New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-04

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to hold office beyond a few months, thus
giving the department increased work to
do in examining papers and making APP
pointments. - -
American girls are adopting the sensi-
BILE fashions of English girls at watering
places. They no longer wear long trail.
ing morning dresses, which are too deli
cate for anything but piazza promenades.i
They don the short cheyiot suits, Or fan
mel serge Watching suits, and are ready
fol: archery, tennis, croquet, or a noun
tain walk. BY tbs. seashore, when storm
signals are out, they have a Tweed ulster,
a Tweed derby, thick boots and short
dress, and defy the weather. Simplicity
in dress is considered mark of good
taste. @tis 2 80, s5L yas
The benevolent women Of the city Of
Brotherly love, have devised commits
sion for the cheer and comfort Of untoi- :,
tunate, friendless, suffering humanity, and
through rain and sunshine, during the
summer months, the ladies comprising
the Flower Mission, have been found at
horticultural Hall, South Broad street,
each Wednesday morning,busily engaged
in the work. OIL, receiving and arranging
fruits and flowers for distribution among
the sick combined in the several chart
! able Tdistricts.i 1&G1 3GGaT03ai !iRy 5sa
r. - .
1881 Gen. Grant. is reported ofhave said
recently, at Berlin, to an officer in the
German army detailed to his suit, that
he Questioned very much whether in
modern war the saberor bayonet was Of
use. j" What mean" said the General,
as this Anything that adds to the
burdens carried by the, soldier is 9 weak
ness to the army. Every ounce he car
ries!should tell in his efficiency The bay
onet is heavy, and if it were removed, or
if its weight in food OF ammunition were
added to its place, the army would be
stronger ..,s-,-.,y-- a
~ The; increasing number OF juneyile
criminals in the great cities is attracting
much anxious attention Many attrib-
ute the cause of this to- the cheap, trasL y,
4 pernicious literature Of the day, that
floods the market. In Philadelpia there
are over 600 news stands and neWs-venG-
ers, and in other cities like proportion,
while flash weekly papers and dimeanoy-
els Of the blood and thunder sort are
|, sold the young in large numbers. Not
only boys, but girls, patronize these
i hucksters of cheap sensational publica-
1ions, the moral unsettling and demon
alizing influence Of which cannot be
measured. sag eatfsta I'd aafissf
s"% 81 '.@ q - : ------ s31ili1 :.
"a Strategy is q thing to be admired when
it is employed for the circumyention Of
rogues. d While the French were. in
Mexico, e-robberies on the Monterey
road became very frequent. The French
commander resolved to put . stop to them !:
and this is how he did it., He dressed up
half dozen Zouaves in ladies attire,
and sent them on in the next stage, their
face hiden by wells, their carbines hidden
by their petticoats. IA The stage was
stopped; the ladies, without waiting to be
invited, left the vehicle and fell into line
with the rest OF the passengers. Sudden
stly series Of reports came from that line,
and some do2 IN robbers lay dead; the rest
.discreetly disappeared. For q long while
afterwarf it was only requisite to display
"a shawl and bonnet conspicu ously to
secure a free passage for a stage on that
route * ss.3. j b. 5'7 &.' 100
The Roman Catholics in Canada seem
not to be in a state of mind to welcome
the Marquis of Lorne as Governor Gen.
.eral. Heisia scion OF the House of Argyll,
one Of the wealthiest in Scot and IS
the son-in- law Of the British Queen. The
Scotch ARE a numerous and Influential
class in Canada. Scotch loyal will be
at the food, and the noble pair will be
welcomed with bag-pipes and banners.
4 But the I'a6let, a Roman Catholic peri
odical, puts in a gentle reminder that
there are two classes in the Dominion,
the French and the, Irish, that are more
numerous and powerful q than the
Caledonians, thoug I'LL these Two classes
have nothing ii common either in 81 N.
patty or religion. Thew are as far apart
as the poles. and in their feelings and
aspirations are antag onistic and historic
ally opposed. if3al atswsi'. e.