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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-20
Preserve 1t.

Few readers can be aware, until
they have had occasion to test the
fact, how much labor is often saved
by such a table as the following, the
work Of one now in the grave. II
history is poetry, then this sis poe
try personiied:"
16G7-Virginia settled by the Eng
lish.
1614-New York settled by the
Dutch.
1920 - Massachusetts, settled by
the Puritans.
1624-New Jersey settled by the
Dutch.
1627-Delaware settled by Swedes
and Firms.
16s5-Maryland settled by Irish
Catholics.
1636-Connecticut settled by Puri-
tans.
1886 Rhode Island settled by
Roger Williams.
165O-North Carolina settled by
the English.
1660-South Carolina settled by
Huguenots.
16S2-Georgia settled by General
Ogiethorpe.
1791-Vermont admitted into the
Union.
1792-Kentucky admitted into the
Union.
1796-Tennessee admitted into the
Union.
18O2-Ohio admitted into Union.
1Sl1-Louisiana admitted into the
Union.
1S16-Indiana admitted into the
Union.
IS1S-Illlnois admitted into Union.
1819-Alabama admitted into the
Union.
1820-Maine admitted into Union.
Is21-Missouri admitted into the
Union.
1SSO-Michigan admitted into the
Union.
1s36-Arkansas admitted into the
Union. i
1S45-Florida admitted into Union.
1846-Texas admitted into Union.
1847-Iowa admitted into Union.
1S48-Wisconsin admitted into the
Union.
1S50-California admitted into the
Union.
1S59-Oregon admitted into Union.
The First Laugh Of q Lifetime.
Years ago an inn was kept at Am
herst, Mass, by o nan who was e
er known to laugh. This popularity
gave rise to a wager by a young man
that he could make mine host laugh.
He proceeded to the hotel, and, saun-
tering in, saluted the landlord thus:
"Good day, Mr.. Warner. How
long have you kept this place, Mfr.
Warner?"
"Well, I've kept it all day, Iguess."
"Mr. Warner, won't you make
me a rum or whisky souri,"
1.-THE sours are all OUT" was gruf-
fly answered.
"Well, just mix n pop, anyhow,
and look into it. That'n make 1t
sour enough"
The drink was made, the young
man tried it and choked and coughed.
Splitting the first swallow out, he
again appealed to the landlord:
,"Now won't you make another,
and just keep one eye shut this time,
p~lease?" The landlord, convulsed,
broke out into just n loud guffaw,
the first laugh of a lifetime. Then
he invited the young man to take a
drink "on him." The wager was won.
Perry Hack Line-Time Table Chang.
ed September 10th.
Mexico, Perry and New London
stage line leaves Perry for Mexico ev-
cry Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
promptly at z a. M, arriving at Mex
leo at IL no. Leaves Mexico for Per-
~ every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday, promptly at 8 a. NJ, arriving
at Perry at IL m. same day. Leaves
Perry for New London every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, prompt
ly at z q. M, arriving at New Lon
doa at IL m. same day. Leaves New
London for Perry every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, promptly at
8 a. M, arriving at Perry at II m.
same day. First-class hacks and
teams and the travelling public accom-
modated generally. Passengers will
please call at Postofice at each place.
A. A. WuITE pron
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-20

III. W: Gleason has the Cortland
Spring Waeons and Buggies for sale ;
aiso Whitewater Wagons. 81 3w
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
Lord Ashburton and CARLYLE.

Upward of twenty years ago had a
call at my house in Belfast, Ireland,
from young nobleman, with whom I
was at that time intimate, and who has
since risen to eminence as q statesman
Earl Dufferin-who introduced to me
his friend Lord sAshburton, who took
me aside and said: E..You know that I
have lately lost my dear wife, who was
great friend Of Mr.. Carlyle's, and l
have applied to him to tell me what I
should do to have peace and make me
what ] should be. On my doing SO he
simply bade meiread wilhelm Meis-
ter ;,1 did so, and not finding there
anything fitted to improve me I went
back to him, asking what lesson he
meant me to gather from the book, and
he said, Read wilhelm Meister'' a
second time Now, L have done SO
earnestly, but I confess I am unable to
find anything there to meet my ankle
sty, and I would like you to explain
what Mr.. Carlyle can mean 4 told
him Twas not the man to explain Car
lyle s meaning, if, indeed, he had any
meaning that could be defined. I said
to him that neither Goethe nor Carlyle,
I though men of great; literary genius,
could supply the balm which his spirit
needed. I remarked that Goethe's
work contained much that was sensual,
and Idid my best to point out better
way. Edo not know the issue, but ]
got an eager listener: DR.. Nc Gosh IN
the Manhattan for Nov.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
A Word to Rarhers.

A face well lathered is half shaved.
After you have thoroughly soaped
your customer face, seize him by the
nose, and begin operations. This en-
ables him to breathe through his ears.
1t is considered very unprofessional
for a barber to brush his customers
coat. If the boy happens to be absent
let the customer brush his own coat
Never fail to remind man chat his
head is full of dandruff. A tonsorial
artist who neglects this plain duty
doesn't know any more about his busi-
ness than barber.
Always keep on your table q six
months old copy of the Police Gazette
and also a copy of the Fireside Com
pa'aion. These two publications nre
Indispensable to every well regulated
barber shop.
! If you have been eating onions and
drinking gin be frank with your GUS
toner and tell him so. Otherwise he
may think it is the sewer.
II, while cutting hair and watching a
dog fight on the street at the same
time, you find that your shears come to
an abrupt stop, neglect the dog fight
for moment. Otherwise you may cut
off somebody's ear. .s
When a man comes in whom you
know to be a stranger, always ask him
if he .'has cup?" He>will say no, Of
course; but his manner will indicate
that he is pleased. As rule none but
bankers, brokers, statesmen and edi-
tors indulge in the luxury of private
cup. Philadelphia Call.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
Bits Of French Life.

Grand thoughts come from the heart,
and sometimes from the brain; bad
thoughts come from the stomach.
Life is a voyage, where we aspire
only to halting places; when we reach
them, as they are either too warm or
too cold, we must set out again on our
march.
If Partisan women are often false, in
toxicated with vanity, coquettes and
Indifferent, it is true that when they
really love they sacrifice more senti-
ments to their passions than other wo-
men do; they grow great by all their
littlenesses and become sublime.
Love is not only a sentiment, it is
also an art. A simple word, q precau-
ton, a nothing reveals to woman the
great and sublime artist who can touch
her heart without whitening it.
It is sufficient for q Young man to
meet woman who does not love him,
or one who loves him too much, to de-
range his whole life. Happiness alb
serbs our forces as misfortune destroys
our virtues.
Marriage resembles lawsuit; there
is always one side not contented; if one
deceives the other, half of the hus-
bands certainly enjoy the comedy at
the expense of the other.
A woman who laughs at her husband
no longer loves him. A man ought to
be, for the woman who loves, a being
full of force and greatness, and always
imposing. A family cannot exist with
out despotism.- Translated By Boston
Courier.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
The Biggest Black Bear Michigan Pro-

In the cage next to the Polar bear, in
the Central Park menagerie, New
York, Supt. Conklin first exhibited to
the public the largest American black
bear now in captivity. Its weight is
over 800 pounds, and it is about four
years old. SuPt, Conklin says it will
continue to grow unless it is stunted by
confinement
The bear arrived from Cincinnati in
q b9n MhiSh flttsA him 6lOb6ly On nil
sides. On the box was pasted the fol-
lowing description, printed in large,
full-face type:
My name is Jack, and am as fine a
specimen of the shiny black bear as
there is living. I was snatched from
my mother in the Lake Superior wilds
when l was six weeks old; was rescued
from death by DR.. Libbey, of Cleve-
land, O., who bought me Of two drunk
en- brutes that were dragging me
through the streets by q rope. I was
made happy in my new home, and
grew and grew until the doctor con-
cluded he had an elephant on his hands
instead Of q bear. Inow belong to the
New York Central Park menagcrie,
whittier am bound; and if they feed
me and treat me well l will make lots
of fun.
Dr.. libi)ey made a present of Jack
TO ti!, ~. 7. Sun.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
How to Avoid Getting Fat.

A new book on .'Corpulence and its
Treatment" has lately been published
in Germany by Prof. Ebstein, of Gottin-
gen. He is not, like the English
s'savior of the Stout full of overflow
ing thankfulness for relief from this
disease; probably he has not even suf-
fered from it, for corpulent men are
rarely stern and strict. His method
also differs from that of Banting. Ac-
cording to Ebstein, the primary cause
of corpulency is the want of sufficient
energy to renounce the so-called at
fractions of life. He firmly maintains
that fat is produced merely by over eat
ing and drinking. Water and drinking
cures are altogether condemned by
Prof. Ebstein; and while the Banting
system teaches that ..fat makes fat, "
this doctrine is directly opposed by
Prof. Ebstein, in whose ideal of fare
for those suffering from corpulency fat
forms a great feature. "The 25O
grammes of bacon says Prof. Ebstein,
(which our emperor ordered to be de-
livered daily to all soldiers taking part
in the French campaign of 1870, are,
so to speak, an official acknowledge
ment of the Importance of fat in the
rational nourishment of a hard working
man."
The annexed bill of fare is that pro-
posed by Prof. Ebstein for an average
case of corpulency, the invalid being
supposed to be Al years of age, and
having suffered from increasing stout
ness for twenty five years. The disease
is supposed to be contracted by insufi-
cient bodily exercise, diet consisting
of such things as are hurtful, among
which are named all sweet dishes and
those containing much albumen and
those devoid of a sufficient quantity of
fat:
.'Breakfast-A large cup of black
tea without milk or sugar; 50 grammes
of white bread or toasted brown bread
with plenty of butter.
..Soup Frequently and with bone
marrow), 120 to 180 grammes meat,
boiled or roasted, with fat gravy fat
meat being preferable; small quanti-
ty of vegetables, particularly ligumin-.
ous, but also all kinds of cabbage.
Turnips are excluded because of the
sugar in them; potatoes are altogether
excluded. After dinner some fresh
fruit, when in season, as dessert; salad
or baked fruit without sugar. Two or
three glasses of a light tea,. without
milk and sugar.
..Supper winter regularly, in sum-
mer occasionally, large cup of black
tea without milk and sugar. An egg
or some fat roast meat, or both, some
times fat ham, smoked or fresh fish,
about 80 grammes of white bread, with
plenty of butter, and occasionally a
small quantity of cheese and some fresh
fruit. ''-PQlZ Mall Gazette.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
A Boys Sharp Fight With an Eagle.

While rowing on the Thames River,
half way between Norwich and New
London, Connecticut, Frank Crandall,
Montville lad, had a rare adventure.
Rounding a wooded promontory, he
saw just ahead of him a great bird in
the water furiously lashing the waves
with it's wings. He pulled rapidly to
the spot and found that it was an eagle
struggling to rise, while some object in
the river kept it down. AS the place
was near the shore and the water shall
low, Crandall 1eaped overheard and at
tempted to capture the bird. A des-
perate struggle ensued. The eagle
struck at him with his wings and beak,
uttering shrill cries, while it vainly en-
deavored to extricate its talons from
the object that held it to the water. At
last the lad threw himself on the bird,
bearing it under water, and then flung
it into the boat, clambering in and fall
ing upon it. Still the eagle fought
hard, but Crandall threw piece of
sail-cloth over it and succeeded in
winding his stout anchor rope around
its legs.
Then the lad examined his capture
and saw that each of the eagles talons
was deeply imbedded in the back of a
large bluefsh. In the conflict with the
boy the bird had beaten each fish into
an almost shapeless pulp, but the sharp
claws were still tightly fixed in their
backbones. It is supposed that the
eagle descended into a large, closely
hnddled school of bluefsh, and, con-
trary to its intentions, struck two fish
instead of single one. The double
capture was too heavy ballast for an
easy rise, and in the struggle the wings
of the eagle became soaked with water,
and then escape was impossible .-Neu
York Times.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
Whistling Girls.

1t is now the fashion for women to
whistle, as it is for them to do the Ken
sington stitch and play on the banjo,
and whatever is fashionable is perfect
ly proper, so at least say fashions fol-
lowers. Besides the many professional
women in this city, says the New York
Journal, there are scores of amateurs.
In Brooklyn there are two clubs of
girls where whistling is the only music
permitted, and one of the clubs pos
sesses a teacher who teaches them part
whistling songs and solos, with piano
accompaniment. In this city there are
no whistling clubs, but many young
ladies make whistling as much an ac-
complishment as singing. A Journal
reporter asked a young lady how she
learned to whistle.
''Oh, easy enough she replied. Il
have always whistled, and learned with
my big brothers; in fact, can whistle
better than either of them now; listen, :"
and she sat down at the piano and
.whistled 'Listen to the Mocking
Bird doing the trills in masterly
style.
II always had an idea it was hard
work for girl to WHISTLE
''Well, it isl she replied. 'Some
girls cannot whistle at all, and others
whistle in most peculiar manner.
Why, know girl, and she can whis-
tie and sing at the same time.''
The reporter looked incredulous.
elbow does she manage it?'' he asked.
'Wel, you see, she can't whistle but
between breaths, and when she is tax
ing breath the tune continues, but
she sings it instead of whistling. 1t is
very amusing, indeed, and sounds as
though she were singing and whistling
at the same time.
ii s.Do you whistler" asked the report
er Of a very pretty young lady the 9th
er evening.
20 yes" she said. Il have just
learned a new piece, Sweet Violets,
and it sounds beautifully. I whistle
with guitar and violin accompaniment,
which is quite unusual, you know; but
one :, does get 50 tired Of banjo music all
''Did it take you long to learn?'
Eyes, Quite time. 1 didn't seem to
get my tongue right, and now q girl I
know tells me l am getting wrinkles
all about my mouth; but I cannot see
them, and I think she says SO merely
out of envy, because my whistling is SO
much admired >
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
What is the wire-worrn2

The term Wire-worm properly be-
longs to the long, slender, and uncom-
monty hard lary9 Of the Elaters- the
spring, or click-beetles., These, when
placed on their backs, suddenly spring
several inches in the air, with a click
ing sound. The largest of these beetles
e(Elator ocatlatus) is about two inches in
length. and has two large, round spots
upon the upper side of the body, which
are often mistaken for eyes. Its sur
face is covered with whitish powder.
It is frequently found on the trunks and
branches of old apple trees during June
and July, and from its larger size, pc
culiar s'eye-spots, and strange manner
of spring ging, it is often sent us for a
name. The larva is about two and a
half inches long, has very strong jaws,
and burrows in the decaying wood of
old apple-trees. There are several
other smaller species of spring beetles,
some of them conspicuous only by their
injury to cultivated plants. Those
wire-Worms which live in the soil and
feed upon young roots and stems, are
the most destructive. So far as their
history is known they live from three
to four years. Their injury to the po-
tato, though perhaps no greater than
to some other crops, is often ruinous.
Indian corn and the grasses sometimes
suffer greatly. 1t is not easily reached
with any poison, and the leading rem
edy is frequently plowir Wire
worms are generally confounded with
the cut-worms, and in destructiveness
may be considered the same. The ma
ture state of the cut-worm being a
moth, it is easily distinguished from
the "click,'' or spring beetles. Anoth-
er group of worms is also often spoken
of as cut-worms, but the members are
myriapods, with many ring-like divis-
ions to the long bodies, each of which
is provided with two pairs of legs.
These, sometimes called the thousand
legged worms, are of a dark-brown
color, and when disturbed coil into a
ring. They do not pass from one state
to another, like ordinary insects. Some
of these false wire-worms feed upon
the roots of plants, and do much dam
age. They may be caught by placing
slices of potato, or turnip, upon the
surface of the soil. The white grub is
also associated with the wire-worms in
it's manner of living, and needs the
same treatment. All these subterra-
mean pests have their natural enemies,
among the chief of which are birds.
Late fall plowing is doubly beneficial,
as it turns the worms out of their win
ter quarters, and exposes them to
freezing weather, and also brings them
within the easy reach of insect-eating
birds. .--Dr. B. D. Hdlsted in Am. 1gri-
cMltpl,ask for Non.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
WHOLE NUMBER 423
The Close Of the Glacial Period.

Recently the opinion has been gain
ing ground that the close of the ice age
is very recent. Such reasons as the
following lead to this conclusions: The
amount of atmospheric decay of rocks
and of denudation in general, which
have occurred since the closeof the gla-
cial period, are scarcely appreciable;
little erosion of riyer-valleys or of coast
terraces has occurred. The calculated
recession of waterfalls and Of produc-
ton of lake-ridges lead to the same
conclusion. So do the recent state of
bones and shells in the pleistocene de-
posits and the perfectly modern facies
of their fossils. On such evidence the
cessation of the glacial cold and settle
ment of our continents at their present
levels are events which may have oc-
CURED not more than six thousand or
seven thousand years ago, though such
time estimates are proverbially uncer-
tain in geology. This subject also car
ries with it the greatest of all geologic
al problems, next to that of the origin
of life; namely, the origin and early
history of man. Such questions can
not be discussed in the closing senten-
ces of an hours address. l shall only
draw from them one practical infer
ence. Since the comparatively short
post-glacial and recent periods appar-
emily include the whole Of human his
tory, we are but newcomers ON the
earth, and therefore have had little op-
portunity to solve the great problems
which it presents to us. But this is
not all. Geology as a science scarcely
dates from a century ago. We have
reason for surprise, in these circum-
stances, that it has learned so much,
but for equal surprise that so many
persons appear to think it complete
and full-grown science, and that it is
entitled to speak with confidence on all
the great mysteries of the earth that
have been hidden from the generations
before us. Such being the newness of
man and of his science of the earth, it
is not too much to say that humility,
hard work in collecting facts, and alb
stinence from hasty generalization,
should characterize geologists, at least
for few generations to come.-Dr. j.
". Daa0soa, in Popular Science Monthly.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
Presidential Billiardists.


The billiard room at the White House
the others. 1t will doubtless surprise
some of our rigid moralists to hear
that the Presidents mansion bas
billiard room, but it has one, and it is
one of the most popular rooms in it.
Grant was good player, and he used
the tables great deal. Garfield,
understand, was also fond of billiards,
and new set of furniture was bought
during his administration. The bill
lard room of the White House is al
most as old as the house itself The
fact that the presidents played billiards
was first discovered by the puritanical
element of the public in the last days
of Madison's administration or the
first of those of President Monroe.
At this time it was discussed how the
cost to buy it, and SO forth. Duff
Green, of the Washington Telegraph.
finally settled the matter by saying
that he personally knew that the table
had been bought by John Adams; that
it was a secondhand one, and that
Adams had paid $50 for it.
But why should the presidents not
play billiards? 1t is a splendid exer-
else, and when you take it outside Of
bad surroundings it is as innocent as
shinny or leap-frog. Nearly every
great man has his little amusement,
and great mind, if it be healthy
one. delights in physical exertion. Ben
Wade was good ball player, and
Garfield was very fond Of croquet.
Conkling likes nothing better than a
good boxing match. Grant is passion
ately fond OF driving fast horses, and
Hayes, while president, had an uncom-
Portable habit Of taking long walks.
Arthur is sometimes called ''the presi-
dent fisherman and John Quincy
Adams was noted for his daily swims
] In the Potomac.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
Illinois Lawyers Thirty Years Ago.

In the book, ''Politics and Politicians
of Illinois, soon to be published by d.
w. Lush, Of Quincy, Illinois, much at
tention is given to anecdotes and REM
iniscences of prominent politicians.
The following are samples:
U. +. Linder was one of the great
lawyers of Illinois who was contempora-
neous with Abraham Lincoln, and was
never so happy as when he had a crowd
around him listening to his jokes. But
sometimes the joke returned to plague
him IlL i J19 nj
About 1856 he was sitting one sum-
mer evening outside the door of q hotel
in Terre Haute, Ind, telling q company
of interested listeners of the exploits of
Leonard SWEET, one of Illinois noted
lawyers. '.This man Swett," said he,
''is the sharpest lawyer in Illinois. He
clears his man every time especially if
charged with murder. y
'How does he do it, Linderp'' ven
tured one of his hearers to inquire.
'.Do it!'' replied Linder, che proves
they are all insane, every cursed man
of them.''
''Well, how does he do it?''
''Ill tell you, sir. He carries around
with him little doctor, who knows all
about insanity, and swears 'em all
crazy as looms"
''The jury comes in with verdict of
insanity every time"
Then he recited several cases which
had occurred when the parties had
been thus acquitted ''when they were
really as sane as l am, sir-just as you
are," said Linder. ''It just beats hell. !"
At that moment gentleman who
had been sitting inside, but who had
been an amused listener to all Linder
had said, walked outside, and, Offering
his hand to Linder, said:
"Good morning, Mr.. Linder. Ihave
the honor to be the little doctor you
are telling about. You tell it very
well.'' s.
"What might your name be?" said
Linder (though he knew very welD.
''My name is Roe," said the gentle
man. G
'.Not DIR. Roe, of Bloomingtonp''
''Yes, s,r, DR.. Roe, of Bloomington;
the man you call Swett's little doctor. -
''Why, know you, sir-of course I
know you, DR.. Roe,' said Linder. "My
God! sir; are you the man?''
Il beg your pardon, DR.. Roe; I did
not know that you were Swett's wit
ness.
''Good God! sir; beg your pardon
thousand times, What blunder I
made. Indeed did not know the man
was DR.. Roe, of Bloomington. My
God! Doctor, can do nothing else but
beg your pardon; and would not do
less if could. Gentlemen, if this man
ever swears am insane l will believe
him myself
The fun was all out of Linder for the
balance of the evening, and the by
ISLANDERS dispersed.
New Ulm weekly review., 1883-11-21
Queen Victoria.

Mrs. Oliphant says in The November
Century, where she writes of s'Queen
Victoria" "We hold it one of the most
absurd of poetical fallacies that love
in the ordinary sense of the word is
'woman's whole existence yet it is
very true that the history of woman
is chiefly the history of her affections
and the close relationship in which her
dearest interests are always concen-
trated. 1t is true also of man that in
these lie the real records of his happi-
ness or misery; but there is more of the
external in his life