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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16

4 clergyman at Cambridge preached
sermon which one Of his auditors
commended. Yes" said the gentle
man to whom it was mentioned, sit was
good sermon, but he stole it. This
was told to the preacher. He resented
it and called the gentleman to retract
what he had said. i am not, = replied
the aggressor, very apt to retract my
words, but in this instance I will. I
said you had stolen the sermon. / find
! was wrong; for on returning home,
and referring to the book whence I
thought it was taken, found it there. -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16
!" TEXAS! TEHASW
How the Lone Star State is Said to Have
Obtained Its Name.

A writer in a Philadelphia paper re-
lates the legend of the origin of the
name Texas, as told to her by Gen.
Sam Houston, when she was a little
girl. Gen. Houston had it from an In
dian chief, as follows: "a long time
ago, when the Spaniards overrun and
p1undered Mexico, some of the red men
left them and came toward the rising
sun. They crossed the Rio Grande, and
not knowing what lay before them, en-
tered upon the great salt marshes.
They travelled mahy days, and found
little sweet water or game. The weather
grew hot, and the little streams dried
up, and the grass withered, and many
old men and women and children died
of thirst. One day, after many weeks
of weary walking, a party of young
braves, who had been sent ahead to re-
connoiter, came running back and said:
we have found water; come on! This
good news put new life into their veins,
and although nothing could be seen but
dry, flat, bald prairie, the scouts were
standing still, calling and reckoning to
them and pointing towards something
apparently at their feet. At length they
reached the spot where the braves were
standing. Fifty feet below them the
limpid waters of the Colorado sang
melody to heaven. Beyond, far as even
an Indian vision could reach, stretched
a green expanse. The tall mesquite
grass, yielding to the breath of the gen.
tie south wind, rolled in vast pillows of
verdure under the ardent summer sun.
Little islands of mesquite trees dotted
this grassy sea, and herds of buffalo and
deer grazed in peaceful ignorance of an
enemy's approach. Forgetting hunger,
fatigue, and even thirst, in this delicious
vision the red men fell upon their knees
and cried out: ''Tehas! Tehas!'' .'Te-
has is the nearest approach in English
to the correct pronunciation of Texas,
and it means-so the narrator explains
paradise.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16
Dairying for the Failing Lands Of the
West

1t has been prominent fact in the
settlement of this country, that the ara
BILE land, as fast as it has been occupied,
has been exhausted by constant crop
ping till cultivation ceased to be remu-
nerative. Each succeeding class of set
tiers seems to have profted nothing by
the experience of its predecessors and
alike to have been wholly occupied with
the thought of present gain, and entire
~ regardless of the future.
There is large area of land in the
West and Northwest, now giving way
under the depicting influence of the
plough, which is developing all the Gus
tomary effects of exhaustion, especially
where wheat has been the prominent
crop, and the occupants, warned by scan
ty and uncertain yields, are becoming
alarmed for the future support of their
families from their farms, and weaken
ing in the laudable hope and endeavor
OF swelling their worldly treasures as q
safeguard against sickness, accident,
adversely or age.
The growing of any kind of stock,
whether sheep, swine, cattle, or horses
anything that will consume the prod
ucts Of the soil upon the farm, return-
ing them wholly or chiefly to the fields
on which they grew, efectually stops
the work of exhaustion, and begins
anew the accumulation of plant food in
the soil
While all stock-growing tends to re-
cuperate, by checking the waste of fer
tility carried away in the crops sold Of
from the farm, dairying is the most eff
cient, and also the most profitable
means of recruiting a WORKOUT farm,
and butter-making is the best line Of
dairy farming for this purpose. Ma
tsonal Lice St0ck journal, Chicago.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16
serenade in Nora.


The moonlight is failin'-
The sad stars are palm
The black wings OF night are drOopin' and
trailin';
The winds miserere
Sounds lonesome and dreary:
The katydid's dumb and the nightingale
weary.
o Nora! Tn wadin'
The grass and paradin'
The dews at your door, wild my swate seren.
adm;
Alone and fOrsaken,
Whilst you re never wal<in'
10 tell me you're wild me, and am mistaken
Don't think that my singiQ'
is wrong to be hingin'
Forninst OF the dreams that the angels are
bringin';
For if your pure spirit
Might weaken and hear it.
You'd never be dreamin' the Saints could come
near it.
Then lave off your slapin'-
The pulse of mes lapin'
10 have the two eyes of yez down on me papin'.
All, Nora! Its hopin'
Your windy y'll open
And light up the night where the heart of mes
gropin'.
]. w. Riley, In Life.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16

Professor Elliot Coues, the naturalist,
who has long been an uncompromising
opponent of the English sparrow. has
recently expressed the opinion that nc
step now likely to be taken can end 81
the determination Of these higde -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16

In school near Louisville, where !
gang Of rude boys were rebellious and
defied the female teacher employed,
one OF the trustees supplied himself
with rods, and going to the school
logged every boy in turn. He now haa
on his hands . law suit for each boy. 8,
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18

hares and rabbits abounded, they soon
began to do little quiet hunting on
their own account. hehound being guild
ed by sight more than by scent, found
most difficulty in starting his prey; and
here the pig, which appears to be en-
dowed with an excellent scent, came to
his assistance. Knowing what was re-
quired of him, piggy would trace the
hare or rabbit to it's lair and then wait
for his companion to do the rest. Thus
guided the hound would sometimes take
his prey with one bound, or, if he failed
in that he gave pursuit; and when the
hare or rabbit was captured returned
with it to the pig, which INN ediately
tore it to pieces to be amicably devoured
between them. The keeper, obliged to
put a stop to this poaching, confined the
pig, but the hound showed his constancy
by following his friend to the sty, where
he lived with him afterward on the best
of terms. Although the hound could
leap over the sty-rails with the greatest
ease, he never attempted to supply the
naenGge with more bares or rabbits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
Cooper's Generosity,

From the n. Y. Times.1
During the winters of 1874-5 SIS 6.
and 1867 the sufferings of the por in
this city from privation, cold, and want
OF employment were unprecedented in
the history of the metropolis. Every
day during these long winters, from 3
o'clock In the afternoon until $50, Mr..
Peter Cooper sat in his Office or library
on Lexington Avenue, and no one, how
ever shabby In dress, was refused admis-
sion. On thetable before him were piled
hundreds of newly coined haIf-dollars
and piles OF one-dollar greenbacks, and
these piles were repIenished every hour
by the servant in attendance. His rule
was to give every applicant half dollar
IN any event, and If the case seemed to
be specially urgent one, the dOuceWr
was doubled, with request either to
write history of the case, have it au-
thenticated by some clergyman or other
authority, and send it in for further con-
sideration. AS early as 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon crowds of poverty stricken
people-men and women of every nation
atty and position in life-night be seen
gathered in front of the Lexington Az
enue residence, and the amount expended
ofren amounted to 5000 in a single day,
irrespective of the special cases that were
more carefully inquired into, and in
which special aid was given. Most of
the applicants were strangers, and many,
of course, we're downright frauds. But
the old man proceeded upon the princi-
pie that it is better to be deceived by
many than to deny one deserving suf-
ferer. He could afford, he used to say,
to give half dollar to anybody who asked
for it, irrespective of the merits of the
applicant, and time did not permit him
to inquire too minutely into the circum-
stances. His heaviest week during any
season aggregated 81, 800; it was consid-
cradle money to spend on mendicants;
but, as the old man said, the ministers
would take care of those who belonged
to their denominations, and some one
must take care of those who were neither
Episcopalians, Methodists. Presbyte-
rians nor Catholics. It was those who
had no religious affiliations who were
most liable to suffer without any re-
sources or remedy; and it was for this
class that he kept up his distribution Of
half dollars.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
he Pig and the Dog.
From Chambers Journaj.l

On account of his unsocial disposition,
the greyhound is so troublesome as to be
excluded from many kennels. A game
keeper In the north having one of these
animals given into his charge, was for a
while tormented by its noise and miscon-
duct, and at last became obliged to turn
him out to wander wherever he pleased.
Now, there happened to be pig on the
same premises which also enjoyed free
dom. To the establishment of everybody,
these two formed a fast friendship, so
close that they fed together, slept to-
gether, and kept constantly in company,
without one ever showing the slightest
hostility toward the other. The dog,
that had formerly kept up perpetual
quarrel among his own race, now seemed
anxious to accommodate himself to the
ways OF his new friend, while the pig in
his turn seemed equally willing to stand
high IN the favor of the hound. After
this state of things had gone on for some
time, they came to understand something
of the natural gifts of one another. Liv-
ing IN the confines of moor where
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
Saved by EIatterY.

In Sansosti, watering place in the
Province of Cosenza, a grand jury tried
the case of brigand, whose conscience,
if ne possessed any, was burdened with
the death OF thirty-seven persons, more
or less. His counsel, the lawyer Cor
bellini delivered magnificent speech in
his defense, closing as follows: "No,
gentlemen of the jury, you shall not pro-
nounce this unfortunate man guilty; you
shall not sign his death warrant under
the superb eyes of the beautiful Signora
Eulalia, the wife of our dist ngulshed
president, who looks down on you from
yonder tribune, clad in her elegant pink
robe trimmed with the most precious
Venetian laces. Yes, O! my beautiful
lady, the pink color of your toilet speaks
hope! to this unfortunate man, and
from among those precious laces flies
forth the angel of mercy, who says
to those enlightened jurymen: You
must acquit this unfortunate man. :"
What was the prosecuting attorney to
do? He became confused, fearing to Of
fend the beautiful dame, and knew not
what to reply. The president, however,
who seemed to enjoy the praise bestowed
on his wife's toilet, was full of mercy in
his address to the jury, who, unable to
resist the superb eyes and the rink
dress promptly acquitted the scoun, Il.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
Thou Art So Near and Yet So Far.

Captain D. G. Tinker, formerly a
whaling master, and now one of the crew
OF the Bartlett's Reef Lightship, de-
clares that two hours more of daylight
would have been worth several thousand
dollars to him one day recently. He was
placidly sailing through the sound to-
ward New London with his monthly re-
port, when large right-whale had the
temerity to spout directly under his nose.
The captain bore down upon the mon
ster, and for more than an hour kept
him in sight, twice getting within fifteen
feet, and being driven almost crazy by
seeing him rise and spout as many as
five times. But the captains schooner
wasn't rugged for capturing whales, and
it was too late to go ashore for the pro
per weapons. It is said that a right-whale
has not been seen before in the sound for
a hundred years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
utah's Salt SUNNY
[From the Salt Lake Tribune. ]


Few people realize the importance of
the salt interests III Utah and the i'm
mense proportions the industry of col
lecting, mining and marketing this arti-
Gle is likely to assume. The source of
supply is Great Salt Lake, which is sim
ply a big sea of brine. It's greatest
width is about forty-three miles, while
it extends north and south ninety three
miles, with a depth ranging from few
feet to sixty feet. This body of water
being impregnated with salt so as to
range, in different portions, from - to
over 20 per cent, will probably average
throughout the entire lake over Is per
cent. salt, making a quantity SO vast as
to be almost beyond computing. The
extent to which salt has been manufac-
tured or collected in the past bears no
comparison with what may be done in
this line, and yet the past operations
have been on a large scale. In 1880
there were collected and shipped from
the lake about Ia, 900 tons, ard in 1881
the amount was about the same. Last
year the product reached about IS, 900
tons, making for the three years 43, 1000
tons. This at SIS per ton makes $215,-
COO. This last quantity was all collected
by solar evaporation---a system costing
very little to operate. The manner of
collecting salt at the lake consists SIM
ply in first selecting assuitable space.
where the shore is so low as to overflow
at times. This OVERLOOKING may result
from rise in the lake by the influx of
fresh water in the spring and early sum-
mer, or by the wind blowing in one di-
rection several days, causing the water
to "bank up and overflow the lagoons
or low shore lands. Such lands having
been prepared by throwing up low walls
to retain the water when once in, these
walls having openings to permit its flow,
thus retaining the brine. In such eli
mate as this the water soon evaporates,
leaving the salt in white crystals cover
ing the bottom of the basins, and it is
an easy matter to break these up with
shovels and load into wagons for the
market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
CALCIMINE.
Hints on Using Benzine.
From the Am. Agriculturist. !

from Lno Am. AgT1cuCur7St.l
Benzine dissolves fat and oils, resins,
varnishes, paint, etc., so readily, that it
is largely used for the purpose of clean
ing clothing and other fabrics. It is
within the recollection of many that ben
zine was once rather costly. and could
only be purchased in small bottles at a
high price. Now it is cheap the makers
Of kerosene produce SO much more ben
zine than there is g demand for, that, at
wholesale at least, it bears but nominal
price. Benzine In careless hands, is
very dangerous article, and no one should
use it without understanding its proper
ties, that accidents may be guarded
against. It boils at 1400 F., and at all
ordinary temperatures rapidly evapor-
ates. When this vapor is mingled with
the air, the two form a mixture which,
In contact with a fame, will explode Vi
olently. The vapor of benzine, when
not mixed with air to form an explosive
mixture, will readily take fire and burn
rapidly. A bottle partly filled, in warm
room, will give off the vapor so freely,
that it will take fire even when at dis
lance of several inches from lamp. In
working with benzine, always use it by
daylight, and In room without a fire.
Or so far from fire that there can be no
danger. These facts can not be too thor
oughly impressed upon all who have oc-
casion to use this liquid for any pur-
pose. In using benzine and other sol
vents for removing grease or other spots
from fabrics, mere Wetting often
is given, and after the ben
zine has e7aporated, the place
looks worse than before. By applying
little benzine, the grease or other sub
stance is dissolved, and this solution
spreads to the surrounding portions of
must use the liquid in such manner as
to dissolve the grease, and then to carry
away the solution-we must, in fact,
wash out the spot with benzine. To do
this, it is not necessary to immerse the
article or large portion OF it. In re-
moving spot, first fold some old wooden
cloths, or even porous newspapers, to
form thick pad. Place this pad under
the article, and wet the spot with ben
zine. Use a sponge or roll of WOODEN
cloth, and rub the spot, adding more
benzine as it is taken up by the pad be-
low. In this manner the benzine hold
ing the grease, etc., In solution, is alb
sorbed by the pad, and the solution is
washed out of the cloth by successive
quantities of benzine, to be also carried
down into the pad. Success depends
upon using sufficient benzine; it is
cheap, and one need not be sparing of
it. Gloves are cleaned by immersing
them in benzine in wide mouthed
glass-stoppered bottle. The gloves are
shaken up with the liquid for few min
utes, taken out, squeezed, and hung I'M
der chimney to dry. If any spots are
left, these are rubbed with rag wet
with benzine. If the gloves retain any
oder, they are placed in plate, covered
by another, and the whole set upon a
kettle of boiling water. The heat will
soon drive off the odor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
A oonoRED man was arrested in Bal.

A ooLoRED man was arrested in Bal
timore who carried on his person. a
charm which he called his " hoodoo. I"
1t was spherical metal case, the size of
a goose egg, covered first with yellow
and then with black leather. One end
was opened and disclosed the character
of its contents. It was filled with hair,
quicksilver, pins and greasy sub
stance. Not pleasant combination,
this, but the wearer had faith in its yir-
tues and SO it was as good for him as any
relic or talisman whatever.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HASHED HAM,

HASHEO HAM.
Chop cold boiled or fried ham fine
Tor hash. To every cupful OF the ham
add two eggs, one tablespoon of -four,
salt and pepper to taste. Fry in hot
lard, as frltters, or upon a griddle.
TO CLEAN CHINA.
China is best cleaned, when very
dirty, with finely powdered. fuller's
earth and warm water, afterwards rims
ing it well in clean water. A little soap
may be added to the water instead Of
fullers earth. The same plan is recon-
mended for cleaning glass.
SWEET BREADS IN CURL PAPERS.
Blanch, trim and braise your sweet
breads; when done, drain, and place on
dish, cover them with Duxelle sauce
as soon as cold, fold each sweet bread In
two very thin slices of ham, and wrap
up very carefully in oiled sheets of pa
per, broil on the gridiron, and when
good color serve them.
POTATO STRIPS.
Pare, cut IN long strips, lay in cold
water for an hour, dry by spreading
them on towel and pressing another
upon them; fry to light brown in sailed
lard; shake off the fat in hot colander;
line deep dish with napkin, and put
in the strips. They should not be
crowded in frying, but each should be
distinct and free from the rest.
SPRING SOUP.
Cut up some carrots, turnips and en-
ions into fine strips, warm In fresh but
ter until slightly brown; boil in little
stock for an hour, add some asparagus
heads, green peas and French beans,
which have been boiled in water; pour
in the necessary quantity of stock, skim
off all grease, and when boiling, pour
into soup tureen over toasted crusts OF
bread.
BUTTER ROLLS
One quart of -four, half teaspoon Of
salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
one egg, one pint of milk, one table
spoonful of lard. Sift the -four, salt and
baking powder together, rub in the lard
cold, then add the egg and milk, mix as
soft as possible. Roll it out one-half
inch In thickness and cut with plain
round biscuit cutter. Dip them In
melted butter, fold one-third of each
piece over the remainder and bake in
quick oven for fifteen minutes.
THE CoNIMoDoRE's cHowDER.
Take four tablespoons of chopped
onions that have been fried with slices
of salt pork, two pilot biscuits broken up,
one tablespoonful minced sweet mario
ram and one of sweet basil, one-fourth
bottle of catsup, half bottle of port
wine, half grated nutmeg, few cloves
and peppercorns, six pounds of fresh
cod and sea- bass cut in slices; put all IN
pot, with water enough to cover il
about an inch; boil it steadily for an
hour, stirring it carefully. Serve hot In
a large, deep dish.
CALCIMINE.
Before paint or calcimine is applied to
walls, every crevice should be filled with
plaster or cement. For the calcimine,
put a quarter of pound of white glue
in cold water over night, and heat grad
ually in the morning until dissolved.
Mix eight pounds of whiting with hot
water, add the dissolved glue, and stir
together, adding warm water until
about the consistency of thick cream.
Use caIcimine brush, and finish as you
go along. If skim milk is used instead
of water, the glue may be omitted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18

FoR lunch party on Friday novel
idea was introduced. Roses were frozen
in large cake of ice which was placed
on a Lat of smilax. The effect was as
if these were standing in water.-NeW
York Commercial Advertiser.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18

SOME people like to see themselves in
print: ladies prefer silk.-Bostoq Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
Published March 81, 1881

AN ACT to provide for the payment of bounties on
wild animals and repeating all acts parts of acts
conflicting with the provisions of this act.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows.
Section |. Every person who shall kill any wolf shall
be entitled reward of five dollars and every per
who shall kill any wild cat lynx shall be entitled
TO a reward of three dollars.
Section 2 Any person claiming such reward shall ex-
hbit the of the animal killed to the chair
of the board of supervisors of the wherein
such animal killed and obtain from such CHAIRMAN
certificate that SUCH animal was exhibited TO him.
which certificate shall be in the following form
County t3s or u :" t Town Of - S.
--, chairman of said town, in said county,
do certify that --has this day exhibited to me