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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
Mulligan's Mouse.

Warren Fisher and James Mulligan,
OF Boston, have given to the public the
residue Of the letters, if they are gem
uine, which passed between the first-
named person and James G.. Blaine. It
is evident that close business relations
had long subsisted between the prin-
eipals in the correspondence, and that
Blaine, in the financial transactions,
had entirely the worst Of the ba1gain.
There is nothing to show that he made
any ruling while speaker with q pre-
viOus understanding that he was to de-
rive profit therefrOm. On the contrary.
his interest in the Little Rock and
Fort Smith railroad began several
months after the bill had passed both
houses without dissent. In other words,
all legislation on the road was over and
done with for considerable space OF
time before Blaine owned or controlled
any of the stock or bonds. In the pur-
chase OF the latter he was compelled
to borrow 81, 900 and, as the specula-
ton proved failure, the burden Of
the debt was thrown on Blaine. This
reduced him to sore financial straits,
and in his letters, appealing to Fisher
for aid and consideration, he shows far
more anxiety for the people who lent
him the money than for himself. In
any case. he was really compelled to
shoulder the responsibility, and one Of
threatening as to place that individual
Of Blaine's official position to cheat
him and place him in false position.
On any principle, either general or
n9rficular the man yVhn nl1h1iohno .
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15

very few farms in this State devoted 70
mixed husbandry but need sheen ON
them, and eyenwith the low price Of wool
they will prove profitable. Sheep Of good
quality will as meat producers alone
render nearly as good account Of food
consumed as other stock, and what wool
Is produced is so much moro to be
credited to them. Amoderate stock of
sheep is always profitable, while on the
other hand an overstock, to which there
is always tendency when the profits
are good, will result sooner or later in
loss. Sheep are close troopers and are.
fond Of . variety. II they are too MANY
for the farm they injure the grass by
close cropping, actually destroy some
varieties, and are forced to the low lands
for pasture at seasons when it is iniuri-
GUS and even fatal to them to run on
these wet soils. When wOOl-groWing is
at q low ebb is q good time to Gull the
flock. Turn out say one fourth Of the
number and see how nearly by better
keep the remaining three-fourths win
reach the yield of the former number.
It will come much nearer than many
suppose. The best way to compete with
cheap grazing districts will be to grow
larger and better fleeces from the same
sheep, and one way to do this is to keep
less numbers. Every farmer has mo-
ticed that where few sheep only are
kept on farm they are usually healthy,
grow large, rear their lambs and shear
very heavy feeces This result can be
approached by keeping only SO many as
can be well fed and have range enough
for frequent range of pasture. There
will then be less complaint of diving
sheep in the spring, of weak lambs and
light fleeces. No other stock suffer so
much from crowding as sheep, and none
are SO likely to be crowded, as from
their greater numbers the wants of the
individual are not so closely noticed. It
is also good time for those who are
not keeping sheep to begin. 1t is not
the usual way. Ventures in this line
are usually begun when stock is bring.
ing high prices. But when sheep are
low in price and flock owners are anx-
ious to sell much better selection can
be made. A whole flock can frequently
be purchased, and after selecting the
very best the remainder can be fed and
sold at an advance frequently sufficient
to pay for the whole flock. A shrewd
farmer will never sell his best unless he
intends to abandon his business, but
many who become disguised with low
prices will do so and give another the
benefit of whatever selection and i'm
provement they have made. We say
then stick to the hocks. Use the occasion
for culling the flock and for improvingit
rather than to allow it to go down, and
we believe that no one will ever be sorry
for doing SOL Detroit Post and Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
their interest nor convenience to nave
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their interest nor convenience to nave
their retreat familiar.
But the reason why the majority Of
the Manhattanese refuse to give their
residences is because these are SO queer.
or SO different from what they pretend
to be. Most Of them are bachelors,
who preserve n certain seMblance Of
prosperity that may be rather artificial.
The places where they lodge are palmer
Or humber than they would care to
have known; therefore they are kept se-
cret.
A fellow who has credit with his
tailor, who swaggers At his club, who
affects to be learned about, Burgundy
wines, though he has never tasted q drop
Of the genuine, is unwilling that his ac-
quaintances should be aware that he
occupies q hall bedroom in Third
avenue.
A young physician who pirates of his
rich patients and his consultations with
practitioners of national reputation
conceals the fact that he is obliged.
from poverty to sleep on lounge in
his office.
The lawyer newly arrived from the
country and fond of talking of his
cases and clients, entirely imaginary,
prefers to have It thought that he lives
at Plaintield than rear cubby in Mas
/ sau street.
Thus many men who depend on their
wits and future possibilities for their
incomes are indisposed to reveal their
homes. which is with an American the
SPOT that holds his trunk. There are
husbands and fathers, too, who live so
oddly, SO unlike what you would sup
pose from their assumption. that they
never furnish any definite information
on that score Their families are never
visible, and they never intend they shall
be.
There is no end of reasons why hun
dreds and thousands of Manhattanese
seek to deceive the public as to their
habitation. They can very easily do so,
for the great bulk of the community is
Indifferent where and what it is, and
would never try to discover it. They
are conscious of this; but they are
afraid of the exceptionally curious, who
want to know everything simply for the
sake of knowing.
Among the MANY modes of living
here is the mysterious mode, which is
generally adopted by men who are
PLAYING part, who are endeavOring to
create false impression, or who are
disinclined to appear as they are. And
what a large proportion of our inhab-
itants does this embrace!-M. Y. Cor.
Chicago Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
WHOLE NUMBER 353.
dlctate. UMeSS LilU pcvpao "a ...o
country are hopelessly debased, they
are not ready to turn over the black
man to the tender mercies OF his OPP

dictate. Iln,esS ,,,.4 ,.-,...
country are hopelesslv defase6 thew
ara NOT ready IL fnrn nvar ia hiack
man to the tender mercies ~ his IN.
pressOr. >.S>,>, = $40
But II asked 4What has tho Rannh.
lican party done for the coIorefi nannIa
Of the SonthYs We have mot Tar II
look for an answer. Tf has mot done
all that some Of us exnecfed. There
are serions Dnactical diff{cnlties in thu
way Of seeming to anv ciass az nennie
their rights. The general ii Governnmee ,att
may exert its consfitutional mowers tn
the utmost, and vet not be entirely
successful in its endeavors. But this
is true, that about all that has been
done to secure the political rirhts Of the
oppressed race has been done nv the
Republican party. And this matter is
well understood nv the cnloned rennie
themselves. They feel toward the Re.
publican party TO-DAY vArv much A
they felt toward the Union soIdiars
from the North during the war It was
in vain their masters Rold them asnre.
head and bloody bones stories abont
the Abolition soldiers IA was ~ M
purpose that thew were tnl,l that the
Yankees" would subiect them to \
slavery q thousand times worse Chan
that from which they were suffering.
In spite Of those living misroprosent9.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
Mysterious Residents Of New York.

A man may spend million or keep
breath in his body on hundred dollars
a year. Few of our citizens have any
just conception what luxuries are neces-
sary to some of their fellows. and what
common necessities are Injuries TO
others. The latest effeminacy and the
last squalor are often not more than a
single block apart. In adjoining houses
that look exactly alike are every COM
fort and every privation; superabund.
ancs smiling through. the wall at starva-
ton, the chaplet Of roses against the
crown of thorns. No New Yorker
knows or cares for his neighbor, unless
by accident; heis always ignorant where
anybody resides, and is as distant in
mind and manner from his fellow-citi
zens as if they were his antipodes. Here
you may live where, how, and with
whom you like, and no one be the wiser
Not even curiosity is felt about you; and
it is measurably from this general in
difference that people live so differently,
and often so queerly.
When we may do as we choose we are
apt to do singular things. and among
the many singular things of Manhattan
are the modes of eating and sleeping il
which its cosmopolitan population in
dulge. There are many men, well.
dressed, well-educated, and upright, sc
far as is known, who never give thei,
private address, nor can it ever be foune
in the directories. They may allude t
it in q general way, as in Forty-fiftl
street, in Madison avenue, or at Har
lem; but, if asked to particularize, they
change the subject. Other men again
hare private addresses where they car
never be found, and where, if direct in.
quiry be made, it will be ascertaineo
they do not live. These are generally
boarding houses or lodging houses.
where these precarious persons may
have been at some time departed
boarders or dodgers leave no more trace
than footprints on tho sea-beach but
whose present whereabouts is wholly
unsupported.
It IS quite common for men to as.
sumo to have q home at Orange, Eliza
beth, Newark, Flushing, Jamaica, Gar.
den City, fremont, Rye, or at any Of
the scores of suburban towns or,villages
that are mainly the domitories Of the
metropolis. There is small danger OF
any one seeking them in those spots,
unless it be 9 woman in love with them
or a man anxious to borrow money; fo1
to be out Of the city proper is very much
like being out Of the world. Still, ons
can never tell who may look one up,
and it commonly happens that they who
do are the last persons on earth that
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
r Caee CT Lake Clxeg Lalbe,

An old bachelor friend q mine Who
dves up town has had . dreadful expes!
5liehce lately.
Remark these sunk eye r..
smile, SO this NJ ~ III
~ III
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
RagHeod.

Farmers are too neglectful.of this and
other common weeds. There is an I'M
fortunate tendency just now to condons
weeds. Some writer's, who, it is safe to
say, know nothing of weeds practically,
are suggesting the utility Of ensilagging
them for fodder for cows and sheep.
This is pernicious idea, because il
tends to lessen the impotence which
farmers should exercise in regard to
weeds of all kinds. Some farmers con.
slider ragweed as rather benefit than
otherwise; that when plowed into the
soil it provides useful fertilizing matter
makes manure" in fact, as some
have said. There is enough truth in this
to make it dangerous. II the weeds are
plowed under in good season and be-
fore the seeds ripen no harm is done.
but possibly some benefit may be gained
by the soil from the vegetation plowed
into it But if the seeds ripen, as is
usually the case after an oat stubble,
and before the ground is plowed for rye
or wheat, then great harm is done, for
the soil will be stocked with most in
furious weed, with which the following
grass or clover will possibly be filled,
or if not, the aftermath, or second
QUITTING, or the pasturage will, and
the effects of it may ruin the
whole make Of butter through the
winter. Some years ago neigh
boring farmer came to the. writer
for advice in regard to his cream and
butter. Both were intensely bitter, and
some tubs of the butter had been re-
turned on his hands as unstable. The
OdOr and flavor told the tale to any one
who had experienced this trouble, and
whose senses were acute enough to de-
tect the source Of them. When asked
it there was not ragweed in the hay he
said there was, and the corn fodder was
full OF it too. The mischief was done,
however, and the weed could not be
separated from the feed. The milk
could not be sold nor the butter used.
The only thing to be done was to use
the hay for litter and buy clean hay to
replace it. No doubt, from the preva-
lence OF this weed. the second cutting
OF clover 0rgrass is quite often fouled
by 1t, and some farmers may wonder
from whence the bitter flavor Of the
milk and butter may come next winter.
They may find the source of it in their
hay, and after the experience may look
upon ragweed as the injurious. best It
really IS. Perhaps that writer who some
time ago advocated the growth of the
''beggars' ticks Bidens frondosa) for
an ensilage crop, on account Of it's easy
growth and large product, might not
object to it for the large proportion Of
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
IA fashionable Young lady AZ

"A fashionable young lady at the
Grand Union, in Saratoga, gives the
following account Of her silver poodle:
Hes daisy, he is. So nice and
clever. He has his tooth brush and
keeps Just as still when the maid uses il
with the powder. He banks to have his
hair oiled and combed, and takes 5
shampoo with perfect delight. When
he goes to bed he lays his head on the
pillow and goes TO sleep like = tired
boy. It's lots Of work caring for the
brute, though. There's one thing I'm
thankful for, he's always dressed for the
morning. CAMBRIDGE Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15
SENSIBLE WORDS.
Rev. DR.. IL. NJ. Hatfield on the Third.
Party Tactics Of tho Pro-
htbitiOniSta

end % onn';nablo ~ +ha o a;t,,o ", :.
slu 70 appii1au!e " ! .Me slCus'Ilon IN
usne, states peslues limos, IN Wmcn
JhaC Dlatant demagogue, carter Har-
rls0n, is avOWedly the candidate of the
whisky and gambling element for Gov.
ernor. DR.. Hatfield saws:
If 10 generally conceded that tha
mamhars ~ tho Proh;h;t;nn +h;r r n .
-, :, II,;no;s aro do;na. ,s.ono ~ sai p...
- ~ lil.iolS o.e nv, uollS n,oio " securo
Gne eiectlon OF cleveland and Carter
Harrison than they could possibly ac-
cOmplish by avowing themselves
Democrats and openly cooperating
with that party. The absurd notion
that temperance Democrats will ieop-
ardize the success of their party by yo-
ting a Prohibition ticket, will be effect
ually disposed of within the next two,
months. Democrats may vote for tenn
perance in some of the States in which
in q hundred of them will vote for
prohibition in Illinois. This assertion
is based not only upon the history of
the party in the past, but upon reliable
information as to the actual condition
of the politics of the State at the pres
ent time. 8
Every vote cast for st. John and
Hobbs renders more probable the cleo
ton of Cleveland and Harrison. Their.
election means a tacit Endorsement of
the moral character of the bachelor Of
Buffalo and the supremacy of the Whis.
ky power in Illinois. To secure such a
result the brewers, distillers and liq-
uOr dealers can well afford to pour out
their money by tens of thousands Of
dollars as they are now doing. And
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-15

"A Whitehall paper calls Cleveland
The New Moses. He is leading Us to
the promised land. IN That sounds
we'll enough for campaign music, but
It must be remembered that Moses
didn't get there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-12

confidence to the timid-it will confirm the
wavering. The result will be especially
felt in Ohio, where the next pitched battle Is
to be fought. Are the republicans to have
their own way in that State also Z 10
expect them to be beaten because the ONO
legislature determined TO tax the liquor IN
terest. it strikes US, is depending too much
on the potency of whiskey. 1t would be
lamentable if any party could be affected by
such an issue as this. We believe there Is
still virtue enough in the American people tn
elect President of the United States without
regard to whether few liquor dealers are or
are not taxed in Ohio.
Now the eyes that on Monday were con,
centrated upon Maine are turning toward
Ohio. The result in the Buckeye State a
month hence will determine the result IN the
national election in November. If Ohio
goes republican in October it will be impos
sible to stay the tide. How will Ohio go
We are not disposed to answer the question:
but we shall look forward TO the progress
of the battle with all the more
interest because of the result in Maine.
Ohio is to the contest this time what Indiana
was four years ago, and it would be mere
Stiffness TO deny that il is an advantage to
the republicans to be free from the Maine
handicap of 1880.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-12
Before and After Election.

There ia no reason WHY the democrats of ths
country shou Id be discouraged Over the result OF the
/ Maine election. The republicans were given the
! State long ago. II given to them both by dem
I ocrats at home and democrats abroad. The Neu
| fge, sept. ~.
SO SAYS the New Age after the battle is
| fought and a great victory won by the re-
publcans. But before the election it spoke
differently. In its issue of Sept. 9TH ii
spoke OF the gallant fight which the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor was max
ing. 1t copied approvingly the remark of
the Boston Post that "If five others had
worked as hard and as well as Judge
''Redman has Maine would give large
democratic majority next Monday 1t
further stated 1--WE can assure our friends
''that the gallant Redman's efforts for the
cause are nobiy seconded by our four can
'.ddates for Congress" 1t gave glow
ing account of the able efforts they were
making and the enthusiastic support they
were gaining, concluding as follows,
ave can assure our friends over the State,
THAT if every man does his duty, victory
will be ours on Monday next.
up. S. Sing up loud, good friends, we
'have got them on the rum
Now the New Age says" the republi-
cans "were given the State long ago"
The democracy having been whipped out
of their boots, the New Age forgets its
Boosting before election and resorts to its
habit of lying to soften the sore defeat it
has had
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-12
General News.

The Free Tongue is the suggestive name
of paper printed in Texas. 1t only wag:
once a week.
The managers of the Illinois State Fair
which was opened at Chicago Tuesday, gave
a free ticket to every school child in the State
and there were 30, 900 people on the grounds
About fifty Rhode Island war veterans ar
rived at Richmond on Monday night and will
spend a week in excursions to the battlefield,
of Virginia.
HYGIENE pillows are now in vogue. Three
form a full equipment for a bed of which one
is filled with hops, "A second with pine needles
and third with marine moss. They are be
lieved to cure sleeplessness and nervous dis
orders
Black walnut sawdust, formerly thrown
away, is now mixed with linseed gum and
moulded into heads and flower pieces for the
ornamentation of furniture. When dried and
vanished it is as handsome and much strong
er and m re durable than carved work.
The independent American citizen who
eats sardines will be glad TO learn that the
packing box is made in Jersey City, the
wrapper is printed in New York, the tin cans
are manufactured in Boston, the fish are
caught on the Maine coast. and the oil is ex-
tracted from cottonseed in Georgia
Summaries of nearly 500 returns from
agriculturists in various parts of England
show that the wheat crop OF the present year
is considerably above the average of late
years, and is better than the average of the
last 20 years Barley is just under the 20
years average. The yield of oats will be a
short one and the hay crop has been ruined
Isaac Clarke, a negro, who has passed the
last half century in the New Haven aims.
house, is beyond doubt the oldest person in
Connecticut. He was born at Montauk Point
Long Island, in IT'S, and is now LOG years
old He was sailor and whaleman for 81
years. and then, broken physically, he en-.
tered the almshouse, where he has outlived
two generations.
The final estimates of the wheat crop of the
year made by competent authority from the
reports TO the Agricultural Department, makes
the aggregate $50 ,0o0. 900 bushels, or more
than l30, 000,0 900 more than last year, and
$4,000, 900 more than the largest previous
crop. This is larger yield than has been
estimated or than is yet admitted BY some OF
the Chicago dealers, but it is admitted even
by them that the crop is larger than ever
before, and that its quality is most excellent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-12
Personal.

DR. Eales. the celebrated scientist of ORES.
den says that the most important recent
medical discoveries in Germany are the use
of salicylic acid for breaking up fevers and
of iodiform for wounds.
Among the babies to be exhibited at the
coming Paris baby show will be one descend
ed from Talma the tragedian,l and another
descended from Bernardin de Saint Pierre,
the author of paul and Virginia"
The quadricycle is the name given to a
wheeled vehicle invented bv James o. Brown
of Boston 1t has two small wheels in front
and two large wheels behind, The inventor
says that it is far superior to the bicycle or
tricycle..
One of the most remarkable old men in
the country is the Washington banker W. w.
Corcoran. He carries his own cook wherever
he goes, aud generally finds himself the best
whist PLAYER. He is very fond of the south
ern gentlemen of the aRcien regime, and
recently gathered at dinner at the White
sulphur Springs, Bishop Peterkin of West
Virginia; Gen. Beverly II. Robertson of
Virginia; Col. William Writ Henry, OF
Richmond; DR.. J. l.. NJ. Curry and Gen.
Gusts Lee
One of the most peculiar characters in
Connecticut is John Maher, of Ansonia
known as John w no Never sleeps. John is
an freshman who is making for himself a
snug little fortune at $3.50 per day, by
working thirteen hours in the factory
Thither he goes every day, rain or shine
and he is never i'll. OF the eleven remaining
hours he devotes seven to labor and four tC
sleep. This perpetual living without SLEEP
causes a great deal of annoyance to hi;
neighbors and to everybody within a mile o
him who wishes to sleep when he is at work
He is thin, nervous, and supple as noun
tain goat He is only 40, but he looks ageC
because of his devotion to money getting
lie has never made but one losing specula
ton.