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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
Among tho Thousand Islands.

We gladly exchanged the dusty rail-
way for the steamboat at Clayton, says
correspondent, where we entered upon
the st. Lawrence River, which extends
for thousand miles between the two
great nations, yet neglected by both, al
though it has been the main artery
through which the quickening pulse Of
civilization has throbbed for centuries,
in its heroic struggles to possess the in
land regions. The part called Lake
OF the thousand Islands, extends forty
miles, in some places seven miles wide.
Its surface is broken by eighteen hum
dred islands, some only rocky crests,
others small and covered with foliage,
while some contain thousands Of acres.
Many are owned by gentlemen who Law
ish money on their adornment, with
picturesque villas, fancy boat-houses,
and fine gardens. The captain pointed
out the one owned by Pullman, of pal
ace-car fame, who entertained General
Grant in 1873, and showed us Bonnie
Castle. where DIR. ]. G. Holland wrote
bis novel, arthur Bonnicastle,' while
living there.
From the piazza at Alexandria Bay
the scene il enchanting. The islands
are illuminated by night, and the gay
little yachts, with pennons and lights,
are fitting about with ladies exchang-
Ing calls. Little imagination was need
ed to believe we were in the city of gon-
dolas by the Adriatic. Boats luxurious
~ fitted up are always ready for the
summer visitor. and the boatsmen are
fond Of telling bits of history and legend
which give the charm of romance to ev-
cry mile Of the river.
The Devils Oven is q cubioal block
Of granite worn smooth by the water
and crested with shrubs. In one side is
: circular opening like bakers oven,
into which our boat went for twenty
feet. The boatman told us about =
British soldier, unjustly punished for
military offence, who deserted, and then
annoyed the garrison by his depreda-
tons. They offered large rewards for
his capture, but escaping within the ov-
On, he was never taken.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
A Tribute to Iotherhood.

I'm all his life, Ben Hill never did Q
more graceful thing" said Gen. Evans
in his funeral Grafton over the late sen.
ator from Georgia; ''than whom no made
his last visit to the portrait Of his moth
er, which hung in one Of his rooms.-
When President Garfield placed hie
manly arm around his venerable mothar
in presence Of the vast multitudes that
witnessed his Inauguration, and kissed
her with lips fresh from pronouncin4
the obligation of the presidential omce.
he drew unto himself the warm heart Of
American motherhood forever, Sowhen
the great senator went - . child 20
gaze on his mother pictured face, and
murmured 4 will soon sec her. he lett
the sons of this state and the union .
lesson OF filial love they should never
forget. The portrait shows dear, old,
good face, well traced with marks OF In
telligence. The wrinkles are there, the
stoop of age, and other signs Of falling
life. Long since she went away. But
the wasted statesman became . boy
again in feeling, gazed with . true, ados-
ing love upon the portrait, and then above
the faded picture looked with eyes that
saw home and heaven and mother. Ill
in one vision Of transcendent glory"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
Sir John Franklin.

Sir John seemed never to be happier
than when speaking Of his former vow
ages, and he encouraged me to converse
freely with him as we strolled over the
grounds together or rode out in the
country. He had complete and most
perfect and elaborate set of charts Of
the arctic regions, so far as they had
then been explored, upon which his
own explorations and those Of Captains
Parry and Ross and other arctic explor-
ers were distinctly marked out; and It
was his greatest pleasure of an evening
to display these charts and point out
the spots he had visited; also tracing
the courses he would endeavor to pur-
sue. if it should ever be his "eood for
tune," as he expressed himself, again
to be employed in what was the great
hobby of his life. There was not .
point he had discovered, nor spot that
he mad visited respecting which he had
not some anecdote to tell or some narrow
escape to relate. And to me it was de-
ightful to listen to these anecdotes from
the lips of man who had brAvely
dared and overcome the perils of which
he spoke, and who had already render
ed his name famous as one of the bold
est and most energetic and persever-
ing OF arctic discoveries. Besides, I
confess that it was fattering to my
pride to hear q post Captain and =
Lieutenant Governor conversing thus
freely with q young midshipman, and
encouraging me to express my own
opinions, and listening to them kindly
and attentively. l spent pleasant Wis
it at the Penns, and was sorry to return
to the ship. While we lay in port an
emigrant ship and a female convict ship
arrived-the latter one of the last, Il
not the last, female convict ships that
left the shores Of England, and Sir John
and Lady Franklin Visited them both
Immediately on their arrival. It was
her ladyship's chief pleasure, and she
seemed to regard it as duty, to exert
herself to the utmost for the benefit of
the young female emigrants, and also
for such female convicts as had conduct
ed themselves well during tho voyage,
and whose offenses against the laws Of
their country were such as afforded
hope that, removed from the tempta-
tons of vice and poverty, they might
yet redeem their characters and prove
useful members of society. 1t must .be
recollected that in those days, when
there was scarcity of females in the
Australian colonies, young women were
often transported for offenses which
would nowadays be punished by few
months or even few days' imprison-
ment.-Chansbers' Journal.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
The Minister Ceased to Wonda,.

Apropos Of the Egyptian trouble, ~
wish to relate little story, tho circum.
stances of which occurred during our
trip to the Holy land several years OK
more ago.
He was devout Christian. and had
made the study Of the Bible and prop
or understanding Of the Big Book to
highest aim in life.
When hearrived at the Sea Of Galilee
his heart was filled with awe. and he
felt enervated and cleansed BY the
thought that he was gazing on the very
spot whore his Savior once stood.
Approaching the boatman, he address
ed him in his choicest Arabic, and with
Bible and commentary in hand awaited
an answer.
"Ah! what 'smatter til yerl WHY
don't yer talk United Statesl' asked
the man contemptuously. HE was .
real live Yankee who was picking MP
living by ferrying tourists across tho
sea.
$50 this is the Sea of Calilee, "devout-
" murmured the searcher after knowl-
edge.
"Ya-a-s."
'And this is where our Savior walked
upon the watersp''
''Ya-a-s."
'How much will you charge to take
me to the exact spot7''
.'Wa-al, you look like . clergyman,
an | won't charge you nothin'."
The devout one boarded tho boat,
and at last was pointed out where the
miracle is said to have occurred. After
gazing at the waters, and dividing his
time between glances 1t his books and
devout CALCULATIONS of satisfaction, the
searcher signited his willingness to 70.
turn.
Charge you go to take you bsck,"
said the speculative Yankee.
''But you said you would charge MOTH
ing"
NAV, didn't Nothin' to bring you
out. Twenty to get back"
And doyou charge everybody 90 10
take them back?'' asked the astonished
searcher.
"Ya-a-s. That's abeout tho 6eeer."
''Well, them" said tho devout one, u
he went down into his clothes. mo
wonder our Savior got out and walked
-NeaU Y0rk Dispalch.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
A Ohild's Letter.
DY NATHAN d. URMERI

DY NATHAN D. URNER
Turning old letters over,
A the twilight begins to fall,
The Rem Of them al discover,
IN weak, insignificant scrowl:
With clumsy and artlesS UNFOLDING
OF 1nfantile thoughts, half a-whirl,
And tn. the poor, biotted page stu holdins
Uneven, misspelt, but how tender
And winsone: "Dear papa" read,
"D0lly's broke 90 never can mend her,
K And Pussy's made mamma'0 hand bleed"
Printed words 1ntermi1ed With the written,
But how sweet And they hasten to say,
"Nurey's tooth aches, I've tearded my mittel
Nothing's good now, with papa away"
Only childish prattle on paper,
But how freshly hit OF each event,
Formed Of this or that fancy or caper
That made her e1i.tenos Sontent;
Round snip Of her prettiest curl,
Knowing Well 1t will gladden. "poor papa"
Because from his own little "gurl."
All, again and again do kiss It,
With her image still fresh In my mindl
AsG e: ,1 e.s % Sa m1 oXs nSw %s: Il
save 90 Death, the light-footed purloiner,
BY Love 10 run down in the end.
And % Faith still abides to rejOin her
IN the heights she wa 1rst to ascendl
Back, back, with the rest, return you,.
And again in the past inurn you,
AZ the shadows, deepening, fall.
Once more In the casket, sOt you.
And turning the key depart
No fear that I'll slight or forget you,
Your words are engraved IN my heart
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
Shed Arrived.

There's . story Of woman up IN
Michigan who was lost in tho woods
five days, nearly starved to death, was
frozen ut night, was chased BY wolves
and scared BY snakes, and when she
got out Of the jungles and reached hone
at last, nobody had missed her! ''6had-
ow of death! But she was tho maddese
woman. Yes, daughter, you may juss
bet your bangs they knew she had goe
home! Oh, yes; they knew It."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
A Sell. Correcting Machine.

One Of the most remarkable SELF cor
recting machines lately invented has
been described before the Royal Society
Of England, the details showing, it would
seem, that the construction Of . practi-
cally useful machine for calculating a.
many as Gig hit or tenor even more-of
unknowns, from the same number Of
linear equations, IS neither very diff
cult nor over-elaborate matter. A fair
approximation being found by . first
application Of the machine very mod
crate amount Of Straightforward arith-
metical work sufices to calculate the
residual errors and allow the machine
to be reapplied to calculate the correc-
tons; there can, Of course, be no limit
to the accuracy thus obtainable by sue
cessive approximations: It is asserted
BY Prof. Thomson and other experts,
who have operated this machine, that
the exceeding easiress Of each applioa-
ton promises well for it's real usefulness,
whether for cases in which single ap-
plication is adequate or for others In
which accuracy is reached after success
ave approximations.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
The Girls Of Frederick.

"A paper published in Frederick Dayo
OF the girls of that town: They are tie
most fascinating, the most ravishinx,
the most-the most sesthetically and IT.
terly too too Of any similar number q
terrestrial angels that ever donned tho
girdle OF Venus, or whose dimples ever
afforded q lurking place for her enterpris-
ing son. The roseate blush Of tho sea
shell and the mellow bloom Of tho ripeu-
ed plum vie in beauty upon their DELI
cate cheeks and gain m added charm
Rom their luscious lips. All things q
beauty meet in their bewitohiug eyes.
and the harmony Of the spheres 3 sylla-
blod in the music of their ton1uea
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27

A Michigan man was taiaa ssek ~
died. and the attending physieiaa No.
sented to the son Of the deceased . In,
in which was an item q q 800 ~
.'praying three times NH g
The son refused payms -
light Of the information 60
unusual item Il about to suot - vsna
TONER for malpractice and N1fda -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
How Humboldt Secured q Prisa

now auUD0l0g secured f1116
The approaching total disappearance
Of the Mnhlcndamm in Berlin, rather
curious and ill-reputed quarter Of the
Prussian capital, beside being the CEN
trail seat of the ''Old Clos" recalls q
little story Of which no less person
than Alexander Won Humboldt is tho
hero. While passing through there on
raw afternoon in October In 1916 he
found himself suddenly accosted by q
half-dozen entelprising peddlers, offer
ing their cast-off goods to him in the
most eloquent and persuasive terms
Wrapped in thought, their offers and
entreaties would have been lost upon
him had not some salesman, more eager
than the rest, pulled him by the coat
and held up a green velvet vest las good
as new" to the amazed savant's gaze.-
Humboldt shook his head, but on per-
ceiving pair of old pistols inlaid with
mother-of-pearl, he approached the
stand and asked the price. ''Ten thai
ers and dirt cheap at that. Paid 9 for
them myself, and that with repairs and
interest makes just 10 thalers.' Hum
boldt put down 2 Friedrichs-d'o or. took
the change, and carried off his excep-
tionally cheap acquisition enveloped in
a dingy sheet of paper, torn from an old
book. On his way he happened to look
at the wrapper and discovered it to be q
treasure far more valuable than the pis-
tolls. It was q leaf from medieval
''herbarium." Instantly he retraced
his steps in search of the seller, and
oy1vy Sv1t ~ In So
der Of the book. Impossible for him to
find either seller or shop despite of nu-
merous inquiries. The antiquaries sus-
pected him of having rued Of his bar
gain, and with laudable esprit de corps
refused to betray one another. Hum
boldt, no less keen, finally remarked:
':Pity! lean not find my man. Hegave
me back thaler too much and came
to return it." He was quickly sur
rounded by twenty or thirty dealers,
each one Of whom noisily asserted him
self 10 be ''his man" He became fairly
frightened, aad at last pointed the pis-
tolls at them. Instantly the crowd dis
persed, save one individual, who slyly
grinned ut him and said: mo powder
nor balls in either Of them, I know! Put
them quietly by, my good sir, and give
me my thaler." The real seller was
found. Humboldt went into his shop,
discovered tho ancient parchment-tome,
rare specimen, with but few leaves
missing: Touched BY his purchasers
pretended honesty ''Old Co." DESTROYS
Of appearing no less generous on his
part, pulled down an old pair Of pants,
fhro~v <%>v> ~ tia I>oOk e~d .osI. ann
let you have the book at 4 thalers with
those pants thrown in, which nice old
gentleman like yourself may yet wear
many 3 Sundayr' The bargain was
finally closed on that basis, Humboldt,
however, refusing to accept the pants.
He carried of tho book and pistols, and
on showing his literary treasures to
friends in after years, often smilingly NJ
luded to tho Sunday pants thrown In. y
American Register, Paris.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
Curious Facts.

curious Facts.
All wild dogs are said to belong 10 one
species only.
Naturalists say that single swallow
will devour 5000 flies day.
In Germany even the smallest watch
wheels are now made from paper
pulp.
The sewer inspector of Cleveland re-
Gently opened clogged sewer and
found that the roots of a tree had grown
and forced their way into socket joint,
and, penetrating the sewer, completely
filled it up. The roots had clasped them
selves so firmly about the pipe that It
took the united strength of two or three
men to remove them.
A curious collection of books 10 con-
tanned in the library of Warstenstein,
near Cassils, in Germany. These books
appear at first sight to be logs of wood,
but each volume is really complete
history OF the tree it represents. The
back shows the bark. in which q small
piece is cut to write the scientific and
the common name as title. One side
shows the tree trunk in its natural state,
and the other is polished and vanished.
Inside are shown the leaves, fruit, fiber
and insect parasites. to which is added
= full description of the tree and its pro-
ducts.
After cruise of q few months in tho
South Pacific . French man-of-war was
recently found to have specimens of
living coral growing upon her hull
This interesting discovery has thrown
some light on the question of the rapid
ity of growth of coral. The evidence
tends to show that the vessel on passing
. reef Of tho Gambler Islands, against
which it rubbed, had picked up young
fungus, which adhered to the sheathing
Of the ship, and grew to the size and
weight ithad when observed, q diameter
Of nine inches and weight of two and
q half pounds in nine weeks.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27
How . theatrical Manager Was Rewarded b
the Bows

How . Theatrical Manager Was Rewarded ;,
the Boys.
THAT was . funny thing, my getting
tho title of Colonel" said Col. +. Ais
ton Brown, the theatrical manager, to q
Denver Tribune reporter. Il never
was in the army. I was made the hero
Of an hour in the show business, end
for tragic act played was given the
title now bear BY the boys. In 1889, I
think it was, / was managing Blondin,
the famous tight-rope walker and per-
former. While he was In Philadelphia
that season, Dan Rice's circus happened
along, en- route to Baltimore, and we
doubled up for trip of two weeks
You know that Blondin's great act was
to walk the rope with man on his back
and without balancing pole. l made
arrangements while at Baltimore for his
appearance at the old Front Street The
atre: The event was splendidly adver-
tised and great fuss was generally
stirred up about it. An immense audi
ence thronged the theatre. A man had
been engaged to act as Blondin's load
in the perilous feat; but at the last mo-
ment, and when the audience was
evincing worriment and disappoint-
ment, he refused to play his part.
Well, couldn't blame him much; it
was one of the toughest rope ascents
Blondin ever made, the rope being
stretched on . steep incline from tho
stage to the fourth tier and over the
heads Of the audience. What was to
be donee That was the question. The
people had all paid their money, and
there was Blondin with his reputation
almost in the balance. Who would &C
company him7 Would I take the
chanceP was the question that Blondin
sent to me. Now, in those days didn't
fear anything or anybody, and . few
moments afterward / found myself on
Blondin's back, slowly ascending over
the slender support toward the dome Of
the theatre, conscious Of only one en-.
couragement in the hazardous under
taking. If l fell he must fall too. Once
or twice / felt the swaying Of his body
and the shaking Of his knees, but I had
such confidence in his proves that l
thought he was only trying to scare me.
At last he stepped on the platform built
near the dome, and such . yell Of ap-
plause was never before nor since heard
In . theatre. Not until tho ordeal was
passed did I realize the awful chance
for life had taken. One false step, the
weakening Of . muscle, the paralysis Of
. nerve, and both Of Us would have fall
en- fifty or seventy-five feet on to the
heads Of the audience. The shouts and
yells continued for minutes, and when
made my appearance among the boys
again they dubbed me the Colonel
The name has chung TO me - faithfully
as Il it had been won in . retreatinR
Bull Run or bloody Antietam."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27

is not proper to expose stock b.
cause It Il Summer. Good shelter isne-
cessary at al times, : 20.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27

:. ,P s's y.veatilated stables ~ botasaa
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-27

The height Of fastidiousness has been
reached by the Jersey City woman who
named her SPitz dog '.Expectorate.''-
She feeds him from . cuspidor for con-
sistency's sake.
Riding Blondin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-08
BEFORE ELEClI0N,-APIER ELECTION.

Mr.. Geo L. Brooks has at length de-
cit' on another business venture, this
time in the manufacture of brick. He has
been negotiating for the purchase of some
land just back of the cemetery, and if he
succeeds in securing it, he will erect ne
cessary buildings there at once. The latest
improved machinery for the manufacture
Of brick will be put in for the purpose. Mr..
Brooks has had some experience in the
business, but will be assisted by master
brick maker from Michigan, man who
has had a lifetime experience. We trust
Mr.. Brooks viii get the land, and soon be
putting home made brick upon our market
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-08

The Mrs. farley entertainment given
by our "home talent" at the Presbyterian
Church last Friday and Saturday evenings
was voted by all grand success. The
hall was literally packed both evenings and
many more could not obtain admittance.
Mr.. Cox our Fancy goods dealer repre-
scented Mrs. farley, and did it to perfection.
The first scene, antique Statuary' could
not be excelled. A. X. Smith carrying off
the palm when wound up. The motions of
the statutes were wonderfully machine like
aud well initiated. Macbeth was rather
skittish but was finally controlled, The en-
bracing girl (as usual worked well and
the only trouble about her was that she
was so hard to be stopped. Old Blue
Beard ran down little too soon but prob
ably q part of his activity was transmitted
to Mrs. Winsow who kept dosing the poor
baeies until she was carried off the stage.
Capt. Kid and the terrible scalping affair
enacted on Minnesota Point were also first
rate. More of these entertainments should
be encouraged They are quite harmless
and afford untold amusement. One thing
we know has been illustrated and that is we
have good home talent and can get up
good entertainment when forced to- Mr..
Whitney's little girl displayed unusual tai
ent in pointing out and remembering the
names Of the different statuets. The net
proceeds were SIS. The opinion of the
people was that the entertainment was q
success.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-08

The young man of the genus loaf
er is too often seen on the streets now
days-it seems too bad to see big
handy robust youths who ought and
could be proftably at work, idleing
their time away in the manner they
do. We don't wish to be personal al
though some of them are cases of do
nestle origin. Another place this
same genus is particularly noticeable
is around entrances to public halls and
churches, where the lady passers are
giggled at or jostled about by being
struck by a small boy impelled by a
larger one. These observations we
have noticed right in town among
some of our intimate friends. Who
are they? Rep.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-08
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