New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-01-11

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A Boston firm proposes to receive
limited number Of girls from the pub
lie schools who may desire to become
saleswomen. and educate them as boys
are educated for business, giving them
600 the first year and increasing their
pay according to their proficiency.
They are to be allowed vacation of
two weeks out OF the time, and every
means will be afforded for their adj
vancement.
Everybody in the Alleeany IN. W
oil field is busy and full of life and ac-
tivity. Those who have drilling terri
tory are scrambling for rig timber and
lumber-a scarce commodity by the
way-by which to develop their new
acquisitions, and those who have none
are rushing around hunting territory to
drill. The business in real estate is
very active. important sales being re-
ported every day.
Among the mummies recently dis
covered at Thebes, it is asserted, with
all the earnestness of truth. is that of
"Pharaoh's daughter the identical
maiden who rescued the infant Moses
from the cradle among the bulrushes.
It is said the body is that of a lady Of
rare beauty and exquisite form, and so
perfectly preserved that it appears as if
only recently embalmed.
An enterprising firm of piano-makers
in New York has stationed man at
the entrance to the opera to give away
librettos to all that come. AS this is an
interference with the business of some
one who has paid for the privilege of
selling "booksthopera Englishandeye-
Italian wordzaumusic,'' an effort has
been made to stop the gratuitous cir
culation of librettos by arresting the
colporteur for obstructing the sidewalk.
Ell Paso Herald: An Indian mound
on the Texas Pacific railroad was exca-
waited few weeks ago, and was found
to contain great many rocks and the
remains of a human being about four
feet high. The forehead was not an
inch. high, but was very broad. and lay
between fiat rocks covered with char.
coal. In the grave was also spear of
red flint several inches long and sever
| al speckle ones with fine edges.
This is from the Rural Neao Yorker.
What does it mean? what a grand
system of parks the Chicago folks can
boast of, and what belts of glowing COL
ored plants may be seen there; such
profusion and such variety! Still if
there are not in the vegetable Kingdom
plants enough to paint the dowerbeds
Of the Chicago gardens, the gardener
has to summon to his aid sea-shells.
whole and broken! What libel on hor-
ticuiture, what an abortion of that
which should be beautiful flower
bed. But I have seen worse things
where better might be expected, name
~, in Massachusetts"
A Jew named Adolph jacobson has!
brought q suit for $1,000 damages
against another Jew named Moses.
Ginger, in the marine court of New!
York. the plaintiff claiming that the
defendant had slandered and injured
his business by reporting that he bad
attended to business on ''Yom Kippur''
day, by going to Connecticut and pur-'
chasing hats, good Israelites observing;
that day, and those engaging in BUSH,
ness being despised. He claimed the
SANDER had driven away his customers.
The court could not entertain the suit,
holding that such disputes must be set,
tied outside of the court.
Somewhat less than century ago
the Prince de Broglie happened to be
cruising around the entrance to Della
ware bay, when along came q British
fleet. The French officers made all
haste for the shore, landing near Lewes.
So holly pursued were the valiant.
Frenchmen that they threw half their
money overheard, thus keeping the
British from the substantial fruits of
the capture. In that way 100000,
livres went to the bottom in the neigh
borhood of 1.-The Shears Some TWEEN!
ty-five years ago ship loaded with
pig-iron went down on ''The Shears"
The other day q schooner. furnished.
with electric lights. outfits for drivers,
and so on, went down the bay for the,
alleged purpose Of finding the pig-iron.
It is suggested that the searchers for
suuken treasure are really more inter-
ested in the livres than in the iron.