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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Tame Grasses in the West,

In the prairie regions Of the great
west, for some time after the country
is settled, only native grasses are need
ed. The conditions of a settled country
are not congenial to the wild grasses,
and while they do remain they are not
quite equal in value to the tame grasses.
As rule, tame grasses furnish feed
about month earlier in the spring,
and the same length Of time later IN
autumn, than the wild grasses. When
the wild grasses begin to dry up in the
fall they are tougher than tame grasses
with the exception Of the buffalo and
bunch grasses of the arid region along
the eastern slope Of the Rocky noun
tains. There is no kind OF forage which
will fatten cattle faster than our native
prairie grasses during the growing
season, from the middle of May to the
middle OF August.
Tame hay is more nutritious, but
stock usually like good prairie hay bet
ter. Tame hay must be made at a
season when rains are frequent; while
the best time to make prairie hay is in
the month of August and the early part
of September, when, as a rule, but lit
tie if any rain may be expected.
Eastern farmers, when they first come
west, think that they could cut their
prairie hay early in July, as they have
been accustomed to cut tame grass
Wild hay, made early in July, is of
poor color and flavor, as well as lack
ing in nutritive qualities. All the valu-
able wild grasses here are latein bloom
ing. At the time OF writing (Septem-
Der 10, Blue Joint and Indian Grass,
or Wood Grass, which are considered
by farmers two of our most valuable
native grasses, are still in full bloom.
However valuable the wild grasses may
be, the tame grasses are also needed.
In the latter part OF the growing season
tame grasses furnish a better quality
OF feed than the wild sorts.
The first and simplest mode is to SOW
tame grass seed, especially Timothy
and blue grass, on the native prairie,
when it first begins to fall from tramp
ing or too close feeding. This seeding
should, if possible, be done early in
the spring, on one Of the late snovA
If the soil, when soft, be we'll scarifisd
with a sharp harrow, it will increase
the chances of q catch. With good
seed sown in this way, success is al
most certain.
The only kinds of tame grasses that
have been extensively tested west of
the Missouri, are: Timothy, Kentucky
blue grass, and orchard grass. Only
red clover and white clover have been
grown on scale sufficiently extensive
to justify absolute confidence. Red top
has been tried in a few instances with
success, but only, so far as the writer
is informed, on low and moist land.
OF the five tirst-named grasses, by far
the best to stand dry weather is orchard
grass. OF twenty kinds of tame grasses
sown on the Nebraska Agricultural
College farm one very dry spring, or
chard grass was the only one that
grew. This grass starts early, keeps
through the hottest weather, and is
good until hard freezing comes. 1t is
not specially valuable tor hay, as it is
rather coarse, yet stock seems to like
it.-Professor Thompson, Of Nebraska,
IN american Ag2icW tatrist.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
He Felt NJ Effects.

Uncle Abe was fond of 'possum. HAY
ing caught one, he got his wife Dnah
to cook it for him, and requested that
it should be placed III the cupboard I'M
til morning. The favor was granted,
and Uncle Abe lay down before q log
fire and went to sleep. His son Nose,
coming in late, got the 'possum and ate
it, laid the bones down at Uncle Abe's
head, smeared the old mans face and
hands with the grease, and went to
bed. The following morning Uncle
Abe awoke and asked Dinah: ''Whar's
dat 'possum?'
Sin de cubberd, which she explored
and found it missing.
r turning, Dinah inquired: ''Ab,,
when did you eat dat 'possum? Oars
de bones at yer head, yer face smells
OBJ 'possum and yer hans am greasy"
Maybe did eat dat 'possum, but if
l did it did me less good dan any pos
sum eber ct. ''-NQshviSie Journal. :,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
The First Morning in Bermuda.

Two OF three low, sweet bugle notes,
that [ afterwards discovered to be the
morning call OF the bakers boy, and a
burst of jubilant bird-song awakened
me. 1t took but a moment 10 throw
open the window. What contrast to
icy mountains and valleys Of drifted
snow! Before me were large pride-of-
India trees, laden with their long, pen
duious raccmes of pale lavender, each
separate blossom having a drop Of ma
room at its heart. Clumps OF oleanders,
just blushing into bloom. rose to the
right and the left. Beneath me were
glow NC beds of geraniums, callas, roses,
Easter lilies, and the many -hued coleus,
Scarlet blossoms burned against the
dark green of the pomeyranate leaves.
There rose the tall shaft of q stately
palm; there the spreading fans of the
palmetto, or the slender spires of the
swaying bamboo. AS far as the eye
could reach was one stretch Of unbroken
bloom and verdure. But stop Il minute!
Surely there are patches OF snow set in
all this grecnerY; snOW-covered roofs
glittering in the morning sun, and daz-
zling the eye with their brilliancy. It
took more than glance to discover
that the snow was but the white coral
rock, of which more anon.
1t seemed a cruel waste of time to
90 to breakfast, but there was no help
for it. AS we passed from beneath our
pride-o.-lndias to the winding Serpen-
tine, very pretty girl, neatly, even
IDENTIFY dressed, and carrying a little
basket lined with scarlet, tripped up to
us. and with {; graceful apology for de-
tanning us, in words as well chosen as
those OF any lady, begged the privilege
of doing our washing! The pretty face
was dark, AS dark as that of a bronze
Venus. We said Yes, quite shame
facedly, no doubt, and went our way,
wondering what manner of land this
might be, where melodious bugle notes
announce the advent of the baker, and
your washerwoman has the speech and
carriage of a duchess.-Juh0 c. r. Dor,'
l2 December Ati05tic.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Landlords in Mid Ocean.

The appearance of some of the small.
Or varieties of the migratory birds, such
us sparrows, swallows, doves, etc,
several hundred miles away from the
nearest land is by no means an unusual
occurrence on the ocean. About these
little erratic visitors there are some
curious and interesting facts. Their
appearance is almost always one at
time, though I have known consider
able number, representing, perhaps, as
many different varieties, to accumulate
in the course OF day. 1t is usually,
though not always, in stormy or UNI
settled weather
The first curious fact about these
birds is, that they never appear to be
tired out; whereas birds are often met
with near the land with their strength
quite exhausted. A second curious
fact about them is their preternalurai
tameness where there is no cat or dog
on board, and the crew show no dispo-
sition to modest them, as exhibited by
their apparently seeking rather than
avoiding the presence OF man.
Another curious fact about them is
the recovery OF all their native wildness
oAASA ciASAA <1SO1NuuCCO VI 1AUA .
presence on approaching the land.
The first time noticed this fact was
with a pair of olive-colored ring-doves.
which, from their remarkable tameness
and familiarity, | was led to believe had
been bred in a domestic state and per-
haps on shipboard. / kept them in the
skylight in the cabin, where they seem
ed to be quite contented; but on ap-
preaching the land they became the
widest OF the wild. One of them es-
capped and flew away. I succeeded in
taking the other into port, where /
gave it it's liberty. Now, am certain
that these birds could not have been
appraised of the approach of land through
the medium of any of their ordinary
senses. This curious circumstance led
me to notice more particularly the con-
duct of other varieties. of these little
wanderers upon the ocean SO far from
their native habitat, and find that
they nearly all exhibit to a greater or
less extent the same curious character
istic.-P0pular Science MONTHLY.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
The Largest Living Animal.


An animal which looks like fish,
but which is not a fish; which lives al
ways in the water, but which can not
live long under water, and which never
theless will die on land; which has a
mouth large enough to engulf at once
q dozen readers OF st. Nicholas, but
whose throat is SO small that your faith
er's fist can fill it.
Awhale! Yes, a veritable giant among
giants, the largest of all living crea-
lures.
10 one who does not know the reason
Tor it. it must seem odd to say that the
whale is not q fish. But, in fact, it is
no more a fish than YOU are. A fish
has cold blood, and takes the little oxy-
gen it needs from the water by means
OF gills; while the whale must take It's
oxygen from the atmospheric air, just
as you do.
You need to take oxygen into your
lungs to give to your blood at very
short intervals, so that you can not eX-
list for more than two or three minutes
at the utmost without breathing. OF
course it would not do for the Whale
to have to breathe SO often, for in that
case he could never stay under water
long enough to secure his food, and
would consequently starve.
10 provide against this catastrophe
the whale is enabled to charge reaer-
voir OF blood with oxygen, and thus.
with an hours supply Of aerated blood,
it can dive down and remain under
water until the supply is exhausted.
Should it be detained after the supply
is gone, it will drown as surely as your
own SELF
The tail is set transversely to the
body, and it's motion, unlike that of
the same member in a fish, is up and
down; and with such vigor does it
move that the surrounding water is
forced into Il series OF whirling eddies.
This tail is, moreover, the whale S
chief weapon, though occasionally it
does make use of its head or of it's
teeth. if it have the latter Stung to
fury by a harpoon, it will sometimes
lash about withaits tail to such a pur-
pose as to dash the stout whale-boat to
pieces and hurl the inmates into the
sea. AS a rule, however, the whale
prefers to run.F9ons 81 Submarine
F11e-eateg,' ty John e. Coryell, IN the
Christmas st. Nicholas.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23

SPEER.S
PORTUGAL GRAPF VINE
FERMENTEp GRAPE JUICE.
Also,

+ I
Used in the principal Churches for Communion
Excellent Tor Females Weak! Persons and the
aged.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23

On a rocky cliff, in the town of War
rem, Conn, sixty miles north of Bridge
port, whose summit is 1000 feet above
the level OF Long Island Sound, tower
l25 feet high is to be erected, in which
is to be placed a powerful telescope.
From the summit OF the cliff on clear
day a fine view can be had of the sur
rounding country for a distance of 100
miles. When the tower is erected it is
believed that the Brooklyn bridge, the
Palisades on the HUDSON, and many
other distant points can be seen.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
He Was Too Late,

Among the passengers on the train
over the Lansing road the other day
was an old man with sore eye and q
squeaky voice and stiff neck. Tho
train had scarcely left the capital city
when he caught the conductors arm,
and asked if the next station was Liv-
onia.
mo, sir; Livonia is fifty miles down
the road,' was the reply.
At Okemos the old gent asked the
same question, and received about the
same reply. At Williamstown he APP
pealed to the passengers, and refusing
to be convinced he pushed his head out
of the window and lost his hat. As
the brakeman announced Fowlervjlle
the old man suddenly stood up and
asked:
''Did understand you to say Liv-
onia?''
mo, sir; Livonia is still beyond"
was the reply.
He doubted it, and going out on the
platform he got cinder in his we'll eye
and was presently unable to see at all.
A kind-hearted man lent him q hand
kerchief, and when the train reached
Howell he was able to run down the
conductor and repeat his former in
quiry.
.:No, sir-no, sir!'' sharply replied
the official ''Livonia is still further on.
Is your ticket for Livonia!''
mo; I'm going beyand.' y
''Then what are you SO anxious
about?'
s'Wall, the last time l come through
Livonia there was a little red-headed
man behind pile of slaves with club
in his hand, and jist around the corner
Of a pile of shingles was big bald
headed man with a rock in his fist.
They was daring each other to co me
out, but the tram hustled along before
the climax come. [ was nder think
ing, you know-that is, | was kinder in
hopes that by the time we got there
this morning the little red-head would
have got his dander up huff to sail in. y
chow long ago was this?"
Bout six weeks
''You'd better go off and soak your
head!' snapped tue official as he walk
ed away.
Eyes, maybe l had,' sighed the old
man as he sat down. ssPd do it in a
mint if 1 knew 'twould help nv eyes.
We're gittin' clus down to Livonia
now, and the way my eyes are couldn't
tell red-head from bald-head nor make
out who was on top. / wonder where
the soakin' place is on this carr
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23

is PURE distilaton from the grape. and
stands unrivaied In this Country for medicinal
purposes
It's peculiar flavor, similar to that Of the
grapes from which it is distilled
SOLD BY 9 "a ss. Il. TtOoS
AND BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Sent " 1884
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Wisconsin Birds.

The bird population OF Wisconsin is
estimated at sixty-six per square mile,
or 1865, 900 for the state. Each bird
is assumed to eat fifty insects day, or
5000 for summer. Hence, all tho
birds will consume 2l,384, OOO,O
insects a year. Add to this amount
the work which these birds do in their
Southern homes, and we have low
estimate Of the influence they exert
over insect life. Multiply these figures
by torty-eight, for the states and
territories, and we arrive at the con-
clusion not only that our bird population
is pretty large, but also that without it
our bug population would soon be so
large that it would eat us up.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Spee3''s (S0cINiife) CINret
SDee2'S z. u. B1'N?aHv.

Is wine of Superior harirtar and partakes
the rich qualities of the grape : ON which it
made
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Prepared by Or. J. G. Aver & Co.
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Too Late.

1t appeared to be private confab,
as the two men sat with their backs to
the iron fence of old Trinity Church.
'If you was Jay Could" said one,
''and | was a Judge on the bench, how
much would you give to own me?''
''Well,. dunno. How much would
you take?''
"Make me an offer.'
swell, I'd chip in with Jim Keene
and Russell Sage and Uncle Rufus, and
l reckon we'd offer you $4,000.
''Hoot! foot! man, but you'd get left!
While you were getting up this pool
President Willard would step in with an
offer of $25, OOO."
Verdict for plaintiff.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
nIAE9oREATU
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

It quiets and composes the. patient-not by the
Introduction of opiates and drastic cathartics, but
by the restoration Of activity to the stomach and
nervous system, whereby the brain is relieved
Of morbid fancies, which are created by the
causes above referred to.
To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary men, Me1-
entary employment causes nervous prostration,
Irregularities of the blood, stomach, bowels or
kidneys or who require nerve tonic, appetizer or
stimulant, SAMARITAN NERvINE is invaluable.
Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful invig-
GRANT that ever sustained the sinking system.
$3.50. Sold by all Druggists. Q4)
For testimonials and circulars send stamp
TIE DR., S. A. RICHMOND NED. CO., PSoPR's.,
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
Spee2'S Blt30sL.ttIu.

Is dark rich medium Dry Wine used by tie
wealthy classes as table or dinner inc, aud by
physicians in cases where a dry wine instead of a;
sweet port is needed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-23
SPBER'S PORT GRAPE Wine /!
FOUR YElES OLD,
Speer's Unfermented Grape Juice.

Is the juice Of the Oporto Grapes preserved in Its
natural, fresh, sweet state as it runs from the
press by fumigation thereby destroying the cxcit
er of fermentation. 1t is perfectly pure, free
from spirits and will keep in any climate.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30
The Bite of an Epilcptic.

In England, recently, a young man
was bitten in the hand by Il woman
who had fallen in an epileptic fit.
Three days afterward he died, and the
neighborhood became greatly excited
over the occurrence. The case only
tends to add additional testimony to
the fact that the public love sensations.
This death may have been merely
coincidence, or. again, bite from any
person or any animal will occasionally,
or we should rather say might occa-
sionally, set up a degree of inilamma-
ton in an already depraved and weak
ened constitution that might prove
fatal. But to suppose that the bite of
an epilcpiic is any more serious, sim
ply because it is inflicted by an cpl
lcptic, than would be Il similar wound
received from any other person is GER
tainly unreasonable, and not to be en-
tortained in the pathological light of
to-day. 49, .NcdtcH am SWgicaL Re
porter.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30
,I5AIf HEs MARRIAGE GUIDE. } pi2S sR

Elegant cloth and gilt binding. Sealed Tor 80
cents In postage or currency. over fifty Won
following subjects: Who may marryY whonot:
whyY Proper age to marry. Whomarry first.
Manhood, Womanhood, Physical decay. Who
should marry. How life and happiness may be
increased. Those married or contemplating
ing should read It.. IL ought to be read
by all adult persons, then kept under lock and
key, Popular edition, same as above, but paper
cover and 200 pages, 20 cents by mail, in money
or postage.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30
Home Items.
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Old men lettering around from rheu-
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My wife and daughter were made
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-Malaral fever, Ague and Biliousncss
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THE best periodical for ladies to take
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Mothers with sickly, fretful, nursing
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Thousands die annually from some
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indigestion, weak stomach, irregulari-
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timely use Of Hop
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To produce real genuine sleep and
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That indigestion or stomach gas at
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--Parslytic, nervous, tremulous old
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30
NEW ADVE RTISEMENTS.
AGENTS WANTED!

Reader, your name printed On circulars, show
cards, wood signs etc 10 "-tab ish yOu rmnnert t.
ly IN selling our SAFETY LAMP BURNER; it's
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terms, etc, address THE PHOENIX MFG CO.. 42
Mechanic st., Newark, n. ). Please mention
this paper.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30
COPYRIGHT SECURED.
Successor to Widows and Orphans Mutual Aid So.
ciety, organized July 4th, 1877, under
the laws of 1872.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1sT YEAR.

VIM Stratton, Stratton q Bird, rro:ers, Cairo H.
j. a. Goldstine, ofGoldstine Il Roscnwater, whole.
sale and retail dry good; c. W. Dunning, NJ, D.;
Pres. Bd Med FIX, for Pensions; Albert Lewis.
commission merchant; j. II. Robinson, county
judge ano notary public; VIM. f. Pitcher, com
broker and insurance agent; X. H. Baird, city
street supervisor; NJ. Phillips, carpenter and build
er; Thomas Lewis, attorney and secretary; +. ".
Pierce, attorney atlaw DuQuoin III, &c. Pace
cashier of Centennial Banx, Ashley, Ill. Albert
Hayden, cashier of George Connolly h Co., Spring.
field, Ill b. NJ Mum, attorney-at.law, 1866 Ral.
doph street. Chicago; Hon. Robt. A. Hatcher at
torney.at.law, Charleston, Mo; II. Leighton,
cashier First National Bank, Stuart Iowa
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TIM r. CARD
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Miss River arrives Wed. sat. Il Mon.
" departs Wed, Fri. d sun.
o. ger del. op from..... ...7 80 am to 7:3O pu
P.O. box de-. open from. a. m. 10 9p. IN
Sundays ger. del. open trom....ss. m. TO 10 g. nj
Sundays box del. open from. & a. m. to 1890 an
Scr NOTE.-Chsnges will be published from
time to time in city papers. Change your cards &C
cordingly. VIM. NJ. MURPHY. ?. N
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30

What could be more cordial. and ut
the same time freer from offensive per-
sonal faint, than the wedding wish of
Louisiana editor: MAY they prove as
good to each other AS the cake and wine
proved good to us"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-30
EASTERN LINES.

TRAINS LEAVE CMrU:
:9:.1O :. ~. Mhil,
Arriving in ST Louis Dam; Chicago, : 80 p. n
Connecting al Odin and Elingnam for Cinri
natl, Louisville, Indianapolis and points East
2:1D p. IN. Fast st. Louis am
Weste II Express.
Arriving IN st Louis Gas p m, and conucctir
for all points West.
3:4G u. IN. Fast Express.
For st. Louis and Chicago, arriving at St. Lou
lO:lj p. IN o., and Chicago 20 q. IN.
3:4D p. IN Cincinnati Express.
Arriving at Cincinnati 200 u. IN. Louisville q 4
h. IN. indianapolis l.u5 III. Pas-eLgcrs
this train reach the all We polnts - to 8,
HOURS IN advance OF any other route.