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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-21
from TUESDAYS DaIlv.

ct. Paul, Mimi, January Estate
Insurance Commissioner S. d. Works
is busily engaged in organizing the
committee that will have in hand the
project of raising a fund for the cree
ton OF q suitable monument to the
memo~y of the late Governor Win
field S. Hammond. The committee
is to be composed of twenty-five
members from Hennepin county,
twenty-five from Ramsey county, fiji
teen from st. Louis county and five
each from the other counties.
st. Paul, Mimi, January 1S.-A le-
gal question, of the eligibility of state
legislators to attend the national par
ty conventions to be held this year,
has been put up to Attorney general
Lyndon A. Smith 1T is understood
that many legislators OF Minnesota
will be candidates for election as
delegates to the republican national
convention. and the great question is
whether these delegates are really
state off GERS. A legislator cannot
hold any other state office while he
is legislator.
DR.. A. F. Schmitt today made ar
rangements for the removal of Mayor
A. G. Meyer from the Meyer home on
Byron street TO the Emmanuel hospi-
tai. AS soon as the mayor is in the
right condition, he will be operated
upon for gall bladder trouble. Alfred
Meyer, the mayors son, came to Man
kato yesterday from the mayors farm
near Owatonna, on account of his
fathers serious illness.
St. Paul, Mimi, January 1S.-Six
Minnesota buttermakers, who have
been obliged to pay in penalties to the
United States internal revenue de-
partment sum between $500 and 81 coo
each, for having had water in their
butter, will probably have this money
returned to them. This information
was brought by John J. Farrell, state
dairy and food commissioner, who
recently returned to ST. Paul, after
a visit to Washington, during which
he held conference on that subject
with leading officials of the internal
revenue department.
Faribauit, January 1S.-Theodore
Marquis, one of the few veterans of
the Confederate army, who has been
living in Minnesota died at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. w. f. Miller,
near Roberd's lake, Thursday Mr..
Marquis, who was over eighty years
of age at the time of his death, was
a Northerner by birth, but had moved
south just before the war started. Aft
er the war, he came back to Minneso-
ia. and has been resident of this
state ever since.
Bergen, Norway, January 1S.-The
fire that for several days threatened
the complete destruction of this city
has at last been subdued with the
help of fire departments from neigh
boring cities 1t is now estimated
that the total loss will reach $4,000
COO The earlier estimates placed the
loss at only half that amount. 1t is
stated that 400 buildings were de-
stroyed and 5000 persons have been
rendered homeless.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-21
Railway Men Enjoy Pleasant Even

my.
Mankato Division No. 46, Brother
hood of All Railway Employe. held
open installation Saturday night in
the Sons of Herman hall, conducted
by the national president, Robert A.
Leitz of Chicago. After this social
function was enjoyed. Music was
furnished by Professor Sage and his
splendid orchestra. G. R. Bradley was
the French chef" He served oyst-
ers, sandwiches, doughnuts, dills and
other dainties, making up fine sup
per- Late in the evening there was
dancing
The officers that were installed were
as follows: Conductor, W. G. Fen
quist; motorman, N. c. Haley; fire.
man, A. o. La Baron; machinist, Frank
Tierney; brakeman, George Hoffman;
flagman, Nels Sandquist; secretary, D.
o. Tenney, reelected.
The national president gave his
tory of the organization. 1t is less
than three years old, but it has a
membership of over 10000. He stated
that the growth of that order was
more rapid than that of any other or
der of the kind ever instituted He
stated that the order had on hand
$4,000 for the benefit of the sick and
injured.
Y. M. c. a. Will Hold Open House
For Commercial College Boys.
At eight o'clock this evening the
Y. M. c. A. will have open house for
the Commercial college boys and their
friends. Games and refreshments are
on the program.
At 1880 the students who are in
, terested in the organization of a life
problem study class are asked to
meet in the Associational hall The
work of the class will be explained
and the class organized. This class
has been conducted for two winters
with good success and the organizers
are looking for good enrolment 1t
it intended that the class shall meet
each Tuesday evening at seven o'clock
just prior to the meeting of the gym
nasium class.
Leap Year Party.
! Misses Mary Ryan, Marguerite
Mccarthy and Beatrice Davies enter
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-21
Entertained the vestrymen.

Mr.. Lyle Soaring entertained the
vestrymen of st. Johns Episcopal
church last evening at his home on
Liberty street. A delicious course
dinner was served at $50, covers be-
ing laid for eight. Those present were
Professor j. M. Mcconnell, R. e..
Brown, Alva Lewis, John A. Johnson,
Lee Wood Rev. G. j. Shut, Lyle
Soaring and F. A. Fisher. Following
the dinner a business meeting was
held, and the plans for new guild
hall were looked over and discussed,
but no definite action was taken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-21

tanned last evening at very pleas
ant Leap Year party, twenty-fou1
guests being in attendance. During
the early part of the evening the
merry makers formed box parties
and attended the play 'The Silent
Voice." at the Sandon theatre, occu-
plying the two upper boxes in the bal
cony, six couples being seated in each
box. Later in the evening nice re-
freshments were served in the par
lors at the e. c. Thronson drug store
on South Front street. A delightful
time was enjoyed by the young peo-
pie, and the affair was pronounced a
decided success by all in attendance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Measure Of Laughter.

A meter for laughter is the latest in.
vention of commercialized drama. The
device registers automatically and in
degree the amount of laughter induced
by moving picture films. 1t is some
invention and its uses should not be
monopolized by the movies. It's one
great function in life is evidently to
check up the applause and laughter re-
ports now found so copiously scattered
through the columns of the Congress
sional Record, much to the chagrin of
blushing veracity. The machine we
really need, however, is one which reg
listers the spirit of humor and not the
effect. 1t would save humanity many
weary moments IL the inveterate story
teller could first try his stun out on a
machine instead OF his long suffering
friends. 1t would not do, however, to
have this machine around when the
politicians are making their promises
to their constituency of congenital
suckers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
CHANGING PURPOSE IN LIFE
Matter for Careful Consideration, and
by No Means Always TO Be
Condemned.

Sooner OF later there will come re
minders OF the query. Should Il be &C
cording to thy mind7" One career
may be taken and another abandoned
Such change OF purpose and pursuit
should not indicate fickleness, for the
most resolute have experienced IT,
Buds of unusual promise may sadly
fail Of Towering. Trees and vines
confidently cherished sometimes sig.
nally disappOint in fruitage. The al.
legged ways Of wisdom do not invaria.
bly, result in their promised pleas
antness and peace. Faithful workers,
in a good cause, themselves hindered
and hampered by circumstances be-
yond their control, see fidelity to it's
opposite apparently favored by smiles
of fortune which they have woefully
missed. Now. without pursuing this
phase OF human experience further.
let us recall the great part of human
nature as noting a divinity that
shapes our ends, roughhew them how
we may" Go on planning as best you
may. and with determination which
neither fire nor flood can vanquish.
Yet the race may not always be to
the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
At the table Of generous bounty a ia
miliar face may be missing evermore
and a long-used chair be forever va
cant. The heart knoweth bitterness
that seems to faint its entire cup of
life. Boosted foresight fails to grasp
the next morrow Now the bugle
sounds truce to longer conflict and
surrender is signaled, as for the dawn
of a glad new day. in Thy will be
done. "-Knoxville Journal and Trib
ma
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Nearest Fixed star.

Alpha Centauri is the sun nearest
to the earth of all the fixed stars.
One Of the most magnificent of the
first magnitude stars even to the
naked eye, the telescope reveals it all
suddenly as two great masses of solar
fire. the flames, red, yellow and blue,
blown upward and outward to the
right by the winds of the universe.
The great pair of rainbow flames ap-
pear to stand out like tangible OBJ
jects in the depths of infinitely re-
mote space many times larger than
the naked eye stars. One of the two
revolves about the other in a period
of 80 years It is one of the most
stupendous and awful visions and the
most absolutely beautiful that eyes
have ever seen.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Works of Art.

There will be an art exhibition
held at the Carnegie Library, Satur-
day. Jan. Sth, throughout the day.
The pictures displayed are loan
procured through the Federation of
Women's Clubs and can only be had
on that day, The Italian. English,
Flemish. Dutch, French. German
ard Spanish schools are represented
in this collection. Some of these
pictures are rarely seen in. Art
Stores; others will be recognized as
old friends. Artists that we would
like to know better, such as Giotto,
Giargime. Bellini. Mantegna, will be
shown, together with Van Dyke,
Rubens. Titan and others. A large
crowd is expected to see these works
of art'snd the members of the Mag
azine club will be present to well
come visitors. No admission will be
charged. h co
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Weepinu Trees.

Ono OF the wonders of plant life is
the weeping tree of the Canary
islands. 1t is of the laurel family, and
rains down a copious shower Of wa
ter drops from it's tufted foliage. This
water is often collected at the foot
of the tree and forms kind of pond,
from which the inhabitants OF the
neighborhood can supply themselves
with beverage that is absolutely
fresh and pure.
The water comes out OF the tree
itself through innumerable little pores
situated at the margin OF the leaves
II issues from the plant as vapor dur
ing the daytime, when the heat is suf-
ficiently great to preserve 1t in that
condition; but in the evening, when
the temperature has lowered very
much. considerable quantity of it is
e1uded in the form of liquid drops
that collect near the edges Of the
leaves until these members so bend
down that the tears tumble on on
the ground below in a veritable
shower.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
MONEY WAS EASILY EARNED
But Manufacturer Got What He Want.
ed and Paid for knowledge
Chemist Had Acquired.

A manufacturer of some patent com,
pound came into the laboratory of an
analytical chemist one day with bot.
tie containing an unwholesome-looking
mixture.
81 would give $780," he said, ito
know what would make the water and
oil in this mixture separate"
The chemist looked at the bottle.
Very WELL" he said, write out your
check"
"Check?" the other echoed. .
Eyes, your check for 500. You say
you are willing to give that, and for
that price l am willing to tell you
what will make the water and Oil sep
arate."
The visitor hesitated a moment, and
then wrote check for the sum named.
The chemist carefully deposited It In
his pocketbook, and then quietly
dropped into the liquid a pinch OF
common salt
Instantly the water and oil separ.
ated. and whether the client was sat
isfied or not, he had got what he want.
ed and he had paid his own price for
IL.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Armenian History.

The history of the later years of the
Armenian kingdom is bound up in the
history OF Ana. Tho stronghold city
became the capital OF the Bagratid
kings Of Armenia In 961. The Byzan-
tium emperor captured It in 1O46, and
1t was then a hive Of many scores Of
thousands, a wealthy city and an invit-
ing one. The Seljuk. Turks carried
fire and sword throughout its confines
Is years later; the warlike Georgians
took It FIVE times between 1925 and
1903; the Mongols overran it In 1928
and an earthquake In 1919 completed
the work Of ruin. The great cathedral,
the most perfect survival, was found
ed in 1910, just at'the beginning of the
citys long chain Of ,misfortunes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Legend Of Belgian Laeemakers.


Once upon time there was a girl
| a dark-eyed Venetian girl, who had a
lover-all Venetian girls had, once
upon time. She was a. lacemaker, he
was a sailor; and one day when he
had just returned from the Indian seas
she showed him the lace she had been
making Thereupon he tossed into her
lap a wonderfully delicate piece OF
coral and told her it was lace the mer-
maids wove in their caves deep under
the sea.
And when he had gone again she set
herself TO weave her bridal veil; after
the pattern of the coral she wove.
Filmy seaweed, fluted shells, tiny sea-
horses and starfish grew under her
hand until at last the veil was finished
and it was time for her lover to return.
This is a real story, so-he came back,
and they were married, she in the veil
it had pleased her fancy to make.
Whether the wedding was a quiet one
or not, all Venice heard of the veil.
Queens and princesses sought her out
and point de Venise" became the
rage.-Vogue.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
ANTS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY
Time Of Turmoil and Tragedy for
Many Of the Small Creatures
of the Earth.

A recent epidemic of ants in differ.
ent parts of the country is really due
to the fact that the ants were cele-
brating their wedding day, remarks
the London Times. They we're out on
their marriage flight and honeymoon.
Generally speaking. there are three
kinds of ants in this Countrywide
workers. the winged males, whose life
is a short and merry one; and the
young queens, who live in charge Of
the queen mother. In the summer.
when the weather is favorable, the
winged males and the young queens
leave the nest for the marriage
flight. The latter race away pursued
by the ardent wooers, who fall in
their thousands to enterprising swal-
lows. missing their way and dropping
to rest their tired wings on any OBJ
ject within reach. But the young
queen flies on. She is strong of wing,
for her husband must be the best of
the crowd. The crowd OF pursuers
dwindle from myriads to thousands,
from thousands to hundreds, to dozens,
until at last only one is left
That was the meaning of the plague
of ants. It was the marriage festival,
and the winged ants we saw in our
gardens were the unlucky crowd OF
mourners left behind, trying to find
their way home. On her return TO
her new-chosen nest. the queen spends
the afternoon chewing off her wings,
These are now useless, seeing that
she must no more leave the ant-hill.
Henceforward she spends her days
furiously laying eggs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
vTHE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
practically a DAILY at the Price
of a Weekly. No other News
paper In the world gives so
much al so low a price.

There never has been a time when
a newspaper was more needed in the
household. The great war in En-
rope has now entered its second year.
with 10 promise Of an end for a long
time. These are worId.shaking
eeveRts. in which the United States.
viking or unwilling, has been COM
pelled to take part. No intelligent
TDerson can ignore such issues.
The Presiden ial contest also will
soon be at hand. Already candidates
for the nomination are in the field,
and the campaign. owing to the ex-
traordinary character of the times.
will be of supreme interest. No 9th.
er newspaper will inform you with
the promptness and cheapness of the
Thrice-a-Wee edition of the New
York World.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only
81 90 per year, and this pays for l56
papers. We offer this unequaled
newspaper and the Hopkinsville Ken
tuckisn together one year for $3.50
The regular subscription price eff
the the two papers is So 90.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Unusual Offer To Our Readers

For a limited time. and subject to
withdrawal after 80 Jays. the we'll
known publishing house of the J. B..
Eppincott Company. Philadelphia,
founded in 1892. offers to the readers
Of this paper IL months subscrip-
ton to "Lippincott's Magazine" and
q years subscription to the Kentuck-
ian. both for $500. Thisis the price
Of twelve months subscription to
"Lippincott's" alone. Additional to
obtaining every issue of this paper
for a year. our readers will receive
10 "Hppincott's." IL great complete
novels by popular authors. 105 short
stories. crisp. entertaining, original
a5 timely articles from the pens OF
masters. and each month asUffe ex.
cellent poems with the right .senti.
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the most popular humor section in
America. To'obtain this extraordin.
sry offer prompt action Is necessary.
Remit to ]. B. Lippincott Company.
Washington Square. Phils.. Pa.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
QUALITY TO BE CULTIVATED
Not Altogether Matter Of Curiosity
In Asking a Woman II "she is
Vain Enough"

That may seem a strange question
70 ask most women. for. according to
the opinions Of the other sex. we pos
sess all the vainglorious tendencies OF
the peacock. and then some; but there
are women, and we all know them,
who are not vain enough. They really
could not care about their personal
appearance. OF they would not let the
wisps Of hair float unrestrained about
otherwise halfdressed coiffures, or
noses go shiny when the least dab OF
powder would remedy matters. II is
not so much ones personal appearance
that counts. for, after all, such people
will tell you that they would rather
take the time for improving their
souls OF their minds, OF something
equally intangible; but one should re-
member that one owes a certain
amount of visible personal charm to
ones neighbors; that even II you do
not care whether your hair lies fat and
mbecoming on your head, other peo-
pie get some pleasure out of seeing
you with a FUZZY, prettily arranged
couture. Again, there is a psychology
cal effect from well grooming. A good
complexion, beautiful hands and nails.
becomingly arranged hair, a good,
erect figure all act upon ones man
ners. A wave in the hair will take
the kinks out of ones disposition. So
cultivate enough vanity to make you
always look your best and to empha
size your own good points.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
Center OF Universe.

A recent speculation is that Cano-
pus. in the southern constellation OF
Argo, is the center offthe stellar uni
verse. Though second in apparent
brightness to Sirius, Il is really much
larger. and is at the mconceivable
distance OF 4s9 light-years from as.
its volume is estimated at 100000
times that OF our own sun, while lis
brilliancy 10 supposed TO be 1890
fines Is great.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
VINO She Was.

He was a new clerk in the store
and was completely clustered when
confronted by frilly, fluffy young
woman whose beauty so dazsled him
that he allowed her to buy large bill
of dry goods and depart after order
ing the purchase charged to her, bui
without, giving her name.
Whom are you going TO charge
those goods to-" asked the depart
ment manager What was her
name2"
why. Miss. Miss. Miss STAN
mered the clerk. as he SCRATCHED his
head. so -
Just miscellaneous. gness." the
boss cut ID Darcastically.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08

There is no age limit for generals
in the British army. the only stand.
ard being efficiency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12
PLAIN AMERICAN SWITZERLAND
IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARK
(By United Press)

Denver, Colo, Dec. Ito make
me Rocky Mountain National Park
country the winter Switzerland. of
America as we'll as this country's
choicest summer resort is the big idea
that L. c. Way, supervisor Of the
park, is working on today. ..,
1T is land of marvellous beauty"
Mr.. Way declared. 1T gets you and
holds you. There is room for every
kind of winter sport-snowshoein
tobogganing and hockey-and the air
is never too cold. Why, we play golf
all winter in Estes Park. We are
putting on two ski courses at Fern
lake now, starting at the very top of
the mountain
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12
MOVIES HIT BY WAR

Detroit, Mich, Dec 12.-The "six
cent movie has come into existence
in Detroit. A local theater has added
one cent to it's former admission of
five cents because of a 20 per cent
increase in the cost of films. The
managers report no decrease in at
tendance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12
Corn Silaqe For Lambs.

Corn silage can be used to great adj
vantage in feeding fattening lambs is
the word I ming from the animal hus-
bandry department at Iowa State COL
lege. Some dry roughage as alfalfa or
clover hay should be fed in connection,
however, or the lambs will lose their
appetites and gains will become slow
and costly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12

x X X X X x x x X * x X x X x
X If you have a room to rent or !
x want to rent one-you get the I
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12
Of Co,yrsa

my friend, the glazier, has a sad
life"
"Why shouldn't it be? Isn't it full of
panes "-Baltimore American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12

We must expect everything and fea1
everything from time and from men,
Vauvenargues. &c.,.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12
Just So.

-- - Just So.
let your wife lead you,' says a
writer Of various topics.'
"Good advice. Better than having
her drive -Kansas City Journal.