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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
Prices for Poetry.

In some "reminiscences Of LongfelloW
Mr.. Samuel Ward, the lobbyist, chiefly
describes the service he was to the poet
in securing him on several occasions no
Enumeration for his poems. He sold tho
skeleton in Armor' to Lewis Gaylord
Clarke, Of the Kpickerbocker Aaqasi,se
for $50, being thirty cents . line, A.
though Clarke said he could not afford
to give more than $25. Thirty years
after he got an offer Of 45 q limo from
Bonner, Of the New York Ledger, for tho
Hanging Of the Crane" accompanied
by check for 81 900. Longfellow 70
turned the check, thinking he could do
better with Osgood, the publisher. Bon
ner threatened legal proceedings, but
through the Intervention Of Bartlett, his
lawyer, the whole business ended in
Bonner's giving $4,000 for the poem
1000 going to Ward himself. The
Cor,aAiU Magazine once paid Tennyson
three guineas line, but Bonner paid
Longfellow (and Ward) the equivalent
of four. In the course Of the interview
between Bartlett and Ward, the lawyer
paid the following tribute to his client:
although l am Mr.. 'Bonner's legal ad-
wiser, he sometimes goes off at hstf-cock
without consulting me-" As in this
ease his lawyers ADVICE cost Mr.. Bon
ner $3, 900, his disposition ito 70 Of at
haf-cock" Is hardly to be wondered at
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
GRANDMA.

The grandpa IL individual aged
sumwhare between fifty and one hum
dred years, of promiskious tempera-
ment, an IL common occurrence in
all well-regulated familys. Next to q
helthy mother-in-law. they have more
aktive bizness on hand than eny other
party in the household. They are the
standard Of authority on all leading top
icks, and what they don't kno about
things that took place sixty-five. years
ago, or win take place for the next six
ty-fve years to cum, IL . damage for
eny one to kno.
Grandpas are not entirely useless; they
are handy to hold babys and feed pigs,
and are very smart at mending q broken:
broom-handle and sitting coal ashes,
and are good at putting up the clothes
line on washing days. I have seen
grandpas who could churn good, but i
konsider it mighty mean trick to set
on an old fellow Of eighty years to churn-
ing butter. ana grandpa miself, but
( won't churn butter for no concern,
not il i understand miself. l am az
solid on this konklusion az q craven i'm
age. Lam willing to rok baby all the
time while the wimmin folks are billing
sope: I am willing to kut rags to work
up into rag karpets; they can keep me
huntin hens eggs wet days, or picking
green currants, OF j will even dip can
dies, or kore apples for sass, or turn .
grind stun, but, by thunder, 1 won't
churn have examined myself on this
subject; and I will bet a jack-knife, 80
long as he remains in his right mind,
Josh Billings won't churn.
Az general thing grandpas are q set
Of konseited old phoots who don't seem
to realize that what they kno themsens
IL the result Of experience, and that
younger people have got to git their
knowledge in the same way. Grandpas
are poor helpat bringing up children,
but they got precept and katekism enuff;
but the yonng ones all seem to under
stand that grandpa minds them heap
more than they mind grandpa.-Josh
Billings.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
Wanted an TO-"

Intersections have their value. They
can express emotions which cannot be
conveyed in any other way. ''O'' Is .
fat, jolly letter, but it can hold q good
deal Of sympathy. Notice the follow
ing from an exchanges: ':An eminent
clergyman sat in his study, busily en-
gagged in preparing his Sunday sermon,
when his little boy toddled into the room,
and, holding up his pinched fingers,
said, with an expression Of suffering,
Look, pa, how I hurt it, The father,
interrupted in the middle Of = sentence,
glanced hastily at him, and, with Just
the slightest tone of impatience, said.
4 can't help it, sonny The little fell
lows eyes grew bigger, and, as he turn
ed to 60 out, he said, in . low voice,
Yes, you could. You might have said,
cor -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
WHOLE NUMBER o26
The Bet the Cheapest.

In ct Of desperation, says . corree-
pondent I went the other day down 70
Chinatown, which u another uamo for
the lower one Of Mott street, in search
at servant. I went into one Of tho
groceries, and . grave and reverend
Chinaman. who looked - IL he had the
wisdom Of tho centuries and tho concen-
trated cunning Of athousand foxes twist
ed up In his pigtail, eyed mo from b.
hind his round goggles, and asked mo
my errand.
II want . servant"
you want China boy?''
Eyes"
''You want China boy for do cookeeP''
YES, and anything else he's askedto
How much you giver'
Whatever Is right
That phrase seemed to please him.
His eyes twinkled, and he continued:
II get you China boy-you pay him
go month.
Too much.''
Why motif You pay Mclean eirl ' fifteen.
One China boy worth two Melican girl.
AsA0ASo0 6AA pOs AshAI III PIC. N0lu8 COY
no put hair in pie. Mclean girl she
make man come into your house. Chi
NJ boy he no make man come into your
house. You pay Mclean girl fifteen
dollar month, she eat twenty dollar
month; you pay China boy thirty dollar
month. he eat four dollar month. You
pay Mclean girl fifteen dollar month
and Mclean girl boes. You pay China
boy thirty dollar month and you boss.
You I'll glad pay China boy thirty dollar
month BY and by. China boy ask forty
dollar them
''Old man." said sadly, '.you .1s
right. It il worth $15 month to be
boss in your own house, but I can't If
ford the luxury" ard turned away.
Az I lifted the latch of the door the ami
mated old idol said oracularly:
You come again sometime, sure
When Ill dishes broke you come back
for China boy. China boy cheap for
thirty dollar month" - Detroit Free
Press.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

A pretty story is told Of Moses Men
delsohn, the founder of the family whose
name has sound Of music in it. He
was humpback, and young Ham
burg maiden rejected him because he
was misshapen. He went to bid her
good-by, and while he was making .
last supreme effort at persuasion she
did not lift her eyes from her sewing
do you really think marriages are
made in heavenP'' she asked. Eyes, in
Decd" he replied; ''and something
specially wonderful happened to me. At
the birth Of . child proclamation is made
in heaven that he or she shall marry
such and such . one. When was born
my future wife was also named, but at
the same time it was said, Alas! she
will have dreadful .hnmpback.' %,
Cod said then, q deformed girl will
become embittered and unhappy, where
Is she should be beautiful. Dear Lord,
give me the humpback, and let the
maid be we'll favored and agreeable. ="
The girl could not resist such wooing
as that, and threw her arms around his
neck.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

Noah Websterwas celebrated author.
He was quick and ready writer, and
in one Of his inspired moments he DASH
ed off q dictionary. He took it to sever
q publishers, but they SHE'D at it, say
ing the style was dull, turgid. dry. hard,
and embarrassing, and besides that he
used too many big words. But 1T last
Noah succeeded, and the immortal work
is in daily use, propping up babies at
the dinner table.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
L,ongings.

Longings.
ST IT. /. we're only q pref pretty as y o9,. ,,,,
III my dress were as fine as yours, think
I could be the happiest little pink,
The very gladdest that ever grew
In this beautiful world full of sunshine and
20, you simple fiowerl' sighed the violet,
And her modest eyes were with deWdrOps wet;
II would gladly lay my robe at your feet,
II could only be one half as sweet
From your beautiful garments as white as the
.How lovely and grand and lofty you arel''
Said ripping brook to q shining star.
III 'tWere but my fortune to dwell up there,
would smile on the desolato everywherel
But I'm only brOok-fit only to lie
And stare day and night at the face Of tho
20, shortsighted streamlet!' the star replied,
"How often away up here I've sighed
For your rare gift Of song! beside, do you
know
How you gladden. the earth wherever you go2
And dear little brOOklet-yOu enviOus elf
But for you could never behold myself
II We could but learn from flower, brook, ana
TO be glad and contented wherever We are;
That alien &, the 'sa''-hs7s some mission TO
And gladly accept it, whate'er God may will,
Life would yield rich fruition, whatever our
"For they also serve who but stand and watt
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
Measurements Of Mem.

What propose to speak Of in the
present memoir are those measurements
Of the bodily form and faculties that can.
or apparently could. be made with some
precision, but the personal data in res
pect to intellectual and emotional CO.
pacities, and to special aptitudes and
tastes, require q separate treatment
The progress Of the art of measurement
OF the more purely bodily faculties has
been by no means uniform. It has never
been specially directed toward further
ing the knowledge of the ife-history Of
individuals, but for the most part TO-
ward other theoretical investig
In some cases elaborate instruments and
methods Of observation have been de-
vised by which certain faculties have
been tested with extreme minuteness:
In other cases no well-contrived and ap-
proved system Of examination exists. II
everything should be stated BY which
anthropometry might profit, tho effect
would be not unlike the map Of some
partially-setted country, drawn on .
scale so large as to show tho cadasral
survey Of its principal town lands. A
fraction Of tho whole would thus be
infinitely engraved, the wide adjacent
regions would be represented BY . few
lines Of route, and the remainder would
consist Of blanks. In order to convey
in the best way an idea Of whist IL known
about such country % this, the eener.
al map Of it should b on small scale.
and then uniformity Of treatment b.
comes possible. Acting on this prin-
ciple, I shall avoid entering into details
on those subjects where here exists very
much to speak of, and shall nowhere
60 further than is sufficient to express
the simpler requirements Of anthropo.
metry.
Let us, then, consider how We should
set at work to define and describe tho
various bodily faculties Of person
whom we had ample means Of obsorv-
ing, say one Of our own children. Some
OF the observations could hardly b
made except at properly equipped an
thropometric laboratory; others, @ It
will be seen, could ct present be carried
on best in the playground I shall not
care to distinguish these in tho descrip-
ton; they win be obvious enough when
they occur. The tests would define tho
capacities ola person at the moment
when he was observed. They arc az
pected to be renewed at intervals, 20 q
TO serve as records of successive periods
in his life history. Francis Gallon, IN
Popular Science Monthly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

What sort Of place is Vienna7 The
vital statistics Of the Austrian capital
show that in 1880 there was in that city
1880 births Of legitimate children, and
1900 births Of illegitimate children. In
1881 the legitimate births fell of to 49,
CPL, q reduction Of 259, and the illegiti-
mate rose to 1906, an increase Of GIG.
Queer Christian city, that, where IS
per cent. Of the children born are illegi-
innate.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

Jaw Gould has established an expert
mental farm on the Staked Plains Of
North Texas. The section is known
moro familiarly Is the t'Great American
Desert" and the general idea = that i
10 sterile and uninhabitable. Mr.. Gould
and others think that the whole section
may 10 turned into fine grain-pso.
duoipg country.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
An Infatuated Indian.

an A0A0V0sSSoO A0O400S
Among the delegations of Indians re-
Gently on visit to this. city, says The
Washington Post, was q young and good
looking chief. His name was Ko-wa-che.
He possessed to the fullest degree the
peculiar knaek Of getting on the right
side of the women folks, with whom he
was great favorite.
He with the other chiefs attended in.
Vulnerable social gatherings and was ev-
erywhere ionized. Ko-wa-che was pet
ted to an extent that made even the
medicine man envious. But such .
thing Is tho bronzed savage being sus-
ceptible to anything like sentiment
wasn't for moment thought Of BY the
ladies, and they patronized him to mani
fest the interest they felt in thi6 dusky
Lovelace
The unsophisticated brave. it now ap-
pears, ddn't look at the affair in exact
" the same light. The warrior from
the primeval forests Of the land of the
setting sun was madly, passionately,
head-over-heels in love, and the object
for which his soul now yearns is bright
young girl Of this city. She is well
known q . society favorite. She met
the young chief at 5 social party given
at the home Of the Indians host. The
interest she took in him differed in no
way from that manifested by her sister,
and she led him around, admired his
dress, and talked pigeon English TO him
because it was the fashion to do %. In
few days after meeting the young girl,
he and his companions had to leave the
city to return to their tribe. He felt
that, rather than be separated, the pale
face maiden would avow her feelings
and leave the city with him. Though
hs Jagged and delayed BY various e1-
ouses the final departure Of the delega-
ton, to his chagrin and disappointment
she came not At Carlisle, where the
delegation had stopped for = season, he
concluded to return to Washington. II
was great way to the capital city, but
distance didn't enter into his calcula-
tons. He wanted the pale-face beauty,
and he could recognize no law that kept
her away. He would have her If he had
to emulate the heroic feat of Lochinvar:
The members Of the committee on In.
dian affairs received word that Ko-wa.
che had made his contemplated effort t
escape the vigilance of his companions
and had been caught sliding out thu
back entrance Of the hotel in the guist
OF q waiter. He was promptly collared
and % the information went to the com
mittee, is now under the surveillance o
the others Of the party, who are makin{
for the backwoods country with theil
prisoner a. rapidly % their todiou
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
What a Row did.

We give an account of q youth who two
or three years ago "took it into his head''
to raise fowls for profit, and this is what
he did: With his own hands he built
moderate sized hennery which improved
his mechanical ability, purchased
small number of fowls and took care of
them while attending school and doing
his proportion of the ''chores." In one
year and a half he cleared, after paying
for everything that his fowls consumed,
one hundred and forty dollars; and yet
he spent no more time with his fowls
than most of his school-mates did in
their amusements which brought them
nothing, and without doubt caring for
his pets gave him as much satisfaction
as anything else could have done. He
made his money simply by having
regular daily system of cleanliness, and
feeding those few fowls, and properly car
imp for their eggs and increase. Some Sat-
urday in the fall, when ''school did not
keep" hs drew in a lot of gravel, which
he piled in q convenient place, and kept
layer Of that fresh, fine gravel on the
floor of his hen house for the fowls to
wallow in. He kept the walls and cell
ing Of the house whitewashed, and
sprinkled q little powdered sulphur
about to keep off the lice. On broad
platform above the ground, under the
roosts, he caught the drippings, which
he cleared off every week, sprinkling the
floor, Of course, with ashes and sand, or
the two mixed. He kept oyster shells
before the fowls constantly, and often
threw to them cabbage leaves, turnip
tops and the like, and gave them q va
riety of food at regular intervals. He
generally gave them variety usually
3 warm dish of scalded Indian meal and
shorts every morning, and often in cold
weather seasoned Il with pulverized
cayenne pepper. In the afternoon he
fed whole grain, such asdamaged wheat,
oats or corn 1--WE would advise the boys
to feed good grain always). Once or
twice week he gave little chopped
meat or scraps, and kept little tub Of
fresh water in one corner. The conse-
quence was. that many afternoons he
collected from fifteen to twenty eggs
even in the coolest days Of winter. Now
what is there to .prevent all; country
children from doing as well as this Yam
kee boy didi They may not all have .
taste for the care Of poultry, but is there
not something that may be done about
the farm and home that may give health
full innocent amusement, and at the
same time help on to q life Of pecuniary
independence Won't they all take
hold and see what they can do3
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
Profit in Water Fowls,

Fewer ducks and geese, it is said, are
raised in the United States according to
tho number of inhabitants than in any
civilized country in the world. This Is
partly owing to the fact that wild fowls
are very common and are easily shot by
persons who are skillful il the use of
the gun. Another reason for their not
being kept in places where they could
be raised to advantage is found in the
circumstance that much pork is eaten
by Americana, and as = consequence
they do not desire fowls that abound in
oil q ducks and geese do. At one time
they were raised Tor their feathers, but
feathers are not as generally used now
- formerly for filing beds and cushions.
It Is not generally desirable to keep
many ducks and geese near tho house.
as their droppings render tho yard and
lawn very filthy. 1t is much better to
keep ducks and geese at distance from
the house, and it is advantageous to
keep them near q pond or stream of wa
ter. They should in no case be kept in
confinement during long intervals.
They are large consumers Of grain and
other kinds of expensive food it they are
not kept in places where they can pick
up part Of their own living. They can
be raised to the best advantage, and
with the least trouble, on the banks of .
stream or pond where they can obtain .
supply of insects, weeds, and tender
grass. II they have an abundance of
these they will require but one feed Of
grain each day. Geese will do well On .
grass diet during the greater part of tho
summer. When water fowl are kept
near pond pains must be taken to keep
minks, lmuskrats, and turtles out of it,
or they will devour the young geese and
ducks. It Is generally best to hatch the
eggs Of water-fowls under hens, though
ducks and geese that exhibit sigma Of
broodiness may be allowed to cit on
their own eggs.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

A servant girl Of New York was ~.
rested On . charge d stealing 5000
from Willie Edouin, the actor. She vs.
kept in cell Ill night, and Appeared 70
be- hysterical When brought TO The
Jefferson Market Police court, she wAS
placed in the prisoners pen, and almost
I'm. s1ediatAly died. She had denied the
crime all along, called upon God to Wit
ness ,herinnocence, and seemed much inn
preese d with the thought Of the disgrace
her arrest would infict upon her rails
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

The opinion is rapidly gaining ground
that Oscar Wilde bears the same rela-
ton to bona foe priest of the Beauti-
full as secondhand tee store chrome
or gingerbread elephant bears to tho
fine arts
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24
Destruction Of Forests.

The aborigines Of America, in 1892,
did not know the use of iron.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-24

REA1IY'S ORGANS q stops 70 SIT Reeds o..
S1.ssisis.Ss y 80. PIANOS 1l8 Is. RAse
Holiday -lAd1eenents Ready. WritD OF call On
LBAATTYY. WAsH1NQT0N, NJ. 50 llaJ l1es
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-27
An Intelligent Pug.

In affectionate loyalty to q afour-footed
friend, 4 correspondent in Tarrytown,
who has been annoyed by the charge of
stupidity preferred against the entire
race of pug dogs in an article copied by
the Suntlav Trtbune, very handsomely
vindicateS the intelligence of at least one
pug. He writes "He acknowledged but
one master, that being his mistress, and
seems to be unhappy away from her.
He is delighted to 60 with her to walk,
as he often does, but never thinks of
asking to go if she takes n bag with her
to go to the city. On occasions, he seems
to know about the time she returns in
the afternoon, and has been known to
sit on 4 chair for two hours, looking
from window, where he could see n
carriage turn toward the house, when he
would manifest his Joy by barks and
yelps and rush TO the door to receive
her. Which she leaves with trunk for
a longer time, he shows his grief, not
only by his countenance, but by she'd
ding tears, which have seen roll down
his face. He has been taught many
tricks. When living in town, he would
always run to the basement window,
when the postman whistled, to receive
the letters, and would give them only to
his mistress. Once an advertisement
was thrown in, and the cook tossed it in
the coalscuttlc, but he insisted on hav-
ing it, and went with it upstairs. He
will walk 0h his hind legs, or bark for
his dinner; will sneeze when he wants
to take walk; will eat nothing that
you tell him has 'cost money until YOU
say it is paid for;' will sit on his hind
legs, with piece of cake or cracker on
his nose until five is counted, when he
will eat it; and although he is very fond
oi gong to walk, he will not go with the
children until he first goes to his mis-
tress and asks permission"