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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
How Cinnamon Bargain for Wives.

LOW VuUaWeu bargain 1O1 WIVES
An Australian Chinaman, when anx.
ious to have a wife of his own nation.
sends letter to IN agent in Hong
Kong. The following is condensed
translation of one of these epistles: II
want a wife. She must be = maiden un-
der 20 years of age, and must not have
left her fathers's house. She must have
never read book, and her eyelashes
must be half an inch in length. Her
teeth must be as sparkling Is the pearls
Of Ceylon. Her breath must be like un-
20 the scents of the magnificent odorous
groves of Java, and her attire must be
from the silken weavers Of the Ka-Ki-
Ching, which are on the banks Of the
greatest river in the world-the over.
flowing Yang-tse-Kiang." The price of
. Chinese women delivered in Sydney IS
E38; but two Chinese women only cost
Esq; therefore, the heather Chinese im-
port the women in couples. The im-
porter never sees his women until they
arrive. and then he generally selects the
best -looking one. Tho other is shown
around to a number Of well-to-dc China
men, and, after they have examined her,
she is subjected to what may be called
public auction. At 3 recent sale in Syd-
ney, o young girl. aged about 10, was
offered, and, after some spirited bidding,
she was purchased by = wealthy store
keeper, whose place Of business IS in ono
of the leading towns of New South
Wales, for f120! The melancholy as
pect OF the Celestial girl, as she went
away with the man who purchased her,
was deplorable to the last degree
North China Herald.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Siberia As!It Il,

The tales which Americans have read
in regard to Siberia have always been Of
such a narrowing and repulsive descrip-
ton that they have come to associate
the name of that country solely with
chain gangs of Russian criminals and
slow, lingering deaths resulting from
the brutality Of officers and the rigors
of the climate. A Washington lecturer,
however, throws some light upon the re-
sources and occupations of the inhabit-
ants of that wild country which will
have tendency to modify this pessimis-
tic view. The population is now about
100000 and the people are settled
mostly in the fertile zone, for it must be
remembered that the area of Siberia Is
100000 square miles, its length 5000
and its>width $500 miles. The lecturer
referred to, Mr.. KEENAN,, commenting
upon letters in the London Standard and
Pail Mall Gazette, depicting the inhu-
man treatment of exiles, their slow death
from poison in quicksilver mines, out of
which they are only allowed to come to
die, and the agony they suffer from the
long Siberian winter, says: '.There is
not quicksilver mine in all Siberia,
and in that part of Siberia where, &C.
cording to the Standard, exiles are dy-
ing of cold, in 1876 100000 pounds of
tobacco were grown In the first half
of the seventeenth century exiles began
to be sent to Siberia to rid the country
of those convicts manned by punish
ment. AS methods of punishment
have relaxed, Punishment has taken
the place Of most of the other forms of
punishment-as for murder, assault, lar
ceny, vagrancy and desertion from the
army, the purpose constantly kept in
view being the population of Siberia.
Between 1927 and l847, 1884, exiles
were sent to Siberia, of whom only 443
were ,exiled for political offenses. OF
these 443, two-t thirds belong to the nobil-
ity. From 1867 to 1872 g., PA persons
were exiled. OF these 5000 were SEN
fenced to hard labor, and the other nine
ty-two per cent. simply banished and al
lowed freedom within asmaller orlarger
district in proportion to the gravity of
their crimes. There are only two mines
now worked by Russian convicts, one
coal mine, the other placer gold mine.
Both are worked above ground. The
pictures of the horrors of transportation
of Russian exiles by Mr.. Grenville MUIR
ray and English journals are absurd.
They are transported by rail, by boat
and by wagons, and are supplied with
the necessities of life until they find work
or get into business for themselves.
Trade between China and the provinces
of this fertile zone is large and carried
on by 1900 merchants. Millions Of
bushels of grain are raised and the manu-.
featured products are valued at millions
of dollars. These exiles are, as rule,
prosperous and happy. A Polish politi-
cal exile once stopped with was
prosperous photographer. I would rath-
er be banished to this country for life
than spend five years in Sing Sing"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Where Will Human Neanness End?

A Brooklyn man, who died not long
since, was once in business in Michi-
gan town, and formed close friendship
with the cashier of one of the private
banks. One evening the cashier admit.
ted that he was laying his plans to rob
the bank of all its funds and skip into
Canada, and his friend permitted him.
self to be drawn into the plot. They
were to skip together and share alike,
and certain date was mentioned for
the affair to come of. The BROOKLYN
man sold out his store at big sacrifice
and went to Detroit, whore the cashier
was TO join him with the stolen funds.
The hour came and the cashier came.
but he had no sparkle in his eye.
Busted busted all to b1azesr' ho
groaned in explanation.
.:Did't you get the moneyF'
'.Not q cent?
'.How's thatp'
''Why the president skipped out Sum
day night, the secretary followed him on
Monday morning, and the whole board
OF directors disappeared that night. On
Tuesday morning there wasn't an infer
nal dollar-bill left to steair'
There wasn't?''
''Not one! Just think of the mean.
ness Of the whole board jumping in and
stealing the cashier blind as = bat!
Where will human meanness pm
o. 1tnaeA
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Immigration.

It is only by comparison that the mag
nitude of the vast tide Of immigration
which passed into the United States dur
ing the year 1881 can be understood.
The whole number of immigrants was
720,O45-an unprecedented number. It
exceeded the population Of the State Of
Connecticut by 1886, the population
OF Maine by II, JOG, the population of
Nebraska by 267, 643, the population of
Vermont by 387, 759, the population of
ton Of West Virginia by io1, SIS. and
the population of Rhode Island by 49,
514; and it was less by only 127, All than
the aggregate population Of the States
of Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Nevada
and Oregon. 1t also exceeded by 49,,
226 the aggregate population Of all tho
Territories of the United States,' exclu-
sive of the District Of Columbia.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Bill Arp's School for BOYS.

Nature is the next study. Dr.. Jenner
was close observer. He was the first
man to find out that the cuckoo never
built nest, but always laid her eggs in
other birds nests. Do the boys know
that when horse crops grass he eats
back to him, but cow eats forward
from her, because she has no front teeth
in her upper jaw, and has to gum it.
The boys have seen many white horse,
but did they ever see white colt? Do
they know how old the twig is that bears
the peaches, and how old the vine that
has the grapes hung on it? Do they
know that hop vine winds with the
course of the sun, but . bean vine al
ways winds the other wayP What tim
Der will bear the most weight; what il
the most elastic; what will last the long.
est in water, and what out of water;
what is the best time to cut down trees
for fire wood; how many kinds Of oaks
canyon countup that grow in this region
and what are they especially good for;
how does q bird fly without moving .
feather or Tapping wing; how does
snake climb tree or brick wall; what
is the difference between a deer's track
and hogs track; and how often does q
buck shed his horns and what becomes
Of them; which ought to be the largest,
the throat Of q chimney or funnel, and
ought it be wider at the top or drawn in.
Books are wonderful help, but man
ought not to be satisfied to 90 through
life and be always on the borrow from
other peoples brains. He ought to find
out some things himself, and leave lit
tie to posterity in payment for all that
he has learned from others. -Atlant0
Constitution Z
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Significant Signs:

To call at friends house about din
ner time and find him absent is sign
you will be disappointed.
To drop hot sealing-wax on your fin
gers is sign you will be angry.
To meet a boiling horse on tho pave
ment implies that you are going to run.
To dream of being run over by fire.
engines is often sign that you have had
pork chops for supper.
To pick up money is lucky.
If man says: II hardly like to ask
you, old fellow, but it is sign he
wants to borrow money.
To collide with three consecutive
lamp-posts and fall over an apple stall
is a sign you are not good templar.
To, lose money or jewelry is unlucky.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Too Much Honey.

Eastern people do not always appreci-
ate the scale upon which Californians
lay out their work. A case in point il
that Of an Eastern merchant who wrote
to . Los Angeles County bee man for g
sample of his extracted honey. His 10
quest was complied with, and tho NOR
chant was SO well pleased with tho ap-
pearance and good quality Of the honey
that he sent an order for all the bee man
had like that. The gentleman. think
ing the merchant might not be reckon
ing on the amount he had in stock,
wrote to him that he had sixteen tons
on hand, but that he might as well make
it twenty tons, which would be Just two
car loads, and that he would ship it inn
mediately. He was not very much sur
prised few days after to receive tele-
gram telling him: keep your honey; I
only wanted case or two
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Draft Horses.

It is rapidly becoming an established
opinion among breeders that it costs no
more to raise Clydesdale or Percherou
horse than to rear a scrub, for which It
is difficult to get half the price. AZ this
idea becomes general, the heavy work
horses of the United States will improve.
The prevailing opinion which existed
fifteen years ago, that these heavy draft
animals were unsuited to this country,
Is rapidly disappearing. The heavy
Scotch and Norman horses have estab-
lshed their superiority, and it is now
considered q desideratum among breed.
ers Of work and team horses to secure q
cross Of the European draft horse, in or
der to secure the characteristics for
which they are renowned. There is not
q breeder of draft horses in America
who can supply the demand for this
kind of stock, and the prospects for
large business during the coming spring
and summer are very encouraging.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17

A personal item says that Christine
Nilsson, who loves hunting, has been Wis
ting . country-house belonging to Queen
Isabella, where she shot quantity of
pheasants ''in the royal preserves
And they deserved to be shot, too, for.
getting in the royal preserves. A wo-
man in Hainesvile last week nearly
broke her sons back with broomstick,
for getting into her preserves. Christine
visited the Queens country house at an
opportune moment, but no doubt some
Of the royal preserves will have to be
thrown out 0rrist0Wn Herald. f
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Bro. Gardner on Champions.

At . recent meeting of the Lime Kiln
Club, according to the Detroit Free
Press, Bro. Gardner took occasion to ex-
plain his views on the championship
business as follows:
Gam Construction White in de hall
dis evenin' p softly inquired. the Presi-
dent as the hush came.
Eyes, sah," answered a voice from
the back end of the room, and Brother
White made his way to the platform
with a look of puzzled wonder on his
face.
CONSTRUCTION White,' continued the
President after drawing long breath,
II understan' dat you have become q
Champion
Ill dunno, sah," stammered the
brother.
Il understan' dat you claim to be able
to lift mo- wild your teef dan any odder
man in America. One of de local pa
pers says dat you kin lift 28O pounds
wild your jaws, and dat you kin sustain
your own weight seben minits by cotch-
in strap in your mouf.'
Ill 'spects dat's so, sab"
''Brudder White, dis club. doan' 20
cent on champions. Champion rowers
am simply crooks. Champion wrestlers
ana only loafers wild clean shirts on. De
champion runner am, sooner or later, an
inmate of de workhouse. De champion
walker walks away from his bod bill.
Show me so-called champion and I'll
show you bad citizen. Brudder White,
you am man wild an iron jaw?''
eyes, sah."
''Use dat jaw properly an men will
bressyou. You hab wide field befo' you.
You kin help to tear down houses wild
dat jaw. You kin tow schooners up an
down de ribber wild profit to yersef an
pleasure to commerce. Youkin help de
firemen-you kin aid de police-you
need have no fear Of bitin' off mo- dan
you kin chaw. Do dis quietly an mod
estly, an widout any blowin' of hons.
Bite honestly when you strike railroad
spike, an chaw on de squar' when you
git hold of piece of sheet-iron. Do
dis an we shall be glad dat you are
among us Start out as champion, an
off goes your name from our books.
You kin now return to your seat an an
alyze yer thoughts, an decide what
course you will adopt
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Error is mortal, truth immortal; error
is infinite weakness, truth infinite
strength; error is fancy, truth is fact.
Tribulations Of Railway Conductor

Tribulations Of Railway Conductor.
No matter how even tempered and
obliging a man may be, ordinarily, he
will change on becoming railroad pas
senger conductor. His daily trials with
humanity sour him. For example, .
day or two since we were seated in .
Car. The door opened, and in . pleas
ans voice the conductor said.
Tickets, please"
Some Of the passengers produced their
tickets hurriedly, while others went on
with their conversation regardless of tho
polite notice given. But the most de-
lay was occasioned BY pretty lady
who held q child in her arms. She
could not find her ticket and finally re-
membered that she had slipped it into
her stocking. With the child in her
arms she could not produce it. Now.
provoking as it was, she coolly request
ed the conductor to unite her stocking
and get the ticket. OIL city Derrick.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
The Light Literature Of Travel.

The spy-glass or the powerful field
glass is part OF the equipment of every
explorer, and as we read by our firesides
the larger volumes of adventure and re-
search we know that there has been
brought to us the game which was taken
thus at long range; but there is q litera-
ture OF travel which grows out of the re-
verse use of the glass, when the traveller
has amused himself by minifying the
landscape, and making that which Is
close at hand seem to be leagues away.
The most successful book Of this class
was De Maistre's Voyage autour de ma
Chambre, and Alphonse Karr's Voyage
autour de mon Jardin was initiative on
" in title; the matter was original
There was, to be sure, in both of these
books, and in the many like ones which
have followed, light fancy, which bor-
rowed its humor from the grave dignity
of books of travel, yet, aside from this
whimsey they record exploits in minia-
ture, and the reader, making his tour on
snail-back rather than mounted on an
elephant or dromedary, has delight
full sense of journeying with contracted
mind.
We can imagine traveller now MAX
ing trip around the world in the wake
of those who have brought back mighty
volumes, and displaying his treasures in
some dainty book big enough to hold
only the airy nothings which have float
ed idly in the air across his track. The
very familiarity which we are acquiring
with the countries of the world helps
such travellers, for they may take much
for granted, and leave unsaid all the cy-
'clopaedic matter which a tyrannical lit
erary conscience might demand. It is
surprising how poet or an artist will
CLEAN after the harvester of facts, and
we shall turn to him as if he were the
first discoverer. We suspect that in this
field Americans have the best opportun-
ity. The hospitality of their minds. the
difficulty of their being insular, the knack
which they have of falling in with the
mood of the cline where they chance to
be, the readiness with which they are
pleased-all these qualities make good
light travellers; and when we add to this
their haste to discover something new
and their equal enjoyment of whatever
is hoary, outside of the conveniences of
their own life, we easily find reasons for
believing American literature will show
a growing shelf of books of light travel.
atlantic M0uthly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Mona Genuine Without SIGNATURE.


.'This, sir,'' expounded old Daddy
Winterbottom, holding up bottle; ''this,
sir, is the finest gin that comes into the
market"
cit looks Clear" commented old Uncle
Wotherspoon, who had dropped in to
see his friend for few moments. II
guess that's pretty good gin.''
Try some," said Daddy Winterbot-
tom, holding out the bottle and a glass.
1T wont hurt We. Bless your soul, man,
there isn't a headache in q gallon!''
mo, I don't suppose there u.s." con-
coded Uncle Wotherspoon. ''Wall, here
health!' and down it went.
And they drank and drank until they
were both sick at their stomachs, and
when they parted it was with fuddled
expressions of distinguished considera-
ton and mutual promises to have il
out on a similar basis some other night.
And yet these two old innocents had
only been drinking preparation of salt
and rainwater which Mrs. Winterbottom
had put up as hair-restorative, and
about which the only suspicion of gin
was the label on the bottle.
''None genuine without signature. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Little Things from Natures Book.


''Books are q wonderful help" says
Bill Nye, ''but a man ought not to be
satisfied to 60 through life and be al.
ways on the borrow from other peoples
brains. He ought to find out some things
himself and leave little to posterity in
payment for all that he has learned from
others: Few book-learned people know
that when horse crops grass he eats
back to him, but COW eats outward
from her because she has no front teeth
in her upper jaw and has to gum it;
that some kinds of snakes lay eggs and
some don't, but give birth to their
young; that q cane gets its full growth
in year, whether it is large or small
and the limb of tree never gets any
higher from the ground, no matter how
high the tree grows. These facts have
learned from studying nature.''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-17
Tossed bva Buffalo

Usually buffalo hunting is easy, and
the only personal risk is that your gal
looping horse may stick his foot into .
gopher hole and pitch you head fore
most to the ground. But sometimes the
hunter meets with an exciting adventure,
such as this one. described in the Den
yer Tribune:
There was no time to be lost, as was
not more than twenty yards from him.
So refining in with q jerk and turning
my horse broadside on, I raised my gun,
intending to hit the buffalo just between
his neck and shoulder.
Could have done so, it would have
knocked him down, or, at any rate,
made him swerve. But my horse, in
stead of standing steady, as he had al
ways done before, commenced walking
forward, though he did not appear to
take any notice of the buffalo.
There was no time to put my hand
down and give another wrench to the
bride (Which ! had let fall on the
horses neck), and l could not get sight
with the horse in motion.
A charging buffalo does not take
many seconds to cover forty yards. and
in another instant his outstretched nose
was within six feet of me.
Lowering the gun from my shoulder,
I pulled it off in his face, at the same
time digging the spurs into my horses
sides.
But it was too late; for as he sprang
forward the old bull caught him full in
the flank, pitching him, with me on his
back, into the air like dog.
The recoil of the heavily charged ele-
plant gun with which was unluckily
shooting, twisted it clean out of my
hands, SO that we all, horse, gun and
man, fell in different directions. Nv
horse regained his feet and galloped
away Immediately.
The buffalo, on tossing the horse, had
stopped, and now stood with his head
lowered within few feet of me. had
fallen in sitting position and facing
my unpleasant-looking adversary.
could see no wound on him, so must
have missed, though can scarcely I'M
derstand how, as he was very close
when I fired.
had not much time for speculation,
as the brute, after glaring at me few
seconds with his ster-1ooking, blood
shot eyes, finally made up his mind and
with grunt, rushed at me.
I threw my body out flat on the
ground. and just avoided the upward
thrust Of his horn, receiving, however, .
severe blow on the left shoulder, nearly
dislocating my right arm; also q kick
on the instep from one of his feet.
Luckily for me he did not turn again,
as he most certainly would have done
had he been wounded, but galloped
away.
The first thing to be done was to
look after my horse, and at about one
hundred and fifty yards from where he
had been tossed found him. The buff
falo had struck him, making an awful
wound, and as the poor beast was evil
IDENTIFY in the last extremity, hastily
loaded my gun and put him out of his
misery.
There was, left alone with only my
gun for company, and the nob-backed
buffalo cantering away toward the hori-
zOn.