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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
Dainty Veil Gases
That Are Both Prz.e-
teal aDd 0rDa-
m@DeAlo

Women who do only q little fancy
needlework are making exquisite veil
cases which are both practical and or
namental Many of the deft fingered
workers are planning several cases Of
different colors and patterns for gifts,
knowing that the woman does not ex-
list who could fail to appreciate a trifle
so dainty and useful. The cases are
twenty or twenty-fOur inches in length
and about ten in width. Two straight
pieces of silk by the yard or of very
wide ribbon form the bottom of the
case, the two sections being cut exact.
ly alike, one to go on the top and one
on the bottom, with a little cotton
wadding and some sachet powder be.
tween. The case will lie flatter and
keep it's shape better If the silk is
sewed over foundation of plotting pa
per. This will retain the perfume
much longer than any other kind of
filling.
The upper part of the case has two
like covers. These are made over blot
ting paper with cotton wadding and
sachet powder. The edges are sewed
neatly over and over, then finished
with gilt or fancy cord or with a
French rose ribbon binding. Between
the bottom and the top are sides made
of wide satin ribbon shirred all around
the under section and fastened to the
upper covers. The two covers should
meet in the center, and If they are
supplied with silk cord loops and gilt
or jeweled buttons the case can be
closed and the wells kept quite neat.
The original idea has been enlarged
upon by one woman, who made set
of satin-covered partitions a little
smaller than the dimensions of the
case to be slipped in between the diff
ferent colors of wells and thus keep
them separate. Instead of having to
60 through all the wells to find the one
she wants, all she needs to do is to
look for the black, white, gray or blue
sections, and there are all her wells of
this particular color.
Dainty gold Powered brocades, ex.
| quisite pompadour silks and figured
satins are the favorite materials for
these cases. They are kept on top of
the long dressing table within easy
reach. If one is greatly devoted to
| wells two cases will be found convent
ent, one for automobile wells and the
| other for dress wells.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
WINTER GRATING.
Work Is Chiefly Confined to 9rooaga.
ton Of Apple Trees.

The grating which is done at this
time of year is of the sort used by,
nurserymen chiefly for the propagation,
of apple trees, says Country Gentle
man. One-yearold stocks are bought
from the dealers, these being grown,
chiefly in the neighborhood of Topeka
Kan, and costing from three to six,
dollars thousand, depending on thei
size and quality. The scions are cut
from bearing apple trees preferably, or
they may be taken from nursery rows.
The main requirement is to get them
true to name and of the variety which
is desired to propagate.
The grating is done any time dur
ing the winter preferably in Novem-
Der and December. The scion is cut
as shown at A. The stock is cut as
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
The Waistcoat Warm.

The pretty little plaided silk waist
coats intended for wear beneath the
jacket are destined to help through
the cold weather any number of wom-
en- who purchased winter suits early
in the season simply because they
looked smart, forgetting that the natty
coats, slashed away in front and with
only strap to hold them together
over the chest, are scarcely suited to
northern winter. The little waist.
coats are interlined with chamois and
have satin backs that exactly match
the coat Innings. Some of them are
made with high, snug collars which
fasten in incroyable fashion about the
throat.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
GarDiture Of Brass
Buttons, Large and
Snatl, Much in
Favor

It was natural that with the return
in dress the brass button would play
an important part.
It Is already here. 1t is not only
worn on coats and skirts, but it even
fastens up the simple blouses for wear
under coats.
and small ones on gowns of messaline,
also on blouses of tricote, messaline,
chiffon cloth and silk flannel.
1he American brass button, with its
sya1bols of army and navy, is not used.
Tie fashionable one Is round and
smooth. It looks like bullet, and is
highly polished.
Tiny ones are also used on elaborate
indoor gowns, with quantities of gold
ana silver lace, old gold embroidery,
ana metal soutache. It is a warlike
time in dress.
Not only are brass buttons revived,
but all manner of other wonderful
ones. These are the ornaments that
played such an important part in the
empire period.
Some of the new ones are of tortoise
she'll, the real shell, inlaid with small
rhinestones ut the edge. These are
put on splendid gowns for theater and
restaurant wear.
Other buttons suggest Damascus.
They are oxidized silver and beaten
brass. There are others of jade set in
rims of platinum and large turquois
matrices bedded in brilliants.
The latter buttons of semi-precious
stones are more commonplace and OBJ.
vious than those of tortoise shell and
Damascene brass.
Even the large satin buttons used
to fasten every manner Of fabric are
heavily embroidered in plain floss and
with gold and silver. Designs for
these are sold in the shops, and there
Is a great deal of this kind of work
being done at home.
These buttons are by no means mex
pensive. They make the price Of the
gown amount up to good figure, al
though 1t must be said that the ulti
mate cost of clothes has lessened in
the last two weeks.
Whether the shopkeepers and dress
makers found out that women would
not pay exorbitant prices or whether
the entire cost of things is on more
sensible scale than last year it is
hard to tell But this is true-that the
best gowns have undergone a trans
formation in price during the last few
| weeks.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

q company closet. Tke English cail
these pantry groceries, and have
stores that carry nc thing else. Lots of
times l am complimented on my soups
and sandwiches by the men that Bob
brings home to lunch, and smile and
say I am glad they like them. They
little realize that have prepared the
whole meal out of my emergency clos
ct, and as to telling them-not I.
What's the good of telling all Of ones
domestic secrets? I tell you that you
may be prepared the next time that
husband of yours comes home sudden
ly with My old friend Dick, who is
spending the day in the city, and you
have nothing in the house to eat
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
TOR NEXT SEASON.
An Idea for Fruit Drying That's Worth
Saving.

No dried fruit tastes so good as that
dried by the sun in the open air But
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

cleanly-tlles simply make it their
feeding ground. Use the device shown
ewith-small frames three feet
square, with wire netting bottoms. One
can be arranged above another in the
manner shown, says the Farm Journal,
and all can be covered with a sheet of
cotton mousquito netting. The air can
then circulate in every direction
through the trays, but insects can not
soil the fruit,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
IMPROVING POTATOES.
Three Methods for Improving this
Staple Vegetable.

Three methods for improving the pc.
tato are in use: % Crossing desirable
plants and comparing their seedlings
under controlled conditions. (2) Sc
lecting extreme fluctuations among
the plants and tubers of variety. (3)
Finding and isolating sudden changes
or mutations.
That advance is possible by the first
method is admitted from the results
of it's use by the best breeders. Theo-
retically, the new varieties obtained
tiles which were held by the germ
cells of the two parents. If our knowl-
edge of inheritance in the potato were
adequate, we could make the proper
combination to obtain what we wish
at will, but at present we can not do
this because our knowledge of mani
fest characters is meager and because
many characters are latent or hidden
in our present varieties and need COM
bining with other characters in order
to develop. Therefore, until firm
foundation is laid in the science OF
heredity, we can do little more than
make random crosses between varie.
ties known to possess desirable char
acters, and compare their progeny
with great care.
In this comparison it is we'll to be
extremely conservative about drawing
conclusions. Not only should every
condition of environment be made as
uniform as possible, but it should be
remembered that there are stages of
growth during the life of the plant
when surrounding conditions affect it
in different ways. And these differ
erces are not hereditary qualities. For
example, one variety grows rapidly
and it's tubers are half grown at a
certain time, while at the same time
another variety has just begun to set
it's tubers. A drought at this time kills
the one variety but does not affect
the other The first, however, may
really be the best variety and hasty
conclusions to the opposite would be
premature.
The real effect of selecting fluctua
lions within variety (such as select,
ing the heaviest tubers to improve the
yield, is still questionable. 1t seems
definitely settled that the use of dis
eased and immature tubers as seed
has an injurious effect upon the sue
ceeding crop, but there is no evidence
that planting the best tubers or plant
ing tubers from the best-yielding
plants will increase the yield of the
variety. Such an inheritance would
necessitate the supposition that germ
cells of a large tuber have different
| constitution from those of small tu-
Der of the same variety, and there is
| no warrant for such an assumption.
Wide variations or bud mutations
are rare and have never produced
anything especially valuable. They are
at present more worthy the study Of
the scientist than the attention of the
practical potato breeder.
| The universal belief that a potato
variety must degenerate through con-
tinued bud propagation appears to
have little ground either in theory or
practice. The degeneration that some
times does take place is due to effects
through the use of tubers which are
abnormal, from inhospitable soil or
climate, or from the ravages Of insects
or fungi on the plants. The old idea
that change of seed is necessary, is
also mistaken one.-E. M. East.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
Feathers on Hat Crowns.

One of the popular devices for trim
ming large hats now is to use four
extra thick short plumes. The stems
of these are we'll cut off and the
feathers are mounted in the center
of the crown.
They fall to the brim, in an i'm.
mense cascade quite covering the
crown. There is no other trimming
on the hat.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23
Look Out for the Berry Bushes,

Il your locality is infested with rab.
bits, it should be remembered that
they are just as likely to snaw the
blackberry and raspberry bushes (and
the rose bushes) that are left uncov-
cred, as they are to girdle the fruit
'rees. Small patches may be covered
but large fields are a difficult prob
lem. A combination Of gun and boy"
is of,nn a good solution.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23


" are many who have only simple things available who will be glad
a
flowers glass glass china plate and little jugs which
distances round the the which
ends ribbon
ribbons when the the ornament and all the
dnnertabe Little planted
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-23

the ld-fashioned
back yard is not
open tables in the
ing the fruit on
method of eXpOS-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10
Window Delegates for Taft.

Cottonwood County Citizen: The
primaries for the selection of dele
gates to the republican county con-
vention were not SO exciting as to be
riotous. 1t was thought that the
LaFollette men might inject little
ginger into them, but when one of
them offered motion that candidates
for election at the primaries declare
themselves and the vote then taken
according to their choice for president,
it was turned down with dull thud.
The Taft men won easily. The follow
ing were selected to represent Window
in the county convention Thursday:
First ward-J. L. johnson, A. A.
Stuart, w. Borst, J. N McGregor, DR..
Sogge, 8. A. Brown, Milo De Wolf,
Fred Carpenter, w. j. Clark Second
ward-T. c. Collins, f. r. Weiser, D.
c.. Davis, E. c. Huntington, A. w.
Annes, M. l.. Fisch, Ole o. Solem,
G. w. Gillian, E. H. Klock, Ole III.
Solem.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10
MORE TROUBLE IN LISBON
Fresh Demonstrations Made by Popu.
lace Against Troops.

Lisbon, April S.-Unawed by the
strong military force with which the
city has swarmed since the election
recent heavy arrivals of troops from
the provinces, the population of Lis
bon made fresh demonstrations.
In the outlying sections of the city
they paraded, shouted and jeered the
soldiers and sang revolutionary airs
until dispersed by troops. Two hun
dred arrests were made and it is Off
cially announced that more than 600
arrests were made Sunday and Mon
day. The prisoners were transferred
to Caxais fortress, where preparations
have been made to guard several hun
dred long-term occupants, and where
the most rigid Investigations of the
eioting have already been inaugurated.
The military are again camped in
the streets and even greater precau.
tion than Monday night was taken
against possible uprisings. Artillery
has been mounted in the squares and
the Monarchist newspaper Offices are
especially strongly guarded. Premier
Ferrera gave out statement to the
public in which he said that order
must be preserved and that the gov.
eminent is prepared to adopt the most
stringent measures to insure public
peace and safety
Four of those injured in the riots of
Sunday night have since died, making
the total number of dead eleven.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10
Mar. q. Apr. 3, 10, 1909.
ORDER FOR HEARING APPLICABLE,
FOR APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth.-ss In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Mary Jane Nc.
Kibbin. deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition OF
William B. McKibbin. of the county of Blue
Earth. representing, among other things. thai
Mary Jane McKibbin. late of the county OF
Blue Earth. in the State Of Minnesota. on the
7th day Of July. A. d.. 1905. at the county
Blue Earth died inteState, and being an in
ha bitant of this county at the time of hel
death. leaving goods. chattelS. and estate
within this county, and that the said petit
toner is the surviving husband of said de.
ceased and praying that administration OF said
estate be to himself granted;
1t is Ordered. that said petition be heard be
fore said Court. on Tuesday the 21st day o.
April. A. D. 1908. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Al
the Probate Office. in the Court House in Man
kato. in said County.
And all persons interested i'm said matter
are hereby required to appear at
said time and place and show cause il any
there be why SAID petition should not be
granted.
Ordered further. that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased and to all
persons interested. by publishing this order
once in each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing. in the MankatO
Free Press. weekly newspaper printed and
published at MankatO i'm said county.
Dated at Mankato the 2Uth day of March
A. ID. 1908. BY the Court.
WM Il. HUGHES,
probate Court Seal Judge OF Probate
W. r. & c. D. Geddes, Attys.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10
TWO MORE CARS CAME
Plans Now Proposed for Celebrating
Street Car Day."

Two more, street cars arrived this
afternoon over the Great Western
road. The others are expected any
day, including the trailers, and it is hoped
to have them in operation OH the day
when the line begins to operate. 1t
is planned to have a ball game be-
tween Mankato and st. Peter that day
and it is hoped to make the afternoon
at least sort of holiday, SO that
all may get out and patronize the
cars.
George w. Monks stated today that
if it could be arranged by the Boos-
ter club or somebody else that the
price of a ride on the first car be
made five dollars instead of five cents
he would be one to ride in that car.
This would be nice way of helping
along the company. When new thea,
tres open it is not uncommon for
fancy prices to be paid for seats for
the purpose of helping the owners out
and something like this would help
the street car company. Forty people
at S. each would not be bad
idea for the Boosters to work on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10
EVANS is IMPROVING.
Condition Of the Rear Admiral 10
Much Better.

Condition OF the REAR AomirAi ~
Much Better.
Paso Robes Hot Springs, Cal. April
S.-"Rear Admiral Evans is feeling
better than at any time since his ar
rival here" said DIR. P. e. McDonnold,
surgeon on the flagship Connecticut,
who accompanied the admiral to the
springs here.
Lieutenant Evans also declared that
his father had had very restful night
and was feeling unusually bright and
cheerful.
81 am greatly encouraged over my
fathers condition. said the lieutenant.
While the improvement in Admiral
Evans condition is all that can be eX-
pected in so short time, and he has
had no acute attack since his arrival
here, it is now practically certain that
he will not rejoin the feet at San
Diego nor participate in any of the
celebrations and functions in Southern
California. When the time comes for
him to leave in order that he can re-
sumo command of the fleet at San
Diego, as he is determined to do, he
will meet the strongest opposition OF
Dr. McDonnold, DR.. l.. E. Phillips, In
charge of his hydrotherapeutic treat
ment at the springs, and his son and
flag officer, Lieutenant Russell Train
To this, no doubt, will be added the
influence of the admirals wife and
daughter, Mrs. c. C. Marsh, who have
arrived here.
Should he take the fleet into San
Francisco by resuming command at
Monterey, it is said, it is not likely
that he will be permitted to partici
pate in any functions and will return
IN tho SDr;noc &C som as noSSihle
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth. SIN Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Abram
Spaulding. deceased.
The petition of William B. Mckibbin. hav-
ing been duly made and fled in this court. rep
resenting among other things that one Abra m
Spaulding who resided last prior to his death at
Blue Earth county in the State of Min
neSOta, died in the County OF Blue Earth.
State of Minnesota on the 1St day OF
March, 1884. seized of an estate of Inheritance
in certain lands in the county of Blue Earth.
State of Minnesota, described In said petition.
and that said petitioner has an interest in said
lands. and that more than five years have ella pS-
ed since the death of said Abram Spaulding. de-
ceased and that administration has not been
granted or had OF said estate in this State.
and praying that the descent Of said lands and
of the interest Of said petitioner therein be by
this Court determined and said lands as
signed to such persons as may be entitled
thereto by law.
Now. Therefore 1t Is ordered that the said
petition be heard at a term of this Court to be
held at the Court House. in the city Of Man
kato, IN said county of Blue Earth. State of
Minnesota, on Saturday, the 18th day of
April. n. ID. 1908, at ten o'clock a. m.
1t is Further Ordered. That notice Of said
hearing of said petition be given by the pub
LEGATION of this order once in each week for
three successive weeks in the Mankato Free
Press. weekly newspaper printed and pub
Dated March 23rd. 1908.
WIN. +. HUGHES.
probate Court SeaD Judge of Probate
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-10
INSTRUCTED FOR FOR BRYAN
South Dakota Delegation to Denver
Convention.


| Mitchell, S. D., April S.-The Demo
cratic state convention met here,
elected eight delegates to the national
convention and instructed them to
vote for. William Jennings Bryan for
the presidential nomination.
A fight was precipitated over the
manner of choosing delegates. There
was division of opinion as to wheth-
er the districts should elect them or
the convention as a whole. On roll
call the duty was left with the dis
tricts.
Colonel w. A. Lynch of Huron was
elected permanent chairman and
Thomas Taubman secretary. S. A.
Ramey made the report on resolutions,
which were exhaustive and declared in
favor of the absolute abolition of the
tariff on all trust controlled articles,
favored a graduated income and in
heritance tax, favored law COMPEL
. ing all foreign corporations to appear
and stand Itrial before state courts,
asked for the vigorous enforcement of
the criminal law against trusts and
magnates, urged tariff reform by the
reduction of import duties, favored the
instruction of the delegates of the con-
vention to vote for the nomination of
William Jennings Bryan first, last and
all the time and for nobody else. The
resolutions were adopted.
Henry Volkmar of Milbank started
another fight over the positive instruc.
tions for Bryan, urging that the con
vention should permit the delegates
to have a second choice, and naming
Governor johnson of Minnesota. His
suggestion was voted down.