New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-10
GLEANINGs.

red squirrels of robbing birds nest.
An ascent of Mont Blanc was made
recently by girl named Quenessen,
aged is.
An English newspaper reminds us
that United States Treasury bonds to
the amount of E24,O0O,O00 are held by
three persons, the Duke of Sutherland,
Sir Thomas Brassey, and the Baroness
Burdett-C outts.
Very few people appreciate the
amount of labor and thought which con-
| scientious editors give to their editorial
work, and, by the way, very few peo-
pie care. So we might as well drop
the subject right here.
A young fellow who went up to the
roof of a New York French flat ex-
planned to a servant who accosted him
that he was looking for leaks. Shortly
afterwards one of the tenants discovered
that all the jewelry of his wife, who
was absent, had been stolen.
A great American institution is MAX
ing astonishing Roadway in Russia. It
is American drinks They are sold
everywhere and everywhere in demand.
A joke is often perpetrated ut their ex-
pense. II feel that | am getting,
Americanised, remarked a tipsy Rus
sian.
At the beginning of the Franco-P rus-
sian war wealthy farmer, expecting
some important disclosure, asked Won
Moltke what he thought of the outlook.
"Well,' replied Moltke, "the wheat
looks very nice, indeed, but am afraid
the potato crop is failure.
Sick-headache patients are recon-
mended three glasses of luke-warm wa
ter, to be swallowed in rapid success
ion, and to be followed Immediately by
q glass Of hot mustard water. s'The ef-
feet is at times" adds the Troy Times,
every beneficial and quite astonishing
to the uninitiated.
There is q farmer living less than ten
miles from Hoopeston, ILL.,, who has
boy about fourteen years of age with
weak spine. He has tied straight
stick to the boys back, extending tho
full length of the spine and above the
head. The boy is strapped straight to
the stick and works right along.
The most valuable bristles used in
brush-making are white, and the breed
Of hogs that produces them is every
year growing scarcer. The best bristles
come from Kamtschatka, the next in
grade from Russia and Germany. They
sometimes reach u length Of nearly ten
inches, and cost as high as $3.50 q
pound. Nothing yet in use wholly takes
the place of bristles.
The Germantown Telegraph says chat
it is pretty generally believed that the
rag-weed, which is moro or less present
on every farm, is the cause of bitter
milk, whenever it appears. 1t is one OF
the worst weed pests upon farm. 1t
covers, when it gets start, everything.
It is even believed that the pollen from
the blossom produces the hay fever, in
directly, if not directly. There is no
other way to get rid of it except toplow
it under.
City Solicitor Hayman, of Reading,
Pa, has been mourning the loss of
gold watch worth $3.50 for the past two
years. 1t was stolen from him in
crowd on the occasion of o great gath
ering. One night recently, as Mr.
Hayman entered his office he found the
time-piece lying on the desk wrapped
in q piece OF old newspaper with this
address: "Wayne Hayman's watch"
1t is supposed that the thief was con-
science-stricken or merely stole it to
make a loan to bridge over q temporary
financial difficulty.
A black and tan dog belonging to the
daughter of rich Chicago parents was
accidentally killed in New York last
week. The body was placed in u satin
lined walnut coffin and sent to Chicago
for burial. ''For heavens sake don't
say anything about it, said the under
taker who had the job in hand to a
reporter, cor we shall be swamped with
that sort Of business. It is growing all
the time. No such thing as dog
funeral was heard Of few years ago,
but now we have about two dozen of
them 4 year
Cigarette smoking by messenger boys
and others is considered an immense
nuisance, now, by New York brokers.
They find their rooms filled with the
most offensive odor, and the boys do
not heed signs bearing words mo
cigarette smoking here" etc. Managers
OF messengers agencies are trying to
restrain the habit, but with slight sue
cess. One of them said: 1--WE make
stringent rules concerning smoking,
and punish the boys if they break them.
I can pick out a cigarette smoking boy
at any time. The habit makes them
pallid, lazy and impudent. -
A specimen of the ''monkey-faced
OWL Il rare bird, was recently captured
by Captain Pitts, of Orlando, Fla, in
the Everglades 1t is described rs be-
ing somewhat smaller than the hooting
owl. The plumage has the soft, furry
texture of the owl family, hut q tinge
of orange enters into the color. The
head and face are those of balloon,
the face being white, while the eyes are
much smaller than those of an owl of
the same size, coal-black, and some
what almond-shaped, opening and clos
ing with lids like those of an animal.
In fact they more nearly resemble the
eve of an otter than a bird.
The Ohio Farmer says: Farmers
should study grass more. Ascertain
what species grow naturally on the farm,
and study their character. Observe
which stands drouth best, which prefers
a dry or wet soil, which stock like best
and which they thrive on best. There is
no doubt that we lose much every year
by neglecting to cultivate those grasses
naturally adapted to our soils. Over
200 species are cultivated in England,
while we confne ourselves to dozen at
most. Timothy, red top, blue grass and
orchard grass and clover make the en-
tire list Of grasses cultivated on nine
farms ont Of ten While these are
superior kinds, as general rule, there
are soils and conditions where other
grasses would be more profitable, and
in permanent pastures they would also
increase the amount and quality, and
prolong the grazing season."
Simon Ferguson, an illiterate negro
coal miner at the Campbell Creek
mines. West VIRGINIA. told a Mrs.