New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-02-06

DioAOp VI ScSuUCA Jul WC1C DUIu- Cu luC
same day of the year, the 21st of Decem-
Der. The former is 70 and the latter is
66 years Old
It was an eminent light of the law who
said that there were two things that no
man could fortell-one being what sort Of
a man any particular woman would mar.
~, and the other what sort of verdict a
petit jury would give. i. -
A little more than ten years ago the
japanese army were still using bows and
arrows, and wearing armor; now the sol
diers use breech-loading rifles, and the
Government has recently adopted the
most potent weapon for the suppression
Of rebellion-a just administration of the
laws.
CD. Roden, of Millersburg, Ky, has a
four.month-old girl baby who is no friend
to the Murphy movemnt. She has coz
sumed $12 worth of paragoric in three
months, and during the last two weeks
drunk one quart Of whisky per week, and
cries increasingly unless stimulated with
g half wineglass of the above narcotics
three times a day.
An adaptation of the telephone for in
dicating the velocity of the wind in
mines has been made in Nevada, by at
tacbing to it the instrument usually en-
ployed for the purpose, and thus sending
the report to the supeintendent's Office.
Thus a man at the top of the shaft is
made constantly aware of the manner in
which the ventilatlng apparatus is work
ing.
On the authority Of the Raleigh IN. c.
Ne2os it is reported that after the death of
Chief Justice Chase the commission of
the late Judge Pearson Of North Carolina
as Chief Justice of the United States was
made out and signed by President Grant;
but, ascertaining that Judge Pierson
was in his sixty -eighth year, the Presi-
dent Cancelled it, and appointed Chief
Justice Waite.
The branch OF trade in Chicago in
which there were most failures last year
was that covering the hardware, stove,
iron and brass business in which the fail
ures numbered 81. Next in order came
the liquor trade with 20 failures, real es-
tate with 81, groceries and teas with 26,
commission business with % and banking
with IA. The largest amount of indebt-
edness was that Of the real estate dealers
$8.043,612; next came the banks and
bankers with $7,66s,ss6.
The Bishop Of Manchester, England
who was one of the British commission
that came over to America twelve years
ago to examine the schools, has letely
given it as his opinion that the American
elementary schools attempt to teach too
much Every movable and teachable
thing under the sun was crowded into
into the curriculum he says. and the re-
suit is that there IS no solid instruction
To learn a few things we'll and thoroughly
in bis opinion is the right method of
disciplining ehe mind.
The tribulations of the railroad pool
are but another illustration of the inevita-
bic result whenever monopoly is sought
to be established. Certain railroads hav-
ing made combination to keep up prices
Of freight between New York and the
West it might have been predicted with
all the certainty of an astronomical cal
sulation that other lines would seek
means to profit by the combination. In
This case the pool lines appear to have
seen kept somewhat in check by the
Grand Trunk But whatever pool is
formed, it is certain to be broke up,
either by outside competition or internal
quarreis.
a Russian Prince, who is a musical ia
matte, ordered splendid necklace and
earrings of a st. Petersburg jeweler, with
the intention of presenting them to a eel
ebrated palma donna on the occasion of
her benefit last modth at the Imperial
Opera. The prima donna hearing of this
called on the jeweier and inspected the
jewelry 1t was not to her taste, and she
required several alterations to be made
The jeweler promised to consult his en-
ployer. The benefit was held, but the
ieWelry was not forthcominu for the