New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-28
one-quarter ounce Of cream Of tartar.
tincturc Of vanilla, essence OF almond.
GLEANINGs.

The new residence OF ex-Con gress-
man w. u. Washburo, at Minneapolis,
is said to be the finest in tie West.
It is estimated that the average daily
consumption of eggs throu l,out the
United States amounts to 45,Ouv, 900.
Poets are near y all smokers. This
doesn't necessarily indicate there is
anything wrong with tobacco, however.
Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coke wishes
the Protestant Episcopal Church to
change its name to the american
Catholic Church.
Murray Hi, the aristocratic locality
of New York City, was named after
Lindley Murray, the famous grammar
ian OF the last century.
The editor of London Punch has
eleven unmarried daughter on his
hands. This accounts Tor the absence
of humorous articles from Punch.
The cataracts of the Nile are due to
granite veins, which the river, while
working way through the sandstone,
has been unable to destroy or remove.
Mrs. Nancy Culey, aged los, the old
est woman in Connecticut, is anegress,
and was so small when she was born
that she was placed in pewter teapot
and the lid closed, She has been brew
ing some time.
A Boston colored man, who recently
wooed and won the object of his love,
offered as one of the inducements to the
desired match: 'Yes, honey, an you
needn't do q stitch of work for . week
after de weddin'."
A man named Harvey has squatted
on the only land by which the Grand
Canon of the Colorado river may be
reached, and charges visitors $12 each
for beholding that most wonderful speci-
men Of nature 8 handiwork.
The consumption of liquor in Paris is
enormous. 1t is estimated that the
amount consumed year.y per head of
population is as much as forty-tive gal
Ions of wine, q gallon and hall OF
spirits, and three gallons of beer.
Mary Anderson wears as Juliet five
elegant costumes-a very pale blue
brocade with large pattern, yellow and
gold satin, seagreen anu pink, pure
white and q silver tissue garment. in
which she was carried to her grave.
Mrs. General Custer is said to have
several times had the nape of her neck
and side line OF the head taken in pho
tographs for admirjng friends, who de.
clare it to lie of classic proportions,
rarely found except on a sculptured
form.
To make invisible ink, take linseed
oil, l part; water of ammonia, 20 parts;
pure water, 100 parts. Mix thoroughly
and shake we'll before using. To make
the writing appear, dip the paper in
water. The characters fade as the pa.
per dries.
The Yale Freshmen have been meas
ured. with the following result: Aver
age height, 8 feet rs inches; c rcumfer-
ence of chest, IS inches; breadth of
shoulders, Is inches; weight, 1914
pounds. The average age of the class
is 10 years, ! month and II days.
The following is said TO be literal
translation of paragraph in French
novel: Ca ting hers If between her
brother and h intended victim the fair
lnez exclaimed, in voice that vibrated
with agony: 'Rodo pho, do not kill him,
for if you did he would surely de-"
Sofa pillows, filled with spikes of
green pine and hemlock, with a pine
bough and appropriate quotation en-
broidered on the scarlet covers, arc
among the attractive novelties. These
pillows retain the delicious piney odor
long time, and are said to be hygien:c
Queen Olga, of Greece, is one of the
handsomest of women. She is rather
tail, most exquisite y butt, with small
hands and feet, thick dark hair, large
brown eyes, with eyelashes that are
wond riul, and with a pure creamy
com lexion as rare as it is beautiful.
She is very fond of horseback riding,
anA looks we'll in the saddle. She is
adored by her husband and ner people.