New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-04-22

MRS MARY HEMENwAY, of Boston,
is worth over $15,OO0,OOO She sup
ports the famous Armstrong school,
and several educational institutions in
New England and South Carolina.
MAUD HOWE writes from New Or
sleans that she doesn't care what peo-
pie predict about the possible failure"
Of the exposition, since lit is a grand
Ger thing to see and fail in than many
,sof the great successes she has seen in
her lifetime
"A MEMBER of the reichstag asked
bismarck if It were true that he in
tended to go to Angra Pequena to In
form himself by personal inspection of
the value of acquisition. Certainly,
L shall CO., replied the chancellor.
gravely; land / shall travel hither on
che back of the camel fooD that start
ed the story
of money made by the German gov
eminent for the prosecution of his
investigations of the cholera germ
and related subjects, DR.. Koch is to
admit thereto small classes of the
medical men of Germany. Through the
efforts of Minister Kasson and the
courtesy of Prince Bismarck, Dr.
George w. Lewis, Of Buffalo, N. Y,
has also been admitted to these in
teresting and important studies.
The Comte de Herisson relates that
On one occasion during the negotia-
lions following the Franeo-German
war of 1870 Bismarck offered Jules
Favre cigar, which was declined.
Then said Bismarck: ''By not smoking
you have one advantage over me; you
are more vigilant. But then you have
this disadvantage; you are more IT.
ritable. A diplomat must be ready to
make concessions, and tobacco makes
one feel happier, and, thereby, more
,oncil1atory."
MAX O'RELL writes in the current
Critic thus: SIT has been my sad lot
to see no fewer than tour execrable
translations of my last book, LES
Files de John Bull, translations that
third-form boy would be ashamed of.
To find that no royalty was due to me
for American copies was bad enough,
bat TO be robbed of the little reputa-
ticn for lightness of style to which the
originals owed a great part of their
success in France is really little more
than was deserved.
NINE. ScHALCH1 is not enamored of
the English language. She is reported
to have called it "devilish;' but she
still labors, with amusing results, tc
learn enough to add ballad or two
to her repertoire. She is now ready to
risk Sullivan's ''Lost Chord with
what is described as a pretty, broken
accent that is irresistible. She spent
many hours last season in trying to
pronounce the words OF this famous
piece, and was only successful after
they had been written out for her in
Italian fashion.
DIR. G. Z. EVERETT, of Cambria ge,
relates that at Interlaken, Switzerland,
he dropped into bookstore and cir
culating library. ''Tne good woman
who had charge" he says "was
chatty body, and 1 fell into conversation
with her. She told me among other
things of an incident that had hap
pened in her shop some time before.
Two gentlemen came in one day, one
a fine-looking man with white hair
and beard. the other younger. The
older asked her which of the books
in her library she could best recon-
mend to HIM. She brought him Long
fellows Hyperion which she told
him he would be sure to like. for it
was book which delighted every
body. After they had gone out, the
younger one came back and said:
''Do you know to whom you were rec
ommending that book? It was to Long
fellom himself
Mr., WALTER has received in Balti-
more bronze reduction of the figure
MILITARY Courage" which is to COM
plete the group of statuary presented
by him to that city. ..The figure"
says The San, sis that of a helmeted
warrior. The left hand grasps the