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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Lord and Lady Ex1nouth.
Long Branch Letter.

One of the most plainly dressed wom-
ell in the room was Lady Exmouth
She wore black lace dress over cana
ry-colored silk. cut very decollete, and
exposing a beautiful neck and sloping
shoulders. Loops of canary-colored
ribbon, diamond ornaments, including
a necklace, and huge bouquet Of yell
low roses finished her costume. Lady
Exmoutk is twenty three years old, but
has not the freshness and bloom of En-
glish childhood, L or the buxom expan-
siveness Of British matron. She is
rather thin and pale, and if it was not
for her way of wearing her hahn, cropped
at the top and in Langtry knot at the
back, would look more American than
English. Lord Exmouth is .dapper
little man, about the size of Sunset Cox.
with a. bright eye. During the evening
the noble pair never moved from their
chairs; he sat on one foot, swinging the
other, with an eyeglass in his ocular,
watching the dancers, and she alter
nately partook of a powerful smelling
bottle and the fragrance of her roses.
These elnblems of the English aristoc-
racy left last night for Saratoga, with
openly expressed disgust for Americans,
though they have only met two during
their stay in the hotel.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Dismantli1g the Guns.

Springfield Republican: About 100
old-style muZzle-loading So caliber
Springfield rifles are now dismantled at
the armory daily, and such parts as fit
the new breech-ioading model are re-
used. The guns thus taken to pieces
are part of the 100000 old-style rifles
made at the armory during the wal and
stored there unused after 1861 The
dismantling began in 1868, when it was
found that the whole gun could be sold
in the market for only $50, while the
parts which could be used in the new
model, together with the sale of the re-
mainder as scrap iron OF to shotgun
makers, would net the Government
about s.. The parts sold are mainly
the stock and barrel and scrap material,
and most of these parts go to manufac-
turers of cheap 'shotguns. The Whit
ney Company, of New Haven, and the
Remington Company, of Illion, n. Y,
are large buyers The 5O-caliber rifles,
which were first made in 1866, of which
only $4,000 were manufactured, were
never stored, but went at once into
active service, and have been mainly
worn out in it. There are now stored
at the armory about so, 1000 of the S.
caliber model, and l5S, disnantled
barrels and 12S,000 stocks. About So
600 cleaned and repaired" 5S-model
rifles are also stored, but Will not be
disnaantled, as they are mainly contract
guns and have seen such rough service
i'll the field as to make it inadyisable to
use their parts in new rifles.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19

had persuaded Louis to take the leap instead
of herself. Only for that should have pean
branded as d murderer
But you nobly redeemed yourself in saving
both their lives, here spoke.
My God! can ever shut out the horror of
it all he cried bitterly. Rising. said:
Yes, I think you can, then he bent his bag
gard eyes questioningly upon me, added:
s'Wait here a few moments
K :: X
), A little dark-eyed fellow stood shyly eying
the man had left but few moments before,
then laying his hand upon the man arm he
asked:
"Are you my big, brave Uncle Joe9 cause
II you are mamma sentme to fetch YOU"
ssChild' what is your name?" exclaimed the
man eagerly.
ssJoe Mason. answered the little one, add
ing: sbut mamma calls me Little Joe:'' then
glancing up he continued naively: "Uncle Joe,
mamma said you'd be glad to see me: are you?"
"Glad!" and as Joe Fuller uttered that one
word, like unto a sob, he clasped the little fel-
low in his arms, while I, closing the door,
cerept softly away, convinced the child had won
the day.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Eloquent.

There are those who are blind to the
.eloquence of a gesture or to the pathos
Of look. They see the armless sleeve.
but unless the poor soldier appeals to
them with words, they do not feel the
charity that beareth another's burden.
Such resemble the gentleman who re-
quired, before he would be pitiful, that
the expressive pantomine Of the Irish
beggar should be enforced by pathetic
speech:
A gentleman passed man who was
painful spectacle of pallor, squalor
and wretchedness. The man said moth
ing, and the gentleman, turning back,
accosted him thus: IF you are in want,
why don't you beg?"
"Sure, it's begging I am. yer Honor. !"
"You didn't say word.
'tOf coorso not, yer Honor, but see
how the skin is spakin' through the holes
of me trousers, and the bones erwin out
through me skin! Look at me sunkeu
cheeks, and the famine that's starin' IN
me eyes. Man alive! isn't it begging /
am with hundred tongues?0
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Crossing the Atlantic.

Mr.. Pearce, the builder of the Alaska,
the Oregon and other fast steamers,
has proclaimed his belief that the voy-
age across the Atlantic will ere long be
accomplished in six days. But this is
as nothing compared with the hope
which Leeds gentleman announces to
an astonished world. He promises
when he has built his ship-to carry
people from Liverpool to New York in
three days. This wonderful achieve
ment is to be brought about by his new
aqua aerial or wave ship. The aqua
aerial ship is intended for express, mail
and passenger service, also for I'M
armored war ships for which great
speed is desirable. The wave ship is of
shallow draught when at rest. and when
set in motion its draught is to decrease
with the increase Of speed. Instead of
blowing its way through the water it is
to skim along or over the surface. there
by avoiding the chief cause of resist
ance to the progress of ordinary ships,
viz: Wave making. The resistance Of
fered by the water to it's onward purse
is thus to be reduced to minimum, and
the power uselessly expended in wave
making and displacement Of water by
vessels of the ordinary type is to be
wholly utilized in the increase of speed.
This is to be accomplished by making
the bottom Of the vessel series of in
clined planes placed one after the other
Why not arrange to have the vessel
lift herself out of the water with the ex-
ception of the heel of her rudder post
and let her skim along on that? The
voyage might then, perhaps, be ac-
complished in few hours
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Agassiz Upon Life and Death.
From the PhiladeIphia Ledger.


An esteemed correspondent of the
Public Ledger favors US with the
following impressive extract from Pro.
lessor Agassiz to friend. (" Professor
Meek, who has been an inmate of the
Smithsonian building fer nearly twenty
years, was seized withviolent hemorrhage
of the lungs, from which he did not re.
cover. urged him to make will. but
he said it was not necessary at present as
he would soon be we'll again; in this,
however, he was mistaken. He was 8
remarkable man, with genera! powers
of mind; he devoted himself for nearly
thirty-fve,.years exclusively to one study,
that of the shells found in the geolog.
ical formation of this country, as COM
pared with the. living shells in different
parts of the world. In this study he
established a wide reputation, sincehis
iabors are highly priced as determining
the relative ages of the various geoglog-
ical formations of this country.
Ellis sickness and his death have
deeply impressed me with the instability
and uncertainty of all worldly objects,
as we'll as with the wonderful phe-
nomena of life and death. Although
these are constantly occurring around US
and must be exhibited in our own case
sooner or later, yet they are never fully
realized in all their magnitude. How
momentous the change! Now living,
! intelligent being, and in minute. per.
haps, mere mass of inert matter. We
awake to consciousness and find our.
selves in a world Of ever changing
scenes, which we call knowledge, amuse
| ourselves with fleeing shadows, and
then sink again into Inconsistencies, to
awake hereafter-but when? or where's
or what?
This is the great subject which ap.
parently should absorb all our attention,
ami render everything else Of no &C.
| count: yet it is, perhaps, wise dispen-
| sation that we cannot, realize its magni-
tude, and are left free to discharge the
duties Of life. We are parts Of an i'm
| mense system; mighty maze, but not
without plan and purpose, there is a
sufficient reason Tor cur existence, could
We find it, and since We are endowed
with the idea Of good and evil, of love OF
Justice and benevolence. we may, in
consideration OF these, conclude it our
cuty, short as our lives may be, to en-
deavor to improve ourselves and our fell
low men, and leave the world wiser and
better for our having lived. By SO do
ing we shall best advance our own hap.
Plness, and the we'll being Of our race.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
ElOped With His Fathers Bride.

John W. Hines, the cashier Of a Great
Barrin gton bank, arrived at Pitts6eld,
Mass. He was accompanied by little
lady whom he registered as his wife at
hotel. Hines is good-looking young
fellow of 25. 1t appears that young
Hines father recently married again.
Last week he returned from North Eg.
remont with his young bride, who is
connected with one of the best known
families in the country. She is an heir.
ess of large fortune. Last fall she
met the elder Hines at husaing bee
and fell in love with him. He escorted
her home that night, paid Ter frequent
visits, and in three weeks the we'd
ding took place. Shortly after
Mrs. Hines was introduced 10
her step-son. He was smitten with her
pretty face and figure and told her so.
He told Mrs. Hines that his father was
over 80 years old and concealed his grew
hair and whiskers by a liberal use OF dive.
Hines assured her that the story was
true and urged her to leave with him.
With " 600 they fled, buying small farm
in Sheffield, and they started off for the
depot. A farmers boy with load of
straw soon overlook them and invited
them to ride. They accepted, climbing
up and concealing themselves under the
bundles of straw. They reached the de-
pot just as the milk train was going out
and got aboard. The young mans father
arrived in the afternoon, but the young
couple had fled. They are said to have
gone to Forth Adams.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Alcohol, and the Heart Beats.

AS rule it will do we'll to let the pro-
cess OF life in our bodies 60 on without
noticing it, for doubtless it would make
us very nervous to have the internal ma
chinery in motion before our eyes. But
to prevent people from abusing that DEL
lcate machinery, it often becomes neces-
sary to show it; and if q person addicted
to wrong indulgence is made nervous"
by the sight, it may save him from beng
something far worse.
DR.. n. &. Richardson. of London, the
noted physician, says he was recently
able to convey considerable amount of
conviction to an intelligent scholar by a
simple experiment. The scholar was
singing the praises efthe "Ruddy Bump
er," and saying, he could not get through
the day, without it, when Dr.. Richard
con said to him.
will you be good enough to feel my
pulse rs l stand here??"
He did So said. Count it careful
~; what does it say?"
~ our pulse says seventy.fo
| then sat down in chair and asked
him to count it again. He did so, and
said, "Your pulse has gone down to
seventy"
| then lay down on the lounge, and
said, -
"Viil you take it again?"
"He replied, ''Why, its only sixty
four; what an extraordinary thins!n
| then said, "When you lie down at
| night, that is the way nature gives your
your heart rest You know nothing
about it, but that beating organ is resting
to that extent, and when you reckon it
up, it is great deal of rest,
because in lying down the heart
is doing ten strokes less
a minute. Multiply that by sixty and it
is six hundred; multiply it by eight
hours, and within traction it is five
thousand strokes different; and as the
heart is throwing six ounces of blood at
every stroke, it makes difference Of
thirty thousand ounces OF lifting during
the night.
"When I lie down at night without
any alcohol, that is the rest my heart
gets. But when you take your wine or
grog you do not allow that rest, for the
influence of alcohol is to increase the
number of strokes, and instead ofgetting
this rest you put on something like fit-
teen thousand extra strokes, and the re-
suit is you rise up very seedy and unfit
for the next days work till you have TAX
en- a little more OF the ruddy bumper
which you say is the soul OF man be-,
low"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19

Paris and Berlin. Frenchmen and Ger.
mans would confer it upon the Ameri.
can hog. He is noble emblem, ac-
cording to the Clarion and to the French
Academy Of Medicine aud to Professor
Virchow, of cheap ana wholesome food
for the toiling millions Of unhappy
Europe. And they are right.
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my husband to be an urwelcome pnest1
l never visited him. 1 wrote occasion.
ally, bat the love OF years, like that of a
father and child, had been so sadlv
strained by my persistence in marrying
Alexander that even our correspon-
dence was lang lid and commonplace.
II would not, therefore, write to him
to ask favor that knew would not
have been necessary without criminal
recklessness of expenditure. and such
refusals made my husband more furions
Then came an overwhelming blow. Al
exander forged check and drew e2 ono
OF Uncle Richards money from
the bank. I don't think
my uncle would have prose.
cuted him had he guessed who was the
forger; but he handed the whole mat
ter over to the law as soon as it was
discovered that the check was forged.
1t was then traced to Alexander, ard
at the same time it was foun.l that he
mad robbed IN the same way his former
employers. He had given up all work
on his marriage; but when found him
self without money his knowledge of
the business enabled him to forge the
name of Derkiss & Co. Even if Uncle
Richard had spared him for my sake
the other forgery would rave entitled
him to penal servitude. He was seu-
fenced to seven years. and uncle took
me home full of heavenly pity and for
glveness ior the child who had treated
him SO ungratefully."
Then your husband is in ,,rison?''
eaid Gerald ( in hard, strained voice.
NO, no, he is deadl He died within
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
The Real American Bird.
From the New York Herald.

When plans for our national insignia
were under discussion. DR.. Franklin adj
vocated elevating the American tur-
key to the dignity which was finally
assigned to the American eagle. In in
termeplate generations there have been
those who thought that the honor
should be transferred t. the American
oyster or to the canvasback duck. II
we were to consult foreign opinion at
the present day, 80 indicated in our
special cable dispatches to-day from
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
Free! Cards and ChrogGs.

We will send free by mail saEIrlc SIT OF oar
large German, French, and American C!.sorn,
1:trds,on tinted and gold grounds, with ga,sg Est
OF over 200 different designs, recent .I-l;s
tor postage We will also send free. ~ r1aii -
samples. ten of oar beautiful Gnrotnos fs sir
OF ten cents To pa, for packing and postage z4,
enclose contideDtia. price list of orr iai ~ Us
cl~ot@os. agents wanted. Address f Gi.E4.e,t.
4 Co., q Summer Street, Boston. Me-.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-11
The Ola Commander,s Honor.

Hartford Times.
One OF General Grants visits to Con-
necticut as the guest OF Marshall Jewell,
who took unusual pains to entertain him,
serves as q text for an interesting story
Gideon Welles, old and feeble though he
was, still basked in the sunny rays Of To-
cal prominence ct Hartford, and was the
chief guest OF the reception. When Gov
ernos Jewell made preparations for an
elaborate reception to Grant, the question
came up how TO preventive attendance Of
Lincoln's and Johnson's naval secretary,
whose ill.feeling toward Grant had been
marked. The plan .iopted was to send
no invitation. 10 Mr.. Welies. The fact that
his old townsman, Welles, had been
slighted weighed heavily on JEWELS
mind, and when, with one or two init
mates, he was sitting opposite General
Grant in his sanctum alter the last sound
OF the reception had faded away, he men.
toned the difficulty he had been forced to
meet. Grant walked quietly over 10 the
open gate, knocked of the ash tip Of his
cigar and, turning TO the Connecticut
leader, said with more than his usual EN-.
pbasis: ut may sound selfish, but j am
glad you did not invite Welles to- visit
you tonight (; II he had come / could not
have enjoyed your pleasant company.
There are some things that q soldier and
u gentleman cannot forget; one such thing
Ia q reflection on hisiw OF honor. And
that Is what Secretary Welles did to me
to please Andrew johnson. But I bear
him no enmity. am willing toilet his.
tory decide between me and Johnson"
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Coellug The uellara.

| P.aI0aak ~ gss 1ff Z
a great mistake Is sometimes made in
yentilating cellars and milk houses. The
object Of ventilation Is 70 keep the collars
cool and dry, but this object often fails Of
being accom- lished by a common mistake,
and Instead, the cellar Is made both warm
and damp. A cool place should never be
ventilated, unless the air admitted is cool
err than the air within, or Is at least as cool
as that, or a very little warmer. The war
mer the air, the more moisture 1t holds in
suspension. Necessarily, the cooler the
air. the more this moisture Is condensed
and precipitated. When cool cellar is
aireion a warm day, the entering air being
in motion appears cool but as i fills the
cellar, the cooler air with. which 1t becomes
mixed chills 1t, the moisture Is condensed
and dew is deposited on the cold walls, and
may often be seen running down them in
streams! Then the cellar is damp, and
soon becomes moidy. To avoid this, the
windows should only be opened at night,
and Iate-the last thing before retiring.
There ia no need to fear that the night air
Is unhealtbful-iti is as pure as the air Of
midday, and is really drier. The cool air
enters the apartment during the night, and
circulstes through It. The windows
should be closed before sunrise in the
morning, and kept closed and shaded
through the day. 1.-THE air Of a cellar is
damp, It may be thoroughly dried by plat-
ing in II a peck Of fresh lime in an open
box. A peck Of lime will absorb about
seven pounds, or more than three quarts
OF water, and in this way cellar or milk
room may soon be dried even in the hot
test weather, s
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In this eampaign Of ss4 The two candi-
dates for governor ina .plyotals Western
State affaigued for q series Of Joint discus;
sions. Both men were pppulat both q
fine appearance and We're so well matched
in'msntal force and Is orators that the CON
test between them promised 70 be q mag.
.nifcens one. For several weeks the scales
balanced evenly. Z.
But one day the brilliant Republican
candidate came up ailipg. he seemed
overcome and spoke laboredly. The next
day. he was even sieas 81 setiye. Later he
was compelled 10 ask his opponent for Q
postponemeut Of certain appointments,
which was granted. Before tile campaign
ended he had abandoned the field alto.
gether. u. ~
Meantimethe Democratic candidate con-
tinued his canvass, seeming TO grow strong
er, cheeTier and more effective with each
succeeding week. He was elected: One
evening in December while entertaining
several gentlemen he said:
II viii tell you o campaign secret
which gave me the election. With the
opening Of my campaign ] began caring
for mylfyer. ! knew thata disordered
or torpid liver meant dullnees and possible
sickness. 7 took something every day.
When my opponent began falling knew
his trouble 10 be his liver and felt like pre-
scriblng f1r him. but feared i'll did so he
might beat mel Igrew stronger as the
campaign progressed, often making two
speeches q day. Even my voice, TO my
surprise, did not fail line once. Allbecause
WarnAfs, safe cure kept me in a l TRIM
Exc Governor Jacob Of Kentucky, also
made a campaign tour under precisely
similar circumstances and says he kept lp
under the exhaustiug sirainby useot The
same meana. - Rochester Union. Is 4o
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Theiappointmsntof fltzhash Lse t. be
an aide 10 General Haneock IL the subject
81 feeling and controversy in Virginia.
The Bourbons are trying TO make capital
out Of it, playing oaths old Confederate
element witht6e suggestion that Lee, not
Malone, was selected as q representative
Virginia ex. Confederate The Republicans
are taking the,ground that the affair was
arranged 10 give Lee . political boom.
AT the time Of the selection 1t seemed
inyery bad taste TO take q man who was
running for Governor in State where the
conditions are as peculiar as they are in
Virginia. Itwould have benin quite as
bad taste to select Wise, the nominee OF
the other party and also an ex.Cenfeder-
ate. who performed as good field service
as Lee. twas o mistake to give occasion
10 say that anybody had been chosen for
80 sacred seryice in order 70 give him q
political advantage.
1t been intimated that the selection
Office was arranged in Washington by the
cunning Of Lees partisans. This may or
may not be true. oithis however we are
confident, that II there was such. Q scheme
General Hancock was noipafty toit. He
Is too much the soldier To be pulling poll
teal wires over a dead comrade's coffin,
and too much the man to be in SO revolt
: ing a deal.
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Anful En- eLs Of ggr.Nor.

Vdvtroa, Ga, R,Pprter. s 81
In a certain town not fur from Waycrosa
q snake was meandering over the townre-
Gently, and happened to pass the back
door Of a bar room. An empty keg, with
the bunghole open, both heads in, was
lying near the steps, and his spakeship,
having robbed hens nest, decided 70
crawl into the bunghole Of the key and
"take q diins.n This, we suppose, was
accomplished, but the end that did the
drinking got so drunk that the power o.
the boSy could not Attricate itseH. Il
could not crawl into the barrel because
the egg, which had been swallowed were
larger than the buug and would not
shrink. Then it was shown that eggs
and whisky are not only good for nogs,
but in this case caused the capture and
death Of q large chicken snake.
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Fishing byaaen.

httt tNttttF. tHtuls 4FtEpIus .ateI ?. r.
Joseph I. Fayinger, OF Lawrenceyille,
East Coventry township, Is the owner Of q
Plymouth Rock hen which Is possessed Of
the peculiar trait Of seeking In the water
for portion OF its livelihood. Pigeon
Creek empties into theS chuylkill River at
Mr.. Favinger's machine shops, Just after
furnishing the power for the industry, and
before doing 40 flows over q shallow, peh-
bly, bottomed bed in which numerous
minnows are at all times to be seen. Lately
the hen referred to, which probably frst
discovered the spot in seeking o place for
water, has gotten in the habit Of visiting
this place daily and spending some time
in wading about the shallow water and
catching live minnows, which, IS II
catches them in its bill, carries them to
shore and alter picking them until they
make no more movement swallows them
whole The hens method OF catching the
fish isto 90 in among q school Of the
small fish and drive them towardia spot
where the water Is 20 shallow that they
are scarcsly able totswim, when Il will
plunge In among them and is almost Ger.
tain Of capturing one OF each effort.