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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
His Turkish Bath.

When the Turkish baths were start
ed, a great many doctors introduced
baths in one form or another all over
the country. One was started in Chi
cage by DR.. Winters. One day tall
lank chap came in: he was at least six
feet two inches high, and with a frame
to carry two hundred and fifty pounds
actually weighed only one hundred
and thirty-fve. give not got con-
sumption, though may look like it, !"
said the fellow; but I've got the mala-
ria worst kind" The doctor agreed
to cure him in six baths at 50. SOC each.
After a Turkish bath he shut the
man up in glass baking-box. There
was q little thermometer Indicator on
the outside. The doctor took news
paper and sat down in arockingc hair,
where he could watch the indicator.
When it indicated 90 deg. the patient
tapped on the glass. us it all right,
Doc?" he asked; because it's mighty
hot, can tell you The doctor as
sured him that he could stand it up to
100 deg. Before the bulb had pushed
the record to 100 deg. he broke out
again, and again the doctor pacifed
him. The 100 deg. point was just
passed, when the victim shouted out
in a voice of sheer desperation: 81
say, Doc, bring me fork, won't you?'''
|.'What do you want of a fork" asked
the doctor. want to stick itlinto
me to see i Lam aone. ] know lam =
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Good Points In the Holsteins.

In the Holstein the average farmer
has a cow that will give him on an
average from to 10 gallons of milk a
day, and from 10 to 20 lbs. of butter
a week. And the texture and color OF
the butter is frst-class. After the Tri-
State fair, held at Toledo, Ohio, Sep
TENDER last, embracing the States OF
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, Mr.. J.W.
Rogers, Of Pitsield, O., said: "Imade
entries Of one tub Of factory and one
OF dairy butter, made from my Hol-
stein full bloods and grades, and the
committee awarded me first prizes on
both. They claimed the butter was
firmer and a better grain than any
other exhibited, and there was large
show of butter of good quality from
Jersey and other milk stock"
I don't deny that the Jerseys
will make more butter from a
given amount of milk, but the
larger flow Of the Holsteins will
more than make up the difference, and,
contrary to the generally expressed
opinion. l consider this an important
item in favor of the Holsteins.
The Holstein milk, containing as it
does large per cent. OF casein and
other solids, is still worth half the price
Of new milk for making cheese and feed
ing new stock, and will largely help to-
ward the keeping OF the cows. Calves
can be fattened on skinned Holstein
milk. A high authority states that he
has produced a growth of 100 lbs. per
month on calves fed only on Holstein
skim milk after the cream had all been
taken off. It is notorious that the
small amount of SKINNED milk left
from the light yield OF noted butter
breeds is almost entirely worthlessfor
cheese or feeding young stock.
In all the leading cheese districts of
the North, notably Northern New
York, Northern Pennsylvania, North
ern Ohio, and a large district OF Indi-
ana and Illinois, the factorymen are
introducing the Holsteins. &C. w.
Charlton, in Ohio Farmer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
An Old Prophecy.

Somebody has unearthed an old
prophecy for the year 1886 of a de-
cidedly uncomfortable nature, writes
a Roman correspondent of the London
Globe. 1t appears that in the
church of Oberemmel, near the city
OF Treveri in Germany, there is "a stone
tablet, some centuries old, on which is
cut the prophetic verse-in prose it
may be rendered.: "When Mark shall
bring us Easter, and Anthony shall
sing praises at Pentecost, and John
shall swing the cencer at the feast OF
Corpus Domini, then shall the whole
earth resound with weepings and wall
ings." Now it so happens that next
year Easter falls on St. Marks day,
Pentecost on that of st. Anthony of
Padua and the Corpus Domini comes
on ST. John the Baptist's day, June
"a. Here, then, are the first con
ditions of the prophecy fulfilled, so
that now believers in prophecies and
anxious-minded persons generally
have to sit down and think of every
thing disagreeable that can possibly
happen to this poor old planet and
the dwellers thereon between January
and December, 1886. And really il
the cyclones, and earthquakes, and
epidemics, and "wars and rumors oil
wars" of the years ls82-3-4-5 are to
be eclipsed, the prospect is not an
agreeable one.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30

coarse POLLARD or bran, when scalded
to form q rather stiff paste, are
useful for helping out the corn. As a
rule, fowls kept in inclosed yards
should have three meals a day; the
first to consist OF soft food, prepared
by the admixture OF boiled potatoes.
kitchen scraps, bran or pollard, and
barley or oat meal; and for the other
two meals corn Of some kind is pref
cradle. The soft food will be all the
better if it is mixed over night and
placed in an oven, so that it may be
warm in the morning. The prepara-
ton OF soft food is undoubtedly
troublesome, and those who have but
little time should feed entirely with
Indian corn. A constant supply OF
fresh, clean water is essential, and a
moderate quantity of green food,
such as caulifower, cabbage lettuce,
broccoli leaves and turnip tops should
be thrown into the yard daily, other
wise it will be difficult to keep the oc-
cupants in a thoroughly healthy con-
dition.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
To Clean LOoking-glasses,

Wash with a soft sponge dipped in
warm soap suds. Dry. carefully with a
cloth, and then sprinkle with fine
powdered chalk or whining tied in a
piece OF muslin, and polish with a
leather. Large mirrors may be done in
the same way. To give even better
polish before applying the chalk, dip
the sponge in clean water and squeeze
lit out, and then dip it into spirits of
wine and rub over theglass. Only take
care that the sponge does not touch
the frames, if unvarnished; but if var
nshed they may be cleaned with the
spirits Of wine as we'll as the glass If
white spots appear on Vanished
furniture a shovel of hot Goals held at
some little distance over the part will
take them out. Care, OF course, must
he taken not to scorch them or to in
Iure the surface Of the wood. China or
class vessels are best cleaned with the
finest fuller's earth. ii they have any
close smell powdered charcoa will re-
move it. II washing with it does not
succeed, leave the article with the char
coal IN it for a few days.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
How to Raise Turkeys.

To begin with, restrain your desire to
count young turkeys, and let them
alone for the first twenty-four hours
after they get into this "cold and un-
feeling" world. At the expiration Of
that time they will be quite strong and
decidedly hungry; remove them to a
clean, airy, roomy coop, and give
them their first meal-only it mustn't
be meal at all, but boiled eggs, stale
wheat bread crumbs just mojstened
with milk or water, Clutch" cheese,
or mixture of all these
For the first two weeks feed entirely
with the eggs, bread, curds, cooked
rice and cooked oatmeal. About the
third week commence feeding cooked
oatmeal; and from that on they may
be given any cooked food that would
be suitable for chickens of the same
age. Season all food slightly with salt
and pepper, and twice aweek add a level
teaspoonful Of bone meal to a pint of
feed Never feed any sourfood or slop-
py food Of any KIND, except sour milk,
and never feed any uncooked food of
any kind until after they have thrown
out the red on their heads Feed often,
five or six times aday, until they are
three months old; then, if insects are
numerous, you may gradually reduce
the number Of meals per day to three
or even two.
After they are three months old, they
may be given wheat, cracked corn, etc.,
but no whole corn until they are some
five months old. Keep the coops dry
and clean, and the turkeys out of the
dew and rains until they are fully feath-
cred, and have thrown out the red.
Dampness and filth will kill young tur-
keys as surely as dose of poison.
For the finst few days confine the
poults to the limits of the coop and
safety run; then, if all appear strong
and we'll, give the mother hen and her
brood liberty on pleasant days after
the dew is Off
If they get caught out in a pleasant
shower, get them to shelter as soon as
possible; and if they are chilled take
them to the house and thoroughly dry
and warm them. See that the little
turkeys come home every night. A
hen mother will come home at night
fall, but the turkey mother must, for
the first few nights, be hunyed up and
driven home. After they are three
months old, turkeys are quite hardy,
and may be allowed range at all times.
If turkeys that are well cared for, and
have always seemed all right, show
signs Of dropping when about six weeks
Or two months old, give Douglas mix
ture in the drink or food, and add a
little cooked meal to the feed once a
day.-Maine Farmer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30

THE FARM AND FIRESIDE.
George Eliot's Favorite Room

From lid Bits.
Avery pretty little personal para
graph is going the rounds to the effect
that George Eliot's favorite room in a
house is a clean kitchen This is
worth knowing and emphasizing not
chat anybody will be surprised at her
preference, but because the knowledge
may give the clean kitchen a boom
There is no doubt in the world that a
thoroughly clean kitchen is one of
the healthiest and most CHEEKY
places to be found. Every house
ought to be clean from cellar to roof,
but the kitchen ought to be particular
fy clean. It is the place where the food
that is to maintain the human body
and to evolveits into human ideas is
prepared, and from which it is served.
Any dust or cobwebs or vile odors
about the kitchen are sure to get into
the food, and so help to poison the
human victims fed thereby. But the
breath of the kitchen fire and Of healthy
cooking are as invigoratingas anything
short OF an ocean breeze. People who
have made q study of human faces
know very well that the George Eliot
type offace means cleanliness and good
housekeeping wherever women are
found. Perhaps this gift, or combina-
ton ofgifts, resultingin thorough char
aeter and thorough cleanliness, is as
much gift of nature as the gift Of
poetic genius.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Invitations that Mean Nothing.
From Good Housekeeping

dEEOHl GOCu housekeeping.
The writer had been entertained for
the first time at the house OF certain
hospitable old gentleman, and both
were sitting, with half an hour to wait
Cor the arrival OF the carriage in which
the host proposed to take the guest to
the railway station, when the former
said: ~ want to have you to be sure
TO come and see me again, and if you
don't have any business calls this way,
come without them" He then added,
apologetically: II suppose ought to
have said this when bidding you good
10y at the station, but I like to say
things when think Of them" There
was u charming nathralness in theold
gentleman's invitation, and a whole
souled hospitality that were not to be
misunderstood. They would have
lien almost totally lost if the
Invitation had been reserved
lor q last act Of formality, as many
are in the habit of doing. One may be
justified in taking but very little stock
i'm <fcome and see me again" when &C
curnpanied with a '.goodby." Though
.a suitable feeling may stand behind
the invitation in such case, yet it is
not to be compared to the certainty
that exists in the less formal mode. Ii
one is staying at friends house for a
portion Of the day and is about to
leave Just before meal time, he must
not think Of accepting aninvitation to
remain for the meal when it is made
at the time OF departure, the guest,
perhaps, with hat and cane in hand.
Tle host could not say in palmer
Language: "stay and dine with me; l
do not expect that you will, and
rather hope that you will not, though
YOU have a licence to force yourself
upon me-" Yet, how many people
there are who issue their invitation in
gust this formal way, as if to get the
credit for hospitality without confer
ring it upon any one.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Avoid Mixing Corn.

What may be done, and has been
done, by well-known farmer in Ohio
is shown by his own statement, which
he makes as follows. He writes:
ssThere is no other cereal than Ind
ian corn or maize so susceptible of inn
provement or so easily deteriorated
The cause is plain. just as far as the
pollen from the full bloomed tassel is
carried by the winds will the impreg-
nation take and cause the mixture Of
the two varieties, and just as many
mixtures of pollen as you get together
just so many varieties of seed you will
have. Hence the great care that
should be used to avoid mixing. l
have known varieties of corn mixing
as much as so rods apart, one field
lying direct to the wlndward, and the
field mixed lying just to the leeward Of
the other. This last year was one Of
the best Falls to ripen up corn ever
knew. 1 have seed which was selected
last Fall out OF the corn while gather
ing. Out of 6S pounds OF corn in the
ear [ have Z pounds cobs and61 she'll
ed corn. Asto it's negotiating qualities,
out Of ITO grains off Of as many ears
every one threw out strong and yigor-
Gus sprots; every one grew. The inn
provement we have made in the last
% years gives us a pure original corn
without any admixture whatever We
have all the grains of one color-no
spotted, white, red, or blue; cobs all
deep red color, the grains filling in
around the stem and covering the tips
with grains as large in bulk as those
in the middle Of ears. Our aim has
been to get as heavy dent variety
and as early in maturing as possible,
and carry out the producing qualities
at the same time.''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
How to Feed Poultry.

In an article on this subject, the
Gardeners Magazine says: It's avery
easy matter to incur serious loss an
rlaasly where a good number OF fowls
are kept, by injudicious feeding. All
kinds should have sufficiency of food
without being overfed. If the birds
are kept in state Of semi-starvation
tht hens lay but few eggs, and those
intended for killing become so atten-
taated that a very considerably outlay
rs necessary before they can be brought
into proper condition for the table.
and when there they lack tenderness
and delicacy. To feed too literally is
wasteful, and in the case of Law
sing hens decidedly Objectionable; for
81 hen, when it becomes very fat,
ceases to lay freely, and is sub
lect to various ailments, and an over
fed cock becomes lazy and SUBJECT to
death from apoplexy. Full grown
fowls should have just as much as
they will readily eat and no more
BARLEY, either whole or in the ground
state, is fairly economical used either
alone or in combination with other
food. Oats and oatmeal are OF es-
pecial value for fattening for the Ia
bic. Indian corn or maize is perhaps,
one of the most economical foods for
poultry, and has the advantage that,
owing to the size Of the corn, sparrows
are unable to rob the fowls. Pieces of
bread and vegetables OF all kinds may
de utilized, and scraps OF meat chop
ped up rather small are OF great value
IN feeding fowls shut up III the small
yards where they are unable to obtain
worms and insects. Potatoes well
boiled and mixed with sufficient
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30

efficient for any purpose for which the
horse is kept. than when there is aload
of fat to be carried. The trainer acts
upon this proposition, and works the
fat of, experience having shown that
the muscles, trained down by exercise
until fat accumulation areremoved-
fattenlng foods being mainly abstained
from gives the best results in thecase
of q speedy horse. The same rule will
hold good with the work horse. though
modified by the degree in which the
movements Of the latter are slower
than those of the former. Ii the farm
er has only corn for feed, then he will
be wise if he make sale of his corn, or
the greater part Of it, buying oats in
stead.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Never blow q lamp out from the

top.
G. Never take a lamp to closet
where there are clothes Unnecessary to
60 to the closet, place the light at q
distance.
8. Use candles when possible in go
ing about the house and in bed rooms.
They are cheaper and can't explode.
and for many purposes are just asgood
as lamps.
8. Matches should always be kept
in stone or earthen jar or in tin
10. They should never be left where
rats or mice can get hold Of them.
There is nothing more to the taste OF
a rat than PHOSPHORUS. They will
eat it if they can get at it. A bunch OF
matches is almost certain to be set
fire to if a rat gets at it.
II. Have perfectly good safes in
every place where matches are to be
used and never let a match be left on
the floor.
IL. Never let match go out OF
your hand after Lighting it until you
are sure the fire is out, and then it is
better to put it in a stove or earthen
dish.
Id. 1t is TAR better to use the safety
matches, which can only be lighted up
on the box which contains them.
IA. Have your furnaces examined
carefully in the fall and at least once
during the winter by a competent per-
son. All the pipes and fues should be
carefully looked to.
Is. If there are any closets in the
house near chimneys or fues, which
there ought not to be, put nothing OF
combustible nature into them. Such
closets will soil silver and crack crock
cry and burn bedding. They form a
bad part OF any house that contains
them.
l6. Never leave any wood near
furnace, range or stoveto dry
II. Have your stove looked to fire.
quently, to see that there are no holes
for coal to drop out.
Is. Never put any hot ashes or
Goals III a wooden receptacle.
10. Be sure that there are no cur
tains Or shades that can be blown in
to a gaslight.
Never examine a gas meter after
dark
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Corn-Fed Horses.
Chicago livestock Journal.

Chicago Livestock Journal.
Corn is the bane Of the farm horse,
as it is also Of the horse doing any 9TH
er sort of work, not because Of not be-
ing sufficiently nutritious, but because
it makes too much lat and not enough
muscle. The horses muscle wears
away by work as metal wears away by
friction. Fat wears away under exer-
else, but it's disapp in nowise
lessons the power for either draft or
speed. On the other hand, we'll
nourished and vigorously exercised
muscles, without a deposit Of fat to
keep them company, are much more
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Shall There be Trousers and Suspenders
for Women,

[ can quite conceive that a man
thoroughly imbued with thel preju-
dices received from a biased education,
indisposed to accept new ideas, and
deeply endowed with a love for the
beautiful, might be reluctant to pay
his addresses with view to matrimo-
ny to a woman wearing trousers.
Still, under the influence OF familiarity
with the idea OF a change in the neither
garments of the sex, and especially
should they generally be adopted by
pretty women, it might reasonably be
expected that a change of opinion and
emotion would ensue, and that per-
haps in time he might even be brought
to regard trousers as filling more COM
pletely his idea of the beautiful than do
skirts at the present'day. There is an
other point that requires con-
sideration, and that is the
practice OF wearing the gown cut
low in the neck, so as to ex-
pose the breast, and without covering
for the arms. It is doubtful if this
leads to any i'll consequences. It has
been continued for many generations
without apparent injury. It might be
supposed at first thought that bron-
chitis, pleurisy, pneumonia and many
kinds of rheumatism and neuralgia
would be the result of the custom, but
such is really not the case, all of these
affections being much more frequently
met with in men who cover the chest
md Il al g
wooden material in addition to ashirt
of linen erection. 1t has been strenu-
ously urged by many so-called SAM
tary reformers that women should
support their skirts by straps passing
over the shoulders, and some few have
been induced to adopt the method. It
is to be hoped that it will not spread.
A woman's hips are proportionally
wider than those of a man, and there
is no better way of keeping up the
many petticoats that it is some
times necessary to wear than.
by fastening them with string or
bands around the waist, over the cor
set. Shoulder straps hinder the move
ment of the chest and tend to make
those who wear them round shoulder
ed. Besides, they could not we'll be
Worn with a low neck-dress. Even if
trousers should come into general use
for women it would be better that they
should be kept up by the support of
the hips than by suspenders passing
over the shoulders. 1t is true that
many men wear suspenders, and this
fact may, perhaps, lead to their adop-
ton by some women; but again, no
inconsiderable number of the male sex
support their trousers from the hips.
II comparatively narrow-hipped men
can do this wide-hlpped woman ought
to be able to do it better. A good
deal more might be said in regard to
hats, shoes and stockings. But WON
en- will settle all the questions OF dress
for themselves. There is no evidence
to show that in this respect men have
ever interfered with them, and if they
should presume to make the attempt
it is not at all likely that their advice
would be heeded.-Dr w. A. Ham
mond, in the North American Review.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
Ounces Of Prevention.

From the Fireman's Herald. J.
!. Always buy the best quality Of
oil.
2. Never make a sudden motion with
q lamp, either in lifting it or setting it
down.
8. Never put a lamp on the edge Of
a table or mantel.
q. Never fill a lamp after dark, even
if you should have to go without a
light.
5. See that the lamp wicks are al
ways clean and thatthey work freely in
the tube.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-19
PERSONALS.

L. s. shirwell, Litch6eld, is at the Wind
William H. Ellis, Fargo is at the Wind
o. N. Hull, Red Wing, is at the Mer-
chapts.
J. V. Bromer, Sank Centre. Is at the Mer.
chants.
g. G. Hsrtley, Brainerd, was in the city
yesterday.
d. P. Bigger and wife, Brainerd, are at the
Merchants.
W. C. McAdam, Esq, OF Albert Lea called
at the state house yesterday.
Judge J. 1. Mcdonald of Shakopee called
al the state house yesterday.
James y. O'Bricn aud wife, Fergus Falls.
are al The Merchants.
c. A. Broadwater, prominent capitals;
OF Helena, is at the Merchants.
W. Il. Strong and B. F. Farmer. Spring
Valley, are at the Metropolitan.
{. W. Gore, prominent min owner OF
Rushtord. called al the stale house yesterday.
John LAWYER, prominent railroad rnsu
Of Prairie du Caiea, Wis. is al toe Metro
politan.
RF Fulton and wife. Grand Forks. aud
Leonard Love OF Dakota, are at the Mvr-
chants.
r. II. Lee, o. ?. Beck ana George W
Kiuaeriy. Duluth. were II the Merchants
yesterday.
Il {. Howard and wife, Mapkato. aud c.
{. Webster. Rsd Ning, we're at tue Merchants
yesterday.
W. c Mas;ermsn Of StllEater auditor Of
Washington county, called at the state house
yesterday.
Ex-Gov. O. G. Oriway aud wife Bis.
uarcS, and g. E. aortoa. TIE bridge builder
Of Roccrster. are a, Tue Merchants
Judge J. Z. o'Brien, formerly % s.. Psul
ana uos prseiiciug his prafesSioa al Dcvits
Lake. arrived in the city yesterday aud Is at
the Windsor.
w. 4. WA 900. Rasn C.tv, CIV. Mas,u
n. Z Iyler and K A Adams AL vile, o.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-19

Il IS awful - have 4 headache. whether vou
are iavyer, preacher. grocer, posirnau,
hUusekeeper. school teacher. or suy Other
ereatur- your bead aches badly you bate
% have 10 work Mr.. n. " Wro,oa. Ora
ham. ; c, vas troubled with severe head
achrS, AID tried many things which hi.
friends told hin would cure The affection.
Al 10 vsia til hr took Browns Iron Bifters
He writes, - found great relief from It's
use" Il slS0 cures dyspepsiA. weakness,
Indigestion. &c