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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-09

/ at.home."
Have Yeu,a room in the house that
you cssAnot afford to furnishp Just
hang 4 few engravings on the wall,
put grand piano in it and use it for q
music room. If you are annoyed BY
the racket which the old Stilton cheese
makes. scramb bling around in its tin
CAN procure q wooden starch box, line
1t with Canton flannel and keep brick
on the cover. This will avoid any fur
Their trouble.
Ramenyi, the noted musician, can
joke in two languages. He dined with
Colonel Bob IIgsrson not long AGO,
and astonished. that gentleman BY alb
trnptly exclainisng that there was really
little difsreist between their respec-
tive pursuits 81 pHow sop asked the
Colonel, with a vague pressntment
that his honorea guest was about to
perpetfate : pun. Why responded
Raanenyi, Il fiddle; you're in-fddle. y
ihgersol was not prepared for this
atrocity. and hs began to think that,
perhaps. after I'll. there might be some
thing in the doctrine Of everlasting
ldamnation. s
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-09
Use Only Pare Water.

In suspected potable water for per-
sons who can not command chemical
analysis the following tests are recon-
mended as being generally available
and reliable:
Color-Fill q bottle made of color
less glass with tho water; look through
the water at some. black object; the
water should appear perfectly color
less and free from suspended matter.
Amuddy or turbid appearance indi-
Gates the presence of soluble organic
matter, or of soluble matter in snspen-
sion. It should be .'clear as crystal. -
Odor-Empty out some of the water,
leaving the bottle half full; cork up the
bottle and place it for few hours in a
warm place; shake up the water, re-
move the cork, and critically smell the
air contained in the bottle. II it has
any smell, and especially if the odor is
in the least repulsive, the water should
be rejected for domestic use. BY heat
ing tho water to- boiling an odor is
evolved sdmetimes that otherwise does
not appear.
Taste-W Water fresh from the we'll is
usually tasteless, even though it may
contain large amount of putrescrible
organic matter. Water for domestic
use should be perfectly tasteless and
remain SO, even after it has been
warmed, since warming often develops
taste in water which IS tasteless when
cold. II the water, at any time has q
repulsive or even disagrceable taste, il
should be rejected.
Heisch's Test for Sewage Contamina-
tion--The delicacy of the sense Of smell
or taste varies greatly in different indi.
Viduals; one person may fail to de-
tect the foul contamination of given
water, which would be very evident to
. person of finer organization. But il
the cause of bad smell or taste exists
in water. the injurious effect on health
will remain the same, whether recog.
nized or not. Moreover, some water
Of very dangerous quality will fail to
give any indication BY smell or taste,
For these reasons attach special i'm.
portance to Heisch's test for sewage
contamination or the presence of pu,
trescible organic matter. The test il
so simple that anyone can use it. Fill
q clean pint bottle three-fourths full Of
the water to be tested, and dissolve il
the water q teaspoonful OF the purest
sugar-loaf or granulated sugar will
answer cork the bottle and place in 9
warm place for two days. If lin the
twenty-four to forty-eight hours the
water becomes cloudy or muddy, it Il
unfit for domestic use. If it remains
perfectly clear It is probably safe tc
use. -Sanitarian.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-09
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-09
Hawthorne Is Man and writer.

g 81 Writing Of .sThe Salem Of Haw-
thorne, y in the May Century, Julian
Hawthorne says: Though Hawthorne
was humility itself in his estimste Of
his own powers, yet when once3he was
under the influence of his muse, not oil
the criticism Of ancient and modern
times could have made him swervel BY
50 much as hairs breadth from the
path along which she led him. When
he was at work he was in region By
himself, alone with his art, Into
which the voices of the exterior world
could never penetrate, nor its presence
intrude. The work being DONE how
ever, and sent forth, the worker would
return to colder and more skeptical
state, in which he took, as 1t were, the
part Of the world against himself; and
led the attack. So little is known Of
the man that it has always been the
custom to paint his portrait from the
same palette which he himself used for
his pictures. But it is important to
remember that the man and writer
were, in Hawthorne's case, % different
as q mountain from q cloud. It was
not until after his death that read
any Of his romances; he had always
told me that they were not suited to
my age and requirements; and I re-
member, as read on, being constantly
unable to comprehend how man such
as I knew my father to be could have
written such books. He did not talk
in that way; his moods had not seemed
to be of that color. The books gave
me an enlarged though not . more
powerful impression Of him. He was
9 very strong man, in every application
Of the word. have seen him in COM
pany with many of the great men Of
his time, and l was always made to
feel that his was the loftier and domi-
nant spirit-that he was to other men
what Augustus Cesar is said to have
been to Marc Antony. It is true that
was but q child; but apprehend that
the perceptions Of child in such mat
tiers, being mainly intuitive, are at
least as apt to be just as those Of ma
ture persons. AT all events. subse-
quent meditation and experience have
served rather to augment than to lessen
my estimate OF his personal power and
weight. As regards the books, It is
difficult to state exactly the relation
they bore 70 the general manifestation
OF his character; perhaps it might be
said that they resulted from the Inn
mediate action Of his spirit. in. . spirit
ual plane; whereas in other matters L
acted through his material part in the
physical plane. But there Is more van
ity than profit in such distinctions. ]"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-09

It has been claimed in some quarters
that Blaine never manifested an inter-
est in Irish-Americon citizens until he
became presidential candidate. The
British correspond bear testimony
otherwise, and show quite conclusively
that as far back as 1867 Mr.. Blaine was
the leading champion Of the natural
lied citizen.
But this is not a matter in which
Irish-Americans alone are concerned.
1t is one the German American, the
Observation-Disclosures all Americans
have an interest in which they feel
deeply. Owing to Anglo Irish compli-
cations it is one in which Irish-Ameri-
cans have peculiar and far-reaching
interest, as they are likely to manifest
at the polls next November. We be-
lieve with the British correspondents
that Mr.. Blaine will draw largely from
the Irish-d democratic vote. Else the
protests against the imprisonment Of
American citizens in Ireland on the part
Of Irish-American orators and mass
meetings have had no meaning and no
significance, and have been hollow
oAAese - eHsetorn TdAss About r!o,ona..
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-09

CoT0e0. C00y nave OvorSnOC the marx.
The truth is, the American people ad-
mire Blaine because he is aggressive,
because he has back one, because he ia
jealous OF their rights and interests,
and when he had an opportunity was
not slack in maintaining them. This
is one Of the elements Of his populari-
ty. The Pal MaH Gazette says:
e Snf h san hold Ss the the sh
English influence and trade BY American.
Is not this the patriotic duty Of an
American statesman. It is q duty,
however, which has been neglected Ia
Difference to what Senator Ben Harri-
son aptly characterized as q grand
mOtherly foreign policy"
The Telegraph and Standard as usual
mistake and misstata the sentiments Of
the American people. Americans are
not Anglo hObists. They have no
reason to love England. but they ID
not hate her. They are jealous Of heI
encrOachmentS on American trade in
foreign lands. Otherwise they give the
question of England very little thought.
OF course with the Irish American
people it is quite different. Each
American statesman who thWarts
England's designs, who enforces the
rights Of American citizens in ENGLAND
OF Ireland, IL popular with them. Mr..
Blaine is without doubt the most popu-
lar American with thinking Irish
Americans, and the Telegraph CORES
pOndent states one of the principal
reasons so exactly that it is worth
quoting:
His (Blaine'sl greatest strength among
ted
while . republican leader in congress, dur
ing the years 1857, 1865 and 1859, In forcing
England to recode from her claims Of ma:
glance upon Brttish-b0rn subjects who had
become naturalizod as American citizens.
This activity was developed in the case Of
number Of Irish-Americans, including Gen.
Denis Burke, was arrested in Ireland and
tried for utterances made In the United
States. Costello was arrested while In Ire.
land, In 1867, and placed on trial for speech
which he made in New York while an
American citizen in 1855. The speech was
g ,ss g and under the Get
lands right to punish upon British soil
British-bOrn subjects for reasonable utter
anceS or performances made upon foreign
territory, Costello was sentenced to sixteen
years penal servitude. His claims of
4! American citizenship were ignored, upon
between the United States and great Brit
ain debarring Great Britain from claimingas
as a British subject any person born on
British soil. Costello was removed to Mill
bank prison, when Blaine took up his case.
Blaine organized congressional agitation,
which resulted in the liberation of Costello
American naturalization, and the treaty Of
1870, in which Great Britain surrendered all
claims Of allegiance from British subjects
who became naturalized as American citt.
zens.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
War On WhlakV

Iowa liquor dealers are not the only
dispensers of the fiery stuff, that are
bowed down with grief. The laws con-
trolling the liquor traffic are very strin>
gent, and if the dealer does not study the
book of etiquette, as it were, and get well
posted as to whom he is allowed to sell,
he will find himself in the clutches of the
red eyed minions of the law. Thus it
is with Job Ross and Thos Mulvaney, of
Cable. For doing that which they should
not, they have been knocked around in a
justice of the peace Office in Aledo for
the past week, and indictment after
indictment was found against them, until
the whole amount figures up to $500. Sc.
This result was not satisfactory to Messrs
Ross and Mulvaney and they have migra-
ted, gone to another state, and the citi>
zens of Gable will now quench their
thirst at the town pump. This latter
circumstance appears to be the saddest
feature of the whole case.
The classic town of Cable is greatly
agitated over the affair and most of the
residents let the fire go out on their
hearthstones this week and HE'D them
selves to Aledo, where the god of
justice was to determine on the guilt of
the beer jerkers. There were thirtyfour
witnesses who were loaded to the muzzle
with damaging testimony against the &C
cused They knew liquor had been sold
illegally in Cable. They had seen it
drank, and in fact they had gulped it
down themselves. This was very bad on
the defense, and they seeing the way the
cat was going to jump, started out on a
still hunt for solitude. They were found
guilty and fined $50 and costs each for
selling liquor to habitual drunkards; fined
S25 and costs each for selling liquor and
allowing it to be drank on and near their
premises; fined $50 and costs each for
selling beer inside the corporate limits Of
Gable, in violation of the village ordi>
nance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
Sparks From the smokastank.

The Peoria mail and express was well
filled with passengers this morning.
Jim" Palmer is back on his regular
run as conductor on the Mercer County
road after good rest.
The dining car "Vendome" and the
palace drawing room car Livingston,
were in the $50 Chicago train this morn
ing.
The 8 80 a. M eastbound c., R. |. &
P. train was a half hour late this morn,
ing. The coaches were crowded as
usual
Eastbound freight trains have been I'm
unusually long and ell cars heavily lader
Of late. The farmers are selling off theil
small grain to make room for the new
crop.
The new yardmaster's office in the
upper yard of the c., r. & P, is almost
completed. 1t will prove a much more
satisfactory office than the other one has
been, being larger and better located.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
Birthday AnnlvArsarias

This evening at Z o'clock a party will
be held at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. II. Drayton, corner of Fifth avenue and
Twenty third street in honor of the birth,
day anniversary of Miss Drayton A
large number of the friends of the young
lady will be present and very pleasant
party is anticipated.
Wednesday night was the thirty third
anniversary of the birthday of August
Voss, captain of the Sunnyside democratic
club, and in the evening large number
of his friends called upon him at his home
ON Fourteenth street between Fourth and
Fifth avenues and offered congratulations.
Mr.. Voss was completely surprised but
rallied and made his friends feel at home
A very pleasant evening was spent and
the callers left wishing Mr.. Voss many
happy returns of the day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22

John Dowd, festive youth from st.
Louis, struck the city yesterday after
noon. He was lonesome, and his name
sounded so much like dude that he pro
ceeded to get full. When John gets
DRINK he makes Rome howl. He was
engaged in the interesting pastlme of
arguing politics with himself when Officer
Metsch happened along and invited him
to the armory which invitation he re-
luctantly accepted. He put in the
night in the refrigerator sing
ing "Tll meet her when the
sun goes down, each verse being inter
spersed with political harangue. This
morning John was very sober, also very
penitent. He explained to the court in an
elaborate speech how things became
thusly last night. He promised never tc
do it again as long as his name was
Dowd, and the good natured justice fined
him So with costs.
George NJ. Thompson is bold, bad
man from Chicago. When he imbibes in
the flowing bowl he likes to see others dc
the same, and he never has much trouble
in inducing some one to favor him by
swallowing quantities of the ardent fol
which he checrfully pays. Last evening
he was making merry with some new
found friends when Officer bunker
''nippe T. him and laid him
away in the refrigerator This
morning he was sober and thirsty
and was impatient to be 0verhauled by
Justice Chopper in the police court. He
was fined SO and costs, which he paid
and flew to the nearest lubriCating mil
where he proceeded to oil up the various
parts of his automatical machinery, Mr.
Thompson can thank his lucky stars thai
lie was arrested last night, for he had S25
this morning which he wouldn't have had
for he was going to locality where peo-
pie have magnetic fingers to which stran-
gers money generally sticks.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
A Miners Strike.

A report came from Davenport last
evening that another riot was going on
IN Iowa City, and that Gov. Sherman had
called out Company B, of Davenport.
Inquiry developed the fact that a large
number Of miners in the little coal min
ing town of What Cheer, Iowa, had
struck yesterday for higher wages, and
had got on riotous drunk and threatened
to burn down the town. Company B
was called upon to go and quell the diss
turbance, but just as the boys were ready
to take the train, telegram came telling
them not to GO, as the disturbance had
subsidized.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
CRUSHED BY CARS.
A Rock Island Man Terribly Mutilated
on the Railroad Track Near
Iowa City.

News was received in this city today of
a shocking, and what will doubtless prove
to be fatal railroad accident near Iowa
City at an early hour this morning A
heavy freight train was rapidly moving
westward on the main line of the c., r.
|. & p. road at 1915 this morning, when
about four miles this side of Iowa City the
engineer saw a man walking on the track
with his back towards the engine. The
whistle was repeatedly sounded but the
pedestrian did not seem TO hear it. The
brakemen hurriedly set all the brakes they
could, but the train was going at such a
high rate of speed that it was only slightly
checked when the engine struck the man
on the track He was hurled into the
sir great distance and coming down
narrowly missed the smoke stack and fell
on the pilot of the engine which was soon
afterwards stopped and the unconscious
victim removed to the caboose The
train at once resumed Its journey and the
man was quickly taken to Iowa City
where he was placed in hospital and
medical aid summoned. 1t was found
that five of his ribs on the left side were
broken. Nearly all the teeth in his lower
Jaw had been knocked out and the scalp
on the top of his head was torn loose.
He was unconscious when the doctor
reached him, not having spoken after he
was struck by the train. He was restored
to consciousness. but could not speak and
was in such misery that he was given an
Opiate and again became unconscious
Letters found in his pocket were ad.
dressed to stephen Langdell, Rock ISL
and, ILL.," and their contents indicated
that he was an old resident of this city
The city directory does not give the name
Stephen Langdell, but there are two
Langdell's named George and Thomas,
and the victim may possibly have beer
one of these, or probably he has come
here to live since the directory was is
sued He was alive at last accounts, but
the doctor said he could not live.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
THE CITY In BRIEF.
Jefferson club meeting tonight.

Jefferson club meeting tonight.
Will G. Davis, of Reynolds, was around
town today.
A little warmer today, but not any too
warm for comfort.
Campaign hats at Liberman's Pur-
chase one and be in style.
There will be big crowd at the camp
meeting next Sunday.
Charlie Hodges went up to Port Byron
on business this morning.
Al Bruner went out on the Peoria train
this morning on short business trip.
Drs. Morgan & McCandless, dentists.
There are nine prisoners in the county
Jail. Eight men and one woman.
Sheriff Reticker was too busy to go out
to the camp on Vandruff's island today
Mr. F. VonAch, one of Cables enter.
prising young men, was in the city to-
day.
Bean, the grocer, has some very nice
spring chickens.
Five dozen white high hats have been
ordered for the new democratic marching
club.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
At LibertY.

The fair and frail Lizzie Richardson
once more breathes the air of liberty and
smiles in the sunshine. On the 9th of the
present month she was committed to Jail
for vagaboDdism, and her lovely counte-
nance has since been missed from her
accustomed haunts Last evening she
was released by order of Justice
Chopper on promise to leave the
city. Lizzie kept her promise and emf
grated to the mum" city, but she didn't
promise to stay away, and her stylish like
form is expected to be seen gliding around
town again in the near future.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
The Fall Term of School

The fall term of the public schools will
open one week from next Monday
1st Some needed repairs to the different
school buildings have been completed and
everything is being gotten into readiness
for the beginning of school. The high
school building has been painted up and
is as neat as new pin. The attendance
at the fall term of school promises to be
fully as large as usual, if not larger
than last year. The teachers who are
absent from the city, will arrive next week
so as to be ready to assume. their duties
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
They will Compete.

The Rodman Rifles have decided to
enter the competitive drill on the Daven-
port fair grounds next Friday, and a
meeting of the company has been called
for this evening to arrange for the drill
The Rifles have not drilled much this
summer, but knowing the tactics as well
as they do, weeks practice will fit them
upin good shape. The members of Com>
pany B, of Davenport, are no slouches,
and if the Rodman Rifles get away with
them they Will have reasons to congratu-
late themselves.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
To the Bitter End.

Christian Gebha-dt and Melvin Mckay
hate each other heartily. They never let
chance go by to make things warm for
one another. Last spring Gebhardt raised
cain and Mckay had him arrested, and he
was tried for insanity, but the jury dis
charged him. Now Mckay comes out and
declares that Gebhardt has stolen scythe
from him. The accused says that the
scythe belongs to him and there lies the
bones of contention. Mckay told his
story to Justice Chopper last evening and
was sent to Justice Halves, who told him
to see States Attorney Parmerter, who
referred him to the sheriff, who in turn
told him to see the grand jury. Where
the latter will send him remains for the
future to decide.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-22
SWisher.

Mr.. A. B. Swisher, of Eliza, Mercer
county, let the light of his countenance
shine on us today. We never saw Swisher
before, aud consequently feel that we
have made the acquaintance of good
man. If he were not JOY to his race he
could not have been elected to the board
of supervisors for thirteen consecutive
years much less selected as chairman of
that body, the position he now occupies.
This is the first time that Swisher has set
his foot on our streets in twenty-five
years, which leads us to think that he is
not in love with Rock Island Now that
he has learned that our citizens live like
other people, we hope he will make him.
self known more frequently and not keep
himself hidden in the wllds of Mercer
county.