New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-03-07

world. In the summer of 1881 the
wheat on the farm was thrashed and a
considerable quantity Of straw was left
in rail pens. "A few cats at once took
possession of the pens. They have null
iplied until now atleast 500 cats, black,
white, yellow, gray, spotted-in fact
every color known to the feline tribe,
to say nothing of kittens can be seen
with but little trouble by visiting the
pens.
Old Red Cloud, the Sioux Chief, has
good horse sense, if he is savage. In
visiting the Hampton Indian School, he
said to the students: ..We are Indians,
but this is what want you to learn;
such as wagon-making, farming, and
the other work We want you to learn
this, because you will find it is benefit
to you. You see that man standing
there-who has charge of you. | want
you to listen to all he says. He has
brains, he has eyes, he viii take good
care Of YOU
A decrepit old mule at Fort Missoula,
Montana territory, was condemned to
| death, and the crack shots of the gar
rison were detailed as executioners. At
a distance Of sixty yards thirteen shots
were fired successfully, and the mule
was only scratched on the ear. The
guard, feeling that everything else but
the mule was in danger, grasped a pick
and killed the animal, while the crack
shots retired to tell yarns about their ex-
PLOTS in sharp-shooting
The Manchester On. H.) Union tells
about a lady who entered store in that
city and asked for 2-cent postage
stamp. Upon being informed by the
storekeeper that he had only those OF
| the Scent denomination, she replied
that she understood that they had been
marked down to cents-she had read
! it in the paper. swell, we haven't
marked down here yet, perhaps they
have at the Post Office" returned the
storekeeper; ''you had better inquire
| there
Still another important canal is talked
of in Europe. BY it is contemplated
nothing less than the separation Of Eng.
land and Scotland by a waterway from
the Solway Firth to the River Tyne. An
engineer is at present working on the
surveys, and estimates are promised
for early publication. This canal would
have length of only eighty miles, OF
| twenty miles less than the Suez. Il
would, of course, afford q very convent.
ent short cutacross the country for ocean
steamers. Some forty years ago q
scheme of the same kind was talked
Of.
1t is estimated that there are about
$4,000 blind persons in France, and very
\ little has thus far been done to improve
their condition. About 200 receive pro-
fessional education in the National In.
stitution for Blind Youth, as many more
are taught in small charitable establish.
ments, and national institution main.
tains about 800 pensioners; but at least
$4,000 unfortunates are without resource
or prospect Of improvement The cruel
ty Of this neglect has been strikingly il.
Illustrated by the experience Of a society
formed in 1881 to erect workshops fol
the blind. A little money was collected
and the society erected one small work.
shop, in which twenty-five persons were
instructed during the last year, every
one of whom, it is believed, acquired in
six months the means of earning a sup.
! port for the rest of his life by making
brooms, brushes, baskets, tool-handles,
( chairs, ETC.