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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12

from shipwreck few years ago. Some
arrangement of the rudder occurred
during q severe storm, and the large
structure rolled helplcssly about like q
log in the furious waters. Mr.. Towle..
the American referred to, saw that the
ships carpenters had given up the
steamer as unmanageable, and he in
stantly contrived q simple apparatus by
which she was controlled and brought
safely to port. That man knew how to
use his brains He had cultivated his
thinking capacity. One of the most
successful inventions connected with the
reaping machine was discovered by a
blind man. A young mans right arm
was paralyzed. but he used his brains,
trained his left arm to guide pencil and
brush over canvas, and to-day his name
ranks high in the profession of artists.
Brains do the work. Money cannot
buy them; they cannot be borrowed or
stolen from another person. You must
have them yourself; you must cultivate
them yourself. Possessed Of brains,
money is an easy acquisition to any en-
ergetic man, and armed with both there
is no name, no position, no rank so high
that he cannot attain. Money helps
things along. but it is brains that do
the work. Wiltian1sport breakfast a.
bic.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
CHASED BY BURNING OIL-OARs.
Running EIGHTY Miles an Hour to Keep
Ahead Of an Avalanche of Flame.

Il don't expect to live much longer,
and after / am dead want you to put
in the papers the story of that ride
had from Prospect to Brocton in 1869. !"
The speaker was Duff Brown, an old
locomotive engineer, vino was lying at
his home in Portland, New York, dying
with consumption. This was some
time ago. He was nearly 60 years old.
His story of that awful ride is this:
''In 1869 was running mixed train
on the Buffalo, Cory ard Erie railway.
The track between Prospect or Mayville
Summit and Brocton junction is so
crooked that, while the distance is only
ten miles, the curves make it by rail
fourteen: The grade for the whole dis
lance is ovbr seventy feet per mile.
About 9 o. clock on the night OF Au-
gust II, 1869. we reached the Summit
with train of two passenger cars, six
oil cars, and box-car. The latter con-
tanned two valuable trotting horses, and
their keepers with them, on their way,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
Latest Thing In Canes,

Got a light?' asked a well-dressed
gentleman on Fifth avenue yesterday,
us he removed an unlighted cigar from
his mouth to greet a friend who was
saunteriny along leisurely, swinging a
Malacca stick.
Certainly; just wait moment" said
the latter. He pressed a spring in the
chased silver handle Of his stick. The
handle flew open like the cover of a box
and the owner, taking a match from
one corner of the interior, lighted piece
Of finder that nestled in the other corner
and held his cane up while bis friend
lighted his cigar. Then he shut up the
handle again with a snap.
s'The latest thing in canes said he,
as the friends turned into Delmonico' s,
-NeU York Sun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
Brains the Bast Tools.

A young man, just fitting himself for
the rough battle of life, recently said:
well, my father has money, and
therefore, virtually have money. Is
there any need to worry, then? Is not
money the magnet that draws toward
its owner all the innumerable factors of
success and prosperity?" Yes, money
is an almighty. powerful factor in life;
but there is something still greater,
more potent than money. something
without which money is q useless pos
session; and also something that it is
necessary for the moneyless man to
have. The talismanic quality to which
we wish to refer, is-brains. The
brains of a nation are its wealth., its
prosperity. Italy, where education
rests beneath a cloud, Russia and Ire
land, where education is curbed and
suppressed by unjust government, are
examples Of this proposition, and the
wretched condition of the masses Of
the people in those countries is living
monument to the disastrous results Of
such reprehensible oversight as checks
and impedes the progress of general
enlightenment. Brains. young man,
are what you want. Having them,
they must be cultivated according to
the dictates of good, hard sense; and
necessity never fails 10 instinctively
impart knowledge regarding the path
that good. hard sense must follow. It
was not Napoleon, the Corsican, who
overthrow a kingdom; it was BRAINS;
just as, on the other hand, Is was not
George LII. who lost to England The
American colonies. with all their good
possibilities, now realized; it was the
lack Of brains in the imbecile son Of the
house of Hanover. Il was through the
skill of an American engineer, VINO was
a passenger on board, that the NAM
moth steamer Great Eastern was saved
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
Saved RY a Spirit Hand.

Charles May and his brother Robert,
in the spring OF 1870, offered to pass
10000 railroad ties down the Arkansas
from the mountain source. He says:
''Our offer was accepted and we start
ed into the upper entrance Of the canon
with large skiff. provided with six
days rations, and 200 feet of rope, with
which, by taking running turn around
some firmly planted object, we could
lower our boat q 100 feet at u time. In
this way, at the end Of three days, having
set adrift many hundreds of ties, we
reached the entrance of Royal George.
Here we discovered that an attempt to
descend the first waterfall with two in
the boat was certain destruction. and
to return was impossible. Accordingly
| determined to lower my brother down
the fall in the boat, a distance of 200
feet, give him the rope and let him take
the chance Of the canon Oife seemed
more certain in that direction), while
would risk my physical ability to climb
the canon WALL which was about 1900
feet high.
''About 10 o'clock in the morning l
shook hands with my brother, lowered
him in the boat safely to the foot Of the
fall, gave him the rope, and saw him
no more. Then throwing aside my
coat, hat and boots, and stripping the
socks from my feet l commenced my
climbing way, often reaching the height
Of one or two hundred feet only to be
compelled to return to try some other
way. At length about o'clock in the
afternoon, reached height upon tie
smooth canon wall of about q thousand
feet. Here my further progress was
arrested bya shelving ledge of rock
that jutted out from the canon side :,
foot or more. 70 advance was without
hope, to return certain death. Reach
ing upward with one hand and then
with the other, my feet slipped from the
smooth side of the canon and my body
hung suspended in the air y thousand
feet above the roaring waters OF the
Arksnsas.
cat that moment I looked downward
to measure the distance l would have
to fall when the strength of my arms
gave out. A singing sensation crept
through my hair as my eyes caught the
strong root Of q cedar bush that project
Ell over the ledge, & little beyond my
reach. My grasp upon The rim of the
ledge was fas, yielding to the weight
Of my person. Then | determined to
make my last effort 10 raise my body
and throw it sideways toward the root,
SO rs to bring it within my grasp. Al
tnat moment Of commencing the effort
| saw my mothers face US She leaned
over the ledge. Presently she reached
down her hand and caught me by the
hair Stranger, my mother died while
yet young woman, when | and my
brother were small boys, but remcm-
Der her face. l was successful in max
ing the side leap of my arms, when [
drew myself upon the ledge and rested
for time. From here upward my
climbing was laborious but not danger
Gus. reached the top Of the canon
just Us the sun was sinking down behind
the snowy range, and hastened to our
camp at the mouth of the canon, where
| found my brother safe. Charley,
said he, nave you had your head in a
flour sack!' 1t was then l discovered
that my hair was as white rs you see it
now "-Denver Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
A PiOnoar Exhihitor.

In the early days Of Michigan, when a
county fair was to be remembered, one
of the Southern counties in Michigan
held q fair one fall at which one Of the
exhibitors was man named Prother
He had an entry of poultry, another OF
cattle and third Of vegetables. When
the judges on poultry came around
Prother met them with:
Gentlemen, here are the biggest
hens, the fattest geese and the heaviest
turkeys in this State. want the first
premium"
"We'll see about it," replied one.
II want the first premium orI lick
the three OF you half to death!' an
nounced Prother in strictly business
tone, and it may be said right here
that he didn't get the premium and that
he kept his word. Two of the Judges
were battered until they couldn't see,
and the third got away after having two
teeth Knocked out
When the judges on cattle came
around they turned up their noses at
PrOther's old COW and two half-staryed
calves, but he placidly remarkcd:
Gentlemen, that ERE COW was driven
tCO lllIlcS W ICitCu ltllS FCl;tLC, stIlu LnCnl
calves cunt be beat for blood. Their
grandmother was owned by the Empress
Of France"
Something was said about his care
lessness in not entering his stock for the
bone-yard instead of the fair, and he
| answered with:
"Gcntemcn Pm willing to take sec
ond premium, and if don't get it you'd
better hire some one to hold me!''
They neglected his advice, and in due
course Of time had their poses driven
back or their eyes put in mourning.
Prother was telling the judges on veg
etables what they might expect in case
lie did not secure Il premium, when he
was arrested, but only after he had
pounded two constablcs. Within three
weeks after the fair he had mauied the
President, run the Secretary into the
woods, and pulverized the Treasurer,
and before the end of six months he had
licked all the Judges but two, and was
hunting for them with great energy
when he got before the courts and was
sent to jail for u ear.-DetroN Free
Press.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
Printers and Poison

A printer named Robert H. Jones
died in this city on Friday last from the
effects of lead-poisoning. He was a
sober man, and while at work he inhal-
ed the dust from the types which he was
compelled to handle This dust is
known to be quite poisonous. The
death Of .his poor man brings out the
fact that alcohol is very generally re-
garded as an antidote for lead-poison-
ing. This is at least tradition in all
well-regulated newspaper offices. and
it is for this reason that printers are
never asked to join temperance socie-
ties. If they do sign a pledge it is
with mental reservation touching lead
poisoning. -NeW YORK. World.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
The Red Mans Foot Marks.

No one can see Indian trails now with
out his attention becoming suddenly
wakened. There is no real difference
between any one of those pathways
and an ordinary cattle track except,
perhaps, they may be worn little
deeper; yet no one can enter upon them
for the first time without being in some
measure startled, and conscious that
this is a roadway distinct from any he
has ever seen before. They cannot
have been made by cattle. Cattle paths
are generally single, or if more than
one, they run independently of each
other. These are exactly parallel, and
there are perhaps half dozen of them.
They do not look as if they had been
made by settlers. A white mans road
would have followed straighter line.
These are full of curves, and bend from
one side to the other, turning with
every minor uudulation of the ground,
as though when they were laid out the
distance Travelled was of no Importance
compared with the regularity of tho
grade. Their curves are always con-
centric. They all turn as il by one i'm
pulse, and they dip down into valley
together, or disappear behind hill at
the same time, constantly maintaining
the same distance from each other.
This is the first sight of an Indian
trail. But at it's sudden revelation one
seems to have come into strange
world. 1t may still be the same valley,
but with the oblitera,ion OF other signs
of civilization, the way has taken on an
entirely different character. Beyond
the last vestige of white activity and
noisy struggle. everything seems to
grow quiet ALI disposition to break
the stiffness has gone. There is no liv-
ing thing in sight, but instinctively ono
hesitates, whether hunter or not, to
raise his voice lest he should frighten
the game, of which the woods have now
become the home. Silence is the natur-
al condition of existence. A shout
would be u sacrilege. The land seems
given back to belong to its first inhabi-
tants, who have been content to let it
rest in a state of nature. The only
marks of men are these pathways. but
their easy and unresisting curves are
filed with natures spirit, and they mo-
where interrupt her repose. .
These simple paths have been made
Dv horses traVellnS several abreast as
close together as horses with their riders
can 60. they have been there for
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years.
They were part Of long highway
which once ended only with the limits
OF the Indians wanderings; and for
centuries they have been traversed by
savage bands of warriors, hunters, or
horse thieves. --NeW York Sun.
A citizen OF Rome, Ca, while crossing
the railroad tracks in that city got his
foot caught fast in frog. While trying
TO get loose he saw the Chattanooga
train on the East Tennessee, Virginia.
and Georgia road come dashing over the
bridge. Wild with fright. the man jerk
ed his leg almost out Of joint and came
near breaking his foot. But the train
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
A Wonderful Piec, Of Detective Work.

A Wonderful Piecs Of Detective Work.
A serio-comic incident occurred that
slightly enlivened dull Sunday at San
Francisco police headquarters. Shortly
before noon j. G. Wisluzil, tailor, en-
tered his store, under the Lick House,
and removed his coat and vest while
looking over his books. In an inner
pocket of the latter was a pocket book
containing the comfortable sum of &c.
600, and when Wisluzil attempted to re-
sumo his garments the vest was not to
be found. His natural supposition was
that some one, observing his move
ments, had entered the store while he
was immersed in figures and carried
away the Waistcoat and contents. After
a hurried search he entered carriage
and drove rapidly to police headquar-
tiers and secured the services of the Of
fcers. A return was made to the
scene of the robbery, the officers en-
route plying Mr.. Wisluzil with ques-
tons regarding his employees and visi-
tors. Arrived at the store a survey
was made Of the rack on which the vest
had been hung, and Captain Lees re-
moved two or three Office coats, when
10 and behold! the missing waistcoat
and contents were revealed. Fora mo-
ment Mr.. Wisluzil was fairly paralyzed
with joy and establishment, bat finally
remembered that he had removed an
1..of6ce" jacket when he reached for his
street attire, and had hung it in tho
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
On the Hornet.

I have made small collection of
wild western things during the past
seven years, and have put them togeth-
er, hoping some day when l get feeble
to travel with the ag 5regation and erect
a large monument OF kopecks for my
executors, administrators and assigns
forever.
Beginning with the skull OF old Hi-lo
Jack-and-the-game, Sioux brave, the
collection takes in nv wonderful bird
known as the Walk-up-the-creek, and
another rara avis, with carnivorous bill
and web feet, which has astonished
every one except the taxidermist and
myself An old grizzly bear-hunter--
who has plowed corn all his life and
don't know a coyote from a Maverick
steer-looked at it last fall and pro-
nounced it a ''kingfsher;' said he had
killed one like tia year ago. Then |
knew that he was pilgrim and a
stranger, and that he bought his buck
skin coat and bead-trimmed moccasins
at Niagara Falls. for the bird is con-
structed of an eagles head, a canvas
back ducks bust and feet, with the
balance sage hen and baled hay.
Last fall desired to add to my rare
collection large hornets nest. Ihad
an embalmed tarantula and her por-
celain-Iined nest, and I desired to add
to these the gray and airy home of the
hornet. / procured one of the large
size after cold weather, and hung it in
the cabinet by string. forgot about
it until this spring. When warm wealth
er came something reminded me of it..
[ think it was hornet. He logged my
memory in some way and called my at
tention to it. It seemed as though
wherever he touched me he awakened
a memory warm memory, with a red
place all around it.
Then some more hornets came and
began to rake up old personalities. l
remember that one of them lit on my
upper lip. He thought it was a rose
bud. When he went away it looked
like a gladiola bulb. l wrapped a wet
sheet around it to. take out the warmth
and reduce the swelling so that could
go through the folding doors and tell
my wife about it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-03-12
WHOLE NUMBER 323

place of the coat he took down to put
on again. Then, of course, the vest
was covered up, and in his alarm at
seeing an adjoining pegempty, he made
no thorough search. Fran. ChrOn.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06
To Measure an Acre.

A handy thing to have on a farm is
o measuring cord with which to mea-
sure off acres. To make one, procure
sixty seven feet of strong rope, one
inch round, make a loop or fasten a
ring or bar at each end, and make
these exactly sixty feet apart. This is
four rods. Then tie a piece of red rag
in the center. One acre OF ground
will be piece four of the cords( chains)
long and two and one half wide, equal
to sixteen by ten rods, making one
hundred and sixty square rods to the
acre. The advantage of the ring or
loop is that one person can measure
alone by driving stake in the ground
to hold the rope while he stretches 1t
out. The rope should be soaked in
tar and dried. which will prevent its
shrinking when wet.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06
Ladies', Ge1tlenen's, Misses
Buys & Children's
= H Q ID =.

Whew. How we nave mI1g rrrs- ---r-Tr-
Trade howl since we opened our Shoe Da-
partment. Our customers are more than
pleased with the attention they rec, i've.
Our Filters do not let YOU take the first
pair of Shoes you try OF, even If YOU DO
say, well, guess they will do" We
want your trade permanently. and we ARE
bound to have il, if giving ynu satisftc-
ton will secure it. Never mind what the
prices will he We war; ant you they will he
low enough to please you and distress the
little shops around town.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06
Salt in Butter.

The art of butter making will never
reach perfection until We stop putting
salt in the butter. 1t is a depraved
taste that requires a salt taste in but
ter. The most critical judges in the
old country never think of allowing
salt to come near the butter, and after
getting accustomed to it there is all
the difference between the two that
there is between salt and fresh fish,
flesh and other dried or prepared food.
The true epicure could eat a pound OF
unsalted butter at sitting. 1t will
be money in the dairyman's pocket
when salt is abandoned in the dairy.
american Dairyman.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06
EXCELSIOR CLOTHING CO.
A CARD TO OUR COUNTRY Gus
TONER'S

The liberal patronage bestowed on our
Country order Department has compe led
ms to increase and enlarge our facilities tor
pushing forward the work of supplying
our OUT OF TOWN CUSTOMERS with
increased promptness. 1t is rue of our
establishment to supply the best goods, no
matter what grade is desired, that the
market affords, and always at the Lowest
Possible Price. Parties ordering Goth
ing, Hats or shoes for Men and Boys,
Gents Furnishing Goods, or Ladies',
Misses and Children's Shoes have guar
antee from US as to the quality of Goods
sent them, which will be exchanged or
money refunded in all cases where the
purchase proves unsatisfactory.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06

WHERE TO BUY
DRY GOODS.
SPRING OF 1884.
Hamilton Easter & Sons,
nE


Are large IMPORTERS, JOB3ERS OF DRY
GOODS Their business, established in 1899, has
been done on strictly honorable principles there
by increasing their trade to its present dim. n
SionS.
They have but ONE PRICE and that price
marked IN PLAIN FIGURES on every article
lhey keep no goods but such as they believe
Will prove offull value for the price paid by the
purchaser. Their various departs ,nts include
low priced to the finest DRESS GOODS, BLACK
SILKS, COLORED SILKS. SATINS and VEL
VETS. MOI RNING GOODS, DOMESTIC COT
Tons, LINEN GOODS, FLANNELS, BLANK
Els, QUILTS. GOODS FOR MEMS and BOYS
WEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR
HANDk ERCHIEFS, LACES. EMHROIDERIE;
CLOAkSandF ASHIONABLE WRAPS WHITE
Muslin GOODS, NOTIONS, GINGHAMS,
CALICOS, PERCALES. SATINES. &c.
As LARGE IMPORTERS, thev have the adj
vantage of a buyer visiting Europe twcs year
to select all new fabrics direct from si1e manu-
facturers, and there long experirnce and the
amount of their sales enable tiicnl 10 purchase
AMERICAN MANUFACTUHED GOODS in
large quantities aud consequently TO great adj
vantage.
Sampies will be seut to parties who give in
structionS in regard 10 about the price of goods
wanted colorS preferred, &c. To fill orders salts
factorily. definite, plain instructions must be
ton
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06
EXCELSIOR CLOTHING co.
Furnishing Good :
DEPARTMENT.

In this Department. as in all Others, We
can show more Goods, more vie. and
greater variety than any three exclusive
furnishing houses in the city. and our pri-
ces are fullv % per cent lower. In Under-
wear we can show you al the different
styles and material that are made Our
stock of Neckware is sinp'y tn, immense
to describe. Hosiery We make speri :,
feature of, and can show vnu 100 iiff.re1t
styles, in prices frNm the lpvest ~. All
the new and desirah sh tDa- IN Linen
Collars. Cuff. II tplx~rrtjefS. Nv. ry.
Whit" anl & ,nrrt shirts ...l.l3 - vt~ia-
ty, with Gloves If all s-yt's ,nt prj :.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-06-06
EXCELSIOR CLOTH Nc CO
HATi FOR FIVERYB1DY

Hats for figures broad and burly,
Hats for straight hair and for curly;
Hats for faces melancholy,
Hats for features bright and Jolly;
Hats for gentlemen of standing.
Hats that give look commanding
Hats for walking, riding. driving,
Hats dull faces look alive in;
Hats for spas and watering places,
Hat to wear at all the races;
Hats that stand all kind OF mauling,
Hats for every trade and calling;
Hats for travelling, shooting, sailing.
Hats grease proof, in Storms unfailing;
Hats to suit the peer and peasant,
Hats that make your Gus ON pleasant