New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-24
NEW ULM REVIEW, WEDNESDAY; AUGUST -, 1881
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Why Is spondthrift's purse like q
thunder-cloudp Because it is continu.
ally ltgAfning.
False fronts of shirts, vest and coat
are now furnished corpses by tho New
York undortakers for $10--a saving Of
$50 on suit '.Ain't tho deceased loss
enough without chucking in his clothes
toop" queriod ono OF Thorn In defense
of the sham. He computed that So, OOO,-
600 is annually wasted in grave clothes
besides being temptation to grave
robbery.
Tho 8-yoar-oll boy had boon to Sum
day school. whore the teacher had told
tho class tho story of Moses leading the
children of Israel through tho Red Sea-;
how tho waters were divided, and
Moses and his people passed over on
dry land, and how. when Pharaoh and
his hosts attempted to follow, tho wa
tors closed and destroyed them. Tho
little follow. walking homo with his
father, asked him il he believed the
story. The father replied. ''Yos, my
son, of course do. It is in tho Bible.
and I believe everything in the Bible. :"
The boy remained silent for few min
utos when he said: "Pa, would you
believe that story if it was in tho news.
papers?' Pa had been q candidate for
Office, and tho boy had heard him make
some disparaging remarks touching
tho reliability of newspapers.
One Of the gems in the collection of
diamonds owned by the Duke of
Brunswick and presented to tho city OF
Geneva, is now owned by o gentleman
in Boston. 1t was purchased at a sale
of tho Dukes effects for $4,000 francs.
The stone was Brazilian of twenty.
six carats weight, and was specially
cut by order Of tho Duke In the form Of
star. In tho tedious process Of rec
ducing it to this form. which occupied
over two years, the gem lost nearly
two-thirds of its weight, its present
status being nine and fifteen-sixteenth
carats. The stone. says the Boston
Herald, Is acknowledged to be the on
~ genuine lcmon-color star.cut dia-
monu in the world. Its appearance,
either in light or darkness is brilliant
beyond description.
A new project for the exploration of
central Africa has been presented to
the Lille Geographical society by M.
Leon Lacroix. The extensive region
comprised in the general limits marked
by the River Congo on the South. the
Blue mountains and the White Nile on
the cast. the country of Darfor, the
Rivers Shari and Binne on tho north,
and the coast of Guinea on the west,
are as yet almost entirely UNEMPLOYED.
It is this region which NJ. Lacroix de-
sires to penetrate. NJ. de Brazza is at
lacking it from the west by ascending
the Ogov or its affluents; NJ. Lacroix
wishes to start from the east. He pro-
poses to ascend by the White Nile and
by one of its afliuents,, the Djiour, to
tho neighborhood Of tho sources of the
Welle. region which is partly known
from the explorations OF Herr Schwein-
furth. the brothers Poncet. and NJ. do
Potagos. Thence he would seek to
penetrate, following tho course of tho
Welle and its affluents, into the un.
known countries indicated above.
The latest society rumpus in Rome:
Tho municipality Of Madrid invited tho
syndic of Rome to be present at tho
Caldoron festival. It was decided that
for the syndic to go in such manner
as the syndic of Rome should 60 would
be- too costly an affair, and that nobody
could be sent more appropriately than
Signor Pietro Cosa. But it was recol-
lected that Cossa was not in position
to take on his own shoulders the ex-
pcnse, and it began to be talked about
that Duke Torlonia was to 60. The
duke could not be so fitting repro
sentative of Rome on such an occasion
as the dramatist. On the other hand,
the millionaire duke would no doubt
do tho thing splendidly: Nobody
dreamed for m instant that the journey
would be made otherwise than ut tho
dukes own expense. and everybody
was content. Now the duke has re-
turned, tho representative journey has
boon made with all due splendor, but
Rome's millionaire representative has
presented his little bill Of 5000 francs
tor his expenses.