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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
A Word of Advice,

Why are girls so injudicious in their
liberation OF dissipated young men?
It is very often the case that a.
thoroughly good girl will deliberately
marry a man who makes no secret of
his bad habits. What can she expect
but misery to ensue? A life-partner-
ship should not be entered into with
out at least as much caution as men
display in making business combina-
lions for limited periods. No man
selects his business partner from among
men who drink much liquor or have
other bad habits. AS for mere man.
ners and the ability to make ones self
agreeable, they have not ofthemselves
influence enough among men to secure
a dollars worth of credit or to Justify
any one in believing their possessor on
oath. A girl who is not old enough or
shrewd enough to have learned what
are the standards by which men are
tested, would be far surer OF a happy
life if she were to let her parents select
a husband in the prosiest manner i'm
aginable, than if she were to make her
own selection in the manner peculiar
to girls. A life-partnership is not
easily observation-disclosures Companion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26

uttered on the street, would get him
into the penit entiary for two years.
It can go from the farthest end Of
the room to the foot of the stairs in
the hall adjoining quicker than It's
mother can just step into the closet.
and out again.
It can go to sleep sslike a little angel, =
and just as mamma and papa are
starting for the theater it can wake up,
and stay awake until the beginning Of
the last act.
1t can, in ten minutes, drive man
frantically from his home and cause
him to seek the companionship OF
locomotive blowing Of steam in order
that he may obtain the rest and qui-
etude which his weary frame demands.
These aresome of thefew things that
baby can do. But there are other
things as well. A baby can make the
commonest home the brightestspot on
earth. It can tighten the burden OF a
loving mothers life by adding to them;
it can f1atten it's dirty littleface against
a window pane in such way that the
tired father can see it, as picture, be-
fore he rounds thecorner. Yes, babies
are great institutions, particularly
ones own. Home Companion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
A Maine Farmer on Fences,

If I had my way, I wouldn't have a
fence on the farm. :. In the first place,
there are over "a, 900 farmers in Maine.
Now, their farms have in the aggregate
over 40, 100000 rods offence, orrising
13l, 900 miles. This is outside OF or
namental fences, and does not include
some 1000 miles or more OF railroad
fencing. There are 11,OOO rods of
highway fences, 100000 rods OF
partition fences and some Is, OOO,OOO
rods of division fences. Estimating
the cost OF these fences at 81 per rod,
and that would, | think, be a fair es-
innate, and the total cost of fences in
Maine is over $42,OOO,OOO. This is
nearly as much as all the farms and
their buildings are worth. 1t is more
than twice and a. half the value of all
our live stock, and nearly as much as
the entire capital OF the state invested
in manufactures: Why. what with
changes and repairs, the loss from
yearly decay, the cost Of breaking
roads through snow-drifts caused by
road fences, and the interest on the
first cost, taxes, and you'll find that
our fences cost us annually $6,OOO,OOO.
Ny idea is that FENCES ought to becon-
fined exclusively to pastures. Would
abolish the rest. Road fences do more
damage thangood by causing the roads
to drift in the winter time. The only
possible use fencing a moving field can
be is to enable the farmer to feed his
stock in it during the spring and fall.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Manners of Hired Help,

II. P. writes to the n. Y. Tribune:
"Willyoq not give US a little talk up
on the relations of the employer and
the employed, especially those exist
ing in the household and on the farm,
where one is associated personally
with those in his or her employ.
Please tell us what you would con-
slider the proper form of address due
the employer in such cases.
The Tribune answers: Our house
hold consists of two brothers past
thirty, one sister and myself past
twenty five, and I think that more for
NAL title than the given name used by
thefamily is due us from our hired help.
Now is it unkind to insist uponhaving
Miss used before my sisters name and
my own, and Mr.. before that of my
brothers? No well-bred person met
socially expects to use any other style
of address unless they are intimate
friends, and why should it be considered
q degrading thing for one in service to-
place the suitable title before his en-
plorer's name when addressing him or
her? Surely the utmost kindness
should be shown to those we employ,
and certainly no true-hearted person
wishes to make any one feel a, degrad-
ing sense OF inferiority because OF the
necessity OF gaining a livelihood by
manual labor, but isn't it far easier to
keep their relations pleasant when
due respect is given to these outward
forms? Undue familiarity is never
promoter of kindly feeling.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Two Cheap Medicines.

One OF the cheapest medicines that
mortals can use is sleep. It is SOW
oreign remedy for weakness; it cures
restlessness, uneasiness and Irritable
ty; it will remedy headache; it also
cures nervousness. When weary we
should rest; when exhausted we should
sleep. To resort to stimulants is sui
cidal. What weary men need is sleep.
The lack Of sleep causes neuralgia,
PARALYSIS and insanity. Many a per-
son dies for want of sleep, and the
point where many a sufferer turns his
feet from the very gates OF death to
the open path of life is when he sinks
to sleep. OF almost every sick man it
may be said, as Of Lazarus, EsIf he
sleeps he will do WE'LL" Another ex-
cellent medicine is sunshine. The
world requires more of it morally and
physically. It is more soothing than
morphine, more potent than peoples.
It is good for liver complaint, neural
gia, for rheumatism, for melancholy
for everything. Make your rooms
sunny and cheerful; build your houses
SO as to command the sunshine all day
dong.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Curing Soft Corns..
The.New York Tribune has a variety

The.New York Tribune has a variety
OF curas-take your choice:
c. S.; says: "Split a good moist raj
sin, put it on thecorn.. This has cured
many within my knowledge J. M.
P. Says: "Apply pulverized chalk and
that.wlll cure the trouble.'' NJ. C. B..
says; "Bind on slice OF lemon and
persist In this treatment, which will
soon effect a cure" R, T. r., saws:
"Sosk the feet two or three times a
week in very warm water, putting a bit
ofIesh cotton each time between the
teas, saturated with olive oil. Renew
the OIL daily. This application will
cure hard corrs on the toes. Cut q
hole to fit the corn in a piece Of sos +
enckskln, or several thicknesses ofcoh-
! ton cloth; put on fresh oil daily or
oftener. In Il week or more the core
can be pulled out, not cut r
says: SatNrate piece of cottoneloth
WITH trrpssltine and wrap it around
the toe when you go to bed. Reneat
TINS lew nights and the con Will dis.
appear. 6. B. G. has cure a soft ao,ns
by simply wearing a piece os:s!ack sill,
Wrapped about them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
lace, we find the Marquise, which is ex-
tremely popular, and comes invarious

lace, we find the Marquise, which is exc
tremely popular, and comes invarious
and attractive patterns.
Evening gloves are made with the
hand, as far as the wrist, of kid, while
the long arm consists of silk net, en-
broidered with gold, silver or silk.
Morning dresses and elegant house
toilets are made dressy with profuse
use of ribbons in bows, knots, cas-
cades, panels and floating loops and
ends.
Matinees are still trimmed down the
front with full jabot of lace, or open
over a brocaded plastron, and are
edged on either side with full frills of
lace.
Red silk crepe is favorite material
for trimming dark blue alpaca, and is
introduced in tiers of fans placed over
tapping each other down The left side.
White nuns yelling is thefavoritefor
nice dresses foryounggirls. It is made
mp with a jersey bodice, laced or but
toned behind. The skirt is trimmed
with rows OF satin ribbon, and has a
tablier in front and sash ends behind
for slender figures, while those inclined
to stoutness need no overdress, but
wear a sash.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Homogeneous.

Many years ago, when Mr.. Marcy
was Secretary of State, Mr. Buchanan
was sent torepresent the United States
at the Court of St. James. It was, as
it still is, the custom for foreign minis
ters to appear at court receptions in
court dress. But Mr.. Marcy, thinking
such a dress unbecoming the repre-.
sentatives of the Republic, had issued
a circular forbidding our ministers to
wear anything save a plain suit OF
black. This orderled to rather queer
consequences at the Court of the then
youthful Queen Victoria-for this was
in 1853.
Mr.. Buchanan was warned by the
Lord Chamberlain that he would not
be received in thatcostume, and at the
same time, that an invitation OF Her
Majesty was considered equivalent to-.
a command. Mr.. Buchanan must
have felt himself in the dilema of the
Scottish chieftain:
"Ihereis no flying hence nor tarrying there"
He could not obey both the Queen
and Mr.. Marcy. Hhe went no other
dress than the conventional swallow
tail, he would not only offend Her
Majesty, but it would be impossible to
distinguish him by his dress from the
lackeys and caterers in attendance.
The inventive genius Of Mr.. Buch-
anan was equal to the emergency. He
dressed himself in the conventional
swallow-tail, but beneath it he buckled
on q sword. The lackeys were not al
lowed to wear swords, and SO it con-
stituted a mark of distinction.
The young queen received him in her
gracious way, but without being able
to repress q broad smile. After that
he was a decided court favorite, as a
well-bred and well-behaved bachelor
deserved to be
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Notes for the Housekeeper.

n. NJ. Writes to the N. Y. Tribune:
SWhere one has to manage with a
small income and has good health, it
is a good plan to dispense with help,
and by economizing in other ways, buy
such articles as will contribute to the
comfort of the family and especially
such as will make the work easy-a
Dover eggg-beater, a carpet-sweeper, a
washer, a meat-chooper, a kerosene
stove with fixtures, q combination
baby high chair with rocker, little
carriage, an adjustable gate that will
tit any door or window, so that you
can keep the babies very near you, and
yet not in the same room where the
work is going on. A great saver of
time is to have a place for each thing
and each. thing in place when not in
use. 1t is surprising how the little
two -hear-olds will remember where
each thing belongs, and how soon
they will learn that it is the
right way to pick up the blocks be-
fore asking for the animals, and how
the younger ones will teach the older
ones, this is our drawer and that is
mammals; we mustn't open mammals
drawer It is rather hard at first to
leave all your important duties to
show the babies how to pick up the
playthings, right away, when they are
through playing with them; but have
patience, they willlearn and will know
no other way, and the first you know
they will do it of their own accord and
give you no more trouble My two
Oldest babies now pick up their blocks
and pile them in the boxes without be-
ing told. At 1870 every morning they
have each a glass of warm milk andg go
to bed for their nap, where they stay
until ! o'clock. Sometimes they sleep
all the time, sometimes only part oft,
but they don't know any better than
to stay there, and they need the rest.
How much work can be crowded in
while they are asleep Ineed not men
ton here, as any one can try for her
self. At $50 the babies 60 to bed and
sleep from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m. The
evenings we spend very pleasantly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Better Crops From Sheltered Belts.

Last winter in Southern Ohio, and
indeed over a much larger section of
country, furnished an illustration of
the value of timber as protection to
small grain, which the dullest farmer
or most casual observer could not
fail to notice. The only fields of wheat
showing life were those which felt the
protection of timber. Rich land, thor
ough preparation Of soil and early
seeding which gave a start to the crop
SO that it covered the ground in the
fall, and even top-dressing with fine
rich manure, all counted for nothing
during the terrible winter, for thou
sands of acres which had some or all
of these favorable conditions were to-
tally killed. l rode during the last
week Of April twenty miles through as
good a wheat-producing locality as
can be found in the Union, and did not
see a single field that promised five
bushels OF wheat to the acre, except
in the protection oftimber Here and
there was a green velvety field, and in
every case, without exception, was the
border of timber on one or more sides
oft. Even neglected hedges, allowed
to grow to the height Of ten feet, saved
a belt OF wheat several rods in width.
Professor Townsend, Of the Ohio uni
versity, states that in the prairie coun-
tries it has been found that with one
sixth of the land devoted to timber
the remainder produced as much grain
as the whole did before the trees were
planted. have raised timber belts of
soft maple and of locust on my farm,
and found that a double row, occupy
ing less than a rod in width of land,
can be grown from seed to furnish good
protection in five years, and Ihave cut
a cord OF wood from thirty-fve maple
trees; ten years old, and occupying but
four or five squarerods ofland. There
can be no question Of the profit Of these
timber belts; they pay in the protec-
ton they afford to grain, grass and
stock, and the timber when utilized will
pay again and often largely. When az
ranged to protect the permanent pas
lures it is safe to estimate that the
stock can be turned out week earlier
in spring than in an unprotected field,
and a week OF pasture at this season
is worth much more than a week later.
lwou]d urge every farmer whose land
is unprotected tie start a shelter belt of
trees.-Waldo r. Brown.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
An obliging Piece of Furniture.

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From the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer.
In a family residing on Woodland.
avenue a little girl was playing not
long ago with playmate from neigh
boris family. They were playing at a
small centre table, and the little girls
noticed presently that when one Of
them put her hand on the tablet would
lift up and down, and they finally
called others of the family to witness
the strange behavior Of the table.
After experimenting some time the
little girl climbed upon the table, say
ing, "Now, let's see if you can move"
To their astonishment the table be-
gan to move along the floor with the
little girl omit. Sheiumped off, saying,
tNow, move yourself if you can" The
table started off, moving across the
floor, no one touching it eff you can
move SO WELL" said the little girls
mother, "move into the next room
and kiss the baby in the crib there. !"
To their amazement the table started
off, moved across the floor, through
the door into the room where the babe
was sleeping in the crib, and tipped up
with it's edge as close to the babes
face as it could get. Now, upon what
philosophy can this behavior of the
table be explained? Without going
any further into the phenomena Of
spirituahsm, or discussing what are
put forward as higher manifestations,
how are these elementary raps and
movements to be satisfacto rity &C
counted for? At all events there is a
field here for honest investigation.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
The Nude In Art.
From q Letter in the San Francisco
Chronicle.

From q Letter in the San francisco
Chronicle.
The exposition OF the French Acad
envy at the Villa Medici this season
has caused quite scandal. Doucet,
one ofthe pensioners, a quiet, gentle.
manlike artist, perfectly reputable
and excellent person, has painted for
this exposition, strange to say, a very
coarse picture, not lascivious, but
coarse. 1t is called the s:Interior OF a
Harem" The light is dim; three or
four indistinct forms of naked women
arc seen sitting about in awkard posi-
tions. There are no fine stuffs, no COR
-geous decorations, no dazzling colors;
the whole attention is directed to the
entirely nude body of a robust woman
of the Rubens type, who lies sleeping
apparently on the front plane OF the
picture: Her face cannot be seen, as
her back is toward the spectator AS
study Of flesh, mere human flesh,
the picture is truly a marvellous work
of art but in every other respect is
not only unattractive, but absolutely
repulsive. After all that may be said
in defense Of nudity in art by artists,
most Of us shrink from the sight of it
in modern art; we accept it with pleas
ure only in sculpture, especially an
Gent sculpture The Venus of Milo,
the Venus Of the Capitol, the Apoxyo-
menos Of the Vatican, the Apollo Sau-
roktonos, the Hermes Of Olympia, are
such divine perfection of human devel-
opment that the beholder forgets all
modern artificial rules of decorum
when looking at them. They are be-
ings OF far-off age; exquisite forms
manifested in a strange marble exist
ence. But in painting the nude almost
always gives a shock to a sensitive.
and refined nature Titian's Venus,
Rubens' huge ruddy woman, with all
their exquisite execution and the beau
ty given them by their creators, they
are to say the least, most unattract-
i've.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26

This way Of forming new bed every
second year, as soon as the old rows
are mated, is decidedly preferable to
keeping the old beds in a half-produc-
tive state. The old beds are spaded
up next year when the new one will
havefilled therows; the runners on tie
newsrows should be directed to fill up
the vacant spaces, when the next year
there will be a full crop The year
after the same process is gone through
to form a new bed.-New York Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Princess Beatrice's Trosseau.

From the London Truth.
Have you any curiosity about the
trosseau a princess has? I have seen
the sketches and materials OF some Of
Princess Beatrice's trosseau frocks,
which are being madeb by Redeem. One
is q very pretty brown and blue shot
tweed, with silk to match. The shirt
is OF the latter and is arranged in wide
perpendicular pleats. The bodice and
tunic are OF the tweed, the front of the
bodice being trimmed with folds of the
silk, arranged fchu-fashion. A pretty
little jacket to go with this gown is
made of the tweed, lined with peacock
colored satin and trimmed with the
:shot-silk down the fronts, which are
straight, though the back fits tightly
to the figure.
Another nice frock is ofgrenat blank
ct cloth, the long wide pleats on the
skirt being separated by folds of Otto
man silk in the same color. There is
also q vest of the Ottoman, the bodice
and scarf drapery being OF the cloth.
A Jacket is made to accompany this
frock, the material being the blanket
cloth. It fastens from the left shout
der and is trimmed round all the out
Zines with fine sable.
Agown of navy blue cloth is cut out
an scallops, which fall over a trimming
ofinterlaced cardinal red braid. A simi-
Nar but narrower trimming edges the
tunic, which is quitesh short. The fronts
of the bodice are scalloped over a vest
of interlaced red braid and the sleeves
are finished at the cuffs to match.
The jacket corresponding with this is
of navy cloth, edged with one row of
cardinal braid. A revers, turned back
at the side or the chest, is lined with
red silk and a smaller revers, turned
back at the right side of the basque,
shows a similar lining. This is a very
effective little arrangement and one
quite new to my experience
A cream colored cloth is made over
q skirt of pale blue yelling, being quite
plain except for marrow pleating
round the edge. The bodice of this
fastens diagonally from the left
shoulder by means of carved mother
of-pearl buttons. The vest and cuffs
are pale blue.
Another cream-colored dress is Of
Cairo cloth, with pleated skirt and
scarf-11ke tunic, made of cream-color-
ed satin. The bodice of this gown is
pieated and worn with belt.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
What a Baby Can Do.

Babies are often called "helpless
little things" ''powerless little crea-
lures" and all that sort of nonsense.
In a few words we will prove to our
unprecedented readers that babies are
neither "helpless" or s'powerless," by
informing them of few things that a
baby can do.
1t can wear out dollar pair Of kid
shoes in twenty -four hours.
1t can keep it's father busy advertis-
ing in the newspapers for nurse.
It can occupy both sides of the larg-
est size bed manufactured simultane-
ously.
1t can make the author of it's be-
ing's wash bills foot up to SIS a week
and not be feeling at all well.
1t can crowd to suffocation the
smoking car of railroad train with
indignant passengers between two
stations.
It can cause it's father to be insulted
by every second-class clearinghouse
keeper in the city who s'never takes
cLlluieH, winch III nine eases out OF
ten is very fortunate for the children.
1t can make itself look like a fend
just at the moment when mamma
wants to show what a pretty baby
she has"
1t can look it's father innocently in
the face and five seconds later spoil the
only good coat that he has got in the
world.
1t can make an old bachelor in the
room adjoining use language that, il
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Strawberri es.

After a bed of Strawberries has fruit
ed, the space between the rows should
be spaded up, and raked off so as to
furnish q place for the roofing Of the
runners, from which a new bed may be
formed. Byturningt herunners, which
grow freely after fruiting is over, into
this mellow, clean space, a large num-
Der ofnew plants will secured, which
can be removed to new bed and
planted out to replace the old one.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-26
Cistern Water.

B. writes: eff A. L. S. will use the
common chain pump in his cistern he
will have good water the year round.
l use rain-water from tin roof, and
fill in early spring enough to last till
fall. l use chain pump and the wa
ter is nice enough for a king. Water
needs air and the chain pump sup
plies" c. w. H. writes: After consid-
cradle experience in using we'll and els
tern water, myself and family prefer the
clstern water though we have a splendid
we'll. My cistern is built on the north
side OF the house, 18 feet deep, bricked
up and cemented. In the bottom is
built chamber about 2 feet square and
four feet high of one thickness of brick
laid in cement, into which the pump
pipe passes SO that all water
must pass through the brick before
using. / never allow any water to go
into the cistern till it has rained hard
for some time and until / have proved
it to be clear by taking a glass full of
it and holding it up to the light /
turn the water off while it still runs a
good stream, as the water that has
dripped over the shingles is liable to
taste of pine. The smoky look and
taste in rain water comes from the
smoke in the atmosphere and from
the shingles. 1t takes quite rain fall
to clear both. The water from my
cistern is clear as we'll water, very
cool and almost tasteless. After one
weeks use no one would think ofusing
even spring water in preference to it..
A cistern properly managed will dis
count the doctors bill so per cent"