New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-12-10
GLEANINGs.

The smallest county in Dakota is
Clay, which contains about 100000
acres. ..t.-Et
Freckles are in fashion in England.
tabouchere says they are the outward
sign of inward iron.
The London Underground Railway
runs l,l2l trains during it's working
day OF twenty-one hours. s5.i
A splinter of a deer's hoof, with pow
erful microscopes and polarized light,
is as wonderful to see. as the rain
bow. s.
In the Montana cattle towns news
paper, a shave, and glass of whisky
all cost the same price, namely, 25
cents.
Mrs. Cagley, the wife of an English
Life Guardsman, is said to be the COM
ing London beauty. She was q Miss
Campbell, and the daughter of a music
dealer. hi. lsa ..a..
Merchant travellers in southern states
amuse themselves in beating the local
authorities out of the tax on drummers.
They frequently do it. The average
drummer Is pretty sleek.
Murder hole'' is the name given to
mysterious hole in the ground near
Salem, Va. It is forty by sixty feet in
size, ane 1856 feet deep. The average
temperature at the bottom is forty-four
degrees. 5000
The leading hotel at Hawkinsville,
Ca, will not take lady hoarders. The
1on11orI ooxyc i - ~. III +ho = ~
travellers, but he doesn't want any
trouble. He calls his house the Drum
mers' Stag Hotel.
Mrs. Matthew Webb, widow of the
swimmer swamped at Niagara Falls,
complains that she never received the
$4,000 known to have been subscribed
for her benefit by friends of her hus-
band in England.
A Georgia paper relates case of a
fox standing his ground, fighting a
dog and a man in open ground until
killed the first time a fox was ever
known to face danger when there was
q chance to run away.
Little or no jewelpy will be worn by
fashionable men, and even watch chains
are to be discarded. The nearest thing
to a watch chain is plain gold thread,
which goes around the neck and comes
out through one of the button holes.
Providence Journal.
The time-honoreG custom of sending
the editor slight token of the wedding
feast is about to be revived. OF this
we are truly glad. Bless you, it gives
an inspiration to our pencil to write
from behind a basketful of the frag-
ments of a wedding feast. CortervitIe
{ &C., american.
An old Derby hat may be converted
into dainty work basket. Cover the
outside with shirred satin of any color
and tie a broad band of the same about
the crown, with bow and ends on
one side. Line the inside with any
pretty material, and make handle Of
twisted ribbon. Handy Housewife.
1t is said than when Sarah Bernhardt
plays Lady Macbeth she 50 keeps TO
literal historical accuracy that she ap-
Pears on the stage with her feet as
heaven fashioned them. This is akin
to the actor who when he appeared in
"Othello" so entered into the spirit of
the part that he BACKED himself aall
over: st a s5.
The Mississippi steamboat-men have
2 general superstition against all boats
whose name begins with the letter NJ.
One captain says, 81 have never known
q boat on the Western waters that
commenced with the letter NJ that has
not either burned up, sunk, or been
blown up, or been financial disaster
to her owners. = i
Military critics attach great impor-
lance to the discovery of German
aeranant, who claims that, by the use
Of compressed eapbnnie acid, he can
ascend or descend at pleasure, and says
he can 60 up Or down until he meets a
current of horizontal air. that suits him.
He adds that he can reach an enemy;s
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