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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
Clerical Oratorv,

Why do not our preachers study ora
toryp AS preachers, not pastors, their
business is to work certain effect, and
all helps to its production it should be
a part of the education to learn. I
presume shall not be misunderstood
to mean the effect of displaying self,
and winning admiration for personal
gifts. What the true preacher seeks to
do is to inform the intellect with Chris
titan truth; to stir the heart, and there
by Influence the will, Of his hearers.
Half the sermons annually preached
are, so far as human insight goes. q
waste of labor and breath. Two things
partly account for this; one is that 3
majority of the men set to preach are
out of their real vocation-good pas
tors they may be, but fit preachers they
are not; another is that those with
more aptitude for preaching do not yet
understand the means to be employed
to attain their object.
Sometimes the preacher has some
conception of the needs Of human nat
ure, and knows that the truest truths
fail 10 move when put before men in q
dull, dry way; perhaps he does his best
to acquire good style, and succeeds
in making an ably-written discourse.
But when he comes into his pulpit to
give it to his people, where is the linz
preston it should prodncep What be-
comes of his choice words, his consid-
cred sentencesp There they lie upon
the page he holds; he proceeds to read
them. Why do they fail of any RESULT
It is for want of delivery, of the orator.
ical art of making mere words ''tell."
His faithful effort goes for little; he
seems to his hearers to be reading some
thing to them, as he is-not to be speak
ing to them from the heart. -Augasst
Atlantic
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
''Ouida."

An English critic draws this unlove-
" portrait Of the novelist s'Ouida:''
Some years ago visitors to the Lang
ham hotel, London, used often to notice
In tho reading-room lady whose
evident object it was to attract atten-
ton. She was Of uncertain age, APP
parently In the forties. but affected q
very young ladyish style of costume.
She had mass of curiously dressed
yellow hair, which seemed to be cooked
up in different fashion every day,
now being bufed over her forehead,
doggy-wise, now being allowed to fly
out in wild wisps like horse-hair. This
lady was by no means pretty, and her
tasteful. She wholly lacked the French
art of good taste in dress. She had no
idea Of asserting her colors. nor could
she even attain to that original eccen.
tricity which, being ahead Of the
fashions of to-day, sometimes sets those
for tomorrow. All this would have
been immaterial If the lady in question
had not, as above said, been so evident
ly DESTROYS of being stared at. Her
stupid posture, her intent way of gaz-
ing at people through double eye
glass as if she had met them all before,
but could not remember whore, and her
tripping gait when she crossed the
room to fetch newspaper or speak to
a waiter, often induced other visitors to
wonder who she was. Many took her
for an actress, but when . man had
stayed few days in the hotel, he al.
ways learned that the fair oddity was
q Miss de la Renee, better known as
.Ouida.''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
Acute sen,o Of Taste.

The Emperor William has very.
sensitive palate, and, Is very fond Of
asparagus. At one Of the dinners at
tho royal castle at the time Of his grand
sons marriage the emperor remarked:
ut isivery strange, every time I eat as
paragus at the castle Il tastes of soap,
which It never does at the palace. ~
The most searching inquiries were in
stituted, but nothing suspicious could
be discovered. Still the emperor had
been 20 positive, that another council
Of war was held, this time comprising
the treatment Of the vegetable from its
entrance into the castle to the time of
its being served ct the table. The re-
suit was q complete vindication of the
emperor's acute sense of taste. The
castle kitchen is 90 unfavorably situated
as to necessitate the carrying of the
dishes to be served across the castle
yard, during which transit they are
placed in covered baskets. In order to
keep the asparagus hot the asparagus
dishes are covered with an extra sup
ply Of hot napkins. These napkins,
like all other table linen, are washed in
soap, and asparagus, being more than
ordinarily sensitive, is but too apt to
acquire . soapy taste from the brief
contact with the napkins.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14

'.What did he say to me, the beggArp''
said the prisoner, in q fine burst Of ifl-
dignation. ibid you ever hear what
he called me, yer AnnerP He stopped
an stud still ia the middle az the street.
an he niver opened Ms black ard headi
he took Of his coat Just, and he trowod
1t down on the ground, like that, an
he took off his bloody hat an he throwed
1t down on the. up 81 1t, Just, an no
spit on bis hands and elapped thsm,
the wan IA the other liko that, ~
that's all he saids the blatherin' son of
g gun; m phwat moro wud 70 want
HIM 70 say before. - take the top Of
him n wid Q paSin, .AamrAerr' fhat
sgaNe him I'm 0nya. SIS s.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
A Small Fortune far 4 Lieutanant,

49, a 0A4&A : V1t0A0 4Vk y 01ouCol6uts
A young gentleman in this city re-
Gently received information that q let
ter bearing his name, with the prefix
Lieutenant, . was in the Post Office,
and he was requested to call and see if
1t was intended for him. He went to
the Office accordingly, and stated that
lie had no right to q military or naval
title, although he had been Lieutenant
at . military school some years before,
and the letter might hare been written
by q classmate. The letter was accord
ingly handed to him, and he opened it
and read it as follows: ..Deai: str: Do
not think that your gallant conduct in
rescuiig two ladies from drowning at
-, - 1873, has been forgotten. BY
the will Of near relative of one Of.
them, Just deceased, you are set down
Tor bequest OF 427, 900. The young
nnan had never port rmed the gallant
fest thus f6counted, md was Reluctant
IL compellcd to submit that he had no
olaim q, the lettersor fortune, Whether
the Right man. has yet been found IS.
not known. Boston .I0sslssal. !, 49,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
HyEienio Value of Ni1th.

But aside from all this, mirth ha: a
hygionic value that can hardly be over.
rated while our social life remains
what the slavery Of vices and dogmas
has made IL. Joy has boon called the
sunshine of the heart, yet the same sun
that calls forth the flowers Of Z plant
is also needed to expand its leaves and
ripen its fruits; and without the stimu-
lus OF exhilarating pastimes perfect
bodily health is Is Impossible % moral
and mental vigor. And, a. sure e .
succession of uniform crops win ex-
haust the best soil. the daily repetition
Of q monotonous occupation viii wear
out the best man. Body and mind re-
quire an occasional change Of employ.
ment, or else liberal supply Of fertil.
izing recreations, and this requirement
is factor whose commission often foils
the arithmetic Of our political eoon-l
omists.
To the creatures Of tho wilderness af-
Fiction comes generally In the form Of
impending danger famine or persist
ent persecution; and under such cir.
cumstances the notifications of the,
vital process seem to operate against
its long continuance; well-wishing ma.
ture sees her purpose defeated, and the
vital energy flags, the sap Of life runs
to seed. On the same principle an ex-
istcnce of toyless drndgery seems to
drain the springs Of health, even ut an
age when they can draw upon the larg-
est inner resources; hope, too often
baffled, at last withdraws her aid; the
tongue may be attuned to cantin9
hymns of consolation, but the heart
cannot be deceived, and with its sink
ing pulse the. strength Of life Gibbs
away. Nine-tenths OF our city children
are literally starving for lack Of recre-
alton; not the means of life, but its OBJ
ject, civilization has defrauded them
Of; they feel want which bread can
only aggravate, for only hunger helps
them to forget the misery of ennui.
Their pallor is the sallow hue of Gel.
lar-plant; they would be healthier If
they were happier. Iwould undertake
to cure sickly child with fun and rye
bread sooner than with tidbits and to-
dium.-Dr. Feltr Z. Os,caM
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
Do Hetrines MIGRATE.

y54E. Nv AAoAAAA6O lug A0W6
When they have reached the matte
stage the behring's, which are at all
times gregarious, associate together in
conspicuous assemblages, which are
called shoals. These are sometimes Of
prodigious extent - indeed, eight or
nine miles in length. two or three in
breadth, with an unknown depth, are
Dimensions which are creditably assert
ed to be sometimes attained. In these
shoals the fish are closely packed, like
q flock Of sheep etraying slowly along
apasture. and it Is probably quite safe
to assume that there is at least one fish
for every cubic foot of water occupied
by the shoal. IF this be 80, every
square mile of such shoal, supposino
1t to be three fathoms deep, must con-
tain more than 500, 0O0, 900 .herrings.
And when it is considered that many
shoals approach the coasts, not only Of
our own islands, but of Scandinavia
and the Baltic, and of East North Am
erica, every Spring and Autumn, the
sum total Of the behring's which people
our seas surpasses imagination.
If you read any old and some new
books on the natural history of the her.
ring, you will find wonderful story
about the movements of these shoals:
how they start from their home in the
polar seas, and march south as q great
armada which splits into minor divis-
ions one destined to spawn on the
Scandinavian and one on our own
shores; and how, having achieved this
spawning raid, the spent fish make
their way as fast as they can back to
their Arctic refuge, there to repair
their exhausted frames in domestic Sc.
curity. This story was started in the
last century, and was unfortunately
adopted and disseminated by our coun-
tryman Pennant. But there is not the
least proof that anything of the kind
takes place, and the probabilities are
wholly against it. It is, for example,
quite irreconcilable with the fact that
herring are found in Gods stomachs all
the year round. And the circumstance
to which have already adverted, that
practical eyes distinguish local breeds
Of behring's. though it does not actually
negative tho migration hypothesis, is
very much against it. The supposition
that the herring spawn in the North in
the early Spring, and in the South in
the Autumn, fitted very we'll into tho
notion that the vanguard of the mi
grating body of behring's occupied the
first spawning-ground it reached, and
obliged the rest of the horde to pass
on; but as matter of fact, the North
ern behring's, like the Southern, have
two spawning-times; or perhaps it
would be more correct to say that the
spawning-time extends from Autumn
to Spring, and has two maxima-one
in August-September and one in Feb
ruary-M March. PROF. HUXLEY,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
A Qurious Lease.

A A curious lease of real estate will be
sold at auction in Boston. It was made
in 1920 by David Sears to BENJAMIN
Rich. and runs for 497 years, giving the
lessee possession of the real estate at
the northwest corner Of Court and
Cornhill streets. By its terms the lessee
is to pay q yearly rent Of twenty tons of
wheat or corn, Of first quality, in equal
quarterly installments; to give the
buildings three coats Of paint every
ten years, and keep them in good con-
dition, and in case of fire to restore
them as nearly IS possible to their
original condition within six months.
In 1929 81, 200 were paid for the privii-
ego of changing the annual rental to
thirty ounces, eighteen pennyweights,
eighteen grains Of pure bullion. Mr..
Rich some years ago assigned his lease
to John Bellows for q, 800, and it is on
account Of the latter's estate that it is
to be sold.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
WHOLE NUMBER 1872
. 9 a Nssts Hoard.

Hsskisl Chapdn, Of Pittsdeld, Otsego
county died leosntly. leaving, it was.
supposed - property. Soon after
M9 death, hoW0v0rs tho sum of e15, GEO
Ms found 81 an old from box under his
bed, and 10 was discovered toebe the
posDessoF q bonds securities and avail
able assotD tn addition to the amount of
moro than $50, 000.s His. habits Of life
indicaesd that instead Of being the pos
SCISSOR Of 90 much wealth he was ex-
tremely poor. His avarice and econ
omy had led him TO eschew wearing
boots and shoes except in the coolest
weather, while his clothing was little
better than that Of the most unfortu-
mats tramp. His whole object in life
seemed TO have been to save. He bore
Q very fair reputation In the communi-
81 In which he lived. others will now
spend his money who will doubtless
bless his memory and economy.-N-
mira Gazette.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
Enrl;sh Railways.

As our railway trains are now man
aged, it Is as impossible to escape from
an Ineligible travelling companion mp
on short notice as it is to shun ones
own shadow. For the time being you
are as completely cut off from your
fellow. creatures as if youlwere floating
with some fragment OF human salvage
on a raft in mid-Atlantic. There Is,
indeed, a fiction that communication
between passengers and guards exists
on all the railway lines 81 the United
Kingdom; and many persons may have
observed a mysterious apparatus, to be
reached only BY some gymnastio pro-
cess, which, if 1t happens to be in work
ing order, may attract the attention Of
engine-driver and guard. BY fnclinfng
ones head at a particular angle outside
the window, one may possibly succeed
in finding a rope which, If tugged with
necessary skill will intimate that things
are not quite as comfortable as might
be wished. Or there is a boll-handlo
placed In an inaccessible part Of tho
carriage, and covered with thick plate
glass, which Is supposed to answer tho
purpose. Or It may b. that II one
ldAOo up 0A0 Vol PC0 VI oA0 AOVA1 oO1uo
other device will disclose itself. These
things only illustrate the irony of tho
official mind. They are not, as tho
evidence adducod In the inquest On Mr..
Gold clearly shows, Of the slightest
practical utility. This unforf unate
gentleman was manifestly shot while
he was attempting to pull the bell that
would have secured the attention Of the
conductor. And, of course, tho first
thing which a murderer who knows
his business will do Is to cut off his VIC
TINS line of communication. There Is
one way, and one way only, In which
railway travelling can be rendered COM
paratively safe by carriages con-
structed on the Continental system, up
and down which there Is free and
unimpeded passage. As matters are,
there Is every encouragement for des-
perate adventurers of the type Of Lefroy
to take to tho railway train, Just As the
impecunious and daring ga1lants of a
by-gone generation took to the road.
The occupation, of course, Is precari-
Gus. It Is hit or miss. But there Is al
ways chance of making a coup, and
in the long run fortune favors the es-
cape of the criminal. London World.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
Stoves and Haa]t6.

Professor Ira Remsen, of the Johns
Hopkins University, has been investi-
eating the effect Of cast-iron stoves on
heAlth-whether the stoves do or do not
allow deleterious gases to escape. The
verdict is In favor of the stoves. Pro-
lessor Remsen finds that carbonic OK
.ide-the gas alleged to be 50 deleteri-
Gus does not pass through red-hot cast
iron even Of the thickness of an eighth
of an inch. Moreover careful exami-
nation did not in any one instance de-
tect any deleterious gas given out by q.
we'll reconstructed furnace.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
The Nocturnal Cow.

Laramie has about seven cows that
annoy me q good deal. The prevailing
cow for this season seems to be
seal brown COW with stub tail,
which is arranged as . night key. She
wears it banged The other day had
just planted my celluloid radishes, and
irrigated my royal Bengal turnips, and
sown my hunting-oase summer squash
es. That night the blow fell The
queen Of night was high in the blue
vault OF heaven; so, too. the twinkling
stars. All nature was hushed to re-
pose. heard . stealthy step near the
conservatory, and arose. 1t was a
lovely sight At the head of the pro-
cession there was . seal-browns creature
with q tail like the handle of q pump.
That was the COW. Following at a
rapid gait was bewitching picture of
alabaster limbs and Gothic Joints and
Wamsutta muslin night-robe. That
was me. By and by there was q crash,
and the seal-brown cow went home,
carrying the garden gate with her as a
kind of keepsake. She had plenty Of
garden gates at home in her collection,
but she had none of that particular
pattern. The writer of these lines then
carefully brushed the. sand off his feet
with pillow-sham, and retired to rest.
The next morning went out to feed
my royal self-acting hem. and I found
this same cow wedged into the hem
coop. secured large picket from
the fence, and took my coat off, and
breathed In good breath. I did not
want to kill her; ! simply wanted to
make her wish she had died of men,
branons Group when she was young.
brought down the picket with the con-
densed strength, and eagerness, and
wrath of two long, suffering years. It
struck the corner Of the hen-house.
There was deafening crash, and then
all was still, save the low, ripping
laugh of the COW, as she stood in tho
alley and encouraged me as / nailed up
the hen-house again. Looking back
over my whole life, It seems to me that.
It is strewn with nothing but the rug
ged ruins of my busted anticipat;ons.-
BIZ Nye's Boomerang.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-09-14
Beef and Pineapple.

At one of the stations on the Erie
railway lives q book-keeper who is
fond Of green fruit A gentleman re-
Gently presented him with a pineapple,
which he gleefully took home. The
next day the gentleman asked him how
he liked it. ''Well," said he, 1--WE
boiled it for two hours with chunk Of
corned beef, but can't say it was a.
good as cabbage" -z.-.
A Durable Whitewash.
A correspondent of the Scientific
american, gives the following direo-
tons for q good Whitewash: For one
barrel of color wash-Han bushel
white lime, three pecks hydraulic CO.
ment, ten pounds lumber, ten pounds
ochre, one pound Venetian red, quar-
ter pound lampblack. Stake the lime;
cut the lampblack with vinegar; mix
we'll together; add the cement and I'LL
the barrel with water. Let It stand
twelve hours before using, and stir fre-
quently while putting ( on. This Is
not white, but Of . light stone color,
without the unpleasant glare Of. white.
The color may be changed BY adding
more or less Of the colors named, or
other colors. This wash covers we'll,
needing only one coat and Is superior
TO anything known. excepting oil paint
have known rough board barn
washed with this to look we'll for I've
years, and even longer, without renew
ing. The cement hardens, but, on 8
rough surface will not scale. st
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-10

Continued On seventh Page.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-08
Summer
Complaints

At this season, various diseases Of the
bowels are prevalent, and many tives are
lost through lack of knowledge of safe
and sure remedy. PERRY DAVIS PAIN
KILLER is sure cure for Diarrhea, Dys-
EMERY, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Summer
Complaint, ETC., and is perfectly safe.
Read the following:
p., BAISBRrpGE. N. Y. March ., 1881. :.
instant re1 for c rln ald nsn ess, s % SSord
The ,.ry ,.. msSas Know @
cholera s, morbus. and cramps in the stomach. Have
USED IL Tor years. and 1t Is sure cure every time.
go. MonoosA. IOWA. s, Manch III H. I Issi
r.-..cA ssEsyILIE, a., Fsb. y, ISL
Sdts Il .ss
Have gsea PERRY DAVIS PAS LEE 10 Twelve
should allow 1t to be out Of the family ~ '''
ONEIDA, N Y, + Fe { Mel X Tssi
always s SSsa hss sars
TO go to bed without bottle in the ho y s,r.,x
n.,,,v .v.,v Gs s,,s r .s,s ss Ill.,;
q. 8. CONSULATE,
CRErELD, RHENIsH prussia. Feb 8, 1881.
IhRve known PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER almost
from the day 1t was introduced and after years OF
observation and use regard Its presence In my
household a. an tndispensabie necessity.
]. y. POTTER, u. 8. Consul
BURTOH-ON-TRENT, Enc.
I had been several days suffering severely from
diarThoea. accompanied with intense pain, when
tried your PAIN KILLER, and found almost instant
relief. II. j. NooNE.
q MONTAGUE sT., LONDON, ENC.
During residence of twenty three years In India.
L dlnrFhQpQ- m
terry and cholera. and never knew i TO fail to give
relief. X. CLARID0E.
No family can safely be without this
invaluable remedy. It's price brings it
within the reach Of all.
For sale by all druggists at 25c., Soc.
and $l.00 per bottle.
PERRY DAVIS & SON, Proprietors,
Providence, r. /.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-08
A Vision by the Sea.
London Truth, August 25th.

London Truth, August 25th.
A friend Of mine, who has returned
from accompanying his wife to a
French watering place, has revealed to
me secrets hich are calculated to de-
stroy the illusions appertaining to the
nymphs that disport in French waves.
He went with his wife to buy BATH
ing dress in Paris. There he discov-
cred that beneath the tight-fghting
Jersey, which is now the fashionable
dress for the water, stays are worn, and
many other appliances to aid in FASH
ioning beauteous figure. | remem-
Der going with lady to battle ut one
of these French watering places. We
both emerged from our respective ma
chimes. Near me I saw a beauteous
vision. Her hair was flowing round
her shoulders, her eyes glistened, her
cheeks were bright with color, and her
dress lent beauty 10 beautiful figure.
Soon q wave came. missed my
friend. Close by me was a haggard
female !; her form was angular and
scraggy her nose was blue and her
cheeks hollow wisp of hair, not
larger than o rats tail, was hanging
from her head. Where was the glori
GUS vision that had stood by mef A
voice came from the chatteriug teeth
of the bag. 1t was the vision but.
o, how changed
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-08

Greece has fine currant crop-R very
momentous matter to her.
A young girl of eighteen married 0
man of seventy-two In Saugertios last
week.
In regard to the use and the quality Of
food London is estimated to be . century
behind Paris.
The dog fund this year brings 81, 1853 to
the public library fund of Spring feld,
Mass.
At the late amateur athletic sports in
Rio de Janelro the winner of one of the
hundred-yard dashes was an old man
seventy years of age.
The tooth OF a mastodon, weighing CT
pounds, was found by little boy In the
Kentucky river, al Marion, n.y., recent
ly.
The ordinary country house In Arkan.
sas Is log cabin; In Kansas. dugout In
the prairie; and In Nebraska, sod
house, built of square pieces Of sod.
The banks In Chicago are compelled,
by the scarcity of currency, to pay out
large proportion OF gold, and many Of
their customers complain Of the incon-
yenience occasioned by II.
While small proprietors are to be the
salvation of ireland, in Bavaria S,73v
farms we're sold last year because tho
small proprietors could not keep their
heads above water.
The Niagara Falls Gazette adyertises
the finding of pocketbook in the streets
of that village. Ifit contained any mo-
ney it must have belonged to q hack
man.
Immediately after the signing Of tie
recent Franco-Tunisian treaty specala-
ton became rife in Tunisian real estate.
Frenchmen bought mp land near the
railroad station, and are reselling 1t at
an enormous advance. A fair-sized
house rents at $1,000 year.