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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Dat With Fly Paper Attachment.


An uptown lady is the owner of a
cat who loves to Jump after flies. This
lady, wishing to lid herself of some
flies purchased several sheets of sticky
fly paper, and on Sunday morning
placed one of them on the writing desk
in the dining-room and went about her
work. Soon she heard remarkable
noise, and the next instant the cat went
through the room with such speed it
could only be likened to a cat being
shot from cannon. 1t was nothing
but dull, gray streak. In the rear,
attached to one of its hind feet, follow
ed the sheet of fly paper. The animal
was perhaps the widest cat ever seen.
She took in every room, staircase and
hallway in the house, and went through
them all at the same gait, except IN
creasing it slightly in going down stairs,
owing to the fact she didn't stop to
count the steps, and wherever she went
the fly paper followed like grim fate,
and the cat likely would still be t'scoot-
ing'' through the house like veritable
spectre had not its owner in attempting
to shut one of the doors, 80 as to mar.
row the scene of operations, caught the
paper fast. AS it tore loose from the
hind foot Of the cat she gave an awful
yowl and disappeared under the Toe
box, not returning to her usual serenity
until several hours after. Since that
time whenever she sees q bit OF fy
paper, with wonderful sagacity learned
by experience. she makes tracks with
tho speed of a cayote to some other
part of the house, and when fly auda-
ciously buzzes in close proximity to her
nose, she merely looks at the insect
with an injured air as much as to say,
Eyes, you take me for cussed fool
now don't you?'' Kingston, Freeman.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
The Wealthiest Ohinaman in New Yorl

uo WoultQItSL OulQaUlu0 ID NEW OK.
Tom Lee is short, slender man of
modest manner, and of IN extremely
retiring disposition. He wears stiff
Derby hat, into the crown of which he
pokes his queue. This causes the hair
on the back of his head to stand out
like the quilts Of an angry porcupine
or the hair on a cats back rubbed the
wrong way He has q tiny black mus.
hair on his chin. BE wears diamond
pin in an old-fashioned scarf, and an
eight-ounce gold watch-chain bangles
from the third button of his waistc0at.
He is well-to-do; owns three tea farms
insC China, and is worth few thousands,
perhaps. He is very influential man
among Cinnamon. He is Christian,
citizen, o deputy sheriff, and Is mar
ried to girl who was born down town
somewhere in that neighborhood. She
has born him q lovely little daughter,
of whom Tom Lee is Justly very proud.
He talks pigeon English, but he dress
es as you and I do, except that be
wears his queue. Very many among
the 5000 Chinese in New York retain
their pig-tails, not because they cannot
go back to China without them, or be-
cause any heather notion about them,
but because good many Cinnamon
who were cigarette or cigar makers in
Cuba have come here from Cuba with
out their queues. Thoy were rid of
those appcndages in Cuban prisons,
where they were sent for wrongdoing,
and 1t Is considered best by respectable
Cinnamon not to cut off the queue, so
as to obviate the necessity of explain-
Ing where and how it disappeared.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
A Sick Member.

1t being reported to Bro. Gardner, bv
Trustee Pullback, Chairman of the
Committee on Local Cramps and Pains.
that Moscow Smith had been living i'll
at his residence for the last four days
desired the treasurer TO forward him
financial aid and relief. He had not
seen the patient, but made the report
on the authority of the members wife.
'.In order to relieve any terrible an
xiety dat may possess de sixty-four
busums befo' me I will 'splain dis case
of Brudder Smiths said the Presi-
dent. HE got leetle windfall from
Canada de odder day-about S25 in
cash-an' de fust move he made was
to invest sheer of it in cokernuts,
peanuts, ice cream, watermellyons,
popcorn balls, taffy an lemons. De
family den sot down to feast, an gorge
an stuff an fill up. When met Mos
COW dc odder day he had banana in
one ham, q piece of mellyon in dc o,l-
der, wild a lot of raisins in his hind
pocket an his jaws war workin' $50
strokes to de mint He won't git no
relief from this club. If any of you
happen aroun' dat way you mi ght rec
ommend mustard plaster wild q stick in
it, but doan' go outer your way. A
man who has swallered seven single
nails an brass ring on bet Of ten
cents can't be kept in bed with any.
thin less'n small pox."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Queer Bread Materials.

Earth bread is made from a white
earth In Upper Lusatia, formerly part
of Germany, but now under tho rule
OF Prussia. and the poor of that region
use this bread in times of scarcity. The
earth is dug from a hill where saltpetre
was once manufactured. When laid
In the sun until heated it cracks, and
globules like meal exude from it.
These are mixed with q little
-four and soon fcrment, and are
then baked. It il supposed that the
saltpetre or soda in this earth gives it
lightness. Something similar to it is
found in Catalonia, and is also used for
bread. 1t is affirmed that in cases of
extreme need, many have lived on this
bread tor weeks without experiencing
any injury. Soft stones were ground
and made into bread in the late famine
in India, to prolong, il possible. the
lives of that stricken people. .Fish-
bread is still used in Iceland. Lapland,
Grim Tartary and other places Tar
north. The fish is first dried, then
beaten to fine powder; and some
times the inner bark of some Of tho
trees, of that region is mixed with IT,
and then wet and made into bread and
cakes. Moss bread is manufactured In
Iceland from the reindeer moss, which.
toward the month of September, BE-
comes soft, tender and damp, with .
taste like wheat bran. This moss con.
tains large quantity Of starch, aud
the 1celanders gather it in the latter
part OF the summer season. thoroughly
dry it, then grind it into meal; and
brea d. gruels and pottages are made
with il.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
John Denuis and Gen. Floyd,

Early in the late civil war John Den
mis-, full negro, believing himself fired
with patriotic zeal, and able to serve
his country, besought his master, a
Georgian, aud obtained permission to
accompany regiment from that State,
which was soon placed under the COM
mand of Gen. Floyd. Tho history OF
that campaign is well known. On the
retreat John became homesick, and
was allowed to depart. He had be-
come we'll known to Gen. Floyd and
all his command. On his departure he
went to take leave of the general, when
the following dialogue was had:
Gen. Floyd-"Well, John, are you
going to leave US, eh?''
John-''Yes, Mars Floyd; it pears
like I could do more good at home
now dan bein' here; so thought I'd
go home and courage up our people to
hold on.''
Gen. F.--"That's right, John But
are you going to tell 'em that you left
us when running from the Yankees ~
John-''No, sir; no, Mars Floyd, dat
amt You may pond upon my not
tellin' nothin' to 'moralize dem pco-
pie"
Gen. F.-"But how will you get
around telling them, John?''
John-':Easy enough, Mars Floyd.
It won't do to 'moralize dem people,
I'm goin' to tell 'em dis-dat when
left de army was in tirst-rate sperrits,
and dat, OWN to de situation of de
country and de way de land lay, we
was a-advancin' back ards, and de
Yankees was a-retreatin' on to us."-
Hu1Des's for AMQtst.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Two Brave Little airls.

4W0 01Sv0 Alt0o .01I1Ss
A long time ago, in the Indian coun-
try, two little girls slipped awxy from
the fort and went down into q hollow
to pick berries. It was. Emmy, . girl
OF : years, and Bessie, her sister, not
yet s.
All at once the sun flashed on some
thing bright, aud Emmy knew that the
pretty painted things she had seen
crawling among the bushes must be-
hostile Indians, with cleaning weapons
in their hands. She did not cry out or
in my way let them know she had seen
them. But she looked all about, saw
that some of the creeping Indians al
ready were between her and the fort,
and went on picking berries as before.
Soon she called aloud to Bessie, with
steady: Don't you think It's going to
rain?' So they both turned and walked
toward the fort. They reached the tall
grass, and suddenly Emmy dropped to
the ground, pulling down Bessie, too.
''What are you looking for?'' asked
the little sister, in surprise,
Then Emmy whispered to Bessie, and
both Of them stole silently and quickly
on hands and knees through the long
grass until they came to the road,
when they started up ran swiftly to the
fort. dashed through the entrance, and
had the gate safely closed behind them.
The girls are quite old now, but they
remember very well the day, they
saved themselves, the fort which their
father commanded, and the soldiers,
and the other people in it besides
st. Nicholas.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
The Man on the. Bioyole.

The man on the bicycle is invariably
q silent mana preoccupied mana
man upon whose face is written an Ut
ter indifference of all things met with
on his bright. sunny way. He may at
tract, aud rivet, and clinch the curious
attention of hundreds, but he is never
attracted by anything or anybody. It
is part Of his strange fate to appear
simply an automatic section of his ma
chine. He cannot even tell you WHY
he works his legs in that peculiar way;
indeed, for the most part, he seems to-
tally oblivlous of the fact that he has
. pair of legs to work at all, and yet
the spasmodic regularity in the swift ly
alternating undulations of his knee s
will command at once the attentive 'ad-
miration of every lowly pedestrian he
passes in the street. The man on the
bicycle seems always to be going some
where a very great number Of miles
from here: Evidently he has not hoist
ed himself up there astride of that great
spindle-shanked wheel either for the
mere fun of the thing or to accent his
beauty or grace of figure before the
multitude. He is there for purpose,
rest assured, however inscrutable a
mystery it may seem to us. 1t is
enough for us to recognize in his pro.
found abstraction and melancholy bear
ing that he knows the goal Of his am
bition and will arrive there in proper
time, no fear: Whatever: emotions
may be surging at his heart, whatever
.tempestuous yearning at riot in the
soul within, the stole face goes glim-
mering by US. 'betraying nothing but
the grave content of one whose clear
convictions have never failed him vet.
He knows his purpose and his destina-
ton. That is enough for us.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
How an ALBANY Reporter Felt,

SeS' z-l.4
He felt like small Vesuvius and the
hot springs of Arkansas combined. In
broken mirror upon the wall he ap.
peared like a fountain of molten brass.
Streams of perspiration playfully
poured down the creases Of his gar
meats and percolated through the cane
seat of his chair to the floor, where
they formed puddles in which cock
reaches in search of sea breeze nav.
igated on RATS built of paper para
graphs which had not been otherwise
utilized because Of the petrefaction Of
his pot of paste by the heat. In vain
he endeavored to write As fast as he
put point on his pencil and brought
it to an angle approximating the perpen-
dicular the lead would melt, slip out OF
its wooden overcoat, and forming II,
self into minute globules, would
run down the desk, leap to the floor
and bury itself in the puddles of per-
spiration with seething Kisses. The
boiling ink in bronze stand emitted q
sickening odor, and great beads OF
rusty sweat stood out upon the blades
of pair of scissors like pimples on
the face of a college freshman. In
despair the reporter grasped volume
of DR.. Kane's Arctic explor atoms, and
mentally wallowed in its freezing de-
scriptiOns.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
No Use Ohisel(ino.

The other day while old Skidmore
was strolling through the Odd Fellows
cemetery, he came to what was evil
IDENTIFY new inclosure, over the railing
of which baldheaded man was leaning
and gazing, with what might be called
lively resignation, ut a simple marble
slab in the center. This stone bore the
somewhat curt inscription: Here lies
]. B. Difey, aged H." Relative of
yours"' said old S., pausing. sympa-
thetically. Wife," explained the Wild
over, with beaming smile: "got her
under yesterday week, at AIS p. m."--
Skidmore was disguised at the mans
cheerfulness, so he said: ''Well, if. it
was my wife, it seems to mo I'd put
more Of an inscription over her than
that. A trunk label would contain more
Information than that stone." "Dare
say. dare say" replied the surviving
Difey, ''but-you, don't happen to
know Mrs. D., reckon, ehP'' Had not
the pleasure. pleasure! great Scott!
Well, If you had known her. you would
understand howl feel about the matter.
My friend, the chisel won't do her any
good" And with smile like an cleo
trio light In fog the bereaved party
unbuttoned his ulster and made q break
for passing car. ~za<e4as,ss.::a.;Ss4
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
A Little Misprint.

He walked into the office this morn.
ing, says the Steu6envt2le Herald, look
ing much like man pretty we'll salts
fed with general results, and said: ''Can
I see the editorp'' He was shown that
eminently useful adjunct to newspa-
per at once. Good morning. sir" he
cheerily began. "Mornin','V said tho
editor. II came in," he proceeded,
ito tell you Of 9 misprint In the pa
per-" Eyes? What is itp'' "Well.
you see sent a notice around yester.
day that Mr.. Smith had just been mar
ried. and your compositor, I see, has
got it, Mr.. Smith has just been mar.
tyred. but guess it don't hardly make
enough difference to change it. J" Tho
editor scratched his head q minute, and
thought Of house-cleaning, and other
female eccenticities, and told the Wis.
itor OF course It didn't, and he went
away whistling, why should the spirit
of mortal be proud Pr
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Papa, Don't, Bury Ne Deep.n

In the spring of 1863, o little girl died
of consumption in Frederick City, aged
8 years and 8 months. a few days be.
fore she died she called her father %
her bedside and said: Papa, when
die don't bury me deep-notsamore than
so Deep" holding up her tender and
emaciated arm, aud measuring from her
shoulder out. "Oh, It IS 90 hard 60
be put down 90 very deep in tho tcold,
damp ground, and please don't place
any marble slab on : my grave = it
will be so dark under it; and e will
press so heavily upon my little breast
Sod my grave nicely, and plant tree
at its head, so that tho wild birds can
gather in its branches and sing Tor
me- After pause she continued. -
''But it seems to me I would rather
have our own birds sing for me than the
wild birds. Couldn't you let brother
Willie and sister Emma bring our cage
Of little birds out to the cemetery every
Sunday morning and leave them 20 sing
for me all day? When you are al eS
church In town it won't seem 90 lone.
some out bymyself." a few days after
this Anna died, and her affoctionate
parent did everything 40 she requested.
She was buried shallow. tho grave nice.
y sodded and tree planted at III head
And still every Sunday morning Willie
and Emma can 10 seen going ont 70
the cemetery with their cage q little
birds to Anna's grave. szlktas q; {,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Acceptance and Ventilation Of New Ideas,

Acceptance and Ventilation Of New Ideas,
1t was with American readers that
Her!,ert Spencer first got q hearing.
and he still finds here the largest and
most general appreciation. Carlyle
was first accepted by American read
ers. Comte and the Positive Philoso-
ply have probably found as wide an
acceptance in this country as in Eng
land. All the leading science writer's
of Europe arc as widely read and stud
led in America as elsewhere. It is In
the United states that the only maya
zine in the English tongue devoted TO
speculative philosophy is published.
In the west there is q Platonic club and
q periodical devoted to the purposes Of
tho association. Emerson has been
one of our lights; Bronson Aloott and
his Conversations" are peculiarly
American in their character, the Con.
cord School of Philosophy evinces .
very remarkable taste and aptitude for
philosophio study. In truth, with us
there is an over-fondness for new pen.
civilizations, for new theories, for now
speculations on government, science,
law, and society. Much Of what il
written and advocated in these direc-
tions is crude. Tho new theories arc
not always rational exceptions" they
are usually hasty aud Ill digested; but
the innumerable essays, pamphlets and
books that are written on speculative
theories only publishers and editors
have anything like an idea Of their OK
tent, for probably not one in . hundred
Of the productions of this nature that
are written ever gets in to type evinoo
the fermentation that Is going on, tho
domination Of ideas. aud the curiosity
prevalent in ell ranks In regard q
them. --Appleton's Journal -s~nmp.W
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Individuality in Homes.

There will be a great gain to your
house in individuality if you arrange
your own needlework for Il. The cat.
pets, Wallpapers. furniture, and prob
ably the pictures and other art orna-
ments are tho product of other people .
minds: 1t can scarcely be otherwise,
but it is much moro easy that the en-.
broidery should be the product of your
own thought; it will then be unique
and give an air Of originality that can
never be attained through the intelli-
gence of others. Being unique, the
work is, in its degree, priceless. and it
is standing protest against the power
CT mere wealth, seeing that it is en-
riched, not by silk and gold and other
mems toll, but. the power of art and
your own expenditure of time and
thought. 1t is, if you have contrived
it honestly and by your own lights, q
true product of your own taste and cul-
ture, and it will last to be monument
of The things that in your time were
loved and sought after, when you have
gone to look on those beauties that as
yet eye hath not seen, and of which
the fair things of earth are but fore
shadowings."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Cutting I swa&h" in Journalism.

Cutting Z Swa&h'' in journalism.
Young Fitzalamode has Just entered
journalistic life. and is going to ''cut .
swath." He believes in putting in q
good deal Of ''c0lor" in his items and
brides himself on the melliduousness
Of his work. He sharpened up a
couple Of pencils at both ends this
morning and began:
We regret to inform our readers that
the estimable Miss Jones, of Jones'
boro, daughter Of Congressman Jones,
and granddaughter Of the well known
founder Of the Village of Jonesboro.
has met with serious accident. A
she was driving along the boulevard,
at the speed Of the wind, the horse, q
half brother of Maud S. Ind full sister
Of St. Julien, became suddenly startled
BY the uprising Of covey Of parhidges
which are unusually numerous in that
section this season, and promise great
deal Of fun for the sportsmen whom the
law is Of, and a. they circled tho
frightened steed tore down tho avenue
like mad until stopped by the gallant
hand of Officer IS Of the Ninth Ward.
Her injuries were confusion OF the
ankle which did not amount to frac-
ture. and the unfortunate girl was car
ried home to her grief stricken parents
and sympathizing friends.
Tho city editor at this point was anx-
ious for ''copy," and glancing it over
rapidly crumpled it In his hand, re-
marking, ..Fitzy, You have struck the
realm OF fancy solid. This department
Is the domain Of fact.'' He then
scrubbed:
THE daughter Of Congressman Jones
was run away with by : spirited horse
on the avenue yesterday afternoon.
Injuries nominal" -Neso Haven Reg
lister.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
Bereavod But Proud.

"Has ony yo' young gommen dono
seen my PetoP" inquired on elderly col.
ored lady Of the Eagles combined To-
cal staff Friday afternoon.
What was he, q cowp' asked ono
who had been disappointed about being
sent to the races.
dom yo' tritle with my feelin'sw
said tho old woman, Indignantly.
''Don' none o yo' young gemmen go
laceratin around mo. Is in trouble,
ind dom allow no funny business
about me when rs sufferin'. Now,
tole me eff any o yo' done seen my
Petev'
What have you lost, fcrryboatp"
persisted the disappointed reporter.
Il done tole yo' oncot! Better look
car yo'self! When Is in mo- MIN,
don let no gemmen fool wild my grief.
I kim var kase posed do noospaper
done seen ebcryting, and rs huptin'
but becar'ful how 70 harry my sorrer.
Watch wide, now. Is gazin'!'
is he your Lusoapd?" inquired. en-
other reporter. & 81
Bang! came the. danes umbrella
over his head. a. $50 60
Far warnin'! I dono gin yo' far
warnin'! Ell yo' think yo' can tar up
dis ,weepin' nigger's soul when she's
broke down wild pinin' arter lost ones.
yo' is skinnin' yer shin on de wrong
tree
"Maybe it was your son. madam. y
suggested the city editor.
Whack! And he got il across the
mock.
''Yo' can't do no monkey shines wild
me, If yo' is q noospaper," painted the
oncaged darkey. "Jist kase I'm around
on funeral business, yo' can't play no
roots Oil my sutferin's. rs talkin! Watch
out!'
''What- have you lostp" queried the
managing editor, disturbed by tho up
roar.
Il done lost my Pete. and kim down
to SEQ ef de noospaper had seen him
about anywheres.'
What was Peterp'' asked the editor,
cautiously.
Pete! what was Pete! He was my
hawg! Done had him sence he was q
leetle pig, and now be got away. Yo'
seen himp'
mo, I haven't" said the editor,
gravely; "but am sorry for you. None
Of us have seen him."
Oats talkin' like gemman. No
low down about dat var. Now 20
hunt my Pete wild some comfort. Lend
me chew O snuff, and kick thom
brutes what wanted to insult my lost
Pete"
And the outraged dame hobbled
away In search Of him who was more
to her than husband, son or ferryboat.
-~-BsooklWa Eagle.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-08-31
/: A Fireay Qostnma =!

A short time ago New York lady
gave masquerade ball at her summer
house in Newport. The dancing was
on the lawn, and the guests were 70.
quested to be there half an hour before
dark. The hostess wore tho costume
of night. and in the daylight her black
dress, covered with ivy leaves, did not
attract special attention, but when che
appeared in the gay throng after dark
she presented perfect blaze Of light,
and was the center of tho admitting
and wondering company. TremulouS
waves Of reddish-yellow fame seemed
to move over her entire dress. while on (
cap on her head cleaned one great
fiery star. The cause Of this illumina.
ton was the phosphorescent light %
more than 5000 freaies. For weeks
previous to the bali the designer. of tho
costume had been storing away fire.
flies. and on the day d the tote they
were rapidly put on the dress. AZ tho
lghtgiving spot is on the ventral cur.
face, each ono was placed on H. back
and held down BY Z fine silver wire, %
skillfully caught that It could not turn
over or escape, and Was not injured.
The star was formed sof many beseee.
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