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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
A Mayor Fight with . Pugllist..

The Mound City (In) Argns says:
Not many Of our Pulaski county readers
are probably aware that their distin--
guished fellow citizen, DR.. N. r. Casey,
Of this city, once taught the celebrated
prize-fighter, Mike aMcC oole, and. came
out Of the engagement with laurels. It
happened in this wise: .as, ss.4
The doctor was mayor of Mound CITY
at the time, away back in 1865 or there
abouts, and he was in his room at his
residence shaving, when he observed
from his window a crowd in the street
nerr by, and great, evergrown man
pounding another man unmercifully.
With only one side of his face shaved,
the doctor rushed out to command the
peace and put a stop to.ilthe disturbance.
He rushed up to the great pugilist, who
was none other than Mike McCoole, and
taking him by the arm told him he was
under arrest, and to go with him. Mike
eyed the doctor with contempt, then let
fly Alright handler and knocked him over
The doctor saw stars for moment but
picked himself up and clinched McCoole
They went to grass together with Maco
top and hand well fastener il the doctors
topknot. Seeing the opportunity the
doctor LET drive his feet, hitting Mac in
the pit Of the stomach violent kick and
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
a ]. Happy Family.

I For the past two weeks, according to
he Detroit Free Press, a woodward
avenue druggist has put up prescrip-
ton Of some kind or other about four times
q day for certain small boy, besides fl
ling orders fora large variety Of patent
medicines and porous plasters. The
sales were all cash, but the druggists
Curiosity was at ZENITH aroused, and he
said to the lad ssss :
" Got sickness in the familya''
tsli. Kinder was the reply.
&. 8 6 Your father2"
s. all but me. Ma IS using the
plasters for a lame side and taking the
tonic for q rash which stFpke4opt on her
bows. Il Pa takes the roches for i tick.
ling IN his throat and uses, the arnica on
his shin. Louisa uses that catarrh. snuff
and the cough medicine; BIZ wants tie
brandy for q sspralned ankle, and the
squills are for the baby. That's all but
grandma, and nd this prescTip tion IS to re-
tIk ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
A Shark Story.

A correspondent of Forest and Stre9.s
thus writes about an adventure with q
shark that ended with the disappointment
Of the fish and to the joy Of the sailor
Sin February, 1928, l was on board Of
a vessel owned by members of my moth
er's family, which sailed from Messina, in
Sicily, bound for ST. Petersburg. The
Captain was far gone in consumption. He
hoped he might live to be landed in the
Island of Jersey, his native place, on our
way up the channel. But he died fort
night after leaving Meisina, and we con-
signed his body to the deep between Cape
de Gatta and Cape Palos, on the coast of
Spain.
For some days previous to his death, a
large shark followed the vessel, and was
daily seen by al hands; but strange to
say, he did not put in an appearance on
the day OF the burial, though we were
becalmed all the morning. Two days
later, as we were nearing Gibraltcr, with
a light air from the eastward, I proposed
to the new Captain to give the white
streak touch Of paint, to make the old
craft look ship-shape. No sooner said
than done.
A ladder was slung over the side with
a board on the rungs, forming safe
scafold, and another young man and my
self went to work. One side was finish
ed, and we had only the port quarter to
paint, when man in the maintop shout
ed, in an excited tone:
alongside there! Halo! Look. out,
the shark is close to you!'
II turned round quick as thought.
and, to my inexpressible horror, be-
held the huge monster, for he was twelve
to fifteen feet in length, within six feet
of us, evidently about to make his dead
" spring.
"shouting to my companion, I drop
ped large paint brush overheard, and
sprang up the rope which held the lad
der, and gained the deck. As write,
I fancy I see the leering eyes of the
monster in anticipation Of glorious
feed. The stage was about two feet from
the water. ~
"The man in the top said that the
moment dropped the brush the shark
followed 1t. Sorry it did not hold few
ounces of arsenic or other deadly poison.
We finished our job, nevertheless, the
man in the top keeping watch, and the
Captain on the quarter with a loaded
gun !" -t
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
The Deyll's Fruit.

Potatoes were first introduced at Mos
COW by MI. Rowland, between eighty
and ninety years ago. At first people
would neither plant nor touch them, say
ing they were the devils fruit, given to
hum on his complaining to God that he
had no fruit, when he was to search in
the earth for some, which he did, and
found potatoes. A curious Berwickshire
legend, which, however, is palpably an
achronical, attributes the introduction
OF potatoes into Scotland to that famous
wizard of the north, Sir Michael Scott
The wizard and the devil being in part
snership, took a lease of q farm on the
Mertoun estate, called Whitehouse. The
wizard was to manage the farm the devil
managed the capital. The produce was
to be devided as follows: The first year,
Sir Michael was to have all that grew
above the ground, and his partner all
that grew below; the second year their
shares were to be just the opposite way.
His satanic majesty, as is usual in such
cases, was fairly overreached in his bar
gain, for the wizard cum ingly sowed al
the land in the first year with wheat, and
planted it with potatoes the second, SO
that the devil got nothing for his share
but wheat stubble and potatoe- tops; and
this scourging rotation Sir Michael con
stinued, until he had not only beggared
his partner, but exhausted the soil. In
spite of this legend, however, we must
continue to give credit to Sir Walter
Raleigh for having been the introducer
OF potatoes into this country. The first
that tried them, we are told, fell into
the very natural mistake of eating the
apples, and disregarding nthe roots Thu.
Agricultural Nay. q III fSs !.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
Terrible Incidents Of War.

It's stated by Mr. Nolen, in his ellis
tory of Cavalry, \; that an officer of the 18th
dragons received sword wound atsthe
battle of Ramnugger, in India, from the
effect Of which he died. Itseems that q
Sikh, OF foot, crouchcd under shield
and cut at him from behind. The sword
was used with such power and skill as to
expose the spinal marrow and enter the
skull at the same time. As further IL
lustraion Of the skill of sikhs in the use
of this weapon, Captain Nolen says: "a
huge uragoon waa found quite dead. His
head had dropped forward from aEut Oh
the back Of the neck, which hads arered
the spine; and at this very acti0n is
said that whilst our poor fellows bored
in vain to draw blood, d touch NM the
Sikh's sword across the arm or 5hg left
the bold Englishmen at their mercy, and
they soon hacked them to pieces. One
officer who was in the campaign, said he
saw an English dragon putting his hands
to the reins to try and turn his horse,
when a native horseman, dropping his
sword across them, took off both hands
above the wrist
A Sikh, after the retreat of our cavalry
at Chillianwalla, galloped up to the horse
artillery, cut down and killed the two
men on the leading horses Of the gun,
one after the other, and approached the
third, acool fellow, who seeing how badly
his comcrades had come off with their
swords, instead Of drawing his, stuck to
his whip, with which he logged off his
assailant's horse, and thus saved himself
q squadron Of the Sd Dragons charged
a body of Sikh horsemenE under Major
Unsett, and he, himself told me that they
opened out, giving just sufficient room
for the squadron to enter. The dragons
on the left front rank going. in at the
charge, gave point to the Sikh next him.
The sword sioux in The lower part of the
body, but did not penetrate sufficiently
to disable him; SO the Sikh cut back, hit
the dragon across the mouth, and took
his head clean off"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
1t Matters not.

1t matters not how dark the sky,
Yet am happy, knowing
Will see the sunli, :ht by -and-by.
It matters not how drear the day,
Within my hearta voice doth say, &
>.Thank God; twill! not be SO alway." Z
It matters not how deep the snow,
comfort take,for well I know
Ere long the foWere will bud and blow.
And3so some time, when oyer me
Sweep high the waves of sorrows sea
l say, "Thereare better days to be.''
I've seen dear faces slip away
From out the blessed light Of day;
Not lost, but gone before I say.
Love never here can lose it's own.
For days OF peace my life has known;
Ny lips are still too glad to moan.
I know not when the end will be;
'roolplain the love of God see.
To doubt his tender care for me.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
knnuyee.


Yes, have everything that wealth can buy-
House, carriage, servants, jewels, laces-all;
And here's my husband Is latest present-see!
" He paid five thousand dollars for this haWl.
y know he loves me in his cold, hard way:
ls proud, too, Of my beauty and my style;
re likes to have the people stare and say
d No matter what. liked it for while.
But one grows weary Of the self same praise
Men give the modistes' dolls upon Broad
We tire On bonbons after many days,
And even children cannot always play.
Loye was not in.tle bond when we werewed;
DO my duty-honor ald obey.
what hearth may have had [ think is dead; !
All, well,poor thing, itlnever had its way.
The women en- vyme! All, yes know r
Ihe fruit byeold our reach Is always sweet,
The world loves money, ever; bending low,
1t Worships atits IDOLS golden feet.
What would J, dear? What money cannot
buy.
Is happiness; pray, ever bought or sold, i
Are slaves made glad for that their price is
highs s.s IN
All, s chains are heavy, though they. be Of
81 ac5kfi--H0rDer's BGzar
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03

Barber Z. How long ago did you h.ve
your hair cuff 5.S
CUSTOMER About three N onths ago.
Barber g Awful bad cut. Who cut it,"
Customer GU did" Silence Of ten
minutes: issfS
Barber {hAvving somewhat recovered his
inerve 81 see that yonr chin has been
cut BY the last barber that shaved you
Customer es.
Barber You ought 70 have built
head on him bigger'n q null" 81
Custofne ~ did. ~ Barber continues
10 shave with great care.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
.sBy GeorgeY

Atcentury ago the authorities Of New
England town hit upon an ingenious .ex-
.pedient for disposing of their widows
who were tax upon the town. It start
ed 2 pauper traffic by selling the poor an
nually, at ivendue, and it continued this
business during many years. In Jan
uary, 1776, the, Widow Lowell was added
to the annual list, and at vendue &C the
said Widow Lowell was struck off to Jo-
siah Stevens for to keep one year for the
sum of,nine pounds six shillings, and If
she did not Live the year, he to have in
in that proportion" The Widow Lovell'
disposition was very migratory. Al
though sold and bought for a years ser
vice, the buyer seems to have considered
her a bad bargain, literally, for in few
months Joshua Briggs had her in his
house, and also had a. bill OF fourteen
pounds against the town for keeping and
clothing her. She became an expensive.
property to the town. After considerable
knocking about, she finally died, and was
buried at the towns expense. But one
Of these widows, Jane George BY name
seemed determined not to die, but lived
on until she ,outlived all who had been
her contemporaries. Through nearly two
generations the standing inquiry among
farmers. was: 's'Who's going to buY
GEORGE" It passed into q saying, and
thus By George" became the town ex.
pletiye. In 1906 she was sold for a sum
equal to about ten pounds. She began
to be one Of the towns poor In 1859, and
was set up on sale for the last time in
1908. The town was pleased with the
business, and persistently voted not to
build poor-house on every occasion
when it was proposed. The widows
gradually increased in number, and they
were sold to the lowest bidder, every
year, without any expression Of senti-
ment. 5s II s
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
Remarkable self.cremation.

Two novel kinds of incendiarism lately
appeared in Rome. Two or three weeks
ago the Royal Carbineers at Porta del
Popolo were attracted by an unusal light
which appeared On the road outside the
walls leading from the Porta del Popolo
in the direction of the ancient Porta Pin
ciana. On drawing toward the scene Of
the Illumination they heard cries Of
4" Vittoria tEvvivap' and found that. both
the light and the cries proceeded from q
man who was enveloped in flames. Be-
fore they could extinguished the flames
the man was reduced to carbon before
their eyes He had soaked his gar.
ments In petroleum and set fire to him
self. a box Of matches and an empty
petroleum flask lay near him, and his
hat, which had mourning Grape round it,
was hung on the adjoining hedge. His
features were horribly dis6gured. The.
gentleman who thus committed selfcre-t
nation was vice secretary in the offic
of the ministersof war. He was good
intelligent public servant and was noted
for his steadiness and diligence. He
was unmarried, and somewhat taciturn
and gloomy at times, but gave mo indii-
cations Of insanity. gA tssS '5si.s4
The other instances Of 1ncendiarism
was the burning Of the marriage notices
which hung up in fames.under the ,por-
'tico of the palace of the conservators, at
the capitol The motive for this burn
ing was set down as jealousy. The burn
ing. had no effect II delaying the mar
riages, many Of which have been cele--
brated between members Of the aristoc.
racY. III
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
The Toddygahpll.
New York Graphic,

New York Graphic, S
"Oficer Warlow, bring up Moses in the
bullrushes, said his Honor.
The officer brought up seedy-cucum-
bery-looklng individual, and placed him
at the railing. ri a
"The officer found you last night, .
said the Judge, ''lylng in the bullrushes
round the Union Square fountain, dead
drunk. What have you to say?"
swell, Judge, I'll tell you how it was,''
said the prisoner; 'sI'm an inventor"
'Of what?" asked his Honor.
''Of the toddygraph."
+ "What's that2" .y.
"Why, you wind a cylinder with tin
fell" said the prisoner, ssand drop into a
liquor saloon and take a drink. You
have the cylinder under your coat, and
when the barkeeper amt looking, you
breathe on the tinfoil; when you get out
you turn the crank and repeat the drink
often as you please"
"a very dangerous invention" said his
Honor.
"By no MEANS" said the prisoner, s'for
it ruins the landlords business, One
drink will last week."
"Yes," said his Honor, "but it kills the
imbiber."
"But if there were no landlords there
would be no imbibers," said the prison
er.
"That may be so; but what has all this
to do with your being found drunk in a
public park?"
'I'll tell you. Last night was testing
a new machine, and I think--I won't De
positve-but think I turned the crank
just once too often" e
every well" said his Honor, sI will
send you up for ten days. As, you tarry
in classic Blackwell I advise you to turn
your inventive genius to something more
useful. Invent a dinnergraph, for In
stance, so that poor man can repeat a
square meal often. Millions yet unborn
will bless you, and your name will go
down to posterity along with Peter Coop
er and Florence Nightingale
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
He Forgot His Catechism.

Some time ago the son of very dis
tinguished English nobleman entered a
crack cavalry corps, and his brother of
ficers finding that he,was nervous, eccen-
trio and credulous, of course began to
play tricks on him. The regiment hap
pened to be stationed at York, and the.
colonel asked the archbishop to dine at
mess. The invitation was accepted, and
a day or two before the dinner took place
a wicked wag said to Mr.. r., ado YOU
know your catchism?'' 4No at all well.r
swell, by Jove, then you'd better lose no
time in setting to work. Don't you,
know that it is always the custom for the
archbishop, when he dimes at mess, to
put the junior cornet through 1t, and
you're youngest cornet? I wouldn't lose
a minute. Not to know it would be to
disgrace the regiment" Poor r., rushed
fora prayer book and stuck manfully to
his task, but found it tough work. The
fatal evening came He couldn't eat
mouthful for nervousness Dessert was
put on the table, then coffee came, and
then his Grace rising, advanced, smiling
benignly, toward the end OF the table,
intended in the pleasantest manner to
make acquaintance with junior officers
and invite them to call at|the palace. APP
proaching R., he said ::sI don't think that
I quite caught your name when we were
introduced before dinner.'' Now, inno-
cent as these words sound, they were at
once misconstrued by the unhappy youth
addressed into q crafty mode Of asking
the familiar question with which the
catechism open hat il your namesp'
Poor r., felt the ground sinking from
under him, every word he had learnt
seemed erased rom mis- memory. and te
the amazement OF the archbishop, with
one bound he disappeared from the mes
room. Vi FIJI a; KS SIS
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03

opposite shore, when he was struck by !
stiff breeze and lost his balance. His
head went down and his feet remained
above water, and fifteen minutes later .
couple Of gunners, sighting the huge
shoes mistook them for .. couple Of
'amphibious monsters, and rddled them
with buckshot. This released the air.
and the man disappeared. He was found
two weeks afterwards, but he was as dead
as the late Julius Cesar, Esq.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03

lieve the pain in her chest and make her
sleep harder"
!" Rather unfortunate family remark
ed the druggist.
9 Well, kinder, but pa says it's cheaper
then going to the seashore, and so We
plaster up and swallow down and feel
purity happy, after all.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03
racy..
Walking on Water.

.ssfAs New Jersey man, Of an inventive
turn OF mind, undertook to, accomplish
the biblical feat Of walking on water. He
had made two immense indig:rubber
shoes inflated with. air. Then he went
down to the river, buckled on his air
shoes, and succeeded ID walking fifty
yards, and was making brayely for the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03

and everything is lovely again, though
Jones has foresworn fifteen ball pool, and
never bats an eye when his lady love
soothes his cares with music charms.
The Morning herald., 1878-09-25
MEDICAL.
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The Morning herald., 1878-09-25
From the Earliest Ages

SCROFULA has been the bane, and as ii
were, the curseof mankind, Moses, In the
18th chapter of Leviticus, lays down 7ery
explicit rules on this disease. SO terrible
and, loathsome had II been considered then
that person known to be infected with II
would not be allowed t. mix with society
The Jews regarded it as divine intiiction
and believed there was no cure for 1t: II
was then the sins, ofa youth or diviatton
from the paths of virtue were punished as
long as life lasted. Happily In our. day
the sience Of medicine has been developed
the great storehouse of Ma, ure furnishes 3
remedy, the disease is stripped OF Its ter
ror by the use of oftheSAMAR1TAN'SR ROOT
AND HERB JUICES, and the victim OF
Scrofula, Ulcers, Sores, Pimples, Blotches,
litter, ETC., can be restored to sound health
in a few weeks. That there are thousands
now whose conditions are as bad as those
of the dark ages we are well aware. Many
now fail to find cure as well as they did
then; To all such the Samaritan's Roof
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eradicating all impurities from TIE blood.
and making the compilation bright ana
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cosmetics and powders, ROOT AND HERB
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The Morning herald., 1878-09-25
ON THE EASTERN SHORE.

Wicomico County has raised $l73.23 for
the yellow lever sufferers.
The public schools of Wicomlco county
will open on Monday next, the Both inst. d.
The colored M. E. Church of St. Michael's,
took up collection recently for the yellow
fever sufferers. >.
The new Catholic Church at Salisbury
was dedicated on Sunday last by Bishop
Becker Of this city. =.
The Salisbury Base Ball Club claims the
championship of the Peninsula. A game
is being arranged with the Quicksttp of
this city. Er(,fg -s,T,fCs 4 '.ss
Lizzie Niblett, one of salisbury's 'demi-
monde, attempted to commit suicide by
jumping into the Wicomico river on Satur.
day night week.
The Morning herald., 1878-09-25
TELEC'RA ANS.
SITTING BULL.

Hr DESIRES TO SURRENDER AND COME
HOME.
CHICAGO Sept. "a Colonel Miles lele,
graphs the jLicutebart General from For,
Keogh, M3ntana, t6stAsi Sioux have ar
rived at the fort from the British Posses
STONE. being em'tsaries sent over the line
by Sitting Bull to ascer ain upon what terms
L,s people would be permitted to surrender
to the United States military autDorl.Ks.
They Represented that the Sioux, VINO hau
takeo refuge In anada, were very desirous
Of returning TO the States.
The Morning herald., 1878-09-25
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