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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-09-11
Purchased Touring Car.

r. j. Straw, the real estate man,
has purchased a $1,000 Sudebaker tour
ing car, and it arrived Thursday. It
is handsome machine.
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Warns That Body of the
Faulty Construction of
Water System.
Wells Should Be Half a
lille Apart So as Not
To Interior.

Sanitary Engineer Wilson presented
the following report to the city coun-
ell last night:
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-08

stick TO German val, torchon, and just
now. If you are so fortunate as to
know tho Irish stitch. an edging and
insertion of handmade Irish crochet.
Generally speaking, the tendency Of
uD.,0.date lingerie is toward extreme
shcegness Of material. simplicity in de-
sign and exquisite care in fitting. The
princess and draped skirts both re-
cuire pcrfectly-itted underwear, and
the woman Of well-deyeloped figure, as
well as her heavyweight sister. Is go
ing in for tights, and carefully avoid
ing fHl's Of any sort
The woman who wears old-style
lingerie selects well-cut designs, such
as combination suits, which include
drawers and corset covers, or corset
covers and short skirts, princess slips,
etc.
One Of the distinct fads with women
Of well-lined purses is the soft satin
skirt, which has completely sup
planted the taffeta skirts. And really
this is not so expensive as it sounds.
4 good grade OF messaline can be
bought at sales for 49 cents yard.
For evening wear a princess slip OF
white messaline will do duty for sew
eral frocks. white batiste, or one OF
delicate tint, a black and white or
even d black voile, marquisette or sim.
liar weave. The woman of middle age
who wears much black, gray, laven-
der, etc, will take great comfort and
fild good use for a drop skirt Of sill
very gray messaline.
These satin skirts are fitted perfect.
ly over the hips and finished with q
seton flounce of the same material.
This can be ornamented with hand.
run tucks and embroidered in self-tone
or harmonious tints with dots or rings.
Lace is combined with the white
and delicately tinted skirts, but the
black and subdued colorings show EN-.
broidery of feather stitching rather
than lace.
China silk is also in great demand
for drop skirts or petticoats and in the
3G-incb width cuts to excellent adyan.
tage. For dressy skirt, net, lace and
ribbon are combined for trimming.
Another remarkable feature of the
season in lingerie is the quantity OF
colored materials used. Prominent
among these are what is known as the
Dolly Warden sets, made from daintily
figured lawns and batistes, trimmed
with val lace and set off by matching
ribbons. The illustration shows a
square-necked negligee developed
from a handy remnant of embroidered
nouncing, delicate lavender on white
The neck is. cut square and finished
with galloon TO match the houncing.
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TOPICS OF THE BOUDOIR

The following ingredients mixed to-
sether make good toilet powder;
Crush six ounces OF best white starch
and rub il through a sieve, then shake
it through piece Of muslin. Mix into
this two drams of powdered orris root
and shake again through the muslin.
Then add TO the powder a few drops
Of any favorite perfume.
Always use tepid water to wash In,
and if 1t is hard little borax will
soften it, as hard water is very bad
for the skin.
One of the most striking features Of
the latest evening dresses is the lack
of transparencies employed in their
fabrication. Soft satins take an easy
lead in pale shades of blue and pink,
also ivory white and black.
Every girl who can possibly do so
should learn TO row. There is nothing
better for developing the muscles of
the chest.
There is a great feeling for deep
square effects at present. The after.
noon blOuses are made with square
yokes, and the evening bodices are cut
low, in the same idea.
The following is a good recipe for
cold cream: Melt one ounce of white
wax in quarter of pound of pure
olive oil. and as the mixture cools add
gradually one-fourth of a pint of elder.
flower water and six drops of altar Of
roses. Stir until cold.
This is a season of smart little
coats, and the wide upper sleeve now
so fashionable demands that the coats
should be made so that they may
easily slip over full sleeve.
\ good exercise to broaden the
shoulders is to extend the arms
straight out and, keeping them so,
sway the hands backward and for
ward. This exercises the muscles.
and stretches the shoulders to the full.
est extent.
About once a month the hair should
be properly singed. This will keep
it from breaking or splitting.
One of the bost curling fluids may
be made as follows: Half an ounce
of borax and Is grains OF gum arabic
dissolved in ounces of warm water.
water. When cold add drams OF
spirits OF camphor Wet the hair with
the fluid, and curl in the usual way.
All the best shop-bought blouse mod.
els OF AN ephemeral character are
made up on chiffon foundations. This
not only gives a steadying effect, but
II serves to greatly enhance the filmy
aspect of transparent material.
# the scalp is very dry, rub into IT
once week a little olive oil or pure
vaseline. II little is put on the
t-ger tips there will be less chance
OF the oil getting on TO the hair and
giving II greasy look.
The newest material for barhlng
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Of the room. II It moves backwards
from you. intuition tells you to step
forward. Don't step too speedily or
you'll find yourself walking on the
ceiling, head down. Finally an open
ing is reached. You step out onto a
floor which bounces UP and down as
you meander along. a moment later
you walk upon what seems to be the
top of an airship, loosely inflated. By
that time, II you're one OF the fair
sex, you need protection. The recess
es are all pitch dark.
Then, perhaps you are swayed by a
wayelike motion OF the entire room.
which very naturally elicits very prop
er screams from the women folks.
FREED from ocean-liner imitation. you
are Immediately introduced 10 a zoo
miles-an-hour cyclone. coming from the
floor, ceiling. walls and in fact from
all sides. The floor begins to move
sideways with a quick-ierky motion.
You try to steady yourself on a rail,
just perceptible in the blackness.
Ouch! It's charged with electricity.
Ahead are several staircases and You
feel rather relieved 20 think you're
out Of IT at last Reaching them safe
ly you start up when. without warning.
the whole contrivance begins to move
backward and forward. compelling
you to grab the rail for safety. In
darkness again, you try TO make your
way through typical labyrinth OF
rooms. Feeling along the wall with
one foot ahead OF you TO ascertain the,
nearness of bottomless pits, etc, for
your minds eye sees lots that don't
exist, you bump your nose against a
few barriers and eventually push
against a wall, which gives way and
you find yourself alone in a turnstile.
inclosed on all sides. When your ter.
ror has reached a burning point some.
one else behind pushes the wall as YOU
did and you are liberated only TO
again find yourself in the midst OF
weird ghostlike cries and see skele.
tons darting hither and thither Ton
pulleysl. A little scream lust at this
moment might be appropriate. Just
10 get your mind off the terro-s of the
place, the next few turns are tame.
when suddenly your feet slide out from
under you and you find yourself shoot
ing down a chute in sitting position.
Daylight ahead and once again, before
you have time to think II over, you've
landed among the crowds outside.
thanks TO the manly strength Of the
spieler, whose arms received you
where the chute ended
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ride-lady" 20 cents for another trip for
yourself and friend.
Then there's the tickler That's a
new ride just put on in the west this
season. You get into a round car and
the device is dragged up an incline for
the downward thrill Starting down It
enters labyrinth OF rails. the car re.
VolVing in one direction and the de.
scent carrying Il in another. This
gives remarkable opportunity to
learn how it feels to be jerked in two
directions at the same time.
The Potsdam railway is a practical
device. made in Germany" which
runs on an oyerhanging rail and which
magnates among the Teutons threaten
TO make 4 conventional mode OF travel
there within a few years. The thrill in
this consists OF hoping it won't fall
off this trip.
Amusement-loving Americans also
have the aerostat. Cars are suspended
at the ends Of long cables. you are
locked in and the device is started. II
Is like a Maypole, except that the
cables don't become interwined around
the pole. AS the speed increases the
cars rise higher at the ends of the
cables and, inclined, speed through
ether far out over the heads OF the
multitude. Anyone who is susceptible
to sea-sickness might possibly become
immune by this treatment for the
blues OF everyday life. The giant
swing. while II is not much like the
aerostat gives the same feeling TO
some.
Then there is the airship. which ma.
jestically winds about the outside OF a
tall tower and then winds down again.
Merry-gorounds are numerous and
despite the fact that this is the father
Of all thrills. II still has it's patrons
among the children.
Among the time -honored creations Is
the shoot-thc-chutgs. which consists OF
a slide down a toboEgan and few
bounces after the boat strikes the
water of the lake at the bottom OF the
chute. II you're wise you1l not sit
In the front seat There's where the
big bump comes and the occupants OF
the bow Of the boat feel the leans over
the water most
Having travelled on rides enough To
stimulate an arretite for something In
different line We steer our down.
state friend into the stationary de,
vices for the same purpose. These arc
OF every variety. You step into one
~ rap1op, Tho pDor stort. 90 49,,
with a circular motion toward the top
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dresses combine to play havoc with
even liberal dress allowance.
The day of lightweight muslins,
ccmbric and long-cloth for lingerie
is about spent. and yet in the face of
fashions sternest decree the girl of
limited means should employ a fine
grade Of long-cloth for the bulk of her
homemade underwear, combining with
1t good grade OF hamburg embroid.
cry or torchon lace.
Nothing can compare with this com.
bination for hard wear and regular
laundering, and high-priced piece of
lons-cloth will launder as softly and
wear much better than some Of the
sheer mercerized fabrics.
Cheap laces are the worst possible
Investment, especially point de paris.
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head down, and six girls and three
boys crawled onto the feed box and
fell of in a shrieking hean. and the
athlete of the party, with wild yells.
broke the record on quick climb 10
the hayloft, and four girls hid under
the straw cutter. and there was the
merry mischief to pay The COW
quickly had her gambol out, and then
backed into her stall with a satisfied
moo and Immediately resumed her
cud.
But the barn dance was effectually
broken up.-Clevelaud Plain Dealer
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-08
COW BROKE UP BARN DANCE

OF course, realism is all we'll enough
in its way, but it can easily be carried
10 an excess. Here, for instance, is
the case of that barn dance in the
east. where an actual barn was the
scene OF reyelry,
And in the midst OF the fun a blood.
ed COW broke away from her stall and
took an active interest in the proceed.
ings. ripping the shirt waist from a
college youth and hooking a roomy
hole in the big fiddle. After which
she pranced up the middle with her
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-08
IN DAINTY LINGERIE
EXTREME sHEERNEss OF MATE.
RIAL IS TIE REQUISITE.
Fer the Girl q Limited Means the Use
OF Lona-ciCth with Hamburg
Embroidery or Torehon
Lace Is Advised.

Tho girl who loves dainty things,
who considers personal daiuuness Of
primary importance. finds the ques-
ton Cf upto-dafe lingerie a serious
problem The lavish use Of mercer
ized fabrics for underwear ard the un-
scTupul1us Use Of strong soaps and
powerful washing powders by laun-
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sor that matter at any city or town
which supports these summer devices
for extracting coin OF the realm from
thine plebeians.
No matter how stolld he may be In
iife's ordinary pursuits or how emo
tionless In an interurban wreck. his
spine curls. his sympathetic nerve
system uckles and he is compelled
90 give himself up 10 thrills. You can
fnd him In every resort where there
are scenic railways, roller coasters,
velyet-coasters. figure eights. shoot
thechutes. dlp-the dips leap-the.gaps.
ticklcrs and scores OF other modes for
shooting the electric currents up and
down the spinal cord OF the laughing,
bowling public.
He Is & source OF amusement for his
tut0red city brother who tickles the
day ledger with a pen during daylight
and caYo-ts about on amusement de
vices throughout the summer evenings
T'he city pleGsure-seeker has much OF
his sport and the thrills fail TO rise
lp "a his anatomy the way they do In
are taking their first turn at the
game.
Saustlclans claim that there are so
many actual thrillers OF different cali
Der aud variety at work daily in the
United states that II one should travel
ON every one OF them. just once, the
trim would take all summer. There
were more this year than ever before
N al OF the rides were strung out
they would reach clear across the con
-tineut. high browed scientists claim.
But that only goes to show that
America is amusementcrazy The
rpopulace and the elite, too. can't get
'onos.,h thrill Not long ago, an iii.
lols man wlth an Idea proposed to In.
stall au automobile IN the parks Of the
country and this device was scheduled
10 run down an incline. turn a double
somersau.t and alight upon i,s wheels
again Americas thTillers are terrific
and getting more so each year. but
the man from the middle west was
perhaps a bit premature with his
death ietglug machine. Sometimes Il
.didu't a..lht az per program.
The process Of starting a thrill
1hrocsh the pleasure-seekers frame
consists of laying out device which
combines both speed and the unexpect.
cd. This subject has been studied
by every amusement manager in the
United States and they can't get the
Jumps drops and bumps long enough
or fast enough 10 attract your shekels
from your bank account to their Golfers
with the desired rapidity.
Say. by heck. I'm afeared to ride
on thet shebang. II don't hey safe
look. 10 me-
Well. hurtling through the air faster
than an aeroplane In working order
certainly doesn't look safe, but at the
same time the visitor 20 the city who
made that remark did not know where.
of he spoke Every single device. no
matter how small. how large or how
"safe-looking." Is required to undergo
rigid test hy the building commits,
sloners. before being allowed to accep,
the puhlic's dimes There must b. a
block system OF lights. much the same
as that used by railway systems also
stoppage devices on every incline Ia
prevent cars. chairs or other seating
vehicles from sliding backwards down
an Incline
The framework OF the device is test
ed for its strength and made to sup
port far heavier weights than are ever
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Harmless Bleach

Peroxide Of hydrogen is a harmless,
bleach when used in moderation. P,r,
nttie In saucer and apply with .
SOFT linen cloth. 1t may be used 3, /,
eral times a w~-S without injury
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gowns is black alpaca, although navI'
blue serge is still well to the fore.
An excellent eyebrow tonic can be-
made OF equal parts of alcohol and
olive oil. Shake well before applying
with tiny brush.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-08

DOW, whee-ee-e, 10000,
gee-e-whi-iz. but that was
4 bump"
II was our friend from
the sand dunes OF Indiana.
Michigan. Illinois, Ohio,
Minnesota. Wisconsin, or
any other state with plen-
ty OF farming districts.
trying out a thriller at
Coney Island. Atlantic
City. one OF Chicago's big
four amusement marks or
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
OBJECT TO MILK BOTTLE CAP.
Dealers in Pasteurized Product Say Health
Board Order Is Onerous

The recent order Of the Board of Health that
bottles containing pasteurized milk must be sealed
has aroused much opposition from Brooklyn deal
ers The bottles have been delivered with a cap
of pasteboard inserted about eighth of an Inch
below the rim. The depression the Board of
Health held, a receptacle for dust, which got
into the milk when the pasteboard was removed.
To protect the milk more thoroughly 1t was deter
mined TO require cap. and orders to that effect
were sent to dealers in pasteur:zed milk through
out the city
In Brooklyn, at a meeting of the Bottlers' Asso-
citation, it was charged that the Health Board was
discriminating against the pasteurizers Of milk,
and that some in authority was interested in
particular cap. which the dealers said they
urged to The cost, It was said. was so
high that it was practically prohibitive. many
Il the caps would be lost in the distribution OF
the milk.
DIR. Walter Bcnsel. the sanitary superintendent.
said yesterday that unless the bottles sealed
the pasteuriza ton would amount to nothing This
present mode of protecting the milk in the bottles
wholly inadequate. he said The dealers. he
added: could use any cap. so far as the Board OF
Health concerned, If IL was effective. He sait
10 cap had been recommended. and none would BE-.
1t expected that the order would soon be eK-
tended to all bottled milk
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29

; that the number of victims will be large. Pub
, lie buildings and churches at Florida. Noto,
Charamonto, Vittoria, Paterno. Terranova,
Nfarisnopoli and Naro suffered greatly. The
shock here lasted thirty-two seconds
At Mineo there were number of shocks At
Augusta, which once before was destroyed by
an earthquake the tidal wave to-day wrecked
the government salt works. The prisoners en-
ployed there Hutined. but were suppressed. At
Patti the shock was accompanied by binding
fash of light while serious havoc wrought
at Barcelona, and ten persons were killed at
Castroreale and Montagano
Professor Ricco, director of the Mount Etna
Observatory, says that the centre of the earth
Quake was near the volcano. It is possible that
further shocks will follow those of to-day. but
thev are expected to be Of minor force.
The Santa Maria College, at Ali, little place
between Messina and Catania, was overthrown,
several of the girl students being buried in the
ruins. The steamer Piemonte. according to word
raceived here. has arrived at Miiazzo with three
hundred women and children and fifty men who
the wounded the Piemonte started back for the
stricken city.
There is no doubt that a large portion of Mes
sins has been destroyed. To add to the effects
of the disaster thieves were soon at work set
ting fires at various points and stealing every
thing they could lay their hands on. not stop
ping at robbing the injured as they lay helpless
and the dead Stores were broken intoH and
a time The authorities, however, promptly
took the most stringent measures to maintain
order and those who were caught In acts or
incendiarism and robbery were severely dealt
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
HENEY AT PITTSBURG
Reoort That He VII Hare Hand IN
Graft Prosecution.
rRv telegraph to The Trisune.I ]

vs+tsh,re Dec w-After developments to-uay
p4ttsburg is satisfied that Francis j. Hene5' t"e
San Francisco graft prosecuta. VIII take an aeuVe
part in the Pittsburg Councilmanic graft nqu @ !.
r. is reported that Mr.. Heney visited F1ttsDurs :
last Tuesday and that he met several pronliien' g
r,anbers OF the Voters League ioohed over w ~
testimony and took copy away VIII INN ~
~ President Roosevelt. -.
~ vo+.rs, League Is now working with Wash
t,gto1 70 get if possible, postponement OF the
trial of President Calhoun of the san frah1iSoo U.s.
Ir,Ited RAILWAYS in order that Heney may nave
time TO work in Pfttsburg- -ou
In connection with the alleged bribing or CounCn
~n.r bv officers of national banks TO secure de-
rosits of city funds is said the plan followed "y
some of the banks was to have their Ne" 10
correspondents forward the amount Oh tiie ' "a.
ton fund to another Pittsburg bank 70 lhe -
of .he Councilman negotiating the bribery oeai' 10
.. r,oLa diStributIon to the other Councliiiel'
Some OF the most wary Councilmen opefa'eu op
through safety deposit boxes, out otheiS -
checks against the fund. Some twenty Oh tr ~
cbscks duly fndorsed cashed and cancelled tuIneu
IN to-day and will be presented as evioence- .nS
fse+,re Il IS said has been receiving the atte'ioh
OF federal agents, who are expected 10 teS'iA'
the trials President Roosevelt, II is no" seioia'
believed has been instrumental IN pushlhs Ilie
eral investigations since the first suggestion Oh II
regularties by national panheis ieoNi
partment of Justice. ,,,,
Mayor George W. Guthrie went 70 Fhiia"eip,,'s - ~
to-day to attend a session of the Masonio r.
Lodge. and will not return uhlil Ne ~ = a.
less an emergency arises, it is douoiul II any -
cisive step will be taken before his return nc
Mayor while in Philadelphia may inquire Hn.o ~
snnlication for street railway franchise "hlch
figures in the charges against Councinien tne a.
torney and some of the stockhoiueIS VI ~
panies being Philadelphians. -, 49,
There is comment on the fact thar "hiie .ho
cboreas against CounciImen involve at least nan d
dozen ordinances practically no evidence OF
have been given out except those concerh.ns a''0
establishment of repositories for the city IuIiu
Two thousand persons gathered aroulu sIo root
President Brand of the Common Council Wno -
under $4,000 bail declared he would not hou II IL
chair but was unanimously asked 10 RETAIN It. ii0
declined for the night, at least
New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
THE LOSSES At MESSINA.
Some Public Buildings Standing
Cathedral Dome Falls.

Catania Dec. 2S.-Hundreds of werkmen are
busy removing wreckage and repairing the rail-
way between here and Messina. The distance
is nearly sixty miles, but late tonight COM
munication by rail between the towns was re-
esta bIished. The first small train over the line
brought a number of injured, but the story that
they told of the disaster confused Their
reports seem to make the damage done less ex-
tensive than at first appeared. Several quar-
ters of the town were destroyed, and the fine
cathedral of the Norman period was damaged,
the dome having fallen, but some Of the public
buildings are standing, the palace of the prefect
being untouched.
London Dec 2s.-A dispatch received here by
q news bureau says that three hundred persons
were killed as the result of the earthquake at
Messina