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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
Mormonism,

The Tithing House is still in active
use in Salt Lake City, Utah, and through
it half q million q year is collected by
the Mormon officials. This comes most
ly from the poor, according to a cor
respondent Of the St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrot, and nobody knows to what use it
is put, although many had their sur
misses when they found that Brigham
Young, although not entitled to any sal
airy, died worth several millions.
The rich evade their tithes in q varie-
ty of ways; the poor must pay them, or
they are subjected to trouble and an
noyance. When they have paid their
tithes they are not out of debt to the
church. They must contribute when
called upon to the erection of new build
ings, or do any thing else which the
priesthood may demand. Better starve
your body than your soul, - and away
goes the last bushel of corn. or the last
sheep, or the last steer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
The Hedgehogs Mode of Defense.

The hedgehog is one of the best pro-
tected of living animals. Marching Sc
curely under the guardianship Of its
thorn-spiked armor, it rccks little of
any foe save man. The fOrmida-
bic array of bristling spines with which
the back is more or less covered offers a
cheval-de-frise of sharp spikes toward
any animal that may present itself as
an enemy. Another peculiarly is the
power possessed by these creatures of
rolling themselves into round ball, by
placing the head on the breast, drawing
up the legs, and curling the body firm
ly round the members. BY this posture
the hedge-hogs render themselves in
vulnerable to almost any animal that
may attack them. \ When in this
curious attitude. the hedgehog can not
be unrolled by main force as long as
any life remains in the body, for there
is an enormously developed muscle,
witha very thick margin, which spreads
over the back and round the sides, and
which, when contracted, holds the
creature in so firm an embrace that it
will be torn in pieces rather than yield
its point.
The spines of this animal are about
an inch long, and naturally lie flat on
the back, directed toward the tail. But
by a peculiar arrangement they are
erected when the owner coils himself.
In shape the spine ''is not unlike large
pin, being sharply pointed at one ex-
tremity, and furnished at the other with
round, bead-like head, and rather
abruptly bent near the head. If the
skin be removed from the hedgehog,
the quilts are seen to be pinned, as it
were, through the skin, being retained
by their round heads, which are acted
upon by the peculiar muscle which has
already been mentioned.
Protected by this defense, the hedge
hog is enabled to throw itself from con-
siderable heights, to curl itself into a
ball as it descends, and to reach the
ground without suffering any harm from
its fall. A hedgehog has been seen re-
peatedly to throw itself from a wall
some twelve or fourteen feet in height,
and to fall upon the hard ground with.
out appearing to be even Inconvenience
by its tumble. On reaching the ground,
itwould unroll itself and trot of with
perfect uncOncern.-H. Il. FGirChild, IL,
the Popular Science Monthly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
Riches in New York.

And, by the way, 40 you notice how
surely though gradually we are drifting
here into two classes-the rich and the
poor? says Joe Howard in the Philadel.
phia Times. Ten years hence there
will be no middle class. In New York
you could, few years back, count the
millionaires on your fingers. You can't
do it now. l can name a hundred men
and women here worth million each.
When was boy q, man with $1,000 600
clear was rich: 'WK1t is he now? That
means but $4,000 q year, and who can
live in any sort of shape on that? There
may be a few clergymen here and there
who can make both ends meet on that
insignificant figure, but bless my soul
and buttons However, what wish
to get at and emphasize is this: Our
great cities are loud with riches. On
the great avenues of New York there
are men to whom $500, 600 is but 4 baga-
telle. l can take you to the streets where
there are blocks upon blocks of houses
in which no man can live on less than
$4,000 to $4,000 year. Hundreds of
men spend $4,000 year who are not
worth 10 cents besides. In other words
they spend all they make. What of it?
Much. The rich grow richer here and
the poor poorer. Culture, education and
refinement do not necessarily accom-
pany riches. met half an hour ago in
the Aston House sturdy fclIow-a Ger
man Jew-who twenty years ago kept a
humble clothing store in Sacramento
with his brother. To-day they are rs
we'll known on Wall street as the Times
is in Philadelphia. They managed to
be in the Pacific Railway ring, made
millions, and now serve rs bankers and
brokers in Gotham. They are rich and
vulgar, common as pigs. They are in
solent and upstarty with people who
don't know them. They have box in
the Academy of Music, and attend first
family receptions. l met them both
not their wives or families-in the mag
nificent palace of millionaire heir q
few weeks ago. Swell? Bless you, I
feared they would burst. Our railroad
kings are phenomenal in wealth. There
are SO many of them that to be one is
not to be singular. But in the extent
and amplitude of their possessions they
are unique and amazing. There are
sections of New York where an annual
income of $3.50 would make it's owner q
curiosity, and there are others where an
annualexpenditure of $50, 900 to $lOO, 900
is nothing out of the usual rut. This
being conceded, am 1 right or am 1
wrong? Are we drifting into two great
currents-rich and poor-or not?
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
An Internal Machine,

A rather sad affair took place in one
of our streets the other dat, remarks
the Belfast (Me.) Journal. A young
lady with her arms full of bundles en-
erged from dry goods store, when one
of them fell to the sidewalk without her
noticing it. just behind her was q
young man, and Belfast young man
who IS not polite is not anything, and
he quickly stepped forward and picked
it up. Now bundle done up in q
piece of paper with dry goods adver-
tisement on it is apparently as harmless
as a mothers spanking, and there it lay
as guileless as an angle worm on side
walk after q rain. just as he stopped
to pick it up there was rustling of the
paper, the twist began to come opt of
the ends, and in another instant bright
red thing, sort of cross between =
balloon and devil-tish, flew into the
air before his eyes, and a number ten,
thirty-six inch, double-jointed duplex,
elliptic, steel-bowed, hustle attachment,
dollar-and-a-half, red-headed hoopskirt
waltzed around and gyrated and opened
and shut up and fell on the walk as flat
and thin as a restaurant pie; and the
young man Strengthened himself up,
looking as if he wished the tail of comet
No. would sweep him from this fair
land; and the young lady came back
with face that resembled sunset on
tifty-cent chrome; and she picked up
the wire continuance, and then she went
toward the east and he went toward the
west, and the sun ducked his head be-
hind cloud to hide smile, and three
or four looked on, laid down and
laughed, and doubled themselves up in
manner that would have made q mess
of green apples hang their heads in
shame.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
Teleeraphic secrets.

In Mr.. Plum interesting work on the
military telegraph rs used In the late re-
belli0n are many interesting stories.
Tapping the wires to steal the secrets
Of the enemy, as well as to send mis-
leading dispatches, was frequent per-
Torrance on boil, sides, but the results
of this kind Of enterprise do not seem to
have been often very large. the military
commanders being too cautious. The
success Of Stoneman's raid into West
Virginia, however, in September. 1862,
is attributed to the information which
that Generals operator obtained while
holding Confederate telegraph Office.
Mr.. Plum tells droll story Of raw
colonel, who set a guard over the opera
tor at Smithland, on the Cumberland
River, to prevent his ''talking' by the
wire, not aware that while apparently
sending an authorized message the man
could stalk as much as he pleased with
any Office on that line and the guard
would not know it. A superior officer
at Paducah, informed of the state of af-
fairs, was about to order the telegraph
er's release, but Gen. Sherman interfered,
declaring the precautiOn very proper
one. Presently Sherman, anxious to
know if division under Gen. Nelson
had passed up the river, went to the
Paducah Office and the following con-
versation was opened at Smithland:
''Has the steamer Tarascon passed
yet?''
"rm under arrest and can't answer
you."
'Gen. Sherman wants to Know
II don't care if it's Halleck himself.
I'm under arrest and can't talk about
such things''
SHERMAN asks. DO you know?'
''Of course / Know"
SHERMAN wants to know if General
Nelson has passed up?''
Tell Sherman to send message,
then"
''Do you know?''
Certainly do?''
''How far is the Coils headquarters?
"A mile and a-half."
Here Gen. Sherman interrupted the
dialogue by asking the Paducah man:
''What kind of fellow is that opera
tor?'' He seems to be good ut obey
ing ORDERS" was the answer. Sherman
revoked the order of arrest and got the
information he wanted.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
A Horrible Death.

No novelist ever devised more in
tensely dramatic and pitiful situation
than was witnessed last week beside the
track of the Southern Pacific Coast rail-
road near Alameda, Cal. There was an
accident on the road, owing to the sink
ing of part of the track. The engine
was overturned, and the fireman, Dan
Driscoll, was caught by two iron bars,
one of which crossed his breast and the
other one of his feet. He was not Sc
verely injured by this, but the bars held
him inextricably fast, and meantime, on
both sides of the track. which-at this
point lies on a low trestle brid| built
across a long stretch of marsh land, the
salt tide pouring in from the Bay of San
Francisco was rapidly rising. It was
evident that unless speedily removed he
would be drowned. Six men labored
with desperate energy to save him. They
wrapped sheets about his body, and ex-
erted their combined strength to pull
him from beneath the bars that pinned
him to the track. He cried piteously
that they were killing him. They tried
again and again, but without avail. A
levee was built around his head to keep
the water from reaching him. Buckets
were brought, and as the water oozed in
it was bailed out. Then they raised his
head and held it as high as possible
above the water. For two hours these
labors were ceaselessly continued, but
at the end Of that time the levee
broke, and the friends of the doomed
man found that they could do no more
for him. The water rose rapidly about
his body and reached his chin. Then
all caught hold of him and tugged des-
perately, but in vain. A friend held
his hand over the unfortunate mans
mouth, but the water rose to his nos.
trils, and he was drowned in the pres.
ence of the helpless crowd.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
The Paris Gamin.

Ever since Victor Hugo told the story
Of Little Gavroche in 'Lcs AHscrables,"
there has been great interest In tho
'.gamins'' of Paris. These little fol-
lows often leave good homes and wan
der In the streets in poverty, in order
to gain what they call elderly" But
their adventures are often amusing. An
Mrchin of this class was brought into
court in Paris the other day, charged
with being vagrant. His mother ap-
peared to make an appeal for him, and
the following dialogue cnsled:
''Your boy was found sleeping in one
Of the parks last night" said the JUS
tice. ''This will never do"
lyon hear" said the mother to the
hoy. THAT will never do! You are a
bad boy" (To the judgc) ''But ex-
cuse him this time, your honor; he is =
very good boy"
$50 you want to see if you can keep
the boy at home in future?' said the
justice.
Eyes, your honor; he is my only boy.
(To the boy:) Remember, this is the
last time, you serpent, whom l have
warmed in my breastr'
''How did he happen to run away?'
II had sent him out in the morning
to buy loaf of bread and q Jug of milk.
After he bought them, l saw him going
down the street after band of soldiers.
l visited an hour, two hours,-all day.
You can imagine my feelings. At last,
in the evening, he came in with the
milk and bread and put them on the
table, and only said, Here they are!'
80 I caught up the long roll of
bread to chastise him,-as he deserved,
but just as l brought it down he fled
through the door, and the bread flew
out Of my hand and knocked over the
milk and then rolled into the street. So
he did not dare to come back. But he
always means we'll, poor boy! CTo the
% S0yi2(, You little r's0'''io"' just you
well. you may try to keep him in
order He is given up to you during
good behavior"
Eyes, your honor; will care for the
little lamb! (seizing the boy by the coat
collar.) Now, william, come home. We
will see who is master!''
The spectators laughed. The wo-
mans ''bark'' was evidently worse than
her "bite.''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
A TriAing Affair.

The following is said to have hap
pened when the legislature adjourned
some months ago, but we did not hear
OF it until yesterday:
A very prominent member of the leg
islature, who had been paying . great
deal of attention to the widow Bomba-
zine, told her, on calling with his car
pet-bag in. his hand, that he was about
to leave Austin, and she must forget
him. She replied that he had trifed
with her affections, and now he proposed
to leave her desolate.
Its not my fault" he replied, with
tears in his eyes. II would keep on tri-
fling with your affections if could only
stay here, but as can't, you will have
to get some other trifing cuss to stay
here. The organic law is to blame that
limits the sessions of the Legislature and
compels me to leave Austin and 90
back to my family. "-1eras Siftings.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
Georei. Hospitality.

As I got beyond Rossville, in riding
out to the battlefield of Chickamauga,
it began to rain, and the way the thNn-
der roared and lightning flashed and
the food-gates opened was appalling.
A farmer just over the Georgia line
beckOned me in out of the wet. and there
! stuck from o'clock until dark. 1t
was . steady storm, without a break for
minute, and as there were no signs Of
its clearing up before midnight the man
said l had better stay all night. 1t look
ed that way to me, too, but it was q log
house with only one room, and only two
beds for the twelve of us. There were
six children, some half grown, the farm
er and his wife, an old woman, q son.
in-law, = young woman and myself. 1t
looked as if some of us would have to
stand up to sleep, and along about =
O'Clock began to get nervous. Per-
haps the man noticed it, for soon after
that hour he said:
Stranger, We'll step out and look at
the weather.
We went to the barn, and after look
at the horse returned and found all tho
women in one bed and the light out.
''Shake off and Jump into t'other
bed" whispered the man, and follow
ed directions. was no sooner in than
he followed. Then came the young
man, then the old one, and then three
boys lay across our feet, the upper one
resting across my knees. II was inn
possible to move or turn, but in ten
minutes all were snoring away as it
that was their usCal waV Of UOinU tn
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25

Nashville boasts of a ''Natal Twin as
ISOLATION which will pay $4,000 to
each member producing certificate of
the paternity of twin babies.
A Marblehead Dog.
One of the delights of our expedition
to Marblehead writes correspondent
of a Boston paper) was an experience
with dog. A gentleman living about
half mile from the beach came down
to see what the party had to eat, and
brought with him sixty-pound bull
dog. 1t seemed to be = good-natured
beast and frolicked playfully during the
day. About 6 o'clock the gentleman
went home, and everybody supposed
the dog went with him. We found.
however that he had not. The day
being warm, the entire party had taken
off their coats and hung them in the
garnet of little shanty where the cook
ing was done. AS evening came it
grew cooler. The breeze came off the
water as the sun went down. and we
concluded to put our coat on. We quiet
y slid into the shanty and started up
the steep, narrow, and rickety stairs.
At the top we found the dog. Further
more, we found that he objected to our
coming up. In the dim light we could
see blood in his eye. We went back
without our coat. Presently the chief
of the fire department went in to get his
coat, and he came back without It, too.
But he said nothing, and several others
tried the experiment, and came back
the same way. But finally one gentle
man couldn't stand it, and spoke of the
dog. That broke the ice, and we de-
cided to get the dog down. We threw
things at him and tried to scare him
away. but he only growled savagely.
Then one of the party stood at the foot
OF the stairs and lied like a pirate, say
ing: ''Nice dog! Good old fellow!
Come, Towser!" But Towser was proof
againt flattery. 1t had grown quite
dark, and the breeze was coming along
brisk, and everybody was shivering.
Meat was offered to the dog to get him
away, but he wouldn't have it. Things
began to be blue! The handsome yachts
man asked if somebody present couldn't
swear? The chief of the department,
being fireman, of course didn't know
profane word, and neither did any of
puO ACSe VI us. L uc (lOCCOE SsalU II any.
body would 60 up and throw the dog
out he'd cauterize the bites free Of
charge, and our friend of the legal fra
ternity said he'd give his services in a
snit for damages. But nobody volun-
teered. The very heavy gentleman said
If he could get on the roof and drop
through on the dog he could break the
animals back, but before saving this
he took care to observe that there was
no way to get on the roof. There was
only one thing to do, and we did It.
We sent half q mile to get the dogs
owner. And while we waited for him
we sat and shivered and chartered our
teeth, and told each other it was funny,
and inwardly thought of things that
wouldn't look we'll in print. And we
treated the owner of the dog very polite
" till he had sent the dog home and we
had got our coats. Then if we didn't
toll him what we thought Of the brute,
no matter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
How Charles Reade Writes a Plav

One set of Charles Reade's scrap
books are filled with paragraphs about
women and are labeled Femina Vera.
Others are devoted to reports of curious
police cases under the heading of Curl
ALA, or man as revealed in courts of
law. Several ponderous tones labeled
Negri Loci contain the report of dark
deeds perpetrated in public institutions.
When Mr.: Reade writes play, he does
his work in most systematic manner.
His original Ms. is handed to his secre-
tary, who makes careful copy. This.
is revised by the author and fresh
copy is made, with instructions for
prompter and stage manager. Then
the author has an interview with first
class artist, and u set of sketches are
made. These drawings are sent to the
wood engrayer or photographer for large
posters or window cards. Appropriate
music is written by competent must.
clan. and several complete sets Of the
score are arranged.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
Hello, Cousin Josiah.''

A good Connecticut deacon, Josiah
Smith, having heard all about the New
York confidence men who address
strangers in the street and pretend to
know their names and all about them,
knocked one of them down with his car
pet-bag, containing his Bible and heavy
boots, in the Grand Central depot the
other day for saying, "Hello, Cousin
Josiah" ''You can't fool me,'' said
the old man. as he .Aoored this young
one in the skin-tight pants and tooth
pick shoes. But when it turned out that
the young man really was his cousin,
who had been sent to the depot to meet
him, the old farmer was not so sure that
YOU tscan't fool him."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
Why She Won't Marrv.

Miss Risley Seward, daughter of ex-
Solicitor of the Treasury Risley, became
great favorite with William H. Seward
while Secretary of State, and subse-
quently accom- panied him during his
tour around the world. Mr.. Seward in
his will bequeathed to her $4,000 on
condition that she should adopt his
name. She accepted the money, adopt.
ed the name, and now refuses to mar
ry, because she will not consent to
change her name. At present she is in
Italy studying the old monasteries of
Tuscany.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25

The San Francisco papers are waging
= good war against the incalculable
evils Of Notwithstanding. The Post
says: ''Tak e the raw-faced young man,
from San Francisco to New York, from
Toronto to San Diego, who smokes the
American cigarette, inhales the smoke
and blows the refuse through his nose,
and the insurance company that takes
him as . risk ought to be reported Z-1O
on the mercantile globe. : ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25

nm Great chance to make me ney.
Those who always take advan-
;ageof the good chances for
making money that are offered,
sOUUO generally become wealthy, while
- = those who do not improve such
chances remain in poverty. We want many mt n,
women, boys and girls to work for us right in
their own localities: Any one can do the work
more than twelve times ordinary wages Exp n
sve outfit ordered free. No one who engages T; lis
to make money rapidly. You can devote your
ments Full information and all that is neet cd
leeat free. Address STlNaoN & Co Portland, Main.
nOy9O 1870
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25

A New York policeman who dubbed
= pedestrian sixteen years ago was not
forgotten. The two met in Oregon the
other day, and this time the tables were
turned and the policeman was left for
dead.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25

Fox hunting at Newport is like chas-
ing an Attorney COW round barn.
yard, and calling it q buffalo hunt.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25
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