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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
SCHOOL GARDENS DOING GOOD WORK

One of the most beneficent branches
of the American Civic association work
is that for the establishment of school
gardens. School gardens in New York,
Philadelphia and Washington have pro-
duced excellent results, and from many
other quarters inquiries have been re-
ceived by Miss Mary Marshall Butler,
chairman of the associations school
garden department, as to the manner
of beginning and continuing this work.
In report concerning the work,
Miss Butler said: ''One of the great
est needs in the school garden move
ment at the persent time is for trained
teachers. Instruction to this end is
carried on to some extent in normal
schools and agricultural colleges. IN
der the auspices of the International
Children's School Farm league, the
New York university offered a sum-
mer school course in school gardening.
Henry G. Parsons conducted the class
which, last year, consisted of twelve
pupils.
'The league has appealed to the
public for $4,000 to arouse a general
interest in children's gardens, to assist
in establishing gardens in connection
with schools until boards of education
are convinced of their value, to estab-
lish special gardens for children who
are mentally or physically weak or de-
fieient and to maintain a bureau of
Information
"A Garden School association has
been formed among school principals
and teachers of New York and sug-
gestions have been made to form a
national organization. Philadelphia and
Washington schools are maintained UNI
der their educational departments. The
Fairview garden school, of Yonkers,
has received such favorable recogni-
tion, not only from the local school
authorities, but from visitors interest
ed in this work, that arrangements
have been made to purchase the prop
erty used for the school garden and
hold it for the purpose"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
FUNERAL OF LATE JOHN NILSSON
A. o. u. w. Lodge and Degree Of
Honored Attended in Body.

The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late John A. Nilsson took
place at the Swedish Lutheran church
at 2:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon
and the remains were inferred in the
German Lutheran cemetery, beside
those of his wife. The services were
impressive, Mr.. Nehrleen, student
from Gustavus Adolphus college, ST.
Peter, conducting them, assisted by
Rev. Nils Nordgard, who spoke in
English. The music was touching and
the floral offerings many and very
pretty. The A. 0. U. w. lodge and
the Degree of Honor attended in a
body. The pail bearers were B. Roe.
mer, P. II. Jordan, A. G. johnson,
Patrick Sheehan, Paul Iverson and
Charles F. Hallman. The attendance
was large and long procession fol-
lowed the remains to the grave.
The son, Charles Nelson of Mime
apolis, has decided to remain in Man
kato for the present, at least, and
conduct the st. Paul house for the
family. He is an engraver and has
been doing well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
CLAIMS HE WAS ROBBED.
Fred Schritt, Old Soldier. Makes Com
plant to Police.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Fred Schritt, an old soldier, claims
he was robbed of $33 this afternoon.
He stated to the police that he was
seated in the Washington house on
Main street when a man walked up
and grabbed his pocketbook.. In the
wallet were three $40 bills, two silver
dollars and some change. Later in the
afternoon he identified Andrew LAYTON
as the man who robbed him. Layton
denied the charge. Layton, when
searched, had about So in silver on his
person. John Duane, proprietor of The
Washington house stated that LAYTON
was in the hotel about the time the
robbery occurred and left the place
quickly by the rear door. Layton said
he left the house by the front door
and in a leasurely manner. Schritt
drew his pension money, amounting to
$36, yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
NELSON TALKS AGAINST ODDS

4 good story comes from Minnesota
about one occasion when Senator
Knnte Nelson tried TO talk against The
wind, base ball game and a morse
race at the same time, and failed.
On one occasion he was to deliver
an Grafton at a lie Sueur county fair
4 stand was placed squarely in front
of the grandstand, so that he could
talk fairly at the audience. The au
dience was big and the occasion aus
picious.
But lust as Senator Nelson started
a big wind sprang up. 1t blew from
the grandstand and toward him, car
rying his voice over into the next
township Pretty soon it lifted a sec
ton of the roof off his stand. The
horse men got agitated and decided
TO put on the first race. The bal
team got worked up and started their
game.
When Senator Nelson was down in
the fourth sheet of an hours address
ne looked up, saw he was talking to a
forty -miles-an hour wind, and abso-
lutely nothing else. He rolled up his
speech, put it in his pocket, quietly
climbed down and lost himself in the
crowd.
That evening every politician in the
place came around and congratulated
him on his able effort. They didn't
even known it hadn't come off
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GIRLS IN THE FIELD
WOMEN ASSIST WITH THE HAIR
VEST IN NEBRASKA.
Farmers Grew Desperate and Fair
I Ones Were Employed to Save the
Grain From Going to Ruin; Little
!. Want Adlet Helps the Tillers of
! the Soil in Procuring Mattresses at
+ S. Per Day.

Omaha, Neb., July 2O.-Tne small
grain harvest that is now being fin
ished throughout southern and central
Nebraska supplies convincing proof
that the women of the. west are rap
idly crowding the men out of the fields
of labor and are candidates for po-
sitions in all of the respectable ayoca-
tions.
In numerous localities in Nebraska
during the last two weeks, women in
the harvest fields have been quit as
common as men. They have done
their work well and farmers who have
given them employment have been sat-
isfed, and to them have given creden-
tails that are exceedingly iattering.
When the Nebraska small grain ,har-
vest opened, there was a great short
age of male help. Even So day, with
board, lodging and washing, did not
attract the city man. A large number
of college students went; to the rescue
of the ripening grain, but the supply
was far less than the demand
Farmers Became Desperate.
Farmers became desperate. The
price of wheat /, kept on soaring and
they could not afford to let the grain
90 back into the ground.
Out in Beatrice one day, Henry
Wilson, a farmer living nine miles
south of town, needed four men for
gathering and shocking wheat. He
offered park loungers 1925 a day, but
they declined to go to work. Stop
ping at a lunch counter before going
home, Mr.. Wilson told his troubles
to Miss Jeanette Allison, waitress.
. "'Why don't you hire girls?" she
asked.
''They would not go into, the har-
vest field, and they would not do the
work If they could" responded the
farmer.
CRY Them" ventured the girl. "Give
me the same wages as you would
man and 1 will go. Besides, if l do
not do the work of man, will not
charge you a cent"
Not only did Miss Allison ride home
with Farmer Wilson that night, but
four of her girl friends went along
The next evening Farmer Wilson told
his wife that he had never had har-
vest hands that did better work than
the five girls. The second day farm
ers came from miles about, saw the
girls at work and that night many of
them went to Beatrice and other
neighboring towns, where they hired
fifteen young women to work in the
grain fields.
Little Adlet Helps.
Word was passed down to Omaha
that young women could have employ
ment in the harvest fields of Gage
county. An employment agency pub
lished this ad:
"Wanted-One hundred young women
to work in the harvest fields. Wages
So per day. Board and washing"
The next day that employment agent
did business. He was swamped with
applicants, all young women, school
teachers, stenographers, college girls
and girls who had been working in
factoris at from Sc to 81 per week. All
they wanted was to be given trial,
The farmers gave them the trial and
they made good. They remained with
the farmers until the harvest was fin
ished and many of them will continue
during the stacking and haying, re-
ceiving from $l.75 to So per day and
board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
NORTH MANKATO SCHOOL MEET
Secretary Presented Annual Report;
Levy Recommended.

The attendance of the. annual school
meeting and election in. North Man
kato, held Saturday night, was very
light. President j. B. Nielsen presided
There was no contest, and the cleo
ton was carried on quietly. o. E.
Bennett was reelected by reclamation
in spite of the protest of Mr.. Bennett
Q. Grue was elected a member of the
board.
Secretary A. Anderson read his an
nual report for the year ending July
IL, 1909, which is in part as follows:
RECEIPTS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
did not carry the item of injuries
Mentally, it is soothing.


One vaguely can imagine the bless
ings which might follow several games
of golf between President Taft and
William Jennings Bryan or game OF
croquet between Senator Aldrich and
Senator LaFollette. No one would sng-
gest that Colonel Roosevelt and Mr.. Il.
H. Hartman be encouraged to put on
the gloves, there being limitations to
all blessings, but it is probable that if
Mr.. Hartman had been equal to a
few games of tennis some interesting
but painful incidents might have been
avoided
Locally it is observed with pleasure
that our leading members of the state
legislature and our most agile alder
men are scheduled to puruse the great
national game next Saturday. These
impulses should be encouraged. They
are productive of much good.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23

The board recommended that levy
of $500 be made for the general
expenses of the ensuing year.
A motion to levy $500, as rec
commended, was carried.
No other business was considered
the meeting adjourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23

Colonel Neff declares that the man
who was alleged to have been afflicted
with leprosy, is suffering from dermat
tits venenatu. Maybe that is worse
than leprosy
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23

Chief of Police O'Connor has served
notice on st. Paul dealers that the
anti-cigaret law will be strictly en-
forced on and after Aug. |.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23

The more Glidden tours-the more
gasoline is consumed. That should
make Johnny Rockefeller happy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23

James j. Hill declares that the dis
solution of congress would help bust
ness materially. Congress, twenty thre,
for you.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-23
INDIVIDUAL DRINKING CUPS.
Duluth and Missabe Road Will Install
Them On Cars.

., The Duluth, Missabe & Northern rail
road will install individual paper drink
ing cups on all of its regular passenger
car equipment this summer. Contracts
with New York cup concern were
signed several days ago.
The road will use automatic vendors
for dispensing the cups. These small
nickel plated devices are placed at one
side of the water coolers. In each of
them is nested 100 or more dainty
white paraffine cups, which once drawn
forth and used cannot be replaced but
must be discorded or carried away.
The cups are in the exact form of
drinking glass and are stiffened by a
coat of paraffine. They are manufac-
tured by semi automatic process, and
are absolutely sanitary when they reach
the lips of the drinker.
The Duluth, Missabe Northern will
be the first railroad in Minnesota to
supply individual cups to, its passen-
gers, although one or two others are
said to be contemplating the move.
Numerous large systems in the coun-
try are now furnishing individual
drinking cups. In Kansas and several
otner states the public drinking cups
have been abolished tor use on trains.
The Minnesota State Board of Health
is said to be advocating the introduc-
tion of individual drinking cups.
What is Whisky?
Washington, July 2O.-'What is
whisky?" is again a live question.
with the expiration today of the
period allotted by President Taft for
the reception of answers to arsu.
ments on the whisky lavel clause of
the pure food law.
Oral arguments on the question
were finished on June 20, printed
briefs were received by the secretary
to the president on July 10 and an.
swers to both will be received from
parties in interest up to the close of
business today. This paves the way
for speedy consideration Of the
question and an early decision.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-19
with Uplifted Whip She Rode Ia Among th. M,n.r

measured the lonely landscape as IL he
compared 1t with more recent scenes
land wrong or right, blood is thicker
than wine. So that, frankly, I am not
clear that for the sake Of your Bor-
deaux I'm tied to shed blood that might
be my forbears.'"
:Or your grandmother's," Augustin
cried, with an open sneer.
Q my grandmother's. Very true.
9 II q word to them in season.
oh, hang your words" the skipper
retorted disdainfully.
He would have said more, but at
that moment it became clear that
something was happening on shore. on
the green brow beside the tower q girl
mounted on horseback had appeared.
Vt q cry from her the men had stopped
work. The next moment her horse
came cantering down the slope and
with upifted whip she rode in among
the men. The whip fell twice and down
went all the tubs within reach. He
voice speaking now Erse, now Kerry
English, could be heard %upbraiding the
nearest. Then on the brow behind her
appeared a man who looked eigantic
against the sky. and who sat a horse
to match. He descended more slowly
and reached the girls side as O'sulli-
van Og, in his frieze coat, came to the
front in support Of his men.
(Contsnuee Next Weekly
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visible: From the edge Of this board
near the foot, a steel rod projects at
right angles to 1t &c in figure 81. Six
or eight inches from where 1t joins the
parallel to the board (e in figure 81 to
a point opposite the head where It
again turns at right angles e figure 81
and passes through a small opening in
the black curtain. Back Of the curtain
the rod Is attached to a large block OF
steel. through the center Of which q
powerful screw IL threaded. This
screw is turned by a worm gear oper-
ated by a crank. A man turning the
crank causes the screw to turn. The
screw being stationary, the block of
steel practically climbs up the screw
carrying with 1t the rod, the board and
the little lady. The steel bar attached
to q board and all parts Of the ma
chine In front OF the curtain are ren.
dered invisible by being painted a dull
black, matching exactly the black back
ground. Having described the method
OF raising h body the most mystifying
part of h trick. G. g., passing the hoop
over the body. will now be explained,
using the small model to make the ex-
PLANTATION clear.
"It's Very Simple"
Referring to figure 3, take the model
In the left hand holding the end Of the
hair pin ~ between the thumb and
forefinger (this. in the large machine,
Is the end which is attached to the
steel block and screw, taking the hoop
between the thumb and f%oreanger of
the right hand. begin by passing II
over the head (b), keeping 1t at right
angles to the pasteboard, as shown in
figure 4. Carry the hoop over the board
until 1t strikes against the hatrpin at
c. NOW turn h free end toward you,
entirely off the board. until 1t ts far
enough around to clear the hairpin at
c. Bring It back toward b, keeping It
parallel with the hairpin e. During the
passage one side of the hoop will be
between h hatrpin e and the paste
board and the other side will be be-
tween you and the hairpin e. as indi-
Gated In figure S. Continue toward b
until the side OF the hoop nearest you,
or between you and the hairpin e,
strikes the nairpin at I. The hoop has
now passed entirely around the board
and returned to the starting place, but
1t Is plainly evident that the hoop could
not be thrown into the audience from
sary to pass the hoop owe the board
again, and that Is the reason the
magician passes 1t over twice from the
same end. Turn the free end OF the
hoop from you this time until 1t can
be passed over the end b. Keeping the
hoop at right angles to the board pass
II over the board and rod e and off at
the foot d Gas shown in figure g. and
n hoop is free, having been passed
twice over the board, beginning at the
head. OF the end b.
That the start could have been made
at the foot d. should be perfectly plain
to the reader. A trial, however, will
demonstrate it. That the same method
could be used with a larger model.
using a larger hoop. Is also very evi.
dent, and that this is the correct solu-
ton OF h puzzling "L%evitation," IN
vouched for by n in a position to
know the INSIDE workings Of the trick.
Like all other feats Of the coniurer.
1T is easy when you know how it Il.
done"
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From the kansas City star.

Although the number Of stage con-
jurers have increased considerably. but
few new tricks nave been brought out,
the somewhat time-worn mysteries be-
ing relied upon to keep the public
guessing. One mechanical trick in par
ticular, known as the "~Levitation," is
being used by more than two-thirds of
the travelling c%onjurers, who make 1t
the grand climax of their performance.
This trick Is ~suspending a human
body in mid-air without visible, and APP
parently without tangible support, is
said to have originated with the Hindoo
priests of India, whose startling illu-
sions are given as q religious rite. In
India. according to y witnesses. n
Of the priests is hypnotized by the chief
priest and his body made to stiffen until
It is as rigid as q board. It Is then
raised by two assistants and placed on
the points of two swords, the handles Of
which are buried in the ground. After
remaining in this position several min
body ms suspended In h air. AS
evidence that there is no tangible sup
port, the head priest passes a sword
under. over and around the body.
The Hindoo method and the American
differ considerable. The American ma
Eician uses'a girl for his subject. With
q few passes Of the hand before her
eyes ne AypuotlzeS ner, Catching her
apparently ltfeless body as 1t falls to
she stage. Instead Of swords the
American conjurer uses a couch. Upon
this he lays the subject. and at a COM
mand the body slowly rises in the air
until it is two II three feet above the
couch. In this position it rests while
The magician passes a hoop completely
over 1t several times.
"Watch Me Closely"
This trick is very m%ystifying and
many unsuccessful attempts have been
made to explain 1t. If the reader will
procure two hairpins and a piece Of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-19
The Magician Passes q Hoop Over Her
as She 10 Suspended in the Air.


hands several times he commands the
BODY to rise. Slowl-, and steadily 1t
begins to rise from the couch, remain-
ing In q reclining position and contin-
uing to rise until commanded to stop
by h conjurer. A large wooden hoop,
such as children trundle in the streets.
IL passed to the spectators for exami-
nation. When 1t is handed back to the
magician he mounts a small platform
at the head Of the girl. Beginning at
her feet he passes the hoop, over her
body. bringing it OFF at the head. Bring
ing the hoop back around behind the
body. he again passes 1t over her feet
and of at the head as before. Turn
ing. the hoop In his hands several times
to show that there Is no break through
which wires or n other support could
This tina he begins ut the head. N
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ing it of at the feet. Again bringing
the hoop around back of her he passes
it over the head and off at the feet.
From his place on the platform he
losses the hoop into the audience for
another examination. Another wave of
until 1t rests upon the couch, and the
girl Is then brought out Of h hyp-
motto trance. An expose of this mystt-
flying illusion follows:
"Now You See Il"
The Hypnotic trance into which
the lady Is thrown may. or may not,
be genuine: AS there is nc necessity
for hypnotixing the girl 1t is probable
that this feature of the trick is a clever
Is in the couch, and q costly piece of
machinery concealed behind 1t. The
couch. as 1t Is called, is merely a
large platform about six feet long.
three feet wide and two feet high.
boarded up on all sides. 1t is set well
up stage" or In other words well
back from the footlights. A few feet
back OF this couch hangs a black cur
tain reaching entirely across the
stage. The floor Is also covered
with a black cloth and curtains of the
same color are hung at each side. The
electric lamps are so arranged that tho
light does not shine upon this part of
the stage. being turned a trife toward
audience. This makes 1t rather
difficult for the spectators to see clearly
the part of the stage behind the couch.
and although objects in front of it are
clearly visible, dark objects behind the
couch could not be seen. The girl
is not laid upon the couch as 1t APP
pears, but upon a small board shaped
to conform with the contour OF the
girls body.
This board is not visible because 1,
Is sunk into the board which forms the
top of the couch or platform. The
boards being painted a dull black tc
match the color OF the top Of the couch
the cracks forming the iointa are not
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pa0teDoard about two inches long and
n inch wide he may, by following
Che directions given here, construct a
small working model that will clearly
explain h magician's method of over
coming gravity"
Having Strengthened out tn hairpins,
bend n into a loop. Bend the other
rs shown in figure 1. Lay his on the
pasteboard in the position shown in
figure 2. and on this paste a piece of
heavy paper as shown in ga in the
same figure. The part of the hairpin
that Is covered by the paper is indi-
Gated by the dotted line. Figure 3
shows how the model looks when COM
pleted and turned over.
For the benefit Of those who have
not seen a deviation" the trick will
6rst be described and then explained,
using the small model to illustrate the
Working Of the larger machine used by
The magician.
The conjurer introduces his assistant,
q rather small young woman. He then
proceeds to hypnotic her. He makes
q few passes over the girls eyes with
his hands. her body stiffens and she
falls into his arms. Lifting the now
rigid and apparently lifeless body he
places 1t on a couch and covers Il up to
the chin with a silk shawl. Waving his