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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
For the Housekeeper.

Boston Herald.
The French have way OF making
tough foul tender in the roasting
which is worth following. It should
be seasoned and tied up securely in
two thicknesses of soft white or pale
brown paper and put into the oven
half an hour earlier than the time one
would choose to assure it's being DONE
It will steam slowly in this way, and
if delicately dredged with flour when
the paper is taken off at the end of
the half hour in a hot oven it will
come out brown and easily carved.
If a roast shows signs OF turning"
it should be put into hot oven for
half an hour. If this does not save it
nothing will. Plunging meat into boil.
Ing water will only hasten the catas-
trophe. OF course in doubtful case
it may be sliced up and the inside
served in stew.
Boiled pototoes left over should
never be heaped up warm to steam
one another. They should be laid out
on table, and are then as good for
frying or MASKING as when first cooked.
There are often bits OF meat left
clinging to the bones of boiled ham
which may be used IN an appetizing
breakfast dish. Shred the meat, let
it come to boil in milk into which 1t
is put cold, thicken the gravy with a
little corn starch or milk and water,
and serve. Shredded dried beefis very
good served in the same way.
Cold rice left over from one break
fast makes a very good dish for next
morning, either in the form OF rice
balls ratted up in the form of potato
balls or in omelets. A rice omelet
should be made with two eggs to cup
of cold boiled rice, and care should be
taken that it is served very hot.
Bread crumbs soaked in tepid water
and then passed through a colander
make an excellent foundation for
griddle cakes. They are best if made
with sour milk and soda, instead OF
baking powder, and three eggs should
be added to quart Of crumb batter,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
The Killing Chill.

A great many mysterious; diseases
and losses in animals could be traced
to exposure, and it may be weeks be-
fore some Of them develop. Assesses
may break: out on account of a chill;
also lung and stomach troubles. The
old disorder called 'shorn distemper"
is the result of cold with a feeble cir
culation. Animals are found dead or
in a dying state and the cause is often
a chill. A chill drives the blood from
the surface into the internal organs,
and they will present an inhamed APP
pearance when all OF the inflammation
there is is the excess OF blood. Ifthere
is q weak part that will be sure to be
congested and here inflammation will
be. almost sure. Extremes must be
avoided and extra pains taken in ex-
cessively cold weather to keep up the
normal heat Corn meal should be
fed at such times, blankets put on all
feeble animals, and no cold water given
for drink. More care will save many
an animal from sickness and in no one
way can. care be better expended than
in keeping up the warmth of the stable
and the body.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12

grown were produced from otedcut-
tings of the stem of the young plant
which had no portion of the tuber to
draw nutriment from. Last year
took from six to eight sprouts from
each bud of a sweet potato and these
planted out in the field grew vigorous
~ and yielded over 500 bushels per
acre, some OF the tubers weighing
eight pounds, and the average OF the
crop being four and three-quarter
pounds. Sweet potatoes are all grown
IN this way; the sprouts being pulled
from the seed and this is left to throw
outlnore sprouts. Is it reasonable
that the common potato differs
wholly from every other plant OF SIM
liar growth? And are we now to cast
aside the results OF thirty years
practice and experience for a new way
which is opposed to all this gathered
knowledge?
Inever found soil too rich for pota-
toes. | raised crop equal to l,2OO
bushels per acre on an old barnyard;
the vines covered the ground in a mat
more than knee-deep, and the ma ori-,
ty of the hills turned out IL quarts.
Last season saw over TOO bushels OF
Peerless per acre turned out from g. g.
acre plot. Both Of these crops were
from cuttings of two eyes each and
three sets in hill, which has been as
long as I can remember the common
way OF planting. It is not the cutting
of the seed which, makes the present
small yield, but the loss OF fertility;
the big yields are always upon rich
soil. Potato varieties ':run OUT only
by reason of continued course OF
poor culture and taking seed from
crops on poor soil. Two years ago I
had $50 bushels per acre OF Early
Rose, which was very nearly equal to
my first crop grown on better SOIL
Karl Offel in n Y. Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Fancy Work.
To make bedroom stand cover
Get a piece OF brown linen one yard

To make bedroom stand cover
Get a piece OF brown linen one yard
square. Turn the edges as if for a
hem four or five inches deep. Herring
bone stitch it around, then cut the
edge and ravel it up to the line of
work. At shortintervalsfasten anew
thread Of red worsted. Fitch pretty
pattern in the corners with red. This
makes good serviceable cover that
will do up we'll and wear a long time.
It may be used in the sitting-room
with good effect.
A summer lap robe is made thus
Get two shades OF heavy brown fan
nell Use the darker OF the two for the
border. Calculate it for depth OF q
quarter OF a yard. Cut it on The edge
into scallops and then pink them
around. Upon each side outline horse
whips with horseshoes in the corner.
Or put a large pattern Of this kind in
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12

In harness man has lifted $500
pounds, this result having beer
achieved only by allowing every
muscle to act simultaneously to its
fullest capacity, and under the mos
advantageous circumstances.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23

The genealogical record of some of the
first families is threatened by an ex-
posure which may make some vince,
but no true American will be ashamed of
a humble origin. In fact there is but
little room for boasting among the New
York millionaires. Peter Gilsey began
as a journeyman pianoforte maker, and
the founder of Cooper institute first ap-
pears in the directory as "Peter Cooper,
machinist." The Brevoorts were market
gardeners. Alderman Carman, who left
a round million, was a house carpenter.
A. T. Stewart began by teaching a small
school. The millionaire Vermilyes were
the sons of sexton of a downtown
church. Cyrus w. Field first opened
trade as dealer in rags. Lawyer Hum
mel began as an errand boy in the same
Office in which he is now partner. VIII
liam Libbey, formerly of a. T. Stewart
& Co., and now retired millionaire,
was the son of a Newburg carpenter.
The first Astor that came to America
was a butcher and had stall in Fly
market. Rufus Story, who is now the
millionaire veteran of Front street, be-
gan here as a hard-worked boy in a
cheap grocery. Jay Gould was in early
life clerk in a country store, and felt
that he was doing remarkably well when
he peddled maps in Delaware county.
Reader, 1t will not do to dispute the day
of small things. Why, even the Spot
fords we're shoemakers, the Stevenses
kept tavern, and the Wolfes can be
traced back to gin-mill. Let the genoa
logical fiend do his worst, he will still
find that wealth, like charity, covers a
multitude of sins.-New York cor. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
Confucius and His Believers.

Confucius lived 500 years before Christ,
and his teachings and precepts from the
Chinese Bible held worldly advancement
of little account and sought to attain
rather the moral than the material eleva-
ton of mankind. Even now few Chinese
will admit that the European standard
of morality is equal to their own. Chris
tianity they consider to be a good enough
religion in as far as, like Buddhism and
other native cults, it teaches men to do
good, but they can not see that in prac-
tice it has made much impression upon
the nations of Europe.
Their own country has seldom waged
an offensive war, while all Europe ap-
pears to them an armed ercampment.
England prides herself upon her religion
and her big ships of war; France sends
her missionaries far into the interior,
and her torpedo boats cruise round the
coast and sink all the unoffending junks
that come in their way. This is, of
course, the unfavorabIe side of European
character as it presents itself to the
ordinary Chinaman. Nineteenth Cen
tIIrV.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
The Beauty of India,s Parrots.

We went to India, and was com
pletely fascinated by the crowds of green
parrots we saw in the plains. 1t was a
never-failing source of delight to me to
see them flying in f1Ocks, often hundreds
at a time, with the rays Of the descending
sun glistening on their emerald green
plumage; or to see a tree destitute of
leaves made green by reason of the null
titude of parrots that had settled on its
branches; or again, at sunset, to see the
green parrots flying about the white
marble minarets of the glorious Tai
Mehal, or darting about, frolicking in
the expiring rays. To me they were the
most lovely of India's birds,
One scene connected with parrots Is,
from its perfect beauty, often present in
my mind. At a certain residency, one
of the finest in northern India, there is a
fountain constantly playing, and in the
early morning the parrots gather to-
gether in vast numbers to drink and
bathe in its running waters and basin.
To see their graceful curves and upward
flights before dashing through and Just
skimming the surface Of the water, with
their unbounded joy and delight in so
doing, was picture of ecstatic, ideal,
living happiness difficult to surpass. The
parrots at this residency are almost tame,
for every morning four or five Gagged
ones are let loose to be fed, and down
come all The Wild ones TO share their
feasts.-COrnhill Magazine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23

/
"How does Buenos Ayres compare
with other cities?"
at is the New York of that continent.
| There is no city in the world to equal it
in enterprise and wealth according to its
! size. 1t has population of 450, 900, and
supports twenty-efght daily newspapers.
! Everybody reads. The papers cost two
and a half cents per copy. The ma
| jority are printed in Spanish, but nearly
every language is represented. Buenos
Ayres has more miles of street railroads
than any other city in the world. The
houses are generally one-story high. Of
late, however, bank and public build
| ings have been erected three and four
stories high. The only building material
is brick. Telephones are everywhere,
and the city is lit up with electricity.
There are twelve theatres as finely APP
pointed in every way as any in Europe
or the United States"
"But the city is shut off from the
world?'
mo, only shut off from the United
States. From thirty to sixty mail
steamers arrive monthly and ride in one
OF the finest ports of entry in the world.
One steamer departs monthly for the
United States. There are several lines
of steamers carrying frozen cattle to
Europe. The bulk of the cattle imported
TO Europe that way goes from the Ar
gentine Republic. One beef extract
company at Fray Bentos kill over $500
head of cattle per day. Immigration is
pouring in from Italy, Spain, France,
Greece and Ireland. The Americans do
not come to any extent, although they
would be gladly welcomed. The new
city of La Plata, capital of the province
of Buenos Ayres, twelve miles from the
city of Buenos Ayres, is considered the
most wonderful place of its size that has
ever been built. It contains 80, 900 in
habitants. The city was constructed at
great expense by Governor Recha, |
within period of five years. The pub
lie buildings are comparable only to
some of the finest in the United States. |
Electricity, telephones and all the mod !
ern improvements are in use. Millions |
upon millions have been spent in beauti- |
flying the city and erecting handsome |
buildings. New York Mail and Ex-
DrpSS
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
summer Drinks for the country

A little cider vinegar, sugar and dash
of ginger added to water makes a pala-
table and refreshing drink even at a tenn
perature at which water alone would be
nauseating. A tablespoonful of oatmeal
stirred into pint of water also makes a
nourishing and palatable drink. When
used in the field the oatmeal and water
should be kept separate and only mixed
as drink is needed. The juices of any
of our small fruit, canned or bottled and
added to water at the rate of two or three
tablespoOnfuls to pint of water also
makes a palatable drink, but as in the
case of oatmeal the mixing should be
done Immediately before drinking. But
termilk, to those who relish it, makes a
cooling and refreshing drink when fresh.
Lemonade is always in order but would
be regarded by many as too expensive foI
regular use. Sweet milk either whole or
SKINNED, is also a refreshing and nour-
ishing drink in the field. as is also cold
coffee without milk, and with or without
sugar.-FarmeT6s Review.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23

Spontaneous combustion is said TO be
an impossibility, but a phenomenon that
at one time would have been ascribed to
that cause has lately been observed in the
suburbs of Paris. In 1877 a fire occurred
in a villa. The reparation was carried
out under the direction of the architect.
and the house has since been occupied by
the same owner.
One day he observed that the ceiling
of the dining-room appeared as If some,
of the plaster was about 10 give way,
and, as the buying increased, no called
in an architect. He concluded that n
beam must somehow have given away
and workmen were employed to make al
more close examination. It was then
discovered that the wood was almost
entirely consumed. Some sparks may
have remained, and during fifteen years,
the destruction must have gone on byl
inches, for no other hypothesis was
brought forward than that Of very slow
combustion. The circumstance Is so rel
markable as to appear almost Incredible
although firemen can relate stories of a
similar kind-New York Commercial.
Advertiser.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
EIenhants for the Circus.

The best elephants for circus purposes
are those from Ceylon. They have little
OF no tusks, and are much more docile
and intelligent than the highland Gle
phant of India or even Africa. The In
dian highland or "tusker" elephant is
very intraotable, and, after he arrives at
a certain age, is apt to be treaGherous
and ugly. After they arrive at the age
of 2j," said Professor Newman, look
out for them. Albert, who was one of
the finest we ever had, killed a man in
one of his fits of rage, and had to be
slain himself. 1 regard the elephant as
the most intelligent animal there is.
They are remarkably easy to handle,
have great intelligence, and possess af-
fections and, 1 sometimes believe, sensi-
bilities. Even the duilest will astonish
us sometimes. l will labor with one of
them for weeks, till 1 am nearly dis
couraged, trying to teach him a trick;
suddenly, when you least expect it, he
will turn in and do it exactly as you de-
sired y Chicago News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
A FAMILY COLONY SYSTEM.
Interesting Account of Peculiar Kind
of Communism in Tuscany.

Interesting Account of Peculiar Kind
of Communism in Tuscany.
The peasants of Tuscany are better of
than those of any other part of Italy,
and this is said to be due largely TO what
is known. as the family colony
system. This system is voluntary, has
never been recognized by the state OF by
the law of the country, and has grown
out of a general condition. In Tuscany
the landowners provide the land, the
peasant furnishes the labor, and the eS,-
penses and profits of farming are equally
divided between the two, the agreement
being terminable on due notice by either
party. These peculiar relations are gen.
orally cordial and lasting, and it is said
that there are instances in which the
same family have occupied farm for
hundreds Of years.
Under both law aT&l custom property
is equally divided among al the children
of a deceased father. If a peasant has
four sons, for instance, all of whom
have been laboring with him, he viii
gene leave, in addition to the capi-
tai invested in the farm, a small amount
of ready money. By mutual arrange
nent the eldest brother takes the farm
in his name nd becomes the head of
the family. He manages the business,
and, in case any of the younger brothers
wish to withdraw, pays his portion in
ready money; the old nome is kept up,
the brothers and sisters take their meals
together, and the household expenses
are provided from a common fund. Cen
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
The srirIt Of the nrountnin..

These peaks are tn Q toys of your sense
of greatness and majesty. They make
you keep company with their silent life.
They hush the tumult within YOU, and
awe the soul into alteration. They keep
before you two things, the limitation of
your nature and the greatness of your
life. They change with the hues of the
sky, and yet they stand like sentinels at
tho gateway of the world. They seize
upon what is transient, and they sug-
gest what is eternal. You are in their
power, as you are in the hands Of a
stronger person. They do not let go
their hold upon one who is sensitive 10
the outer world, and it is the watching
of these peaks until one has lost his
grasp of the things of familiar sense that
constitutes their wonderful charm.
l have seen a timid shrinking woman
under the cover of the upheaved rocks
expand into bold and strong talI<er as
she caught the spirit of the mountains
and forgot her usual self. Language
came TO her that she could not have
used had she not entered into the modes
of the mountain and had mirrored in
her own soul their response to her ma
ture.-Green Mountain Cor. Boston
Herald
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23
Exnressinn of the Eyes.

by the eyes we form our first impress
SIGN of a persons character, and it is
very seldom that we change that first
feeling, be it good or bad, without the
strongest cause. Every trait and quality
finds expression in these mirrors. Blue
eyes betray two antithetic characters.
Large and bright, they denote quick per-
ception and great susceptibility to ex-
ternal influences. In the gentler more
often than in the sterner sex they are
found coupled with fine, arched eye
brows, in which case they indicate in
men a refined nature and esthetic tastes,
and in women lovable disposition, with
a prediction for dress, music, and the
fine arts. 1t is a principle generally
recognized by yphysiognomists that beauti-
full eyes betoken corresponding beauty
of character, amiabiity, trustfulneSs,
honor and devotion.-Househo Words
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23

orally speaking, such an assoclauon as
this would be broken up by marriage
but in Tuscany it has proved otherwise.
The daughters on marriage receive their
portions and exchange their ancestral
home for those of their husbands.
When one of the sons wishes to marry
he consults the head of the family, and
is largely influenced by his decision.
In most cases assent is given, and the
wife received into the association to share
the labor and the profit. The dowry
which she brings her husband remains
their private property, but custom re-
quires that it shall be reserved for the
use of their children. When money is
needed for any purpose, the elder brother
Is applied to, but he takes care that the
sums thus supplied TO the various mem
bers of the association shall be equal in
amount. The children are brought up
at the common expense, and as the prin-
cipal crops require constant watchful-
ness, children are of great service in the
vineyards and olive gardens. When
there are too many hands for the original
holding, another farm is taken, and the
old life continued. In some cases the
older members go elsewhere and organ
ize new colony. The Tuscan peasants
have grown so accustomed to this kind
of life that they prefer the common
home and table to the isolation of separ-
ate houses-The Saturday Review.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23

financial failure. II Is only less so IN
many other forms of business. Thou
sands attempt more than they are equal
to, the continual pressure of which re-
suits in nervous exhaustion. Somewhat
akin to these are teachers in our common
schools. The early stages of every pro-
fession and business make peculiar de-
mands on the nervous force. And yet
thousands enter the teaching profession
who do not intend to remain in it. They
stay just long enough to overwork, and
to be injured in many cases for life. SO,
also, our political system constantly
brings forward new men who must fit
themselves for new and difficult duties
at an immense cost to the brain. The
physical condition of some of our public
men is simply prominent illustration of
this fact.-Youth' Companion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-09-23

The Chinese keep as mnoh as possible
to their national food, and spend nc
more than they can help with the out
side barbarians. Vast stquantities of dried
and smoked poultry and fish are annu-
ally imported, and even eggs are brought
in covered with a coating of earth. which
keeps them moist and fresh. Eggs SO
protected will, it is said, be eatable when
four years old. The fish is of many
kinds, but the most popularis is very small,
something like whitehall. A kind Of
sguid, about eight inches long and hav-
ing many arms and feelers, is also in
great demand. Almost the only meat is
pork, and this, as a rule, consists but of
such portions of the entrails as Christians
throw away. Poultry is nearly always
bought alive, as the blood is used in
cooking. At some shops, where half of
a duck or chicken is sold, small cupful
of blood is given with each portion.
Even the fish, after being cleaned, are
smeared with their own blood. Probar
bly, this custom is older among the Chi.
nese than the Mosaic law which forbade
a similar use of blood by the Hebrews
CoTnhill Magazine.