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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25
Fresh Topics That Attract
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25

Neighbors frequently object to
the keeping of poultry in towns
and cities. most complaints be-
ing against the vociferous
rooster and disagreeable odors.
In some cities and towns there
are regulations to prevent or
control poultry keeping. but the
United States department of
agriculture says that the flock
need not be nuisance. There
will be no annoyance from odors
II the dropping boards are
cleaned daily and the yards are
kept reasonably clean. There
is no necessity for keeping q
rooster unless the owner in
tends to hatch chicks. and in
that case the rooster should be
disposed of, as soon as the hens
have been set A flock without
: male will produce Just as
many eggs and. what is more.
the eggs will be infertile and
will keep better.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25
WOOL POOL CHARGE REDUCED
HALE CENT

Charges for pooling wool with the
Minnesota Wool Marketing .Associa
ton have been reduced half a cent a
pound-from 8 to "a cents, accord
ing to Alex middleton, president.
When the sales arrangements were
completed. a charge of three cents
a pound was announced but since
organization work has been well
started, the lower rate has been
found possible. This will apply to
to wool shipped to both authorized
sales agencies-at Wabasha and
Pennington. Wool pool meeting held
in the state early in May indicate
even greater interest in the 1923 than
il the 1922 pool according to Presi
dent Huddleston.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25
Paris Has New Eashlons

Rainbow -hued walking sticks and
Tividfy colofed spats are the latest
'nIu.culiIL "fastiona' IN Paris
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25

W. Hulce, who is now cashier Of
the Farmers State Bank of Rapidan
The bank has been under its present
management since 1917 and has
since that time erected a beautiful
brick and stone building and install
ed much new and up to date banking
equipment. The bank has each year
given evidence OF normal increase
in business and has, never before,
held so high a place in public con
fdence. II has always been the OBJ.
ject OF the officers Of this bank to be
of real service to it's patrons and
they are. indeed, grateful to the
people Of Eagle Lake and vicinity
for their loyal patronage. The pres
emit officers Of the bank are: w. d.
Willard, President; William Hoehn.
Vice President; r. c. Dayton. cashier
and A. Dalton, assistant cashier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25
GUERNSEY BREEDERS LUNCH.

EON
All the Guernsey breeders in thu
county will attend the luncheon
Injecting to be held Wednesday noon
May %, at the Mankato sales pa
Wilton at the fairgrounds to hear the
plans for the promotion of an active
state Guernsey Breeders associa
ton, according to an announcement
made today by L. e. Mcmillan, Blue
Earth county agent. The luncheon
will be given by DR.. M. B. Wood
sales manager of the Blue Earth
County Guernsey Breeders associa
ton.
Professor L. B. Wilson, from the
State University Farm at st. Paul
and L. o. Jacobs of Anoka, MINI.
will be the principal speakers at the
meeting. They will discuss plans
already being formulated for the
state association. The financing oil
the state organization will be one OF
the features OF the discussion.
The sale of fifty head Of Guernsey
cattle twill take place at the sales
pavilion shortly after the meeting
y
cattle offered for sale are pure breds
and the rest are grade stock. Buyers
from various sections of the country
are expected here to attend the sale
County Agent Mcmillan also an
nounced today that a sale Of sixty
head of Holstein grade cattle would
be put on the block for sale at the
Mankato sales pavilion on Monday
June 4. Many of the cows to be sold
have records of from ESQ to 400
pounds Of butterfat a year.
"6ARNYAR0 FLU" NEAR AUSTIN
The "barnyard flu, which has
been taking the toll OF cattle herds
on farms in the vicinity of Austin
recently, according to reports, has
not broken out among herds in Blue
Earth county as yet according to l..
e. Mcmillan, county agent. It Is
said that the symptoms of the de.
ceases are complicated and one not
affecting cattle in this part of the
country before. The eyes of the cow
are said to swell and water and froth
gathers in the drips from the jaws.
Several Of the afflicted animals have
died recently near Austin, according
to the reports.
Although the "Barnyard Flu" has
been escaped by county farmers
here, breeders of hogs and pigs have
been having their troubles In abun-
dance in Blue Earth county. What
is commonly called pig flu at
flicted herds in various parts of the
county last fall, Mcmillan stated tot
day. For a while the disease be-
came so rampant that whole herds
would be afflicted with the disease
in a single day.
Not only have farmers in this
county been hit hard by the result
of the disease last year, but they are
also having their troubles with their
spring pig crop. 1t {. was estimated
today by County Agent Mcmillan
that about two thirds of Blue Earth
countys pig crop would be saved
this year.
Chief cause for the low pig 'crop
this year is given as the cold and
damp weather this spring, according
to the reports being received daily
by the county agent from hog breed
ers throughout the county. Some re-
ports show where possibly fifty per-
cent of the farrows were saved,
while others show a greater loss.
One farmer reported that out of 200
pigs farrowed, only forty five were
saved. Although some died as the
result Of other causes, the main
cause was reported as to the bad
weather conditions for raising young
pigs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25

Better He Pull Down Sale
ras &c il Pi iss siad Is : Rsas s s''a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25

the meetings being held this week
Leaders are at work on plan To
correlate organization work as vel
as sales facilities in North and
South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-25
GIFT FROM KIWANIANS
Rev. Ralph A. Jensen Nicely Re-
mennbered BY That ORGANIZATION

men,bered BY That Organization :
Rev. Ralph A. Jensen, the retiring
pastor of the First Baptist church
of this city, was honored today at
the MONDAY luncheon of the Kiwan-
is club by being presented with a
past presidents pin. The presenta-
ton was made by George NJ Palm
er, who in a short address dwelt
upon the activities of Rev. Jensen
as live president of that club. Mr..
Jensen made short reply thanking
his Brother Kiwanians for the gift.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
Garrett P. Serviss Explains How
Sun Caused Recent Freakish
Weather
By Garrett p. Serviss,
Weather
Writer Scientific

lowering Of temperature all over
the globe should not be expected
as a consequence OF the falling
Off noticed in the suns heat. The
atmosphere Is too complicated IN
its relations with the different
parts Of the earth's surface for
that; but extraordinary variations
from the normal would be likely
to result, and, as matter of fact.
such variations have occurred.
Thus, last December, the south
eastern United States had the
warmest weather for that season
experienced in thirty years, while
at the same time the northwest
ern United States had the coolest
weather for the season in thirty
years. In January unusual storms
began. New England had one OF
the heaviest snowfalls for the en-.
tire winter ever recorded. March
and April continued to be abnor.
nnally cold. In April the severest
cold wave on record so late In
the spring was experienced east
of the Mississippi valley.
At the same time, as Science
Service points out. and as all
newspaper readers must remem-
Der, the late winter and early
spring were characterized by ex-
traordinarily stormy weather ct
sea, followed by the efflux of huge
icebergs from the arctic, driving
transatlantic shipping to more
southerly tracks. In the upper
lakes, the ice conditions were un-
usual.
If the falling off in solar radias
ton were to continue, or to In.
crease, the results would become
more marked in the weather con-
ditions, and eventually a more
or less decided cooling would be
felt generally all over the planet.
But there Is reason to bellows
that no such increase or contin-
uance viii occur We are prob
ably dealing with periodical
phenomenon which has not hither-
to been so apparent because the
means Of observing and studying
1t did not exist.
The recent observations have
been conducted mainly at two
points-a station on Mt. Harqua.
in Arizona, $500 feet in elevaJ
ton, and another on Mt. Monte:
yuma in Chile, at an elevation OF
$500 feet. In both places, but
particularly the latter, the atmos-
phere is very clear, and the rain.
fall slight. In evidence of the
periodic character Of the pheno-
rnenon stands the fact that Dr..
Abbot's studies prior to thes&
latest ones. showed that during 4
number of years before 1921 the
SUMS heat had been rather above
the normal. while the year 1921
as a, whole, was the warmest
known in this country in half o
century.
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SKYSCRAPERS
MARK CITY
IN DESERT
WHY they live there no one
" knows! But, nevertheless,
thew do right in the

"YHY they live there no one
" knows! But, nevertheless,
they do-right in the
heart Of the most fearsome desert
in the world! For in the water
less Lybian desert Of northern
Africa is a town.
The name of this extraordinary
town is silva. It is built on q
small oasis, several hundred miles
from anywhere" and separated
from civilization by q desolate
stretch of sand.
AS New York city is built on
rock and it's tall buildings reach
skyward in an effort to house the
millions on this small rocky island,
so is silva built on a rock. And
for the very same reason, except
on a smaller scale, are the inhabi
tants obliged to resort to the plan
Of the skyscraper, in that one
house Is built on top OF another.
Travellers who visit this ex
traordinary place marvel at the
ingenuity which has been shown
in the erection Of this strange
city.
From a distance the town looks
somewhat like crude skyscraper.
But on entering the structure the
stranger finds himself in laby-
rinth of tortuous, steep tunnels.
Immediately the idea Of a mine
comes to mind, for even in the
middle of the day one is obliged
to go about with q light in order
to find his way about this strange
place.
Sanitation is surprisingly well
taken care Of, although this one
dark building houses many fami-
lies.
1t Is uncanny to the stranger
who gropes his way along dark
passage suddenly to see a white
robed figure loom mysteriously In
the distance-like a specter. The
apparition greets him silently and
passes along the dark corridor to
vanish in the gloom.
In this city, which has been
called "a human warren" the
buzz of activity-the never-ending
hum of voices and the monoto-
nous grinding of stone mills-is
forever heard.
For everybody Is busy in this
strange city Of the desert, as
might be expected in any sky
scraper, even If 1t is not in the
New World.
(copyriRht. 1929. Newspaper Feature
Service. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
BEAM MAKES
WIRELESS
SECRET

r ONDON = Senators Marconi
has just returned to Eng
IL land in his yacht Electra,
after having spent several months
at sea, prying into the secrets OF
ether.
No other vessel is fitted with
such elaborate wireless devices sG
are to be found on board the
Electra. Practically every new
invention and development in
long-distance wireless telegraphy
and telephony associated with the
name Marconi has been tested
first on board this yacht before
being put into commercial use.
New methods of increasing the
speed of wireless sending and
receiving apparatus for elininat.
ing the troublesome atmospheric"
in directional wireless transmits
sion and reception, which has
proved of great value in insuring
safety of life at sea. have all been
tried out by Senatore MarcOnt
while cruising either in the Attain
tic or in the Mediterranean. In
fact. the Electra may be regarded
as Marconi's principal private lab
oratory and second home.
During his last voyage he has
been investigating the possibili-
ties Of directional Transmission,
and it is now known that the ex-
periments carried out have not
only been very successful. but
have provided valuable data for
future research.
1t has been found that speech
can be transmitted secretly along
a wireless beam. and some sue
cessful experiments in wireless
telephony were recently carried
out by Senatore Marconi between
London and Birmingham. AS the
result of the more elaborate ex-
periments he has been able to
conduct during his voyage he has
disclosed some new facts in re-
gard to biography and telephony
directed in narrow beams, and
the possibility of applying this
principle to secret wireless COM
munication.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
GIRLS SPURN
BACHELORS
KISSES

ONDON. - The famous fiji
teenth century Dutch man
- Of letters and divine Eras-
mus and his views on English
women and their (then) habit Of
kissing were unsuccessfully eu-
logized by Sir Philip Sassoop, re-
puted to be the richest bachelor in
England, when he opened a fete
at Arlington, Kent, where the
Dutchman was minister for a
short time.
Sir Philip quoted Erasmus as
writing to his friend Faustus and
saying: English women kiss you
when you arrive, kiss you when
you go, and kiss you at opportune
intervals"
He then added that If the wom-
en- present would revert to that
, custom he for one would vote the
fete a huge success.
But apparently modern English
women are not so lavish with
their kisses as their ancestresses.
Or perhaps Sir Philip Sassoon is
not so lucky q man as was Eras-
mus. In any case, not single
woman present took him at his
word.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

"IME il the author of
authors
No crime is founded upon
reason.
witticisms which hurt are never
welcome.
Emotion, not thought, is the
sphere of most music.
Seek till you find and you'll
not lose your labor.
No question is settled until 1t
is settled right.
He who always says what he
likes must hear what he does not
like.
They who make the best use
There is no enmity so hard and
fierce that kindness cannot melt
1t.
"OuIu OC
victor before it has won the
battle.
No human performance can ar
rive at perfection without SIM
plicity.
The worst kind OF shame IS
being ashamed Of frugaiity or
proverty.
: A judicious silence Is always
better than truth spoken without
charity.
Few are prevented by their
own faults from pointing out
those of another.
There is more hope for a fool
than for him who Is wise in his
own conceit.
copyright, 1923. Newspaper Feature
Service. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
HEROINES OF HISTORY
Significant Incidents in the Lives of Famous Won
By MARK STUYVESANT

W cry few persons in any art
or profession start their ca
reers when they are In
swaddling clothes.
But Adelaide Ristori, the great
Italian actress, did. She made
her debut on the stage when she
was just three months old. She
did not have exactly what one
might term a speaking part. But
she made herself heard.
She had been born to a couple
Of travelling players who at the
time of her birth were acting in
Venice.
In their performance was a
scene where a basket Of eggs,
fruit, vegetables and chickens
was brought on the stage. At an
unexpected moment out Of the
basket was lifted a baby! This
baby was the future pride of
Italy-Mme Ristori.
Nine. Ristori literally grew up
in the theater. So accustomed to
acting was she, that at the age
of sixteen she was offered the
part of leading lady in a we'll
known stock company.
But her father was far.sight ed
enough to see that this might
spoil her ability as an artist
and that it was better for her to
grow up gradually to such parts.
She was then engaged to play
roles suiting her age and made
an immediate success.
It is interesting to know that
so wrapped up in her work was
this budding genius, and so thor
ough in her study of characters,
that she even went to insane asy-
lums to study types Of madness
and to note their actions.
Before she or the Italian audi
ences realized it, Nine. Risto-i
was an institution in her country.
She was their great actress and
was sincerely loved and luyally
supported.
At the height Of her success,
she fell in love with and married
the Marquis de Grille. So happy
was the match that her ambitions
faded in the thoughts OF nome
and the peace and quiet Wnlcn
accompany it. She considered re-
firing from the stage.
But one satisfaction was desired
by her before she retired. she
wanted to prove that she was an
artist. even to the French people,
who at that time were worshlplng
at the feet of the talented Rachel:
No sooner had Nine. R4stori
played before the French au1l'
ences than they were conquered.
Then followed success after sue
cess in Berlin, Vienna, ST. PETERS
burg and New York. She even
travelled on her tour of triumph
as far as Australia, Souln Amer
lea, Ceylon and Egypt:
Not only did Nine. Ristori play
in her own tongue, but she mas
tered English and French as well.
So perfect was her Engllsn that
she supported Edwin Booth IN
macbeth" in New York.
At one time in the performance
of the heroine, Phedre, Nine. Ris-
tor; worked herself up to such a
hitch of emotional fervor that she
felI in an apparent fit and in
iAred herself badly as she fell
among the footlights.
A. another time, in Spain, where
her success was unsurpassed, a
soldier was sentenced to be exc
c1,ted. Some Of his friends begged
Mime. Ristori to appeal to the
Queen to pardon him.
Retween the acts on an evening
when the Spanish sovereign was
seated in the royal box, Ristori
appeared before her majesty.
With such an outburst OF COM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

WI E are the dependents Of q
" capricious star. But 1t Is
w not nearly as capricious
as many other stars in the
heavens around us, which luckily
are too far away to do US any
harm. Just what the sun has
done to the earth and its other
planets in the far past we do not
know.
There are indications that it's
treatment Of its planetary chill.
dren has sometimes been, to say
the least, severe. The glacial
periods may have been examples
Of its disciplining the earth in
former times. 1t may alternately
have scorched us and frozen us,
but at any rate 1t has never de-
stroyed its entire family, as some
of its peers In space may posi-
bly, have done with theirs.
With the progress of astron-
omy, the time has come when we
can no longer consider our inter-
ests solely from the terrestrial
point. Having learned what the
sun does and is capable Of doing
for and against US, we cannot
shut our eyes to its peculiarities.
We must henceforth study 1t as
we study anything else that acts
directly upon our lives, and whose
action is more or less uncertain
and variable.
We are thus made wildly
aware Of the fact that our home
is the solar system, and not sim
ply the earth. The solar system
10 an astronomical community,
with the sun for its governor and
the earth as q member whose re.
lative importance we may ex-
aggerate. AS far as we can dis
cover, the active source Of all
energy In the solar system is the
sun. That being so, news from
the sun, or about the sun, is es-
sentially the most important of
all news.
Now, DR.. G. g. Abbot, long a
special student of the sun, an
nounces that there has recently
been a notable decrease of the
solar heat, something unprece-
denied in its amount and length
Of continuance, as far as existing
records show, Beginning in No
vember, 1921, the falling off in
the heat sent by the sun to the
earth has continued for many
months, reaching its lowest meas
ured point in the autumn of
1922. but apparently persisting
during the present Spring. Dur
ing this time the sun, as heat
producer, has shown a decrease.
of three or four per cent.
Coincident with the apparent
failure Of the solar energy certain
noticeable weather changes have
occurred. But DIR. Abbot points
out that a general, or universal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
It's Drinkable

" AMPA, Fla.-Is wood alcohol
an intoxicating beverage?
Il Is 1t a beverage at all, with
in the meaning of the law?
Attorneys for the defense in
number Of liquor cases tried here
argued that 1t wasn't, but DR.. J.
r. Harris, city health officer, tes-
titled to this effect:
us wood alcohol a beverage?"
DR.. Harris-"It is"
do you know of anybody using
1t for such purposes?"
mo, but / have attended the
funerals of several persons who
did"
Prosecuting counsel claimed DR..
Harris testimony established the
reason for the active prosecution
of liquor casse that has been
wageds ,---,----lA-.IslAnAm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
SAP AND SALT
.BY Bert Moses


Nothing makes people old quick
er than trying not to be.
What the average community
needs Is not more population but
more sense.
Politicians employ brass bands
to make a loud noise so that you
can't think straight.
When an old man with much
money marries a young woman
with none, the divorce lawyers
scent fat fees.
Bad habits are easier to &C.
quire than good ones, which ex-
plains why churches are so neces-
sary.
Love Is like smooth tires on
slippery road. Jam on the brakes
and you will skid into the ditch.
Hez Heck says. "A man amt
really In love till he loses track O
mealtime."
Copyright. 1923. Premier Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

A HOUSTON gentleman who
~ is worth somewhere up in
the hundreds of thousands
and lives on $11 a week was
sitting in his private office a
few days ago when desperate
looking man entered and closed
the door carefully behind him.
The man mad an evil, villainous-
looking face, and in his hand
he held with the utmost care
an oblong, square-shaped pack
age.
"What do you WANT" asked
the capitalist.
81 must have money" Kissed
the stranger. 81 am starving
while you are rolling in wealth.
Do you see this little package p?
Do you know what it contains 7"
The wealthy citizen sprang
from his desk in borrow, pale
with fright.
mo, no." he gasped. "You
would not be so cruel, so heart
less"
"This package" continued the
desperate man." contains enough
dynamite, if let fall upon the
floor, to hurl this building into
a shapeless mass of ruins"
"1s that all ?" said the capital
list, sinking into his chair and
picking up his newspaper with
a sigh of relief. "You don't
know how much you frightened
me. | thought it was a gold
brick"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
Fete Hero Pony

~ULLIVAN, Ind.-The pony
which was rescued from a
~ mine at Bicknell, after being
entombed more than week, will
be the hero of the State First Aid
meet here July 7, 1t has been an.
nounced. The little animal, with
the three miners who were buried
in the mine with it for eighty-six
hours, will head a parade, which
will precede the meet. Firt Aid
teams from the Indiana coal fields
will compete for prizes. Boxing
and an aerial circus are among
the amusement features,