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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
Wise Rats.

IT appears that although the Kelly
arm at Garbuttsville is nearly all that
could be expected of q farm-it has ono
drawback-the grounds are infested by
rats to an extent almost as unbearable
as Haemlin before the Pied piper paid
it visit. Mr.. Kelly is not the man to !.
sit quietly down and allow rats to walk
away with his substance without re-
monstrance. aud he set to work devils
ing means to Danish the superfiuous
rodents. Various banes were tried
with good and bad results, and al
though scores Of rats were poisoned,
scores remained to plague the proprie-
tor. After exhausting considerable pa
tieuce and expending quite sum of
money in the purchase of poison for the
rats, Mr.. Kelly began to regard the
matter as serious and consulted with
his neighbors as to what they knew
about that branch of farming relating
to wedding out rats. A hundred plans
were given him in q week, each of
which was guaranteed as infallible.
Most of them depended for success ON
inducing the vermin to eat something
that would result in their dissolution.
Mr.. Kelly had tried in that direction 80
long and fruitlessly that-he had little
confidence in the prescriptions and de-
termined to test plan based on an
other theory. One old and sage gram
ger told him to set q fish hook on an
elevation in such q way that rat in
jumping at the bait on the hook would
catch on it and remain hanging. His
squalling in this position would intimi-
date all the rats in the neighborhood
and they would decamp. This plan
was tried, but although finely pointed
fish hooks were set'never rat impaled
himself, but stole the bait and wagged
his tail in derision at the hook. When
Mr.. Kelly saw that he was defied he
Swore that the rats should die and no
himself suffer no more from them. He
had in reserve plan that would finish
them without mercy. True, it had q
feature of cruelty about it, but what of
that; had they not forfeited all right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
by their insolent demeanor and per-
sistency in wrongdoing? This receipt
came from an old soldier. He should
catch a rat in good condition, put him
in a trap, visible to all his fellow rats,
and allow him to starve to death. It
was promised that toward the end of
his days he would squeak dreadfully
and scare all the rats out of the barn,
after which, on the fourth day, he
would expire himself. A rat was
caught and placed in a box-trap in the
barn. No food was placed near him,
and he was watched to observe his de.
crease. He was comfortable after the
first day and no worse off the second.
On the third day of his confinement he
assumed to be about as happy as rat
could be and was as sleek and active as
ever. On the fourth day, when it was
expected that the bones of the prisoner
would protrude from the skin and all
the other rats would have fled, Mr..
Kelly's hired man visited the barn and
saw the trapped rat partaking of
generous meal from scraps of meat
stolen from the house.dog's dish by the
kindred Of the imprisoned rat. Mr..
Kelly is still looking for rat-bane.-
Rochester IN. ~ Union.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
DESTROYING the Romance Of History.

IF there is any nice little legend that
has boon public property foryears there
is always some one who wants to poke
up dusty tones and investigate the
matter and dispel the pleasant illusion.
1t is pity there are such people. but
there is no law by which they can be
banished, so the consequence is that
every now and then we see some pic
turesque belief knocked to pieces.
Thus It is that we have lost William
Tell with his crossbow and his apple,
and many other pet stories that the
reader win call to mind. In fact we
very nearly lost. Mr.. Shakespeare, and
were offered q Mr.. Bacon instead; but
this was q little more than the people
could stand, so the work of destruction
was stopped in time. Everyone has
seen that noted face of Beatrice, said to
be by Guido. It has been painted, and
engraved, and chromoed until it is as
common as our /" Grandfather 8 Clock
Nearly all are familiar with the sad
story of Beatrice. Senior A. Bertolatti
thought it his duty to investigate this
matter, and the result of his rummag-
ing among old documents is given-in
the last issue of Edinburg Review. He
discovers that Beatrice Cenci died in
1899, and that Guido never painted in
Rome till 1908, and therefore he proba-
bly, never saw the girl. He also dis
covers that Beatrice was not q beauti-
full person, as represented in the pic
ture, but exceedingly plain. Again
this tiresome individual unearthed the
proceedings of the court that con-
aemned Beatrice, and finds that she
confessed having been accessory to the
murder of her father, and was there
fore justly executed. Bertolatti fol-
lows up the historysof this unfortunate
woman and shows that she was an ex-
ceedingly depraved character. The
celebrated portrait he believes to be by
Guido, but it is not the head of Bea-
trice, as was supposed; and if all that
Bertolatti says about her is true, it will
be consolation to all who own the
portrait to know that it is by Guido
and is not picture Of Beatrice Cenci.
Detroit Free Press.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
Where There's I viii There's Z way,

The construction Of the law of mar
riage in New York sometimes makes
singular complications which do not
come before the courts. It has been
judicially decided that when man
lives with woman and introduces her
to his friends as his wife, such mar
riage tie and acknowledgment are
binding in law. The courts have done
it, and there's no going behind their
records until the law is differently laid
down by the legislators. Now, Henry
II. Muenker, widower, and Anna
Maria Brand, widow, both Of Brook
Ign, and both at the ripe age of forty,
wanted to get married. Muenker is a
sort of Socialist, and would not be
married by Justice or any civil gov
ernment agent or officer. He told
Mrs. Brand that she might arrange for
their marriage and be married to him
as she pleased, provided Justice,
Judge or Mayor, or any other civil
dignitary did not perform the cere-
mony. Now, Mrs. Brand had her
prcjudices, too. She said she had been
married once by minister; she would
never submit to such ceremony
again-no, never. She was lust as
good as the priest, she said, and she
thought a good deal better. They were
only after the poor peoples money,
and she would give them none of hers.
She did not care how it was done, so
it was good, fast marriage. She only
wanted her nuptial status well-defined
and incOntestible. The couple were in
q fix, and, as it seemed, almost
debarred from a union by their
individual prejudices. Happily, the
memory OF the court decisions
was frightened up by their
dilemma. They took round of visit
ing. Muenker visited all his friends
with Mrs. Brand, and introduced her
as 'Mrs. Muenker, my wife, Then
she took him to her friends and intro
duced him as "Mr. Muenker, my hus-
band" OF course, there were inquiries,
and the couple explained their peculiar
case without hesitation. Atlength one
of Muenker's friends told him it would
not do. They must have a marriage
certificate of some kind, which must 90
on the records of the Board of Health,
as provided by law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Muenker surmounted this obstacle to
their legal oneness and domestic hap
piuess by drawing up an agreement to
be man and wife and signing it, togeth-
er with two witnesses. That was on
Sunday, and there was a marriage
feast at Mrs. Brand's-now Muenker's
residence. The next day Muenker
took the document to the Board OF
Health clerk, who said it would not do;
he had never heard of such thing be-
fore. Muenker said it had to do; NO
ceremony was performed and no one
had to do it. He was married, and
that was all there was of it. The clerk
first glanced at the bridegroom, to see
whether he looked like lunatic, and
then asked the Superintendent if that
would do The authority decided that
it was legal marriage certificate and
ordered it placed on file. If this Gus.
tom prevails, the Justices and preach
ers will soon have to whistle for mar.
riage fces.-Missouri Republican.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
Distress in Berlin.

Probably in no city in Europe is there
SO much financial and social distress
to-day as in Berlin. The milliards
which Germany exacted from France
after the war and it's becoming the Inn
perial Capital would, it was thought,
greatly benefit the city; but just the
contrary has happened. Things seem,
in the last eight years, steadily to have
grown from bad to worse. Apart from
the number of unemployed persons
thcrc-estimated at ,00O-hundreds
and hundreds of men have been ruined
by speculation, and there is more or
less suffering among all classes. Well
educated citizens who before the war
had incomes Of $4,000 to 10000 marks,
who Jared sumptuously and were
among the envied of society, are now
impoverished and compelled to earn q
pittancc by acting as legal copyists.
Prices of living have rapidly increased,
and Berlin is now one of the most ex-
pensive and least satisfactory of the
Old-World capitals. This is partly
owiag to the great increase of popula-
ton and the difficulty of getting houses
at anything like reasonable rates.
There are now, it is reported, more
than 100000 souls in the city--an
augmentation since 1871 of 100000,
and since 1861 of $50, 900. On account
of the. enormous rents vast numbers
have been driven to abide under
ground, fully one-tenth of the entire
population, or 100000, being crowded
together in cellars in way that is
most hurtful to them physically and
morally. The condition of things,
judging from private letters, is very
painful, and deteriorating rather than
improving, and the political troubles
add materially to the prevalent dis
tress. Frenchmen who want their re-
venge should study the present social
status of Berlin.-M. 2. Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
Miss Z. Westphal

Keeps on hand large and we'll as.
sorted stock of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS and ZEPHYR WOOL, opposite
the Union Hotel, between Second
and Third North streets.
NEW ULM, MIMI.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
a Legal Romance.

The Marlboro Gazette states that on
Thursday last Messrs. John B. Brooke
and +. s. Hill, attorneys for the devil
sees, filed with the Register of Wills Of
Prince Georges County, Md, paper
purporting to be the last will and tesla.
ment of David Craufurd, of that coun-
ty, who died in 1859, whereby the tessa-
tor willed to his cousins, Mary M.
Kearney and Sarah Forrest, all his
landed estate, 1900 acres of fine land,
and So, 600 each in money. The Gazette
says the discovery Of this paper, after
the lapse of nearly twenty years, dur
ing which time great lawsuit over the
property thereby disposed of has been
instituted and ended adversely to the
above-namcd ladies, has excited q great
deal of interest in that county. As no
will could be found after David Crau-
furd's death, although it was claimed
he had made one, suit was instituted BY
the children of his deceased brother,
Thomas Craufurd, who claimed that
Thomas Craufurd had acknowledged
their mother as his wife and that they
were the nearest heirs. The great ex-
penses incurred by Mrs. Kearney and
Miss Forrest in defending their rights
had nearly consumed the handsome
property which belonged to them indie
pendently of David Craufurd's, and the
result of this long litigation left them in
the most reduced circumstances. The
last fragment. 175 acres, was to have
been sold last Saturday to justify a
judgment against them for amounts re-
covered for rents which was in their
possession pending the suit. Miss
Sarah Forrest died some years ago,
leaving all her interest in the Craufurd
estate to her niece, Kate Kearney
Henry, wife of Capt. James L. Henry,
OF Prince Georges County, so that the
property belongs to her and her
mother, Mrs. Mary NJ. Kearney, equal
~. The will is signed by Horace Mil
Ter. William Duvall and Thomas
Bayne, of whom Duvall only is now liv-
ing in Prince Georges County, q very
old man. The estate has been disposed
OF under = decree of Court, and should
the will now produced be sustained,
purchasers must either surrender or
bear the expenses of a long and heavy
lawsuit to retain property to which
they supposed they had true title.
Where the viii came from, the Gazette
says. is yet a matter of conjecture. One
report says it was given into the hands
of an office lad of a Washington lawyer,
with directions to hand It, with other
valuables, to the rightful owner of it.
This young man shortly after left for
the South, and it remained undisturbed
until last week, when it was found and
at once forwarded to the attorneys
aforementioned, to be used as they
might think best.
BY this will DR.. Richard S. Black
burn, a cousin, of Jefferson County,
Va. was made residuary legatee and
executor of the estate, and that gentle
man, June Is, 1860. published an ad-
vertisement in the Marlboro Gazette,
stating that he had positive informa-
ton that David Craufurd had will in
his house six months before his death,
and requesting information in regard
to tn. Y. Graphic.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
A PrOdigal's Return.

In the City of Elizabeth stand Al
mansion built and still occupied by an
aged gentleman of nearly ninety years
Isaac Jaques, for many years
practical draper and tailor in John
street, New York, who retired from
business thirty years ago. He was ono
OF the founders of the Bethel for sea-
men in New York, and one of the first
to inaugurate the Fulton-street PRAYER
meeting, of which he is faithful At
tendant. His son John was q source
OF trouble to his father. and left his
home in 1916. The drunkard's life
cannot be told, and during years of
degradation and debauchery he went
down to its depths until he was dis
owned by his heart broken parent. One
year ago the prodigal sought the meet
ings of the First Temperance Reform
Club. He was pursuaded to sign the
pledge and seek the help of God in his
effort to reform. He was converted,
and has proved faithful to his pledge
ever since. Last Thursday evening the
members of the club and of the Wo-
mems Union to the number of about
sixty, with an abundant supply Of re-
freshments, visited the old mansion in
Elizabeth and gave the venerable couple
q surprise. Mr.. William G.. Souter,
President Of the club, made known to
the aged father the object Of the meet
ing by telling him that his prodigal son
had resolved to come back to his
fathers house; that he had been faith
ful and true for one year, and that they
believed he would be true to the end.
The scene cannot be described. Il was
. real prodigal returning to his fathers
house. When the old man saw his SON
standing before him he went to him
and threw his arms around his neck,
Kissed him. and wept ike child. Il
was scene that win be long remem-
bered BY 81 who were present
NcaCdyk al. ~ Adue1tiser.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
The Hole in the Top Of the Pocket.

If a person loses little change, a
dOor-key, or q pen-knife, or some other
trifes through the bottom of his pocket
he feels more annoyed at his own care
lessness in not discovering the hole
than his loss. Yet there is many
man who suffers the inconvenience and
embarrassment of poverty in conse-
quence of an enormous opening in his
pocket, and he goes on from day to
day, from month to month, and year to
year-from boyhood to age-without
ever discovering the source of his mis-
cry, or rejecting that the opening might
be made smaller. The reason is that
the opening is in the top instead of the
bottom of the pocket.
This hole in the top of the pocket is
always open. The draught through it is
something enormous. The attraction
ofgravitation, it is true, cannot operate
through it, but the frequent insertion
of the owners hand makes up for the
deficiency.
Keeping this opening in the top of
the pocket prudently closed, or per-
hitting it to be too much and too often
extended in ones youth, makes the diff
ference in after life, and in old age. be-
tween dependence and independence,
between poverty and wealth.
It becomes every young man to Keep
sharp lookout for this hole in the top
Of the pocket. A thousand insidious
attacks upon his substance are made
through it. A firm resolution and an
established system are absolutely requi-
site to regulate bis outgoes. Many q
man who could command an army has
never been able to proportion his own
expenses down less than his receipts,
but it has very likely shaken his reso-
luton and self-contrUl more severely
than all his military exploits.
We hear q great deal about swim
dlers and thieves and robbers and burg
lars, but where one man Is ruined or
injured BY these. 9 thousand are ruined
or injured BY the too ready and too FREE
quent insertion Of their own hand in
their own pockets through the opening
ct the top. We warn the young men
that 81 closing this opening the old
adage emphatically applies, q stitch
u time save nine. 9 baptist Weekly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
POLITENESS AT THE TABLE.

We all know how much more com.
fort and enjoyment a well-appointed
table-with its snowy linen, clear
glass, bright silver or plate-can give
than one where no attention is paid to
cleanliness, order or taste in its daily
arrangement. There is, of course, an
effort always made to secure some
thing like neatness and pleasant APP
zpearance when guests are invited; but
it is by the common home life that one
judges of the peculiar characteristics
of the mistress of the house and of her
family. With some the one pr0mi-
nent idea is to have an abundance on
the table, which must be cooked in the
best manner. How it is dished. in
what shape it comes to the table, or
whether the table is properly set or the
articles on it neat and wel-matched, is,
in their eyes, of secondary importance.
Now, this is q great mistake. 1t is inn
portant that food should be well-cooked
and as abundant as is needful, but we
cannot imagine that one can relish food
carelessly thrown on table laid in .
slovenly manner. 70 sit at such a
table is enough to rob one of all appe>
tite and to make the best cooking in
the world distasteful. A fresh table.
cloth, neatly arranged, we'll cleaned
and polished dishes, the mistress and,
all who gather about her neatly at
tired, amiable and respectful in their
manners, will give relish to the plain
est food and less superior cooking.
Light hearts, loving words, gentle and
cO11rfonna attention each oatoomino a tina
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
Henry Dergh.

THIRTEEN years of devoted labor
have wrought no very great change in
the appearance and manner of Henry
Bergh. If the lines CT his careworn
face have multiplied, they have also re-
sponded to the kindly influence of pub
lie sympathy and the release of his
genial disposition from austere re-
straint. A visitor who had no claims
on Mr.: Bergh's indulgence once re-
marked: II was alarmed by the Dig
nifty of his presence and disarmed BY
his politeness. Since Horace Greeley's
death, no figure more familiar to tho
public has walked the streets of the
Metropolis. Nature gave him an alb
solute patent on every feature and
manner of his personality. His COM
handing stature of six feet is magni-
fled by his erect and dignified bearing.
A silk hat with straight rim covers
with primness the severity of his pres
ence. A dark brown or dark blue
frock overcoat encases his broad shout
ders and spare, yet sinewy, figure. A
decisive hand grasps cane, strong
enough to lean upon, and competent to
be defense without looking like
standing menace. When this cane, or
even his finger, is raised in warning,
the cruel driver is quick to understand
and heed the gesture. On the crowded
street, he walks with slow, slightly
swinging pace peculiar to himself.
Apparently preoccupied, he is yet OBJ
servant of everything about him and
mechanically notes the condition from
head to hoof of every passing horse
Everybody looks into the long, solemn,
finely-chiseled and bronzed face wear
ing an expression of firmness and be-
nevolence. Brown locks fringe
broad and rounded forehead. Eyes be-
tween blue and hazel, lighted by intel
lectual fires, are equally ready to dart
authority or show compassion. There
is energy of character in long nose
of the purest Greek type; melancholy
in a mouth rendered doubly grave by
deep lines, thin lips and sparse,
dropping mustache, and determination
in a square chin of leonine strength
The head, evenly poised, is set on
stout neck rooted to broad shoulders.
In plainness, gravity, good taste, in
dividaality and unassuming and self
possessed dignity, his personality is
compromise between a Quaker and
French nobleman whose life and
thoughts no less than long descent are
his title to obility.-Scribner for april.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-14
How to Preserve Eggs.

THERE is nothing so excellent as q
one, and, considering how many good
eggs 60 wrong every day, it will GER
tainly be worth our readers while to
note The following process, to which
DR.. Phipson has called attention, for
preserving them fresh for many months.
On removing the eggs from the nest,
they are coated with butter in which 2
or per cent. of salicylic acid has been
dissolved, and then they are placed, in
dividuallY, in box filed with ex-
tremely fine and absolutely dry saw
dust. Care must be taken that the eggs
do not touch each other, and that they
are completely enveloped in sawdust;
and should these precautions be strict
" observed, they will keep fresh for
several months, possibly for more Than
year. DR.. Phipson tested the process
for two years with most satisfactory re-
suits. What we have hitherto said APP
plies to the preservation of the whole
egg, but there is also the plan Of NJ.
Berg, for preserving the albumen Tor
Whitley of the egg for Photographic pur-
poses. The white separated from the
yelk is evaporated in zinc pans or
porcelain cups, at temperature of 1l3
degrees. The solidifed albumen thus
procured is reduced to dust in mill.
The yelk is whipped up by r4achinery
into . light mass and then spread on
zinc plates end evaporated into dryness
at q temperature of l76 degrees and then
pulverized. The powder SO obtained
keeps for long period, the white be-
ing employed for the purposes to which
albumcn is applied in the industrial
arts and the yelk for domestic purposes.
Both the cook and the photographer,
therefore, ought to take an intelligent
and lively interest in these proposed
methods for keeping eggs fresh for q
twelvemonth or for preserving the val.
liable parts for q similar time. Cas-
selps Magazine.
lit will have been noticed that Con-
gress has appropriated the $3.50, 600
asked for a National museum, to be
erected at Washington near the Smith
sonian Institution and the buildings of
the Agricultural Departments. The
building, to be Of brick and one story
high, will cover about two and quar-
ter acres Of ground, and every known
precaution will be taken against fire.
dampness. rust and vermin. The glass
area will amount to nearly 49, 600
feet, or about one-seventh of the
floor space. and special devices will BE
employed to display the exhibits to
advantage. At tho close Of the Gem
tennial Exhibition the United States
was the recipient Of many curious and
valuable presents from foreign govern
ments, which are now packed away in
boxes, and the Smith oman Institution
has several important cole actions which
cannot be shown for want Of space.
In the armory building 4, COO boxes are
also awaiting exhibition room, 90 that
the new museum will be largely fur
nished when i Is first opened, probably
q year hence.