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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

The new postal card paper, under the
contract of 1885. will be delicate pink
in lieu of the cream color of the cards
now issued. The texture of the paper
is also to be improved. The size will
be the same as now in use.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

Winnepeg dispatches persist in hav-
ing Louis Riel, the leader of the rebel
lious half breeds, insane For an insane
man Riel is kicking up considerable of
row. We presume the Gear of Russia
will next be declared insane.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

George McMurphey. postmaster at
Ortonville, writes to the Pioneer Press
that he has in his possession the first
greenback struck of. It bears the in
scription ~. S. Note, August 1, 1862.
No. l. Letter A. One Dollar Mr..
McMurphev asks $50 for the note.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

Another trunk mystery came to light
last Friday, at Pittsburg, Pa. The de-
composed body of an Italian Chicago
peanut vender was discovered in a
trunk at the union depot. The trunk
was checked at Chicago by unknown
parties,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

Another tenement house horror oc-
Cured in New York last Saturday
night, by which eight persons were
burned to death.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

Wheeling is no longer the capital of
West Virginia. The State archives,
government property and State Offices
have been removed to Charleston.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

At Hondyi, Alaska, man and wo.
man were recently tied up and starved
to death, for witchcraft.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

St. Paul had very exciting city cleo
ton yesterday, but the outcome will
not be known here until this evening.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06
Wednesday, May 6, 1885.

Gen. Grant has recovered sufficiently
to resume work on his book.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-06

John r. Parshall was last Saturday
appointed postmaster at Faribault, vice
E. n. Leavens, commission expired.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
AFFECTATION.
An Artificial Garb Assumed by Those
Who Make Professions to Qualities
They Do Not Possess.

An Artificial Garb Assumed by Those
Who Make Pretensions to Qualities
They Do Not Possess.
This evil propensity, for such we I'M
hesitatingly designate it, has, alas! a
deep and wide-spreading influence.
From the sublime subject of religion
down to the slightest punctilio of de-
pertinent, what is there in any way
noble, ''lovely, or of good report" that
affectation is not impudent enough to
counterfeit? But happily ~ the inter-
ests of simplicity and truth, the counter
felt is as different from the reality as
the paltry tinsel from the pure and solid
gold, and though the one may glitter
and dazzle for awhile, yet the other will
only stand the test of time and trial.
The triumph of hypocrisy is short, and
even when at its highest glory the
flimsy disguise reveals more than it con-
ceals. But this is a fact of which those
who wear the mask are probably not
cognizant; for had they the power ''to
see themselves as others see them,"
they would cast the disguise aside. This
idea is eminently suggestive of the
source from which affectation springs,
namely, a heart that has never been SUBJ
iected to the scrutinizing process of
determination. Hence we shall find
that an affected person is invariably a
self-ignorant person, and one who pos
sesses a mean mind.-Phiiadelpbia call.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
SOME SNOW. !
The Device Designed by an Intelligent
Railroad Man to Relieve BIockaded
Train.

The Device Designed by an Intelligent
Railroad Man to Relieve BIockaded
Train.
'This little snow snap doesn' amount
to anything" remarked an old railroad
man. IF you want to see snow that's
snow, just go out to the Sierra Nevadas
on the Central Pacific. If train gets
stuck in a drift here for half an hour
people think it an awful thing, but | re-
member once where a whole train was
buried in the snow for week. An ava
lanche came down the mountain side
and buried EN- under some hundred feet
of snow. There want much use of
digging for EN-, cause the snow would
pile in as fast as it could be dug out.
But the passengers were starving to
death and something had to be done.
The relief party got surveyor to locate
the train, as nearly as possible, and it
was designed to put a party on the top
of the slide with drill TO put hole
down through to the train in which some
food and drink could be poured. But it
was soon found that the slide was shift
ing all the time near the top, and the
tltDlIS NhlSh wa pun III bliC uIlll uOlt
was broken off. That scheme had to be
abandoned. Then L suggested a plan
that was Immediately adopted. We
rugged up little iron concern to fit one
of the rails, attached a rubber hose to
it, and pushed it in by means of iron
rods. Putting on one rod after another
we succeeded in showing it clear in so
that it reached the train. Using the
rubber hose for a speaking tube we told
the prisoners what they should do. At
taching the air pump on the engine to
this hose they pumped in hot soup and
bits of meat and bread, vegetables, etc,
every time they wanted a meal. Be-
tween meals they pumped in whisky,
beer, Kerosene oil, and stuff like that
all through the same tube. Then | had
another idea. By supplying the hose
with plenty of hot-water, and by keep
ing the pump going, we succeeded in
thawing enough of the snow along the
rail to let the passengers crawl out after
they had been in there q week. But
that air pump saved their lives. l tell
you an air pump is fine thing"
40, certainly" said an incredulous
listener, "but will you please tell me
how they managed to keep fire in the
locomotive and work the pump under
the snow?"
Don't know anything about that.
They did it, that's all. Hope no one
doubts my truth and veracity. If I'd
a-been in there I'd have known all about
it. But | was on the outside. You
can't ask a man to be in two places at
once and know everything, can your
PecE's Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THAT LASsIE OF MINE.

Well-this is perplexing! There really must
be
some limit to human forbearance, see;
haven a neckte-not one-to put on
lis easy work guessing where they may be
gone;
They're turned into sashes and tied in bow
To beautify five or six dollies or so,
And Unjust confess that strongly incline
To scold her-that saucy wee lassie of minel
A sleeve button2 That has gone into her
pocket,
To make for a waxen-faced darling a iocket;
She's cushioned a slipper with one of my
socks,
And sings like bird while her dolly she
rocks;
She's scattered cigars on the floor far and
wide
She wanted the box for her kittens to ride;
Yes, yes-such Indulgence is all very fine,
But she sadly needs training-that lassie OF
mine!
WIN you look at those Northumberland
one and all
Marked over with burns from fat-irOI
She irons them for me, and then. for {
change,
She borrows my shoe-brush to polish the
Ny meerschaums are soaking in suds, well
know
She took them this morning some bubbles tc
And how She did laugh as they'd sparkle and
Sh no
That blithe, little, merry-faced lassie of mine
But she must be leaving such babyish ways
| IL talk to her sternly-my finger I'll raise
In warning that she shall forever forbear
10 NEEDLE with things l desire to wear;
Likewise that she really must strive to be
have
In manner more ladylike, sober and grave;
In short, l must teach her by rule and by
line
That frolicsome romp of a lassie of mine!
With shout and rush and a laugh and
song,
The light-foOted fairy comes tripping along
With beaming blue eyes, and with bright
flying curls,
With lovingeSt prattle-my girl of all girls!
Did any one whisper, or even suggest
That all she may do is not sweetest and best,
Not |! There is nothing too precious or fine
For this blessed mite of a lassle of mine
Sydney DdyTe, in Golden Days
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
HOW HE MANAGED 1T.
A Thrifty Brooklyn Man and Chicago
Millionaire.

Millionaire.
well, how many of the people in this
metropolis are worthy only so far as
mere veneer makes them so? Here is a
very interesting true story, and l am
sorry to be obliged to omit the names.
There lived in Brooklyn boarding.
house gentleman, his wife and their
pretty daughter. He was salesman in
Broadway dry goods house, and his
salary was $4,000 year. He had saved
$40 900 in the course of thirty years of
hard work. Last summer the wife and
daughter went 10 Bridgehampton, Long
Island, for little recreation, and there
met young man from Chicago, who
instantly fell completely in love with the
7oung woman. He seemed to have
money, and the father was sent for to
come down and look him over. The
man of business ascertained in half an
1our that the youngSter was the son of
I rich merchant. who was rated among
.he millions by the commercial agencies.
indeed, the Chicago merchant and his
|. wife were at that moment in Bridge
hampton. The Brooklyn man formu-
Dated a scheme and hurried to Brook
1lyn to put it into execution. In that city
OF churches there are to let full appointed
mansions, in which are not only furni-
trre, but bedding, tableware, silver
service, china, lace curtains, piano and
library. The best of them come high, to
be sure, but they are exceedingly sump-
t2ous, and to live in them is to enjoy
I'D as though you owned them. Our
NH4Oadway salesman at $4,000 a year
hhed one of these elegantly furnished
houses for six months, paid two months
rem, in advance, moved in and sent
WORD to his wife and daughter to invite
the Chicago folks home with them. The
Chicago folks accepted and came along.
They found their new-made Brooklyn
acquaintance living in one of Brooklyn's
finest dwellings,. The practiced eye of
the Chicago merchant saw that it must
requirean income of at least $4,000 a
year toeven live in such house-more
likely itwould require double that sum.
The Brooklyn man evidently was very
rich, and his daughter was doubtless
well worthy to be the wife of his son.
The boy pressed his suit. He was asked
to come again in a few weeks and get
his answer. He did 50, and ayas ac-
cepted The girl could not then be
married too soon, and December was
named. Accordingly, just before the
holidays there was grand wedding in
the mansion. There was big handful
of Chicago guests who congratulated
the young man from Chicago on his
good luck in getting so pretty bride,
and one apparently with such well-to-do
parents. 1t was a very successful we'd
ding, and the bride is very happy pre-
sumably in her Chicago home; but the
Brooklyn mans lease OF the mansion
ran out on the 10Th of this month, and
he is now back in the boarding house,
and still selling goods in the Broadway
house at $4,000 a year. Almost all of
the $4,000 he had saved is gone, too.
But he has married his daughter to the
son of a millionaire, and she has prom
ised to take care of him.-N. Y. Core
Sp0Hdence Utica Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
TEMPERANCE.
A CHIlD,S PRAYER.

What thongs so tight as those that habit ties?
What gloom across the soul so heavy lies,
As that which comes from sin?
Sin that's INDUCED from day to day,
And molds us as the potters clay;
Makes men and devils kin.
I've drunk the draught when song and jest
went round,
And thought that in the cup was pleasure
found;
Twas velvet DER the steel
How sweet did seem the SIRENS song
l thought in Heaven she did belong;
Twas Hell she did conceal.
With threads of silk she bound me round and
round;
They did not gall until at last found
They held me firm and fast.
Then, though | cried, oh let me free,
She Knocked me in my misery;
THY soul l have at last.
Free man! my slave; 1 have thee wholly
mine:
For thee no more the sun of hope shall shine =;
For thee but cloudy skies.
Drink till foul creatures round you creep,
And drive away blcst boon of sleep,
Nor pity your wild cries"
A mothers prayer; the tear-stained face of
wife,
Her pleading whom loved once as my life,
My hayward steps turned not,
with burning thirst and brain aDaZe,
Onward l plunged til in each gaze
read, 1.-The drunken sot."
The suns hot rays awoke me from my sleep
Beside the fence where instinct made me
creep,
As If to hide my shame;
And bending DER in mute surprise,
My baby child, with br' ght brown eyes,
She dared to lisp my name.
Her soft, white arms around my neck she
flung;
Could she love me, and she so pure and
young?
Papa, now let us pray, 800 =
Oh! God, don't let him drink no more;"
Twas waited to that Heavenly shore,
And answered right away.
My soul was stirred, and to my eyes came
tears
Tears of real penitence, the first for years;
My soul aloud did cry:
Thou, God, hast power alone to save,
Oh! keep me from the drunkards grave,
In mercy draw me nigh"
Oh! faith of babes, beyond the sight of men!
Papa, come home you'll never drink again,
You'll leave your naughty here"
Twas then the SIRENS bonds | broke
When conscience and that baby spoke
Through prayer and falling tear.
Union Signdl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
An Initiative Cat.

William Ewing, of Conemaugh, is a
highly respected gentleman of sixty
years of age and is member in good
standing Of the Disciples Church. The
necessity for these statements will APP
pear right away. In Mr.. Ewing's house
were two clocks, one downstairs and
the other up, which had not moved for
two years. A tinker was recently called
in to repair the downstairs clock.
While he was at work Mr.. Ewing's cat,
very intelligent animal, jumped upon
the table on which the clock stood and
closely watched all that was done.
After the clock had been fixed and
made to strike again the cat disap-
peared. Some time later the clock up
stairs was heard to strike. The mem
bers of the family, in great surprise,
fastened up stairs and were astonished
to find that the cat had opened the
clock door and, by inserting its paws
among its works, had actually over
come the obstacle to its running They
stood and watched it and saw it strike
the pendulum with one of its front
paws, Just as the tinker had done with
the downstairs clock. The cat did not
set the hands, i0r the reason, perhaps,
that it did not know the precise time.
JohnStoeOn (Pd. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
LITTLE BUNNIE.
The Cunning Plaything of an Invalid G
How He Lost Himself.
Bunnie was not little boy. or ei

Bunnie was not little boy, or girl,
but bright-eyed gray squirrel.
When very young he was given to a
little girl, who was sick, on her birth
day. She was in bed most of the time,
and little Bunnie would creep under the
pillows, or close to his new mistress, to
keep warm. He grew very tame. and
he and his mistress were very fond of
each other.
Bunnie was growing larger and fatter
all the time. He became a beautiful
squirrel, with a glossy coat, and u
great, fluffy tail that looked like a gray
plume, it was so soft and pretty. He
had shining tin house to live in, but
he did not like it one bit. He cried and
scolded, and beat the bars with his
paws so hard when he was put into 1t.
His mistress could not bear to see him
do this, and only shut him up when he
was naughty. So he used to run all
over the house, inside and out
His nuts and other food he liked were
kept in small tin box on a window
sill. Bunnie learned to raise the lid
with his teeth. He looked very cum
ming while opening the box, and sitting
beside it, nibbling nut, or a piece of
bread held in his paws.
He would play "hide-and- with
his mistress. When tired of play he
would creep up to her, and rest his little
nose against her face or neck, and
sometimes creep into her pocket and go
to sleep.
One day Bunnie was missing. He
did not come to his dinner; he could
not be found anywhere about the house
or yard. Where was Bunne?
That night his mistress heard queer,
scratching sounds in the fireplace.
She listened, and wondered if it could
be Bunnie.
Then she got up, and, after much
pulling, moved small stove Putting
her hand as far as she could reach up
the chimney, she felt soft something.
1t was Bunnie; and very black, scared
Bunnie, too.
He had fallen down the chimney and
been in the fire place all day. He let
his mistress put him right into a bowl
of water, and while she washed lin he
drank as much as he could, for the poor
little squirrel was hungry, and thirsty,
too. Bunnie slept that night on his
mistress bed, as snugly as squirrel
could wish. He never fell down the
chimney again. Our Little Ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

to try to get away, and that made the
boiling"
What shape shall make the dough-
nuts?" .-T
ANY shape you please. l can tell
you nice way. Take the cover of the
yeast-powder can and cut some round
thin cakes. Put little grape jam in
the center of one, lay another one over
that pinch the edges together and
when they are cooked they will be round
balls with jam in the center. The Ger
mans make them so at carnival time
and call them fasching krapfen."
Another hour of quiet, and then came
the question: Mamma, what meat are
you going to have for dinner?"
There's beefsteak in the pantry"
replied Mrs. Howard
And now may we shut the door till
we have dinner ready"
Permission given, the door was shut,
and through it Mrs. Howard heard a
rattle of dishes combined with much
giggling.
At noon Mr.. Howard came home and
looked surprised to see his wife sitting
there so composedly with her sewing,
but she only smiled and did not seem to
think of dinner at all. just then the
door was thrown open and a stylish
waiter, with mamma's white apron on,
made bow and said that dinner was
ready. Daisy wore an apron of man.
ma S, too; her own would not have done
at all, you know. This is hotel"
said she, land you are the boarders.n
Each waiter placed a chair for a
boarder, stood silent while the blessing
was asked, and then took seat at the
table.
ut seems" said Mr.. Howard to his
wife, ''that the walters eat with the
guests at this hotel"
Il presume this is the latest style, ="
replied Mrs. Howard. Waiter, l
would like napkin, if you please"
And, while you are about it, Just
bring me knife and fork, added Mr.
Howard; land the butter, too, if you
have no objections. "
The walters looked at each other in
surprise. They were sure they had put
on the table everything that was need
ed. How could they have forgotten
knives and forks and butter? Daisy
giggled, but Harry, with great sober
ness, said that it was the latest style
not to put these things on until called
for.
What q jolly dinner that was, and so
good, too! There was Saratoga pota-
toes, crisp and brown. Daisy's little
hands had peeled and sliced them, and
this was what had kept her so suspi-
ciously quiet There was the beefsteak,
nicely broiled. There were also cold
baked beans and can of mamma 5
nice plums.
1--WE do not have desert at this hotel,
| take it, remarked Mrs. Howard to
her husband.
''Oh, yes, we don' interrupted both
walters at once, but we don't put it on
at first. They never do!'
''Oh, | beg your pardon! l am not
used to rst-class hotels.
At the right time the substantials
were removed and the dessert brought
on. 1t consisted of the fresh dough-
nuts and cup of delicious chocolate.
"A very good dinner, . said Mr.. How
ard, as they rose from the table, Il
think | shall patronize this hotel again. y
at has been such nice Saturday.
said Daisy, as she kissed papa and
mamma goodnight. 81 like stormy
Saturdays when they are like this. ~ -
Mary Il. Allen, IN COngregoti0naliSt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
MOI HIMSELF.
What Whisky Has Done for Man Who
Was, When Himself, One of the Kindest
and Most PeaceabIe Men.

What Whisky Has Done for Man Who
Was, When Himself, One of the Kindest
and Most PeaceabIe Men.
One day this week the loiterers in
Boston courtroom had an object-lesson
on the risks of whisky-drinking At
the bar, prisoner awaiting sentence,
with blood on his hands and remorse in
his soul, stood a man of good family,
of good education, member of a.
learned profession, an eX-otficer of the
regular army, who had served under
Custer, and whose eyes, when he
raised them from the floor met the
eyes of old comrades and friends full
of unspeakable sorrow for him. His
counsel said, no doubt truly, that when
he was himself he was one of the kind
est and most peaceable of men. There
had been times, however-more fire.
quent in late years than in earlier ones
when he was as far from being him
self as the whisky sold nowadays could
make him. 1t was in one of these times
that he had quarreled about money in
front of the bar of Boston whisky
shop, drew a pistol from his pocket,
and struck the other man a blow with
it, Perhaps what followed may have
been an accident but there was a loud
report, and then dying man on the
floor, and living man coming to him
self in the grip of the police-a homi-
eide. He is now convict in the State
Prison at Charleston under a five years
sentence. That is what whisky has
done for DR.. Samuel j. Allen, DR.
Hartford (C0nn) C0urQnt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

"A Kansas City editor has patented a
pair of triple shears. 1t is an instrument
with three sets of blades, two of which
when properly manipulated will adapt
themselves to the columns of any news
paper and cut both sides, while the third
set will chop the clippings out at the
proper place. Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

1t has been discovered by n Dutch
scientist that the gum which collects on
the branches of certain trees especially
the cherry, peach, plum and others
bearing stone fruits due to disease of
the tree. The disease is produced by q
highly organized fungus, whose action
causes the formation Of gum, and it is
quickly reproduced in sound trees when
they are inoculated with pieces of the
gum containing any Of the fungus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

An engraver's mistake lately
caused the brides parents to say on the
cards: "Mr and Mrs. -- respectfully
request your presents at the marriage
of their daughter" etc.-M Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
Temperance Education Asked For.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Illinois has asked the State
Legislature to pass the following bill.
Similar laws are now in force in YER
mont, New Hampshire, Michigan, New
York and Rhode Island:
SEC. l. BE it enacted by the people of Illinois
represented in the General Assembly: That
provision shall be made by the proper legal
school author ties for instructing, from proper
text books, all pupils in all public schools of
Illinois supported by public money. or under
State control in physiology and hygiene, with
especial reference to the effects of alcoholic
drinks and ma: uOtics upon the human system,
and that after January l, 1885, any school
neglecung or refusing to give such instruc-
ton shall forfeit its proportion of the State
School Fund.
SEC. .. No certificate shall be granted to any
person to teach in the public schools of ILL
not passed satisfactory examination in
physiology and hygiene. with special refer
cnce TO the effect of alcoholic drinks, stimu-
lants and narcotics upon the human system.
- -
THERE are found some saloon-keepers
who object to the teaching of scientific
temperance in the schools. They are
the ones who take the little copper toed
shoes from the drunken father, the milk
from the cupboard and the bread from
starving mothers. VIII our legislators
listen to such as they Union Signal