New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-12-27

Aswork on tho diseases 81 elephants IL
being written. Their more prominent
affections are stated to be meningitis.
apoplexy. vomiting, collie, enteritis,
hmmaturia, tetanus or lockiaw. pneu.
monia, anthrax, and foot and mouth
disease
1t is rather worthy of note that q Lon-
/ don paper applands the plain speaking
OF American critics about Mrs. LangtrY
and complains ofEnglish timidity in deal
ing with the subject. 1t is confession
OF snobbery on the part of the English
press that onght to be good for some
body's soul.
Ten days were spent in San Fran
cisco court in obtaining jury to try
two Cinnamon indicted for murderous
assault. In addition to the regular pam
I Ell 500 jurors We're summoned. Two
hundred were examined before the 18th
man was selected. The difficulty was
to obtain men who would believe Chi
naman under oath.
A Boston man was so pleased with q
pair of boots that exactly suited'' him
that he gave the maker an order for
enough boots, shoes, slippers, overshoes,
rubbers, ETC., to last him through the
remainder of his natural life. The order
embraced 256 pair of coverings for the
feet, and was guaranteed by deposit
of 500 in cash.
Proctor Knott is said to be one of the
most convivial spirits in Kentucky, and
is described as a florid, portly Southern
man, with stubble, gray mustache, a
hat pushed knowingly over his left eye,
with q comical look, mingled with such
shrewdness as tells the poorest reader of
character that he is born wit.
A Partisan physician declares the fol-
lowing certain cure for smallpox and
scarlet fever: Sulphate of zinc, one
grain; foxglove (digitalis), one grain;
half a teaspoonful Of sugar. Mix with
two tablespoonful of water. Take a
spoonful every hour. He declares the
remedy unfailing. Its very simplicity
has caused it to be overlooked.
The English public is beginning to
learn something about this country. A
recent number of the London Times
contains a quarter of a column of fine
type devoted to facts and figures indi-
eating the extent of the Mississippi Riv.
er and its tributaries. But it places
Pittsburg on branch of the Mississip-
pi in Philadelphia.
Miss Catherine L. Wolfe, the maiden
millionaire of Gotham, is noted for her
eccentricities and her odd bestowals OF
charity. She lives alone in great stone
house on Madison avenue, with her
maid and half a dozen servants, and re-
ceives few visitors. She is a very de-
vout Episcopalian, and no matter what
the weather may be on Sunday is as
regular in church as the rector in the
pulpit.
A New York reporter interviewed
three of the most eminent Psychologists
and scientists of that city and learned
from them that beer drinking, habit to
which so many thousands of Americans
are addicted, is, even in moderation, a
pernicious thing. The impurities of
beer, and they do. not admit of absolute
ly pure beer, give rise to fatty degenera-
ton of the heart and to diseases of the
kidneys. 1t interferes with the healthy
action of the liver, and everts an injur-
ious effect upon all the organs of the
body, the brain most of all.
The electric light is not the only rival
which mother invention has raised up
against coal gas. A company, with So,
600, 600. capital, has just been organized
to make gas by the decomposition of
steam and liquid hydro-carbon on highly
heated lime. The operation produces
almost pure hydrogen, which being car
bureted, results in gas of between
thirty and forty candle power. The
process, which was discovered by a
French chemist and improved by Pol
ish one, is said to be economical, and it
is hoped that the new gas will SUPER
sede coal for running engines, and pos
sibly in domestic heating and cookery.
1t is made without coal-oil being used
in its preparation. Some New York gas
companies are proposing to substitute
it for the ordinary article, and if half
that is told Of it proves true, it is des-
tined to work great notifications in va
rious operations connected with light
and heat.