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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03

when you refuse to suffer your
self to be imposed upon, then they
are mad" says The Lake Crystal
Union. Be Christ.like. Colonel, Turn
the other cheek and let them "tap"
II .....
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03

With the Judge of the municipal
court, the county attorney and the
police working hand in hand, surely
an end ought to be put to speed
mania on Mankato's streets.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03

Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Hart and
family have arrived in North Man
kato and moved into the parsonage
of the Methodist church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03

The police are to be commended
for their efforts to put stop to
speeding Oh the public thOroughfares.
They should put stop to bau
PLAYING in the streets also. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03


is said to be the first woman in the
United States to qualify as con-
tracing and consulting engineer.
She considers that civil engineering
offers many opportunities to women
having an inclination that way.
Nebraska is now said to have
more women students than any 9th
er university west of the Mississippi
river. Mrs. Robert La Toilette was
the first woman to graduate
from the law school of Wisconsin
university. She is considered a cley-
err lawyer as we'll as an unusually
gifted newspaper woman
Mrs. L. B. Tague, Colorado's
woman judge, is a candidate for re-
election. Mrs. Tague was appointed
Judge of the county court at Red
cliff more than a year ago 10 I'LL
vacancy caused by the death OF
her husband. The decisions which
she handed down have been SO
satisfactory that she is thought to
stand good chance for at least
one more term.
Some of the largest gifts made to
American universities recently have
been presented by women. MIS-.
Russell Sage has given an additional
$G5. 900 to Princeton university to so
toward the completion of Holder
Hall. The whole of Holder Hall,
including Holder Tower, is the git
Of Mrs. Sage. Mrs. J. X. Paine has
given $4,000 to Harvard to establish
the John Knowles Paine Fellowship
in music; Mrs. Caroline M. Bonard
has given $4,000 and Mrs. c. II.
Sanger many books and phamphlets
from the library of the late PROBES
sor Charles Robert Sanger.
Mrs. Charles L. Peck is the
originator of the movement to es-
tablish school for the Chinese
women of New York who are not
allowed to go out at night to at
tend the regular public evening
schools and whose duties keep them
indoors all day. Many OF these
women came to this country as
slave girls and are now working TO
Ibuy back their freedom. Mrs. Peek
hopes to get the help of the board
of education in her plan ana pro-
poses to have school opened
when the girls will be taught Eng
ilish. arithmetic, writing and Amerl-
can ways. Miss Tu jung Chang Is
assisting Mrs. Peck in her work.
Mrs. Mabel Van Dyck Bell has
been appointed a United States COM
missioner in the Eleventh Kentucky
district. She served several years
in the office of the clerk OF the
United States court in Kentucky.
Later she acted as deputy clerk IN
the same court. In her new post
she possesses extensive powers
She may issue warrants for inter
national fugitives and for violators
| of internal revenue laws, draw
criminal complaints, fix bonds, issue
subpoenas, administer oaths, give
preliminary hearings, pass upon
questions of law and in fact decide
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03
INTERESTS THE WOMEN

Mrs Mary E. Ewing of Chicago
is said to be the first woman in the
United States to qualify as con-
tracing and consulting engineer:
She considers that civil engineering
offers many opportunities to. women
having an inclination that way.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03

Continued from Page One.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

NJ Ew YORK.-"The best way to
N catch an Irish linnet is to do a
cabaret dance and make a noise like
q worm," was the philosophical deci-
sion of one of score of men who
spent the entire afternoon recently
trying to capture = bird in the clear
ing back Of the Hotel Astor. where
the New theater Is to be erected. An
interested crowd of several hundred
persons watched the chase and sew
eral hundred suggestions were freely
made.
All the comlnotion was started
when Miss Martha Mari OF Stamping
Ground. KY, reported to clerk in
the Hotel Astor that her Irish linnet.
which she had smuggled into her
room on the eighth floor back. had
flown her coop. or. to be exact. her
gilded cage. Great was the grief she
displayed. But nothing happened un-
til she displayed yellowback with
$50 marked all over 1t.
TRY an ad In the paper" suggested
a bellboy, "and you will get back a
dozen birds in. the morning"
But l must get my Colleen tChris-
tian name OF the bird) at once. She
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
ARREsTINe FLIGHT OF TINE.
German Scientists Advise the Eating
Of Egg Shells by Those Who Ap-
proach Old Age.

Two Germans, deep thinkers-Pro-
fessors Emmerich and Loewe-state
that eggs shells eaten increase the
power of resistance against "the with
ering blight OF time," add weight to
the body. activity to the brain and
strength to the heart; that they de-
stroy injurious bacilli. prevent inflam-
nation and disease and lend courage
and energy. This reminds me. Phil
lip Hale writes In the Boston Herald.
of the preparation advertised In Lon
don thirty or more years ago as re-
moving superhuous hair, being an ex-
cellent substitute for table butter,
none genuine unless stamped on the
blade. Eustace Miles. the English
court tennis player and vegetarian.
says he had an old nurse who used
to eat egg shells and crunch them Joy
fully between the teeth that happened
to meet, and she said she ate the
shells because they Shaved the hair
off inside OF the throat" The discov-
cry of the German scientist 10 peculi-
arly welcome to dwellers by the
ocean, for 1t Is a we'll known fact that
II you do not break egg shells the
witches will put out to sea In them to
wreck vessels, and II you burn the
shells the hens will cease to lay.
Furthermore. as eggs are now absurd
ly high-even case eggs-in the neigh
borhood 1t seems pity to waste any
part of them.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
BABY IN MISERY WITH RASH

Monroe, Wis.-"When my baby was
six weeks old there came q rash on
his face which finally spread until 1t
got nearly all over his body. 1t form
ed crust on his head, hair fell out
and the itch was terrible. When he
would scratch the crust, the water
would ooze out in big drops. On face
and body 1t was in dry form and
would scale of. He was In great mis-
cry and at nights I would lie awake
holding his hands so that he could not
scratch and disfigure himself. tried
simple remedies at first. then got
medicine. but it did no good.
FINALLY friend suggested Cuticura
Remedies. so l sent for a sample to
see what they would do when to my
surprise after few applications i
could see an improvement. and he
would rest better. bought box of
Cuticura Ointment and cake of CUT.
cura Soap and before l had them half
used my baby was cured. His head is
now covered with luxuriant growth
of hair and his complexion 10 ad.
mired by everybody and has no dis
flgurements." (signed) Mrs. Annie
Saunders. Sept. 20, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston"
Adv.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
New York City Crowd Pursues One Little Bird

IL right out there in the back yard.
the poor dear. Just flying around in a
hystericAl manner"
Even tho taxicab drivers were
touched when they heard Of the re-
ward offered. Several quit their ma
chimes and sought to make friends
with the linnet They were Joined by
nearly all the small boys in the neigh
borhood. The taxicab starter sent
more than 20 men In quest Of the
bird. Sandwich sign men threw on
their advertising garb and Joined tho
chase with q vim.
Baskets, buckets and other articles.
arranged with . bait underneath and
propped upon sticks to which were
attached long strings. were the more
popular methods used. But some OF
the men and boys tried to effect a
capture by hand. Colleen seemed to
enjoy the sport OF the chase as much
as the spectators. She chirped or
sang. or whatever a regular linnet
does. and seemed to smile when some
one shouted . suggestion across the
vacant lot:
"Put salt ON its tall"
"Get an aeroplane!"
Make . noise like worm!"
"Get a letter OF Introduction"
These were q few of the sugges-
t,ons made to the crowd that labored
for more than three hours trying to
catch the feathered prize. Colleen
was still fancy free and having the
time Of her young life when darkness
came and Miss Mari refused to be
ccnsoled.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Earnlnas of RasebaII.

Men prominent in big league base
ball councils declare that the present
year will be lean one for several of
the major clubs, although none of
them is likely actually to lose money.
The big money makers will be. as US
ual, the New York Nationals. Boston
Red Sox, both Chicago clubs. Pitts
burg. Washington and the Athletics
1t is estimated the Giants will yield
nearly one-fourth million dollars in
profits. The Boston Red Sox have
done a phenomenal business at home
and abroad and expect to show net
profit of 100000. Estimates on some
of the other clubs are as follows:
Chicago Americans, $175.000.
Chicago Nationals. $150,0Oo.
Pittsburg, 100000.
Washington, 100000.
Brooklyn, 100000.
Were 1t not for the 50 per cent di-
vision of paid admissions at all major
league parks some Of the unsuccessful
clubs would sustain heavy losses.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Boys Tricks Force Action by Chicago Council

pen II a small boy was to press the
engine-starting device Of a machine
where the brakes are not set.
why, the machine is likely to start
running in a crowded street and in
jure. or perhaps kill. several persons
before 1t could be stopped. am 60
ing to ask the city council to pass an
amendment to the automobile or
dinances requiring that all automo-
biles, whether or not they are equip
ped with self-starting devices. be
made small boy proof 1t is a won
der that many accidents have not
been caused thus far
Alderman Kearns said further that
he would ask for an ordinance requir-
ing persons owning automobiles to
lock the starting levers wien they are
left standing unguarded alongside OF
sidewalk.
AS long as the brakes are set on an
automobile there Is very little likeli-
hood that the machine will start IL
the self-starting engine device is
pressed. The engine may start, but
the gears will have to be thrown in
before the automobile itself will
move.
The police department has the pow
er to arrest any person other than the
owner for tampering with an auto
mobile. Alderman Kearns said, how
ever, that 1t would take small army
Of policemen to keep track of the
mischievious acts Of Chicago's thou.
sands OF small boys.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
JaiI's Trick Rat Returns

CLEVELAND. O-Joshua. the pale
y trained rat of the county jail. Is
back again. Joshua has not been seen
since eighteen months ago. when he
disappeared with wooden-legged
man. until the other morning. The
return Of the prodigal rat affected
Jailer Bill Stoller deeply.
stoller was sitting by the window
In the jail office, watching the auto
mobiles pass in the public square.
when he felt a slight tug at his rear
pocket, where he ordinarily keeps the
ane cut.
The jailer turned. There was
Joshua, pale as ever. eagerly MUNICH
ing the tobacco.
"why, it's JOSH" exclaimed stoller.
a. a large tear dropped down Josh
ua's cheek, either caused by emotion
or the fact that the tobacco was
strong.
Joshua Immediately jumped to the
desk, where he went through the In
tricate evolutions that have made him
the marvel of the sheriff and his
deputies.
The leave-taking of Joshua from
the county jail was comparable only
to the escape OF thief In the night.
The rat, whose already pale complex
lon, due. doubtless. to long imprison-
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
STORIES
8 1EHaE@
DIAMOND

1t is said that the temperance clause
in the contract of the Pirates is to be
removed.
Wiltse and Meyers of the Giants are
the best batting battery in the Ma
tional league.
Joe. Birmingham is willing to work
IS hours of each day to make good as
manager OF the Maps.
In the morning game of Labor day,
Pitcher Hixon of Indianapolis allowed
Columbus but one hit
Jack Chesbro, pitching for North
Adams at Pittsfeld. Mass, recently.
was knocked out of the box.
"A ball player is fool to pay any
attention to what is said to him on
the diamond" says Bill Sweeney.
Frank Smith of Montreal held Roch.
ester to three hits on September 4.
Two of them came in the ninth inning.
One thing the Giants have on the
Red Sox is base-stealing ability. Still,
that didn't get them much against the
Athletics.
The White Sox, 1t is said, will train
on the coast in 1918. A place-Paso
Robles by name-is the spot named for
the training.
Joe Wood has relied on speed, con-
troll and support for his recent VIC
tories. He doesn't use his curve un-
less he has to.
James Esmond, an infielder, was re-
leased by the Cincinnati National
league club to the Montreal club of the
International league.
Frank Bancroft will as usual take
the Reds transforming this fall. The
trip will include games in Southern
Ohio and West Virginia.
Topsy Hartsell says he expects to re-
main at the head of the Toledo team
next year and win pennant, and has
no desire to lead the Maps.
The Giants found the eastern team
Of the National league much easier to
beat this season than they did the
teams comprising the western end of
the circuit.
AS rule, pitchers are jokes when
it comes to hitting the ball, but Bun
ME" Hearne crossed the dope recently
when he made three home runs in q
nine-inning game.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
"Hoodoo" Didn't Work and SalIe Got "Wusser

n BIRMINGHAM, Aha white wom-
ID an named Mrs. Titmore was ar
raigned before Judge Benners OF the
court of common pleas the other day
on charge Of the larceny of a COW
belonging to an aged negro woman
named Adelaide Williams. The evil
dence was not sufficient to sustain the
charge. but 1t revealed state of
facts that showed the credulence OF
the negro race in the efficiency Of the
"hoodoo."
The negro woman stated that she
was the proud mother of yellow girl
Of about seventeen years old that In
stead of staying at home the said Of
spring. as the old woman expressed
1t, went "er gallivantin' wild de boys"
This behavior on the part OF her
daughter Sallie caused the old
woman some 'oneasiness" and she
called on the white woman for as
sistance. The said assistance was
Immediately Promised and q bar
white woman succeeded in casting a
spell on the wayward sallie she was
to receive the COW in payment.
According to the testimony of
Adelaide the white woman fixed a
powder and bottle of liquid. which
she gave to the girl with the injunc-
ton to place them in her trunk and
the desire to roam would Immediate
ly vanish. The directions were car
ried out and the white woman took
possession Of the COW.
did the charm have the desired ef.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
GUESS 10 |

r. NHICAGO.-Mischievous small boys
~ through \ recently acquired habit
are going to force the city council to
amend the automobile ordinances to
prevent the boys from adding to the
city's automobile accidents.
Alderman James A. Kearns discov-
cred the other day that the combina-
ton of an automobile. equipped with
q selfstarting engine, and small boy
was one which may cause trouble. He
learned that boys walking along the
street, particularly messenger boys
In the downtown district. have &C.
quired a new habit.
Instead of being content to walk up
to a machine standing at a curb and
"toot" the horn, boys have demon
etrated the merits OF self-starting de-
vices for automobile engines by push
ing a foot lever and letting the en-
gine run wild"
There Is no danger in this" said
Alderman Kearns. "if some one is left
to guard the car. or II the brakes are
set. But just think what would hap
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
le prosecutlnR attorney

fect7" asked the prosecuting attorney
Of the old aunty.
What you mean1"
did the hoodoo keep sallie from
running around at night"
Keep dat chile from runnin' round
at night3 Lordy man. no. sab; hit
made her wusser."
Did you tell the defendant she
could have the COW If the hoodoo
worked all right"
'Lemme tell yo'. ah'll tell de truf er
bout dat conjure. All did. tell dat
white lady dat ah would gin her de
COW, but de onliest way she WIS ter
git hit was for dat gal of mine ter be
cured"
Sallie was put on the stand to testi
fy as to the effects of the charm and
also stated very emphatically that II
made her "wusser" and that since
that medicine was in her trunk she
had almost left home.
Judge Benners discharged the WON
an on a charge of larceny and or
dered the COW to be returned to the
old aunty.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
After a Long Vacation

ment, had become even paler. had
been lingering around wooden
legged man. awaiting grand Jury
action on a charge of robbing a
cheese factory. for several days. The
grand Jury met and acquitted the
man. In spite of the circumstantial
evidence that the atmosphere in his
presence gave.
Joshua doubtless figuring that
where there was cheese in the air
there might be food for him. slipped
into the righthand coat pocket of
the man with the wooden leg. He
then was seen no more at the Jail
until his mysterious return the other
day.
Josh, as we call Joshua for short.
will come to the desk at IL o'clock
every morning, for his chew" said
Stoller.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
The First Toast.

Wilson Miner. the well-known
viveur. explained, on a New York roof
garden. the origin of the word toast
-toasting a lady.
"rou will remember" he began
that in olden times 1t was the Gus
tom to serve punch with toasted-that
is to say. roasted-apples floating in
It, These apples we're called the
toast The toast-remember that.
We'll. 1t happened at Bath one day
that a celebrated beauty stood in the
Cross Bath. surrounded by a throng
of admirers, and one Of these admir-
ers, intoxicated with admiration, took
a glass of the water in which the
beauty stood, and holding 1t aloft
drank her health, draining the water
to the last drop.
Beau Nash, who stood near by
shouted:
81 like not the punch. but would
l had the toast!'"
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
cobb on STAGE Again.

Ty Cobb, baseball player extraordi-
nary and retired actor. may go upon
the stage again this winter. He has
received an offer to become interlocu-
tor of George Evans minstrels. Evans
mad lin Corbett in this position two
years and now hopes to land diar
mond celebrity for the Job. In addi-
t}on. Evans Is angling for the services
of Red Doom. Mike Donlin and Christy
Mathewson, all of whom have appear
Cd in vaudeville. Incidental to his
show. Evans has baseball team and
he would back that team against all
comers If he could get Cobb. Matty.
Doom and Donlin to Join.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Demands Of Players.

Apropos of the proposed new union
of baseball players. 4 New York wag
has suggested the following demands:
l. Overtime after nine innings.
2. Double pay for Sundays and holi-
days, with Saturday half holiday from
June to October.
3. Piecework scale: Base hit, IS:
two-base hit, $40: threebase hit. SIS;
home runs, S25; special home runs
with bases full, $50.
4. Valet service in clubhouse. street
clothes to be pressed daily while en-
gagged on diamond.
s. Scale of fielding: Pop flies. 81;
ordinary assists, s1.5o; extra long,
S1.75; catching thrown ball, 31.25, II 1t
bounces; half hops, 81; long bounds,
no bonus; double plays. 81; penalty
for errors, 10 cents tfirst three e1,
cepted).
s. Schedule of 100 games only.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Appointed Day Of Judgment.

A horse dealer in an English town
had lent a horse to solicitor, who
killed the animal through bad usage.
The dealer insisted on payment. and
the lawyer. refusing cash. said he
would give bill for the amount. but
it must be at long date. The law
yer drew a promissory note. making
1t payable on the day of judgment.
An action was raised. and the lawyer
asked the sheriff to look at the bill.
Having done SO. the sheriff replied
This is the day OF judgment. decree
you pay tomorrow"
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

Beals Becker. who has long been a
utility outfelder for the Giants, has
been holding down a regular berth in
the New York outfield for some time
past. Beals is timely batsman and
1t was his good stick work that led
him to be played regularly by Man
ager McGraw. Becker was secured
by New York from the Boston Nation
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
STAR CATCHER WITH YANKs
Ed Sweeney, Elongated 6aekstop,
Stops Wide Ones That Would
Get by Other Players.

Ed Sweeney. the Yanks' elon-
gated catcher. can handle all kinds Of
pitching.
1t is doubtful If there is another
catcher in the league who could do
much with Mcconnell, New York's
bean" pitcher. He is supposed to
be one OF the hardest pitchers in the
majors to catch. Sweeney can get
his glove behind wide ones that
would get by the ordinary backstop.
His great reach stands him in good
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

ais. He has been kept on the bench
by McGraw for several seasons. be
ing used by the leader of the Giants
as an emergency batsman and out
fielder. Several OF the clubs were
after Becker to play him regularly.
but McGraw refused to part with
him. paying him 4 good-sized salary
Just to keep him for emergency roles.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
IhouohtfuI Wife.

Think I'll go to the ball game to-
day"
"All right. Is there telephone at
the grounds.
There's one there. Why?"
IF the home team loses. l want you
to telephone me, SO that l can take
the children and go over to mothers
until you get your temper back"
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Ed Sweeney.

turn behind the bat. In recent Sun.
days game. for instance, he saved
Russell Ford wild heave with men
on the bags, by going up In the air
a good seven feet for high one.
Moreover, Sweeney is willing
worker. He is always ready to
kick on a close decision, but he never
crabs after 1t Is all over. He is al
ways smiling during the game.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Meoraw PraIses cube,

"Cut the Cubs open and you'd nnu
them stuffed full of sand and ginger"
SAYS John McGraw, paying his compli-
ments to the Cubs, and he adds further
nice words as tribute to the great
race they have made. Did any Cub
ever say anything nicer about the Gi.
ants?
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04
Not 4ucceRR1

Not Successful.
Mrs. Knicker-Why don't you go to
the market yourself?
Mrs. Bocker-No. indeed; that's Just
the way Jack told me he lost his
money.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

The principal difference between a
cur dog and thoroughbred is that
the cur can pick up his own living.
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

Important to Wyothov0
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that II
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

The style Of IL.
How do they serve meals from
that lunch wagon?"
II suppose they serve them a la
cart"
The Springfield herald., 1912-10-04

When man does get even with
another he Is never satisfied until he
gets a little more so.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-08-02
Republican Ticket

For County Judge
JOSEPH HUFsTEDLER
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-08-02

FoR SALE-4.room house, two
lots, good cistern and cellar and
other improvements, known as the
Fred Schmidt property, in Waddle
g. Hughes addition. Cheap and on
easy terms. Apply to Joe Schmidt,
Jr., Pocahontas, Ark. 47-4tp.