New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-04-02

Among the curiosities exhibited
at the headquarters Of the Fish
Commission in Washing ton are four
playing cards that were found in
the pouch Of 9 large cod captured
BY Captain Cornwallis Swim, of the
schooner Sophronia, last fall.
One Of, the weather prophets
up in New Hampshire frankly says
that he sits down and thinks, and
then predicts what happens to
come into his mind. 2 Some other
weather.wise people are not as
candid, but possibly not more
scientific.
At a revival in Louisville last
Sunday the class.leader urged those
who were present to get up and tell
what the Lord had done for them.
A tall, matter. of.fact specimen of
the granger arose, and in loud,
earnest voice said: "He amt done
nothin' for me, and I'm about tuck.
cred out. The fact is I'm a strang.
er and need help right off,
A man was received into the
Laborisiere Hospital, Paris, the
other day with yard of rope hang
ing from his mouth. Traction up
on the cord revealed u section of
clothes line measuring eight feet.
He had been surprised in an at
tempt at suicide, and had tried to
conceal his design by swallowing
the cord, He lived, of course-they
generally do.
| This country makes one.ffth of
the iron and one fourth of the steel
in the world, and furnishes one half
of the gold and one. half the silver
of the worlds supply. TAXING all
the mining industries of the world,
the United States represents So
Great Britain, 80, and all other ma.
tons 81 per cent of the total. An.
glo.Saxondom, therefore, represents
SO per cent of the mining industry
of the earth.
A small trader in Berlin, who was
recently summoned as witness in
court, and who asked to be excused
from appearing on the day anc
hour @ o'clock) appointed. on tn.
plea Of attending his wife's funeral
was told that the alleged reason
could not be considered a sufficient
ly valid one. He presented him
self; but when the case had not beer
called by l o'clock, he braved tn,
risk of contempt of court, left, AM
was finally excused by the Judge.
Years ago John @, Adams lovet
the prettiest girl in Alabama. He
parents forced her to marry a mar
named Jackson, who took her t.
Texas, where she became the moth
er of nineteen children. A yea
ago her husband died. Meanwhile,
John @. Adams, who had married
early, had not been idle. He ac-
quired considerable local renown b,
becoming the father of twenty ON,
children. Recently his wife died
He has gone to Texas to MARI,
Mrs. Jackson. TIE families viii
live on the cooperative plan.
| Among the numerous applice-
tions for pensions received by tn,
Commissioner of Pensions is on,
sent the other day by an ex-soldler
who has discovered an entirely new
ground for relief. He stated tina
he had no wounds and was not dis
abled by disease, but, while fghtin.
in the Union ranks at the battle o
Antietam, he lost his coat, vest, ant
one suspender.' ''The other sus-
pender, he wrote, s'was my onl,
stay and support. Imagine m,
dismay when a bullet came along
and, slightly scorching my skin a
it passed, cut the last precious sus.
pender clean in two. There
stood, in presence of many thou
sands of men. Ny emotions can.
not be described, You, Mr.. Com
missioner, can imagine them. i an
certainly entitled to pension TO
the wounds given to my feelings OF
that occasion. Possibly you ma,
not decide that a large pension
should be given me, but, at least,
ought to have enough to keep me il
strong, reliable suspenders all m,
life. ~