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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-29

Trom Tuesdays Daily.
Will the exacting of a $40 license
fee from plumbers keep out the
transient plumbers and those who
are not practical, and will this
charge do away with plumbing by
the owners of buildings themselves?
This was the question the city coun-
Gil tried to solve this morning. A
protest was entered and read which
was signed by G.. M. Masters, Nc
Laurin & Northrop and the Mankato
Plumbing and Heating company,
and consisted of a communication
to the council to the effect that it
was useless to expect that the pro-
visions in this ordinance would be
lived up to and for that reason
it was requested that this ordinance
be abolished. The ordinance in
question had been drawn up and had
its first reading at the last regular
session of the city council.
Urges Inside Inspector.
Mr.. McLaurin, who was present
at the meeting, said that an inside
plumbing inspector would prove of
more benefit than an ordinance of
this kind. Mr.. Masters thought that
against losses through accidents
should serve the purpose in this re-
spect, and that therefore a fee of 81
would be sufficient. He thought that
if wire inspector and also inside
plumbing inspector could be engag.
ed, it would be one of the best
things the city council ever did. Lots
of wiring is now being done by boys
and students and should therefore
be carefully inspected. A mechanic
who understood plumbing would
probably be the best kind Of per.
son to get for a position of this
kind, and he thought that the coun-
Gil should think favorably of this
suggestion.
Could Inspect Meters.
Such an inspector could at the
same time attend to the duties of
meter inspection. The outcome Of
the discussion was that a motion
was made and carried that the mat
ter of eXacting plumbers license
be deferred until the next meeting.
Mr.. Masters said that he intend
ed to make some improvements on
his house at the corner of Second
and Liberty streets but that there
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-29

their ranch, and bid fair to acquire
another fortune to replace this
which were won by catering 10 an
amusement-loving public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-29

complished by releasing the prison
ers on parole, seemed most probable
to the judge.
Conditions of the Parole.
BY the conditions Of the parole,
Leonard and Schmidt are bound 10
abstain from the use of intoxicating
liquors for one year, to work stead
lily during that time and report on
the first day of each month to Coun-
ty Attorney Jones. They must also
appear on the first day of the regu.
lar term of the district court before
Judge Nelson and give an account
of their conduct during the period OF
their parole. Failing in this, they
may be re-taken at any time and
sent to the reformatory at Redwing
to serve their sentences.
Telephoned His Mother.
When the order was read author
izing Sheriff Fauskee to release the
prisoners, the first thought of
Schmidt, after shaking hands and
receiving the congratulations of his
attorney and friends, was his aged
mother He left the court room in
company with his attorney and i'm
mediately telephoned the good It'd
ings to Mankato. Thank God" was
the reply of the happy mother. This
will indeed be happy Christmas
for me-"
The action of Judge Nelson in re-
leasing the two boys on parole will
meet the approval of all. They
have already been severely punished
and have learned lesson that
should keep them straight for all
time to come. The future success
of the young men now depends on
their own efforts and determination
to make good and if they but eX-
ert such efforts and show such de-
termination they will soon live down
the mistake they have made,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
Indian Princess Arrives

r Dover, May Special)-There was Ia picturesque scene here when the Be- gum or Bhopal dhe ruling princess of Bhopal, Central India) arrived via France on a visit to this country s s.
 The party numbered altogether about 20 persons and included the princess's phy- sician, cooks, astrologer and other off. cials connected with her court. Her per sonal suite of ladies numbered three. the rest of the party being men, some of whom wore eastern costume. The prin- cess's dress was of a beautiful white silk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
Heart To Heart Talks
By EDWIN A. NvB

I Fifty of these children were selected and for a month they were given g.
 cent hot lunches, consisting of ham.
 burger steak or Irish stew, with rice
 or gravy.
 | The result?
 These lean school children-poor kids gained an average of four pounds ir 26 daysi Some, half starved, gained
 more, but the average was four pounds
 of solid flesh. Now
 I have just been noting In a farm | journal tabulation of some elaborate feeding tests of cattle and hogs. Much
 is said about the "balanced ration And I remember that experiment
 schools are maintained and bulletins issued by the government to promote proper feeding of farm animals. Which Is all right, but Why draw the line on famished chill dren? Is it because cows and pigs rep
 resent money and children are mere
 human flesh, which has no value on the stock yards quotations? | Ask yourself. Why do we spend so many millions on batt1eships and rivers and harbors and conservation of forest, mine and
 stream and so little on the children? | Afraid we will pauperize them If we | feed them?
 | Did we pauperize the Union Pacific
 when we gave it millions of acres ot
 land? Do we pauperize the steel barons
 when we give them monopoly or
 steel rails, or our army officers wher
 we retire them on half pay7 | How about free school books? | Did we pauperi2e the children of the poor when we gave them-in many places-books free of cost?
 The fact is we pauperize these pooi
 children or make criminals of then when we let them go hungry You can give a thin boy or girl one wholesome meal a day for a less sun
 of money than it costs to feed ia | calf
 You do not pauperize the calf b5 giving 1t something to eat | How can people of the cities where the i'll nourished children of the pooi are found permit such conditions? Are they hard hearted, or don't they know
 or have they become used to the piti- full thing?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28

material. Each lady wore headdress with a. long veil, which enveloped nearly all of her form, apertures being left for the eyes.
 Every effort was made to screen the
 party from observation. A special train
 was brought up to the ship so that the door of the saloon exactly faced the gang
 way. AS soon as the princess and her retinue had boarded the train it left for Redhill, Surrey, near which place the princess is staying for a time prior to visiting other parts of the country. The princess Is the only lady in the British dominions who bears a title of knighthood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
The Reason

From the Toledo Blade. You say he's professional man. Yes"
 But I thought he followed automobil racing
 '.He does. He's a doctor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
Going to Father

4 N aged churchman who passed A away not long ago while dying
 T want to go to God. the Father,
 Tired, worn, weary of his days, the good man was like a child who at evening time calls for its father and reaches for his hand.
 And we all
 In our better moments, as at the last of life, we all come to that simple kinship-God's fatherhood and our chi1drenhood
 Like as a father pitieth his chil- dren so does the Lord pity them that fear him."
 We are his children-"children cry ing in the night" to be sure, yet chil- dren "crying Abba Father"
 In our callow wisdom we think to know many things we do not know, and finally, having boxed the compass of our religious thinking, we come back to the simple faith we got at mothers knee.
 Children, all of us.
 Like children, we play at the game of life, and, like them we tire Of ouI earthly playthings And then, leaving the broken toys strewn on the ground we lift beseeching eyes for someone who will lift us in his powerful hold Children all. Like them, we sail our gayly colorec vessels-toy ships that come to anchor with the poor stuff that we call gain or go down under the stress of misad- venture. But, whether our ships come in or no, there comes a day when we no more take pleasure in their sail ings.
 
 We are but children. Like children going to their holiday we go joyously on our way, mixing much of happiness with a few meager tears, and, like them, when the gala day Is done we return with laggard steps, and at eventide we long for the Father who can rock us safe to sleep. Is 1t not SO?
 As the weary child lifts 1t little arms with beseeching eyes and cries, T am tired, father, take me up" so We
 When the nighttime comes we reach up the arms of our feeble faith with a baby's trust in the eternal love and care.
 And so of that aged man who so many times had nestled his mortal life in the everlasting arms. What more natural than that he should say:
 T want to go to my Father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
A Dog Story


 He was a common, "ornery" hound dog, with a stumpy tail, awkward frame and beautiful eyes
 He lay on the pavement where the strong wind had blown him off his legs. Like Cassius, he had lean and hungry look. His paws hung Imply over the curbing. In the language of the street, he was "all in"
 Some street urchine tried to stir him up by methods known to him. The dog looked his utter helplessness from pa thetic eyes The boys looked at the bony ribs showing through the muddy white skin and from sheer pity desisted.
 small crowd gathered.
 Somebody got a beef sandwich and of- fered 1t, but the stumpy tail stayed limp and the cadaverous jaws dripped. The sandwich was untouched.
 He was too far gone to eat.
 The poor fellow was unable to use his skinny legs His fine eyes blinked up at the muddy skies and down at the muddy street: he laid his head on his fore paws and shut his eyes.
 He was too dirty to touch.
 The crowd dribbled away. Pedestrians looked askance at the starving hound. By and by, If he remained there, some scavenger would dump him into cart.
 A tramp came down the street.
 The tramp was as dirty and bedraggled as the dog. He looked at the latter a moment and then took him up in his arms.
 The poor beast let his head rest against the shabby coat of his unshaven rescuer and gave a feeble show of satisfaction as to his tail And the tramp and the dog disappeared down the street. Which is a true dog story. And I thought to myself The very poor and miserable are always best helped by those who are miserable and poor. Misery not only love com pany; it breeds sympathy and helpful ness.
 Why do respectable. right feeling peo- ple do as the Levite did when, seeing the wounded man on the Jericho road, he passed by on the other side?"
 They do not know how to help Suffering hassnot taught them through its christening how to assuage another's s woes. They feel sorry for the poor vic- tim who is wounded, but they do not feel sorry enough to put themselves out. They do not know the pity that stoops to minister.
 And I thought also
 Appearances are deceitful. Under the rags of a tramp may beat the impulses of sympathetic savior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
The Payroll

In InlS WOTlu. WutiIci you puy Oii credit or pay cash, you must settle for everything you get.
 And
 Tn return for everything you do, ev- cry effort you make-whether you get your envelope Saturday night or wheth : CT the paymaster is slow with the pay roll-you get what is coming to you.
 You must pay.
 You must get full pay.
 You must pay as you go-or after ward. Wheth CT you ride on a pay-as- you-enter car or put the nickel in the slot at the end of the trip. you must pay or you cannot ride. You get your pay as you go-or after ward Like the street car conductors who deduct their days wages from Looming to you daily, or if not, be as- sured of this: If you have to wait for your pay you get interest after maturity.
 Now. what you do is either good, bad or indifferent. If you do good work you may be sure you will get good pay. If you do bad work you will dray oVil Wages- the wages of sin. If you do indifferent work you will get indifferent pay. | Is it not so? | Here is a rich man who has made his money by compromises With his onscience. Credit him up With his Dig house and his motor cars and his stocks and bonds Now charge with betrayal of trust and a good memory Of 1t, an 1 extravagant and ungrateful family, a. l. I'm going too fast? We'll, strike the balance. The man i is getting his pay right along
 And you? Credit your ups and charge your downs. Charge the tears and credit the smiles Put down on opposite sides of the ledger the days of cloud and the days of sunshine. The trial balance shows overwhelm ingly on the credit side.
 Now put down the good things you have done, and the bad things, and the indifferent. Does the account show 'in red?' Then you better begin to get more daily credits on the journal. Because good pays good. bad pays bad, each after its kind. But always the pay
 You pay for what you get and you get what you pay for.
 Emerson called 1t the law of compen- sation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
MOllie's Gumption

Back in southern Ohio they were known as Jim and Mollie. Now they are MT and Mrs of Pittsburg.
 They were children of neighboring hill farmers and went to school three or four months in winter and worked the remain der of the year. and they were in love with each other
 Jim built a log cabin on one corner of his fathers rocky acres and married Mol lie, and they managed to get along fairly well.
 Mollie was ambitious.
 One day she said to Jim: You were al- ways good at books, especially arithmetic. You should be a civil engineer. Let's go to college and educate you"
 Which took Jim's breath.
 How can I go to college? We have no money" And Mollie smiled and said, Come on, let's go' And they scraped up barely enough to pay their car fare to the college town.
 Which seemed a reckless voyage.
 But immediately Mollie got a job as waitress in college boarding house. Jim took care of furnaces, cut lawns and did all sorts of odd chores. At the end o1 six months they rented a cottage ano opened a boarding house of their own When the spring semester closed they had $400 in bank.
  have made in five years on the hills
 Before the second year was over a red headed baby came to their boarding house which complicated things to some ex- tent. But Jim succeeded in crowdine four years work into three. Three months before graduation day a Pitts burg man offered any senior job as draftsman at $60 a month.
 All refused-except Jim.
 Mollie had talked with the man and looked him over carefully, and she said to Jim, "Take the job And Jim took It
 The outcome?
 Five years afterward the Pittsburg man took Jim as a partner, and last year half the profits of the engineering firm were s27, 600.
 Now. how did Molle know Jim would make an engineer? Why did she take a long chance in going away from the farm3 Why did she advise Jim to take the job at s6O month?
 Why, Mollie had gumption.
 And that is one of the most valuable things in the world. Many women have 1t. It Is more than intuition. It Is the prophetic faculty plus pluck. It is in stinct coupled with daring.
 The feminine mind is wonderful In Its fruitfulness when given chance. If you are married to a Mollie who has gump- ton do as she bids you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28

4 N aged churchman who passed "A away not long ago while dying 4 x said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
Mending Men

Which seek to loow beyond the broken
 law
 To find the broken life and mend its flaw.
 Edmund Vance Cooke.
 He mends broken men.
 He is Warden Tom Lyman of the Colo rado penitentiary, and the repairing or broken lives is his speciality.
 Instead of striped garments and armed guards and lock step and spies, Lyman uses his .'honor system"-a system by which prisoners are treated not as con victs, but as men.
 .aro make a man trustworthy, trust him." says Tom Lyman. Can you mend his logic?
 Colorado state prisoners are employed A. part of the time in building state roads. The men are sent out in working squads miles away from any habitation. And they are guarded by one man. Each prisoner knows he can get away if he wants to, and there will be nobody to shoot at him. And yet. such is the trustworthiness of human nature when | it Is trusted. of total of 745 employed Hast year only 3s made an attempt to get away.
 | Of 100 men 95 were faithful. | Can you find a larger percentage of re- liability outside prison walls? Moreover, life in the road camps ac- tually is made pleasant for the men. About the camp1res In the evening there | is a phonograph. One camp has portable organ.
 Each prisoner takes an oath when he goes out with the road gang that he will not throw down" the warden or the system just as Judge Lindsey's boys promise they will go alone to the reform school and not disgrace the judge"
 Besides, the state grants each man who faithfully does outside work 10 days a month additional good time" That's all.
 Incidentally Colorado has a fine system of state roads. especially in the moun- tain districts. at very low cost If Tom Tyman had his way the men would be paid real wages. the money to go to their families or be kept for them pending re- lease.
 Lyman says, Most of those who break our laws are not vicious, only weak. " And "the idea that prison is place to punish rather than reform men is not in accord with this age" | To all of which--amen! | Slowly but surely is that society which | is named Christian after him who gave to 1t it's highest impulses beginning to heed and to practice that part of his re- ugion on the Mount of Olives: II was in prison and ye came unto be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
Children or Calves?

Here is something new under the sun-fatenning school children
 The school authorities of Philadel- phia discovered that some of the chill dren were underfed. They came from homes where the parents leave for work early in the morning and return late in the evening. and there is not much to eat. s, zses.
 An experiment was made.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-15
SUES MOB MEMBERS
MISSOURI FARMER SEEKS RE
VENICE FOR BEING COMPELLED
TO CONFESS OTHERS CRIME.
Real Offender Makes Confession After
Inneent Man Had Narrowly Es-
capped Rough Treatment at
Hands Of Farmers

Hartille, Mo.-Armon Elumbaugh. a
young farmer, who last May, TO save
his life from a mob. confessed that
be had robbed the home Of John
Hopkins Of Reyburn. Mo-. was ac-
quilted OF the charge in the circuit
court here Thursday. Ezra BIaylock.
a neighbor Of Hopkins, on the witness
stand confessed that be committed
the burglary, and was sentenced to
ave years in the state reformatory.
Eiumbaugh was placed under sus-
picion when bloodhounds that we're
secured to trail the robbers went di-
rectly 10 his home. The following
night a band of farmers went to
Elumbaugh's house and threatened
him with physical violence. Fearing
for his life, he confessed the rob
berry. He was told TO sell his prop
erty and leave the community, which
he did. Later he saw an advertise
ment in a newspaper stating that he
was innocent and that the real Of
fender had been apprehended.
Elumbaugh then returned home and
filed suit for $4,000 damages against
the leaders of the mob.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-15
sundIal at Ottawa. Kan.

timepiece this summer. 1t being an ex-
cellent summe for the use of sundials.
He fashioned 1t according to the mi
nutest directions Of chronometer and
sundial experts. AS a result the dial
is accurate to the minute when the
SUMS changes are figured-and Mr..
Eason has provided a card with print
ed directions for each day OF the year
The number OF minutes the u is
-slow" or fast" In comparison with
the standard meridian. IL placed In
plain view Of park visitors. Anyone
may read the card and set his watch
the exact time.
The dial Is fourteen feet in diameter
and the Indicator. a pointed post, Ia
eight feet above the ground. Numerals
Of cement number the hours upon
which the shadow of the Indicator falls
In turn from sunup to shutdown. Lines
OF foliage mark the half-hours and
the quarter-hours. Pigmy hedge forms
a decorative design In front OF the
figures.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-15
JOHN JACOB AsToR WEEDS.
Miss Madeline Force Becomes Bride
Of Head Of Famous Family.

Newport. R Madeline Talmadge
Force Of New York became the bride
Of Colonel John Jacob Astor. head of
the famous American family Of his
name. a lew minutes. after 8 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Although the ceremony was held at
Newport in the midst Of he famed so
cisty leaders, not n was present at
the service. The marriage was per-
formed in the beautiful white and gold
ballroom Of Beechwood. the famous
Aston show place.
Immediately after the marriage as
he was rushing away to board his
yacht Mona for his honeymoon voy-
age. Colonel Aston said:
Now that We are happily married
l don't care how difficult divorce and
remarriage laws are made.
Il sympathize heartily with these
straight-laced people in most Of their
ideas, but believe remarriage should
be possible once. as marriage is the
happiest condition for the individual
and the community"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-15
KEEP TIME BY THE suNDIAL
In seautifyIns Its Forest Park This
Kansas Town Has Added .
Utility.

Ottawa, Kan.-The big city has no
corner on civic beauty. Nor are pref.
ty parks and ingenious decorative
schemes confined TO estates OF landed
gentry. A country town can, and often
does. furnish excellent examples of ar.
tistic treatment OF bits Of woodland.
Ottawa has no copyrighted system
Of boulevards other than its well paved
streets. but the folks who make their
homes here pride themselves upon
their parks-there are two of them
City Park and Forest Park.
In Forest Park there are samples
Of the ordinary park embellishments.
such as a fountain. cemented fish pond.
lettered flower beds and sanitary
drinking fountains. But the newest
addition Is a floral sundial. 1t is the
towns latest civic pride.
J. H. Eason. park keeper for Ottawa,
planned and constructed the natural
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-15
GERMANY SUBMITS PROPOSAL
Counter Proposition on Morocco Not
Acceptable to France. AZ IL Would
Suppress Commercial Equality.

Paris-Germzny's counter.proposal
10 those submitted by France regard
ing the settlement Of the Moroccan
difficulty reached Paris Saturday
night H. De Solves, the foreign min
lister. Immediately carried the docu-
ment 10 Premier CaiIIaux.
The two ministers made a lengthy
examination of its contents and decid-
ed to submit the counter proposal to
specialists on Moroccan questions.
notably NJ RegauIt, the French min
lister to Morocco. When they have
formed an opinion. the premier will
call a meeting of the cabinet, prob
ably Thursday. and lay the whole mat
ter Defore the ministers for decision
In accordance with, an agreement
made with the German government,
no communication was made to the
riess concerning the text OF the doc
UnIent, but it is understood that Ger
many in return for the recognition OF
Frances free hand in Morocco de-
msnds economic guarantees which
INCUR to privileges and which would
be unacceptable not only 70 France.
bur 10 all the other powers. as they
would practically suppress CONNER
eial equality in Morocco.