankato
where she is being treated by DR.. Hol-
man.
Miss Ida B. Piersen is visiting at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Fannie Oh
ney.
Verne Hall of Alexandria, Mimi, is a
guest at the home of his uncle, Mr..
John WolcOtt.
Miss Dolly Wolcott is back from
Eagle Lake, where she has been stay
ing with Mrs. j. W. Reynolds.
f. Dudley Parsons has left st. Clair
for New Richland where he will do mis-
%sionary work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14

Standard oil has achieved a victory
in Kansas. The supreme court OF the
state of 'Sockless" Simpson and Mary
Ellen Lease, has rendered a decision de-
claring unconstitutional the law provid-
ing for a public refinery for crude pc
troleum. A dispatch from Topeka. re-
ferring to the decision and the measure
enacted by the Kansas Legislature, says
that the law invalidated was the weight
lest of the six trust busting measures
passed by the state assembly last win
ter in the days when the entire com
monwealth shouted for battle with the
oil monopoly.
As a trust clubbing measure the state
refinery bill was one of the most drastic
ever passed by a state legislature. 1t
combatted monopoly by taking the COM
monwealth into the field as an active
competitor with the Standard, the prop
osition being to build a branch peniten-
tiary i'm the oil fields and to run a $1,000
barrel plant with convict labor at a
cost of 100000 for equipment and
stock. The output, it was estimated,
would be large enough to control the
market price of kerosene in Kansas and
would bring in the independent refin-
ers.
The puncture dealt by the supreme
bench is based on the ground that the
act was not bona fide-that it did not
actually contemplate the building of a
branch ~penitentiary, but that its sole in
tent was to erect a refinery, a step in
violation of the constitution, which in
section 8 of article IL declares: "The
state shall never be a party in carry
ing on any works of internal improve
ments."
Governor Hoch is naturally very
much exercised over the decision which
gives a victory to the oil trust, but he is
not "phased." The doughty warrior
made the statement that Kansas will
continue to fight the octopus.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
Good Road Building.

Recent rains have put the roads in
bad condition, and good roads advocates
are out with suggestions. A Missouri
ian, d. Ward King by name, has an
article in The Saturday Evening Post
wherein he describes a simple device
which can be used to improve the high
ways. Mr.. King admits that there is
something startling in the. statement
that a drag made of split log and cost
ing only the price of a pocket knife
is the implement that is going to revo-
lutionize the wagon road of this coun
try. 81 have made a complete demon
s~tration of the split log method of road
making on my farm in Missouri and it
is impossible to express in figures even
the most general estimate of the result.
Take two split logs held parallel to
each other by three pieces of boards
about three feet long. Smooth wire
serves in place of a chain. and a strip
of plank laid between the logs, gives
a rough platform upon which to stand.
The horses should be attached at such
point as to give the drag a slant of
about forty-five degrees in the direction
required to force the earth from the
side of the road up to the center. Try
it lust after a rain and the result will
be simply astonishing" The suggestion
of Mr.. King is recommended to Blue
Earth county farmers.