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New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25

were in the habit Of fighting when they
met. One day, they had 3 fierce and
prolonged battle on q bridge, from
which they both fell into the sea; and
they had no other means of escape
but swimming . considerable distance.
Each began, therefore, to make for the
land as best he could.
The Newfoundland, being an excel
lent swimmer. very speedily gained
the land, on which he stood shaking
himself at the same time watching the
motions Of his tall antagonist, who
being no swimmer, was struggling in
the water, and Just about to sink. In
dashed the Newfoundland, took the
other gently by the collar, kept his
head above water and brought him
safely on shore.
There was afterward q peculiar
kind Of recognition between the two
animals; they never fought again;
they were always together, and when
the mastif was accid dentally killed, the
other languished and lamented for him
. long time.
A child, once playing on raft, with
. Newfoundland dog belonging to his
father, accidentally 7eD into the water.
The dog Immediately sprang after the
child. who was only six years old, and,
seizing the waist of his little frock,
brought him into the dock, where
there was staging, BY which the child
held on, but was unable to get to the
top. The dog, seeing it was unable to
pull the little fellow out of the water
ran up to . yard adjoining, where q
girl Of nine years old was hanging out
clothes. He seized her by the gown,
and, Notwithstanding her efforts to get
away he succeeded in dragging her to
the spot where the child was still hang
ing to the staging. On the girls taking
hold of the child, the dog assisted her
in rescuing the little fellow from his
perilous situation, and after licking
the face Of the infant he had saved, It
took leap off the stage and swan
round the head Of the wharf, to get the
hat, which had fallen off the child's
head.-EzchGsQe.
New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25
Ladies' Shoes.

Among the multiplicity Of articles IN
the British Museum are some well-pre-
served examples of Egyptian sandals
made of palm leaves. In one Of these,
slices of palm leaves overlapping each
other form the sole; these being bound
securely together by q double band Of
twisted leaves round the edge. As
pad TO the feet these sandals must have
been exceedingly pleasant and grateful
in hot climate. Ladies of rank in
Egypt paid then. as now, great atten-
ton to the beauty of their sandals. In
Western Asia, slippers left at the door
of an apartment signify that the master
or mistress, whoever may be therein, is
engaged, and no one thinks of intrud-
ing, not even husband, though the
apartment be his wife's. A writer,
speaking of the termagants of Benares,
says: :. If domestic or. other business
calls off one of the combatants before
the affair is settled, she coolly thrusts
her shoe beneath her basket and leaves
both upon the spot, to signify that she
is not satisfied" In this way she indi-
Gates that she keeps possession of the
ground and argument during her una
voidable absence. A blow from slip
per was more dreaded by Mussulmans
than stroke from a pogniard. The
latter might bring death, It is true, but
the former brought dishonor. Some of
the earliest and most distinctive exam
pies of adorning pretty feet are found
in Jewish records. Thus in Solomon's 8
Song (vii:2), the bride is thus adj
dressed: How beautiful are thy feet
with shoes (sandals), U Princes
daughter!'' In the case of Judith, Of
the Apocrypha, although her personal
attractions, the splendor of her attire
and other ornaments may have attract
ed the attention of the fierce Holo-
fernes, the Assyrian General, it was her
sandals that chiefly charmed him.
Public Opinion.
New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25
Miss I. w estphal

Keeps on hand alarge and well as
sorted stock Of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS and ZEPHYR WOOL, opposite
the Union Hotel, between Second
and Third North streets.
NEWsULM, MINI.
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The Prodigal Son.

From the way in which he turned
out when he grew to be a young man
it is easy enough to conclude what kind
of a boy the Prodigal Son was. He
was terribly extravagant from child.
There wasn't anything in the house too
good for him. Every cent he could
get his hands on he spent for candy
and things. If his mother gave him q
nickel 10 put in the contribution box.
he bought peanuts with it on his way
to Sunday-School, eating them all up
on the road, and not caring cent If
the poor heather didn't have peanut
to their back. The money that boy
could spend! He would wear his best
suit week days, and couldn't be in
duced to 60 barefoot in the summer as
the rest of the boys had to. He
smoked ten-cent cigars before he was
six years old, while other boys were
satisfied with grapevine.
At ten he wore high standing collars
and plug hat, and the nobbiest suit
that the tailor could make. He carried
q natty little cane, parted his hair in
the middle and sported AN eye-glass.
He drank pony brandy, ponyihg up
twenty-five cents drink for it, and
spoke of his father as :. the Governor
and his mother as ''the old woman.''
He was a regular patron of the opera.
which he pronounced "Aw, deuced
fine, you knaw,' and never missed tho
theater matinee.
AT an age when boys are usually at
school, this young Prodigal was hang
ing around the bars and billiard-sa-
looms, learning those lessons in vice
and vulgarity which fitted him for the
companionship he was to seek when he
came to his estate. If they had Sunday
night theaters in those days the lad was
undoubtedly regular attendant. And
his father probably had numerous liv-
cry bills to pay for his Sunday riding.
No horse-race came off without that
young reprobate being seen on the
track, hat on one side of his empty
head and cigar in his mouth, making
bets with the grown up and otherwise
gray-headed infants around him. And
he probably never missed chicken
dispute OF prize-fight that was any
where within reach. We have all seen
New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25
Risen from the Ranks.

NOT long since we set forth In this
column the chances for advancement
open even to the poorest boys in our
country. We oontended that no boy
need to be discouraged, however hum
BILE his position or unpromising his
surroundings. Though in other coun-
tries the chances are not as numerous,
there are not wanting instances Of
great success springing from humble
beginnings. For striking instance,
we refer to N. Jules Grevy, the new
Presidentof France.
Sixty years ago the new ruler of
France was farmers boy in distant
Province. Though humble. his parents
were not in need. He lived on coarse
food, and was roughly clad. Who
could have foreseen that this poor boy
would rise to be the ruler Of the reat
and powerful Nation of which he and
his family were such insignificant men,
bersp A fortune-teller who should
have predicted that this humble lad,
plodding to school in coarse attire and
wooden shoes, would, one day, sit in
the place Of Kings, would have been
laughed at or denounced as an impos.
tor. Yet the impossible has come to
pass, and the peasant boy is the sue
cessor of Charlemagne. Was it lucke
In part, perhaps, for not every poor
boy, however hard he may work, can
become ruler 81 men. But M. GrevY
has been more than lucky. From his
boyhood he has worked hard. In ey-
cry position he has acquitted himself
as well as he could. 1t was found that
any task committed to him was sure
to be well done. Yet his rise was not
rapid. Even at the age Of forty his
professionalism of a alawyer-paid him
so poorly that he added to his income
by giving lessons to students. But he
was not discouraged. He worked on,
and now, in his old age, the highest
honors in the gift of his country have
come to him. 1t is noteworthy that M.
Theirs, Marshal MacMahon's prede-
cessor in Office, was also of humble ex-
traction. His rise was more rapid, but
ended at the same point.
Let our young readers, then, take
courage. Industry and merit are sure
Of reward the world over. The re-
ward does not always come in the same
form, but in one way or another good
work is sure Of good wages. N r
Weeklu.
New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25
Anecdotes Of. Dogs.

A POOR Scotch woman, named jenny
had 3 dog which was very fond Of hor
youngest child, and was in the habit Of
sleeping with it in the cradle. It hap
pened that the child became i'll and
died. Jenny was at the time living at
9 place called HaWkshead, but her in
FAINT was buried at the neighboring
Town of Staney. From the mothers
distress of mind at the time, little
notice was taken Of the dog, but soon
after the funeral it was missing, nor
could any tidings be heard Of it for q
fortnight. The poor mother, on pass
ing through Staney, thought she would
visit the churchyard where the infant
was inferred, when, behold! there was
the little dog in deep hole it had
scratched over the child s grave! it was
in q most emaciated state from hunger
and privation.
Hogg. the Ettrick Shepherd, declares
that dogs know what is said on subjects
in which they are interested. He had
. dog, named Hector, who always
seemed to understand q remark made
about himself. One day Hogg said to
his mother. IS Tn going tomorrow to
Bowerhepe for q fortnight, but I will
not take Hector with me, for he is con-
stantly quarreling with the rest Of the
dogs." " Hector being in the room, was
missing next morning, and when his
master reached BoWerhope, there was
Hector sitting on . knoll, waiting his
arrival. He had swum across q flooded
river to gain the spot.
New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25

the New Zealanders perform this oper-
alton in elegant spiral volutes, and the
Sandwich Islanders in straight lines
that intersect each other at right an
giles. Some Of the natives have half
their bodies, from head to foot, tat
tooed. This gives them 3 most strik-
ing appearance
Now comes most interesting para
graph, which may possibly be brought
to bear upon the argument that the
New Zealanders are descended from
the ten lost tribes of Israel. We have
seen above how very strictly Moses for
bade tattooing as marks Of mourning.
On this point Capt. Cook writes, and it
Is strange piece OF evidence: "We
have some reason to imagine that the
practice of tattooing is often intended
az sign of mourning, on the decease
OF Chief or any other calamitous oc-
currence."
In work entitled ..The New Zeal
ander," published by Charles knight,
in 1880, find some sketches of tat
tooing instruments. They appear to
be very like combs of different sizes,
only that the points Of the teeth of the
comb are very sharp. It appears that,
in 1916, q sailor Of the name of Ruther-
ford was captured by the natives, and
remained with them some ten years.
At the end Of this time, out of compli-
ment, they tattooed him. The follow
Ing is an account Of the operation:
Having taken . piece of charcoal
and rubbed it upon . stone, with q lit
tie water, 80 as to produce a thick
liquid. they dipped into it an instru-
ment made of bone, with q sharp edge
like chisel, and shaped in the fashion
Of garden hoe. They then applied
the instrument to the skin, and struck
it twice or three times with piece Of
wood, thereby making it cut into the
flesh as knife would have done, and
causing great deal of blood to flow,
which they kept wiping off with the
side of the hand in order to see whether
the impression was sufficiently clear;
if not, they applied the cutting instru-
ment again to the same place. Vari-
GUS instruments were, however, en-
ployed in the course of the operation,
one sort being made of a sharks tooth,
o>.l ano<Lnn hou2rr. co.n.~koI oI>~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

The agricultural depression In Great
Britain this year Il not an exceptional occur
renee, but rather M evidence of great
change being made In English agriculture.
Even had fngland's grain crops been fair
this year she would have had TO call Oh
America for food. az the area planted In grain
I'm Great BritBin IL steadily decreasing every
year. This decrease has heen no less than at
uer cent since 1860. Some comfort Ia found iii
the Increased acreage nf land used for gar
dena. orchards aud dairy purposes This
would seem tp Indicate change In English
agriculture, such as has taken place I'll tho
Eastern States oi the Union. Tho farmers OF
New York have found II impossible to com
pete with the West In producing grain. AMI
have wisely got TO work to supply tho large
cities with milk, fruit and garden truck
England will probably initiate their example.
and cease the folly Of endeavoring TO produce
grain cheaper than Minnesota Of Iowa
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

To a country as much In debt MS this. the
financial straits OF other nations become an
Interesting study. Russia and Italy arc the
only two countries that can compare With tho
United States In rushing headlong and pro-
cipftantly into national bankruptcy. Tho
Kingdom vt Italy is a mere child IL has OK
listed but eighteen years and yet II has man
aged to run up debt Mt the rate Of Sltn,nou.-
600 q year, n debt which is being still further
Increased by annual deficits. With the COM
munes and cities Of Italy the situation Ia Gwen
worse. Florence repudlated her debt last year
IL then amounted to $40 900 900 which, for n
town Ut lts size, is among tho heaviest public
debts III the world Naples owes 81 100000.
and has announced It's inability 20 pay. Venice
and Ancona. although owing smaller amounts.
arc equally bankrupt, and have failed 60 pay
Interest. So evident Ia tho fact that none OF
these cities can meet their engagements, thnt
they are now studying different syatems Of
taxation In the hope of finding some other
taxes they evan lay To Increase their revenues.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

TT is now certain that tho Readiustera have
control OF the Legislature OF Virginia. What
will be the line of policy of this now partly For
although supporting the national Democracy,
they lay claim To the title Of 4 now party.
Al correspondent Of the New York Herald has
seen and talked To some OF the Read
iustef leaders. aud Ia able, therefore, TO
speak for them. They propose this COR
respondent declares, 70 begin by perfectng a
thorough organization. A Keadjuator prob
ably Gen. Malone will be srnt to the United
States Senate. Tho State offices. many Or
which are elected by tho Legislature. will
then De- filed by Readjusters. Acknowl-
edginR the fact that they owe their SUCCESS
largely To the negro voters of the State no
less than iifty-tive Readiusters were elected
by negro votes they propose to reward the
latter ny repeating tho poll-taX qualification
This will create some 10000 new voters. nine
tenths OF whom are colored. The Readiust-
ers think that these voters WILL IL only from
spirit Of gratitude, support them, and thus
give them control of the State FOR many years
to come.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

1adkiel's Almanac for 1910. which pretends
U prophesy the leading events for next year.
Inns been Issued. and contains some vary Gu
rious reading The prophecies for The United
States are few. We are told that In
March 1.-THE President VIII find ample scope
for the exercise of all his moderation. wisdom
and patience for politics will be very lively
and embittered In America, and the United
States soldiers will have 10 take TO tho war
path III May there will be fevctiHh OK
element In New York, and tho narahaing OF
troops will rouse the martial Instincts Of the
American people These are terrible predic-
lions, hut nobody will be able TO say exactly
what they furetrll
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

With the elections FOR State officers as ordered
tb the Governors proclamation. The TACT is,
without going into further details, that the
matter has grown into q rather formidable
annoyance, with view to remedying which
We herewith give the information that Mt the
elections next month ouly those Offices which
are expressly specified In tho constitution and
tho Governors proclamation will be filled
IL would soem that this Ia plain enough. The
Governors proclamation Is published daily
in the DEMOCRAT, and the constitution In
pamphlet form can boz had by any one on
making application To this o1oe. Nothing is
~ he Inferred. Offices which nre not men
tinnod Ivy name will not be filled Mt tho Do
remhnr elections. Tho constitution says, ar
ticle 2ha
y shall a1ao be the duty OF The Governor IN his
shit proclamation 10 direct tho snti officers
hold puIl ~ tho above athtad dine aud places
Tor tho aaetiob of Governor. Lieutenant Cover
nor members OF the General Assembly, Reora-
fnry 4 Rthte ATTORNEY, General, State Auditor
nf aH other ofiec-s rhnRp eiettioa III tie people
mnridea ~ m fhia constitution.
1tonly remaina to be asoertaned what are
those "other officers whose election by tho
people is provided for In this constitution"
This can be readily done by reference 10 Tho
constitution itself ~ to tho Governors pro-
which Is presumably an accurate
formulation. All other offices. municipal,
parish 81 otherwise, will he provided for by
tho Legislature at its first session, and 10 its
action we refer every ono who may be IN
doubt OF anxiety.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

Prof. JaRer's nose la now the laughing
stock of Europe. Prof jaeger Ia learned
doctor Of Stuttgart, who pretands to havc
discovered the seat of the soul in his nose.
10y cultyating this organ he Is convinced that
one can acquire the faculty not only OF
smiling odors, but OF telling qualities Differ
ent odors he assures us produce different
emotions -love. hate laughter, etc. 1t Il
thus, through the nose, we mold the charac-
ter and reach the soul The professor goes
even farther; he claims to DO able to register
the wave motions OF smell and TO have dis
covered an essence or odor called ozogene.
with which he can soothe or infurIatea patient
Prof. jaeger Is hardly entitled, however, to lay
claim to this great discovery. This doctrine Of
the power and influence of tho nose was pro-
mulgated some years ago BY 4 learned fellow
citizen of the professor. He showed that
we had acquired a silly prejudice against the
nose; and that while we instructed our other
faculties and senses educated them to pro-
ticiency We grossly neglected the nose He
proposed what he called nose music" and
composed an opera addressed to that organ
alone, In which the different emotions were
represented by different smells. the grosser
EH9SlOIlS ny EtlbHs StioIS anu the flfpf quail
ties BY rich perfumes. His opera failed, how
ever, probably because his audience was not
sufficiently educated To understand or appre-
ciate it.
All joking aside, there can be no doubt that
the nose Is snuhhed to-day The eye and ear
are cultivated the nose never. The unedu-
Gated eye IS unable to distinguish between
the daub of the sign painter and the works of
the old masters; the ignorant ear appreciates
.Grandfathers Clock while 1t fails to COM
prehend the melody of Meyerbeer and
Beethoven. We see that In the lower animal
the nose can be Cultivated to acquire powers
far beyond eye or ear. What the pointer and
setter can DO, man could Do ten times better
were he not restrained from a cultivation Of
his nose by vulgar, senseless prejudice. |
Cultivated noses would be public benefactors.
Filthy streets would then be impossible,
Malaria would become at once evident and
and who knows but that thor
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THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1870

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What do yu,I say
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"Hold, hard follows mn mistaken. Don't
touch IT. For Gods sake DON'T" exclaimed
Marlin placing himself bet ween the body of
the matte and the fauahed seauan.
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TRIPLE SHEET

The Garrnllton Railroad Is doing thriving
business nowadays by reason Of the rough
condition If the Prytania street road. The
smoothness OF the Carrollton cars renders
reading guitea possible and pleasant thing
but I'M Prytania street car one haa Lo hold
on to keep from being bumped and bruised
This II Ga be regretted. for the rrytanla cars
aTe favorites with our uptown ladies aud
gentlemen. and they are leaving them regret
fully. We trust the trouble - only tempor
airy and will soon he rertifed
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

Tho latest scheme ascrbed to Mr.. Tilden
y the capture Of Tammany Hall. 1t Is said
that his friends seriously contemplate such q
possibility, and that the proposed retirement
of John Kelly from the leadership OF Tam
many will render the projected scheme one
Of no great difficulty. Tho story is highly
improbable. 1t is easier to believe that Mr..
l1lden will strive to patch up peace with
Tammany than to attempt to get control Of
the organization ut the present time, and
doubtless much easier to do
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ELECTIONS UNDER THE CONsTITU-
TI0N,

great many Inquiries are pouring In from
the country, toprominent party men, to the
committees and to this office, relative to the
forthcoming elections. There seems to be a
most inexplicable misunderstanding In the
premises, and confusion and controversy be-
yond measure are the result. Ia many places
opinion Is divided as to whether municipal
elections are to take place simultaneously
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

Senator Bayard failed to give John Sher-
man proper credit in his late speech He al
luded to the full crops as evincing "the
bounty and favor OF Providence" Up in
Ohio no such mistake as that would have
been made.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

d. Leech. No. 6so Magazine street. is one OF
the best piano tuners In the city. and he charges
only one dollar and fifty cents.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16

The difference between a galf-nada NOV
and seIf-made woman lis ten old nana aan
four hair switches, ninety-ei1ht hairnins or'a
q pretty little box labeled face powder. -'' s'l'u