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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09
QUACK FACTORIES.

The so-called medical colleges
are again grinding out their annual
grist Of boyish ignorance, equipped
with diplomas which, under the law
of Illinois, are a license to practice
medicine, and license and ignorance
under their cover to experiment up.
ON human health and life. Already
one OF the schools has sent out one
hundred and twenty seven raw
youths to dose and do for suffering
humanity in the dangerous fashion
characteristic Of the rash ignorance
that comes Of a little learning. NJ.
merod other colleges are prepar.
ing to turn out like grists; and few
things add more to the solemnity Of
the Lenton season than the solemn
prospect of what dead.dealing igno.
rance will so be set loose upon an
unprotected public. That ignorance
is too dense to be hidden by sheep.
skin. Druggists apprentices, coun-
try school-masters and boys from
farm and shop constitute the great
majority Of the students. Practical
ly, no educational standard is re.
quired for their admission. That
they can pay their fees is sufficient.
The standard which obtains among
them is evidenced by the fact that,
though every tolerable high school
is now dubbed college, but seven
out of one. hundred and twenty seven
referred to were collegiate graduates.
Their average attainments are little,
if at all, higher than are acquired at
the average country school, They
are attracted to the medical school
by the fact that there is no educa-
tional standard prescribed for ad.
mission, and because of the briefat-
tendance required and the certainty
of obtaining a diploma. It is not
among the possibilities that these
young men can by attendance upon
the lectures be transformed into
doctors of medicine, unless that de-.
gree be intended to cover all igno-
rance.
The lectures, doubtless, may be a
valuable aid to the student. They
might, if the courses were properly
extended and elaborated, be render.
ed an aid almost invaluable. But
the courses are arranged, not to gra-
'duate physicians Of high rank, but
to supply the market demand-to at
tract students who desire soonest
and most cheaply to get their diplo.
mas. These courses are, consequent
y, neither thorough nor comprehen-
|sive. They are constructed with q
view Of galloping the student
through his studies within the brief
terms Of these schools, and with the
multiplicity Of lectures the cram
ming system Is reduced toa bald
sham. When commencement day
IS reached diplomas are distributed
with rare impartiality among the
boys who can raise the requisite fee,
and they 90 forth from the schools
doctors, bearing the little knowledge
lso full Of dangerA and very liable to
he FLIED with 4 responding vain
IcOnceit 10 Iedonble that danger.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09
Treatment Of Servants.

TREAT your servants with confidence
and consideration, and do not suspect
them of doing wrong. They must be
trusted more or less by che whole
household, and trust, in most cases, be-
gets a sense Of responsibility. Require
careful performance of their duties,
strict obedience to your orders. tidi-
dess and cleanliness in their persons,
respectful manners and willing service,
and make them understand how much
their good conduct adds to the comfort
of the whole household. They must
have time to do their washing and keep
their clothes in order, or they cannot
be clean and tidy. Treat them with
kindness, but never with familiarity.
Don't ask unnecessary questions. If
they are sad and moody, take no fur
Their notice of it, than to suggest (if
practicable) that the usual holiday
hours should be taken on that day.
rather than on the one appropriated to
them. Without wholesome intervals
of amusement, uninterrupted work be-
comes intolerable. If they are i'll,
take the best care of them. Allow
them to see their friends in the even
ing, not in the daytime, for it inter-
rupts work. If you deny them the
privilege of companionship, you estab-
lish an unnatural condition, which is q
premium for deceit and worse than de-
ceit. Servants will have friends, even
lovers. Do not compel them to hide in
areas, or to make appointments, but
let everything be honest and above
board. There are and must be differ
ences in the modes of pleasure and en-
joyment, and in the qualification Of
wants and wishes, but there is COM
mon w0manhood. Let us remember
this gratefully and. feel how much it is
in the power of every mistress Of q
household to elevate those she employs.
Tho habit of breaking up households
every six or eight months, when FAM
lilies go to the country, is much against
the Improvement of servants and their
desire to do their duty. Too many serv-
ants is a greater evil than too few.
They had better be fully employed than
not have enough to do.
Let your servants look for your pres
ence as an aid and assistance toward
seeing their work more clearly. Never
lose your temper with servant. II
she cannot be reasonably dealt with,
dismiss her. But. with proper precau.
ton, you are not likely to engage such
q person.
Appoint time for the holiday OF
each servant, and, Il possible, DO not
allow arrangements to interfere with
this appropriated time. II necessary
70 defer It, have no question about it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09
A Persistent Dog.

MORE than eight years ago poor
man named Gray died, and was buried
in the old Grey Friars' Churchyard.
Edinburgh. His grave is now leveled
by time, and nothing marks it. But
the spot had not been forgotten by his
faithful dog. James Brown, the old
curator, remembers the funeral well,
and that Bobby was one of the most
conspicuous of mourners. James found
the dog lying on the grave the next
morning; and rs dogs are not admitted,
he turned him out. The second morn
ing the same; the third morning,
through cold and wet, there he was,
shivering. The old man took pity on
him, and fed him. This convinced the
dog that he had right there. Sergeant
Scott, r. E., allowed him his board for
. length Of time, but for more than six
years he had been regularly fed by Mr..
Trail. who keeps restaurant close by.
Bobby is regular in his calls, being
guided by the midday gun. On the oc-
casion Of the new dog tax being raised,
Mr.. Trail was called upon to pay for
Bobby. He would have done 10 had
the dog acknowledged him as his mas
ter, but he will attach himself to no
one. On hearing Of the facts of the
case, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh
exempted him, and. to mark his admi-
ration OF fidelity, presented him with .
handsome collar, with brass nails, and
an inscription: .sGrey Friars' Bobby.
presented to him by the Lord Provost
Of Edinburgh, 1877. "--Our Dumb A,,-
i1,anLa
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09

Blessed i the nlsn who minds his
own business
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09
Miss I. Westphal

Keeps on hand a large and well as.
sorted stock Of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS and ZEPHYR WOOL, opposite
the Union Hotel, between Second
and Third North streets.
NEW .ULM, MINI.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20
Silk Photographs.

1t is stated that firm of silk manu-
facturers in Lyons have succeeding in
obtaining photographs upon silk. Ever
since the discovery of that wonderful
art efforts have many times and oft been
made to secure the result that has at
last been realized. Under the circum-
stances, it can scarcely cause surprise
that the process has not been divulged,
though there is ground to believe that
the prints are made with salts Of silver.
Several pieces of silk have been exhib-
tied with variety of Photographic pic
lures printed on them, some Of them be-
ing large medallions of paintings by the
old masters If the Lyons firm succeed
in establishing new industry, surely
no one will grudge tn. N that need OF
praise to which, indeed, whatever may
be the final outcome of their invention,
they are already entitled Cassell's
Magazine.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20
Rich Mems Sons.

The President Of one Of the largest
banks said to us day or two since, that
a rich mans son had just left his place,
and he was the last man of the kind he
would ever employ. The man was faith
full, honest, and fulfilled intelligently
and well all the duties required Of him;
but Just as he had become accus-
toned to his work, he found out it was
too combining, and raw clerk had to be
put in his place. A bad look this for
rich young men; but it is the old story
repeated for the thonsandth time. II
rich mems sons will not endure the
drudgery by which nearly all their faith
ers secured money and position, they
must take secondary place in the mex.
generation; and oftener they drop out OF
sight amid the idle, worthless herd, if
indeed, they escape the association with
loafers and criminals. What say the
labor reformers to facts like these, fol
facts they are beyond question. Nearly
every man in any leading position i'll the
community began life poor Let the
sons of rich men take warning and go to
work honestly and faithfully every day
if they hope to fill the positions honora
bly held by their fathers. Tribune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20

A remarkable instance of the increase
in the fisheries of region, from agencies
only indirectly those of man, has lately
been brought to light on the coast of
France. A vessel loaded with so-called
Portuguese oysters was wrecked six or
seven years ago on the sand bar, at the
mouth of the river Gironde, and its con.
tents were scattered in the water They
seemed to find it suitable abode, as it
has recently been ascertained that they
have multiplied to an extraordinary de
gree. All the rocks along the coast for
twenty-four miles are covered with oys-
ters, Of which 10000, 900 were gathered
in 1875, sO,OOO,O0O in 1876, and $780,
OOO, 900 in 1877. Of these the green
ones bring readily fifteen cents pAr
dozen, by the Wholesale in Paris, while
white oysters from tAe same place are
worth two or three times as much.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20
The Italian Clergy.

The italian Bishops are now for the
psf part mere creatures of the Jesuits.
lev are utterly destitute of personal
tiative, and are seldom gifted with
her talent or learning. The inferior
orgy are at once poor and ignorant.
hdely different is the Roman Catholic
krarchy and clergy, taken as q body,
h England or France Or Germany.
IRE we see prelates of ability, energy
i erudition, lahoring with untirins
I'll for the domination of their church.
| what Italian province shall we find
tstvpe OF the restless and intriguing
pe ct such as he is painted BY Emile
Il. in his Conquete dc Plassons, type
on btoo familiar in the provincial so
ciE both of France and England
TIE incumbent OF Il parish i'll large
Iti.n town-whcn his Pensioners
prd elt mixture of Clericals, Liberals
an4dd noble families-plays the part
of lextcrous diplomast on all political
qudtons When he can only count on
an llment of fanaticism, he plays the
par If fanatic. He is a liberal in
the Venetian, Lombard, Genoese and
Pie 1,ontese provinces, those i'll which
the Iope recognizes as legitimate the
SOW tgnty of lIumbert ]. In the
equity districts he commonly reflects
in d, views of the wealthiest of the
neiA bring landowners. If his Squire
is al ut and out Clerical, he too is an
ut-ancout clerical. If his Squire is
deeidd Liberal, above all if he is one
who oftn asks his parish priest to din
ner, the parish priest has extremely lib
eral viers, and beneath the generous in
fiuence { his hosts Chianti or Barolo,
will kee the table in a roar by telling
good stoies as to the way in which the
more shptical aud satirical OF his par
ishoners,re in the habit of treating the
dogmas f Holy Mother Church. 1t is
not uncommon to find the parish priest
shy in soaking of politics at all, but il
is very ncommon to find him preach
ing openly from his pulpit against the
government. The parish priests, witt
few EXCEPTIONS, are extremely ignorant
and this general state of ignorance IL
the working clergy is a cause of con
slant and ,nfeigned anxiety to the pres
ent Pontif. Little progress has beef
made in tie intellectual and moral con
dition of the Italian parish priests sine
the day when, 81 years ago, Plus IN
shortly after his accession, said to Mas
simo d'Azeelio: "You may find here an
there an honest and Intelligent paris
priest, but taking them as "a body, the
are mere dirt" (Fango.) 1t is me
....vi,viy f...v, w1,i,i, niuSv ouSSo1o mo-
painful reflections to all who are reall
Interested in the moral and religion
welfare of Italy, that the parish prize
generally stands in the scale of informs
ton and character below the mounte
Gardiner or ordinary tax-collector {
his district; and no surprise need |
felt if this state of matters so deepl
engrossed the thoughts Of Leo KILL
1.-THE Contemporary Review.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20
The Cause of Education.

"The cause of education be hanged =
he muttered as he sat down on a curb
stone.
He was a lad Of thirteen. He spit
through his teeth and spit often. His
pants were supported with piece o
wire clothes-line girted around the wais,
his hat was ancient and greasy, and Is
big fat feet seemed to be waiting foga
thunder shower to wash them clean.
That's what ails HE T. he went q as
he pushed his toes into the wet sand u
don't believe III u teller diiiing and earn
ing all there is TO learn, and not lifting
other folks have q chance. They IS lots
of other folks in the world besaes, and
! amt going to be u hog and u t. learn
all there is TO learn.
After a minute he went OF
"Don't | know huff ndS ! Three
times two are six, four times tive are
twenty, and four and four are eight.
That's as correct as | could ger/em II
went to school for G hundred vars. Ana
don't | know how to spell =? Cat is cat
the world over, and I'll beton 1T every
time. Hen spells 'hen, 'nd l know 1t
as we'll as if l weighed ton.
He rose up to throwa stone at a dog
across the street, and after resumlng his
seat he went on &:
"Jogerfy kinder wrestles me down,
but | don't much go on .logerfy. What
do care whether an island is entirely
surrounded 10y water, or whether there
amt any water within ten miles OF it
S'pose l am going to buy and sell islands
for living | don't care which is the
highest mountain or the longest river
do II I'm going to keep feed store
and when I'm rolling bales o hay around
will | care about mountains and rivers
I've heard the boys go on about exports
and imports, and straits, and seas, an'
capes, but what's them to met If fel
ler waits to buy bag o oats, is he go
ing to wait and ask me when the lslan'
of Madagascar was discovered.
He carefully examined the big toe o
his left foot and the heel OF his RICH
foot, and gloomily observed
1.-THE old folks are making ready
push me into school, and I've got t
make ready to keep out cant take
school, somehow. l could sit here an
study all day, but the minute git int
la school-house I'm nervous. Some
things going to happen to me this weei
III be taken home in wheel-barro
with big cash in my heel or this te
almost cut off. That will mean for
, weeks on crutch, and they don't allo
lame boy to go to school and crutch
81 DOWN tho --;alos. o. s'i'uoiii' {
home with the palpitation of the heart
The old lady has had it, and | won
more than get into the house before she
have me tucked mp or the lounge, Il
camphor bottle down, current Jelly al
{ sponge cake in the distance, and she
call out to the old gent:
/, "Father, it's no use of thinking
sending this boy to school. He lool
stout and healthy, but he's a me
shadder. The close atmosphere of Il
school-room will kill him before sno
falls
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20

She was an angelic blonde, and tripped
through the market until she reached a
stall where a handsome butcher stood.
"Have you hearth she said, blushing
timidly. "Have l heart, missY re
sponded the butcher. "Do you think l
can watch you day after day and see
your eyes dropping as they meet mine;
that l feel your velvet breath ON my
cheek as l stoop over to serve YOU, and
not have heartl All! maiden, l am all
heart, and you ask me have l oner
dyes" she sighed family, ''this is
beautiful, this is divine, but it amt the
kind want this morning, 70 give me
bullock's heart, quick, and trim it for
stuffing, or my old man'll be raising
Cain Il his dinner amt cooked"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20
Keptonaniac Brains.

The Louisville Courier Journal says:
Since it has been discovered that Dion
Boucicault borrowed his version Of ." Clar.
issa Harlowe" from play produced in
London in 1876. perfect avalanche OF
criticism and blame has descended upon
the prolific author Of 400 plays" 1t is
Just nov discovered that 500 of these
plays are out and out plagiarisms.
If he had only gathered up old iron from
the roadside and converted it into useful
and beautiful articles. no one would have
made an ou,crv. but 70 scrub up already
"beautiful and useful articles" slightly
discolored by time, and palm them off
for his own invention, is a little TOO
much. Many Of Shakesreare's plays
are founded upon an English
monks rendition Of the French monks
rendition Of the "Ges,a Romanorum," an
assortment Of Oriental and German tales,
come down from, heaven only knows
where. The fact is. authors copy each
Other fifteen or twenty deep, until there
is no tracing the idea 10 its far away, orig
inal fountain head Charles Reade was
accused by Mrs. Southwoth Of copying
her plot in "foul Play" A story Of
Thomas Hoods called the "Sicil,an Low
ers" includes the whole plot from which
it is likely both Of these writer's obtained
the framework Of their stories.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20

Lady Burlctt Coutts refuses invita-
tons to visits
A Frenchman has invented q field
piece which will fire seven times Sec
ond, and is 70 simple that child can
nonderstand howitzcrranged Yet such
\ death dealing art lily repays tho in
vsntos, hevsVsR much he gsts for it.
We GhsaA - sssTy 70 see Dame Col
unlaltA - ~ wsaponA
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20

Gath" has bean secured by Brook
Ign paper, the Sunday Eagle, to furnish
religious reading.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-20

One of the earliest financial transac-
tons on record Is where Distance lent
enchantment to the view"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-26

Committee on Appropriations, and they
will accordingly be reported from that
committee tomorrow.
The debate in the caucus to-day was
very animated, and at times cOnsidera-
bic excitement prevailed, but after the
final vote several OF the most deter
mined opponents of the committee S
plan tincluding Representative Black
burn) announced that they would make
no further opposition. The arguments
advanced in this caucus for and against
the adoption of the line of policy
finally agreed on were substantially the
same that were urged during the debate
in the Senate caucus on Monday last,
and Senators Hill and Wallace again to-
dav made the most extended and com
prehensive speeches that were delivered
on their respective sides OF thecontro-
versy.
There seems no doubt that the Presi-
dent will approve the large bill and veto
the smaller one, but in the event OF
both Houses adjourning Immediately
thereafter, which is also considered GER
tain, there is very little probability that
Congress will be recOnyened, rs the in
dispensable appropriations for the
courts will then have been made, and
the marshals' fees for serving United
States processes can be provided for
by the deficiency bill, at the regular
session next winter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-26
MIR. WILSON'S PLAN.
The DE FactO President to be
Forced to Accept the RespOn-
Sibility,

'What will Congress do now?" asked
a Post reporter of Hon. Benz. Wilson, OF
West Virginia, last evening, referring to
the veto of tho judicial bill and the prob
able course of the Democratic majority
with reference to it.
''That is impossible for me to tell, re-
piled Mr.. Wilson.
"What do YOU think should be dOne?"
''I am very clear upon that subject. |
am opposed TO the use OF supervisors
and deputy marshals at our elections.
The acts providing for their employment
| regard as clearly unconstitutional. In
my opinion, now that the President has
vetoed the judicial appropriation bill,
and as no other department OF the Gov
ernment can originate another one, Con-
gress should, by joint resolution, con-
tinue the appropriation for the Depart
ment of Justice for the ensuing SIX
months for the purposes, and with the
restriction contained in the bill that the
de fdcto President has just vetoed"
"And tlen whatp
"AdjOurn and 90 home"
:'But suppose Hayes vetoed your Joint
resolution
Congress would then have given the
de tdcto President the opportunity of APP
proving measure that would keep the
courts in running order. The appropri-
alton would then be predicated upon
constitutional grounds, and if Mr.. Hayes
should choose To reject that proposition
the responsibility would rest with him
and his party. - Washington Post.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-26

his party and join with the Democrats
in preventing repetition OF such cor
ruptions. There was even a little job
in grave-stones" for Union soldiers. he
then proceeded to speak on the subject
of the election laws. The Democrats
did not oppose these laws because OF the
harm they really did, but because they
were a standing menace to the people.
Mr.. Window said he would simply re-
peat the challenge 10 the Democrats TO
point out single man discovered by the
thirty-three Democratic investigating
committees TO be q defaulter or cor
ruptionist. The only man named had
been Orville Grant, who sold some ship
knees for more than he paid for them.
Whether that was a fraud was not
stated, and Mr.. Robson was now an
honored member of the other House,
against whom nothing has been shown.
Mr.. Morgan said he would mention
Belknap.
Mr.. Window replied that Belknap
certainly never stole a dollar from the
government. 1t was not even proven
that he stole from anybody. The
whisky ring was composed of more
Democrats than Republicans, and its
dishonesty was not unearthed by any
committee. He submitted the state
ment of public defalcations to show that
Mr.. Salisbury had over stated their
amounts.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, wished
to present another statement made up
pnnttran Chnuuinn &bl
100000 OF defalcations in one depart
ment alone.
Mr.. Window denied that this state
ment showed defalcations, but only un-
collected assessments, which, OF course,
were charged against the collectors of
revenue.
Mr.. Beck denied this, and referred to
the case of Collector Bailey, defaulter
for large amount, whose sureties,
among whom were Henry Clews and
George 0pdyke, had never been forced
to make his defalcation good.
Mr.. Conkling corrected Mr.. Beck, by
showing that Mr.. Bailey's defalcation
was made before these gentlemen be-
came his sureties, and they were held
not to be liable for it.
After further discussion, Mr.. Window
read statements showing the percentage
of losses upon every one thousand dol.
lars disbursed during the different ad-
ministrations, as follows: Jackson,
SlO.55; Van Buren,, S2l.l5; Harrison,
sl037; Polk, SS.34; Taylor and Fillmore,
S7.64; Pierce, $685.; Buchanan, $6.9S;
Lincoln, sl.4; Johnson, S0.4S; Grant,
first term, $0.40; second term, 1926.
Senate adjourned.