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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
THE MOFFAT BELL PUNCH.

Inasmuch as this little joker has
become famous and is likely to be
universally adopted, we append 8
description of the machine and it,
operandi, clipped from an exchange
sS,The use Of this instrument was, We
believe, first made in Virginia, where
it proved a brilliant success. Its
workings are easily described and its
result plainly apparent. Each saloon
is furnish with bell punch, which
IS locked and sealed so that nobody
but the revenue officer having It in IN
charge can gain admission to its In
terror. Every drink that s.sold must
be accompanied by stroke Of the
bell, the bartender being under hea-
W penalty, compelled to ring the
bell as each drink is served. The
strokes Of the bell are recorded, and
from from this record the saloon keeper is
taxed, or more properly, perhaps the
drlnker is taxed for the sale Of the
liquor.
The penalty being heavy and the
tax light, there is little incentive for
bar-tenders to disobey the dictates Of
the law, and the result is an ACRE
gate revenue to the city much larger
than that received through the ordin-
airy license, while, perhaps a lesser
number Of drinks are served, because
I II
cover the tax.
This is legislation that seems to
be most fair for it taxes, directly the
man who enjoys the refreshment. =
The tsaloonkeepers, generally, regard
it as good thing, for in it they have
an excellent excuse for refusing Gre
dit. Having to pay the tax from
their pockets, they can with good
grace refuse to 'streat'' the ssstiffs :
who hang around them for that pur-
pose
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
STANLEYS EXPEDITION.

MI. Henry M. Stanley, since his
return from Africa, has been des-
cribed as a man slightly bent under
!; burden Of memories, Of fevers and
cramps; with a boyish face, crowded
with a shock of iron-grey hair, in
curious contrast of effect with the
black nustache with high cheek
bones, a tanned skin, and the hands
tof q k-woodsman, roughened by
cutting his way through forest and
jungle, and carrying an elephant
rifle firing a two-ounce ball. When
he reached the ocean from the Afri-
can interior, he was so emaciated
that he weighed only 1l9 pounds.
In fifteen days thereafter he gained
half a pound a day, and his sea voy-
age almost restored his health. From
the moment he entered the African
continent on one side, until he
emerged from it on the other, he
never received a letter or a newspa-
per, nor heard a syllable of what was
going on in the world. Said Mr..
Stanley at the dinner given to him
by the members Of the Parasian
press: ut was the journalistic in.
stinct that caused me to speed like
an arrow to the Victoria, that i'm
PEELED me on my way through that
,untrodden land; it was journalistic
instinct, that desire to have perfectly
accurate intelligence, that led me to
turn again, to go back to Ujiji, and
finish what other explorers had left
nndone;; it was, if you please to call
it so, journalistic ambition that led
me to say, i will not give it up; /
will go ana finish what Livingstone
has leftundone.' When at Nyangwe
we heard those stories Of the creau-
lous people who wanted to frighten us
back by their pictures Of the dangers
we should have to,encounter, [ again
remembered that I was journalist.
ltthen said to myself, 4 am a soldier
of journalism Loud cheers.]
know what the title implies in It's
fullest Specification, and | have done
my best-and | make boast Of it
to add dignity to the name Of journal
ISM MIR. Stanley's expedition is
said to have cost $l15, 600, the ex-
penses being divided between the
Heraa and the Daily Telegraph Of
London.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
THE WRONG MAN.
Easton Free Press.

Easton Free Press.
He was peacable looking man
with q quiet looking horse attached
I to an unattractive sleigh, with unos-
tentatious bells. He wore wide
trimmed hat and a shadbellied coat,
as he drove easily down the South
Easton hill, journeying from Bucks
County to the land Of Southampton.
He was observed by fellow Of the
spec1ous rough, whom much loafng
had made impudent, and who lifted
up his yawp:
s.s-a-a,y! hat, where are you goin'
with that MANI
'sNyerily, I journey beyond the riv-
Ter friend, mildly responded the
Quaker, Es'and thither goes nv hat
ALSO
'Hold up and take fellow along,
can't you?'' called out the man 81
wrath.
Nay friend, my business and in
clinations forbid it.
'I'll soon fix that, . and the fool
ran forward and jumped on the rum
ner.
Verify, friend, if thee insists up
on getting into my vehicle I will even
help thee and the man Of peace
reached out a right hand as resistless
as any oyster dredge. It caught the
youth around the throat worse than
afour-year- old diphtheria, jerked him
into the sleigh and slammed him
down among the straw where he got
tramped on by apair ofnumber thir-
teen cowhides until he thought he
had been caught out in a shower of
pile drivers. Finally he got a kick
that lifted him clear over the side
and ran his head in the bank Of the
roadside, where he dwindled down
in cheap, like gum shoe discour-
aged by a street car, and murmured,
as he rubbed his ensanquined nose
in the snow:
"Who'n blazes'd a. ever thought
the castiron man'd go round up, an
disguised as a blamed old Quaker!''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08

a CURE FOR .HYDRoPHoB1A. As
there have apparently been a great
mum Der of cases of hydrophobia late
", and there is at present no remedy
known or even supposed for that
awful disease, it is worth mention.
ing that Mr.. Laporte writes from
Blr]1dale Park, Southport, to describe
a case, dating from three years back,
In which coolie bitten by a mad
dog was cured sixty days after the
bite, and apparently in the worst
spasm of that frightful malady, by
having an infusion Of datura stramo O.
nium-the same leaves asthmatic
patients smoke for their asthma
administered to him.
A handful Of leaves were boiled in
a pint of water till they had shrunk
to one-half their original bulk, and
the water when strained off was
poured down his. throat. After a
violent paroxysm, a preparation
me on. The coolie then sank into
a deep sleep, which lasted eight
hours, and when he awoke there was
no sign Of disease. The cure, Mr..
Laporte thinks, was due to the per-
splratlon, as, in another case which
he saw previous to the period Of this
case, the chief symptom, which vapor
baths were in vain tried to cure, was
the excessively parehed and dry con
dltlon of the skin. 1t would be at
least worth while for our medical
men to try any alleged remedy for a
disease which is at present supposed
to be incurable. london Spectator.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
A MiIkman,s Mathematics.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press
When Thomas drove up to a house
on Elizabeth street yesterday to de.
liver the usual quantity of mixture,
the gentleman Of the house kindly
inquired:
t'Thomas, how many quarts Of
milk do you deliver
Ninety one, sir.
And how many cows have youl''
Nine, sir.
The gentleman made some re.
marks about the early spring, close
of the eastern war and the state of
the roads, and then asked:
'sSay, Thomas, how much milk
per day do your cows averaged
Seven quarts, sir.
''Ah-um, = said the gentleman.
as he moved off. Thomas looked
after him, scratched his head, and
all at once grew pale as he pulled
out a short pencil and began to flo.
ure on the wagon cover.
Name COWS is nine, and | set Z
quarts down under the cows and
multiply. That's sixty three quarts
Of milk. / told him / sold ninety
one quarts per day. Sixty three
from ninety zone leaves twenty EIGHT
and none to carry. Now where do
I get the rest Of the milk! I'll be
hanged If I haven't given myself
away to one of my best customers
by leaving a burned big cavity in
these figgers to be filled with water!''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
THE MANKATO
WOODEN FACTORY

has established a branch house in New
Ulm, in Kiesling's brick building, OBJ.
posite Epple's meat market. The un.
designed, one of the proprietors,
would respectfully announce to the
public that he will receive and forward
to the factory wool for spinning and
carding purposes. Wool will also be
received i'll exchange for goods. Al,
experienced tailor has been employee. !.
and orders for suits, ,of the best quail !
ty and at lowest prices, will be filletl
on short notice. Call and examin !,
the goods and obtain prices.
CHRISTIAN ROOS.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
all persons having claims against the
United States shall file them III The
Court Of Claims. which shall renort

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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08


The latest attenptto find out how
to keep .eonvicts at work without
bringing their labor into competi.
tom with that of men outside OF
prison wallis, is that Of Mr.. Brown.
ing, who proposed, in bill before
the New York Legislature, not to
hire out convict labor by contract,
but to employ it upon articles that
are mainly imported from foreign
countries. The products are not to
be sold for less than market price
and the revenue is to be applied to
the prison fund. Severe penalties
are attached to violation of the act
{by prison officers.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
Our Washin gton Letter.

WASHINGTON AFTER LENT-W ASH
INGToN SOCIETY, w AsHINGToN ART
AND ARTISTS. - he FLORIDA SEN
ATION.-PRIvATE CLAIMS AND
THEIR FUTURE DISPOSAL. -IHE
\ COMING FINANCIAL FIGHT.
PRESIDENT CAN z GET HIS PAY,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18
DEATH OF GENERAL PILLOW.

Gen. Gideon j Pillow died at Helena
Williams county, Tennessee, on the
9Th of June. 1906. ue graduated at
tho Nashville University in 1927 !;
studied law at Columbia and Nash
vile, and was soon afterwards admitted
to the bar at Columbia, where he
practical for many years, winning a
high reputation in his profession. He
afterwards became an active and lead
ing politician, and oXerteda a controlling
influence in securing the nomination
of James X. Polk in 1914. On the
breaking out of the Mexican war, he
was appointed a Brigadier General, in
command of Tennessee brigade. He
followed Gen. Taylor to Monterey, gal
lantly participating in all the battles
of the Rio Grande, and from Monterey
was ordered to join Gen. Scott's COM
mand, then investing Vera Cruz. He
participated in all the battles OF Gen.
Scott's campaign, from Vera Cruz to
the City of Mexico. Ie displayed
great gallantry at Cerro Gordo, where
he was wounded, and soon afterwards
promoted to Major General.
After the Mexican war, Gen. Pillow
retired to private life, devoting his
time to his large plantation interests.
At the breaking out of the war of
secession Gen. Pillow warmly espoused
the Southern cause, and again un-
sheathed his sword in defense of what
he believed to be just and righteous
cause. He bore himself gallantly and
nobly through that long and bloody,
but fruitless struggle, and came out
like the most of its adherents utterly
broken up in fortune and depressed in
spirits. Since the war he had been
making a hard struggle against mis-
fortune and adverse circumstances ;
but in all his troubles, trials and diff
calties he has always maintained his
honor and integrity, and the respect
of his fellow-citiZens.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

nThc Democrats can find no escape
from the charge OF reckless extrava-
gance," says a Republican newspaper.
That is so. The charge will be made
and repeated so long as there is q single
Radical left unconvertcd- But q mere
charge amounts to nothing until it Is
proven, and the proof, in this case, is
altogether wanting. The simple fact
that Radical Senate added many
millions to the appropriation bills sent
from the Democratic House is quite
sufficient to dispose of all such wild
assertions. The difference between the
Republicans and Democrats in their
conduct of a. controversy is that the for
mer charge while the latter convict.
No man or party can escape charges.
Honesty is generally an effcctual safe
guard against conviction.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18


81 WASHINGTON, Oct. Tho attorney
general has written to United States
attorneys In Louisiana, Alabama and
South Carolina that he has Information
OF certain outrages alleged to have been
committed and threatened to be conf
mitted in the northern and middle dis
tricts of Alabama, In connection with
the approaching congressional election.
The information Is of such Important
character that he deems 1t proper to
call their attention to the laws in
tended to protect the freeslom and pu-
rity Of such election, and la order to
secure to all citizens thcir Just rights
he calls the attention of officers to Sec.
6620 Revised Statutes imposing a fine
and imprisonment upon persons forci-
bly, or by threats deterring citizen
from his right to vote or support any
candidate for the office Of president,
vice president or congressman, and
also instructs them to promptly arrest
all violatcrs Of tho law. The attorneys
addressed are also required to show
the letter to United States marshals if
they have occasion to place tho war
rants in their hands relating to this
subject. .F -a.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

There was truth in the old Puritan
feeling in the exaggerated use Os
romance as leading to tho relaxation Ol
the fiber of the moral character. Thai
was wholesome restraint which
remember in my childhood keep us
from indulging in fiction until the
pressed the reading Of fiction as being
tho holiday of life, and not its busi-
ness. It is this which, If 1t constitutes
the danger of fictious narratives, con-
stitutcs also their power. They come
at a time when men arc indfsposcd to
take up anything else; they take up
those moments OF life which have q
most important influence on our career.
Poetry may be more elevating, science
may be wiser, and philosophy may
invoke deeper spirit, but none so
so tenacious, none reach so many
homes, or engage so many readers, as
the romances Of modern times. Those
who read nothing else read exciting
tales. Those whom sermons never
reach, whom history fails to arrest, arc
reached by fiction-by the works OF
successful novilists. 1t is this which
makes true novel, noble and elevated
in sentiment, one of the foremost
arrangements of home. We have
thus q powerful clement, mighty for adj
vancemcnt, for development. Mighty
it is because of the interest it invites,
mighty for edification and purification,
for giving wholesome thoughts, for
aspirations, and soul-stirring reflections.
Dean Stanley. ... .-'. IrE
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18
"a STRANGE REUNION: 3,

\
:, Among the passengers, on the. over
land train bound for San Francisco, one
day last week, was an ex.GovernOr of
the State of Tennessee, accompanied by
his family. At one ~ the small sta
tions OF the Central Pacific Road, a
short distance this side of Ogden, tho
train was boarded by ono of the gamb-
ling sharps that. infest tho limo, on tho
lookout for victims to fleece, by means
OF the swinlling devices practiced by
the thievisl, crow. The fellow succeed
ed In robbing one of tho passengers of
the better part of his travelling capital,
when the transaction attracted tho at
eention OF other passengers, and some
commotion ensuesl. The affair not
occurring in San francisco, there were
no police to protect tho gambler, and
he was seized and u fierce demand
made for the restoration Of tho plumber,
with q drawing of pistols and threats
Of dire vengeance. Ifl the midst OF tho
tumult lady In tho car gave q shrek
and fell into swoon. 1t was tho wife
OF the distinguished gentleman from
Tennessee. Tho attention OF the gnmt-
ler was draw to the Incident, and inn
mcdiatoly his pistol fell fronn his hand
as II fr0m stroke of palsy, and ho stag
-gdred backward In a helpless condition.
va AoSOSeaN"S AaS hSENos tnc SSsAuAcS
restored tho money takon from his
victim and hastened to tho assistance
Of tho lady,. A mutual recognition ap-
pcarcd to ensuo between tho gambler
and tho party, and the meeting was
cvlt1entlya a sad ono. Tho remaining
passengers In the car perceived sum-
cient to understand that an terrfng SON
had unexpectedly met with his parents,
and the car was relieved of further
swindltng attempts the remainder Of
the p0ssage.-iSIn Francisco Chronicle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

Mr.. A. Fl! Moore showed II team Of
elks at the Minnesota fair, Doxtcr and
Dashcr, two years old and Weighing
respectively SIG and 500 pounds. They
arc we'll broken, and woman can
drive them, 50 we'll trained are they.
With two men in the buggy behind
them, they can easily travel sixteen
miles in an hour, and they can travel
one hundred miles as easily AS horse
can fifty.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

At the weekly conference meetings
tho Rev. DR.. Blank was Il good deal
pcstcrcd by jealous brother who was
very much etiiflod by his own exhorta-
tions, and it was often doomed ncccs-
sary to "head him OFF, by calling or,
somebody else to speak or pray just as
he was about to begin. On one occa-
sion, as he rose to speak, the pastor
gently interrupted him by, saying :
oBrother, will you lead us in prayer ?''
The brother hcsitated but q moment,
ana made answer: ~ was about to
offer few remarks, but perhaps can
throw them into tho form of q prayer"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

An old darkey was endeavoring to
explain his unfortunate condition !:
"You see," remarked Sambo, cit was
in this way, as far as can remember j:
Fust my faddcr died, den my muddcr
married agin and den my muddcr
died, and my fatlder married agin !;
and somehow doesn't seem to have
no parents at all, nor no home, nor
nuffino
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

Captain Ed. Flood, superintendent
OF the removal of the distractions at
tho mouth Of Red river, writes under
date OF tho oath, in which he reports :
ssWc have gone through tho Gut with
tho Clara s. and two tugs, and arc now
on our return trip Ito tho mouth).
There Is q general average OF to 81
feet OF water in the Gut. Will keep
you officially informed as the work
PROGRESSES. .''-Ne,U orleans Times.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18
ODDITIES OF SPEECH.

H
friend: ssI have distinguished myself
in two respects lately. i, took = lady
unknown down to dinner, aud talked
to her about tho Bishop Durham's
nepotism In the matter Of Mr.. Cheese
1 found she was Mrs. Cheese. Andi]
cxpatiated to the member for Maryle.
bone, Lord Fermoy-generally con,
ceiving him to be an Irish member-ou
the contemplate character OF the
Maryiebone constituency and MATyle;
bone Representatives" Two sslch nais-
haps In one evening were enough tC
reduce the most brilliant ,talker TO the
condition Of the three sslnsfdes' of the
Lontlon-bound coach, who ibeEliled
the te(lium of the Journey from South,
ampton by discussing the, deineritS q
William Cobbett, until one of the party
went so far as to assert that tho object
of their denunciation was a domestic
tyrant, given to beating his wife when
much to his dismay, the solitary issdy
passenger, who had hitherto. sat 9
1istner, remarked: "PardotA mo, sir
a kinder, husband aud father 3neyci
breathed, and I ought to know, for
am William Cobbett's wife!" i
~ Mr.. GILES of Virginia and Judge
Duval of Maryland, members Of Con.
gress during Washington's administra.
tion, board at the house Of a Mrs
Gibbon, whose daughters were we'll ol,
in years and remarkable for talkative-
ness. When Jefferson became Prosi-
dent, Duval was controller OF the treas
ury and Giles Senator. Meeting one
day in Washington, they fell to chatt-
ing over old times, and the Senator
asked the controller If he knew what
had become of ssthat ,CAcklinR old
maid, Jenny Gibbon ?' iGs st9he Ia Mrs.
Duval, sir" was the unexpected reply.
Giles did not attempt to mend matters,
as certain Mr.. Tuberville unwisely
did. This unhappy blunderer ne
sembled the Irish gentleman who
complained that he could not open his
mouth without putting his foot in It.
Happening to observe to a feltow-guest
at Dunraven castle, that tho lady who
had sat his right hand Mt dinner was
the ugliest woman he had ever beheld,
the person addressed expressed his
regret that he should think his wife 10
ill-looking. "I have made a mistakej''
said the Mortified Tuberville, ssI meant
the lady who sat on my left." ssWell,
sir, she is my sister," was the response
from the desperate connoisseur 0l
Oetauty Sno AesAh aNO"oA, 'As CsaA W
helped, sir, then for il what you say
be true, confess never saw such
an ugly family in the course of my
life !''v ''
An honest expression of opinion,
perhaps not SO easily forgiven by the
individual concerned, was that wrune
from Mark Twain, who, standing
right before a lady in Partisan publi<
garden, cried out to his friend: "Duu
just look at this girl; how beautifu
she 81" to be rebuked by ssthis girl
saying in excellent English, ~ thank
you more for the evident sincerity oil
tho compliment, sir, than for the ex
traordinary publicity you have given
it ~ Mark took walk, but did not
feel comfortable for some time after
ward.-C CNam6e,s' Journal. N,..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-18

The Greenbackers appeared to cut
small figure in the elections in Ohio
and Indiana. They claimed several
members before the election.