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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
Mistreated Him.

One day, several years ago, while
Addison was sitting in his .:garrety''
room, revising his Cato, he received the
following note from Dick Steele: .tMy
darling Addison: I am in that cavity
profanely known as Gehenna's excava-
ton. My morning hours are disturbed
by collectors and my evening moments
are made harsh by the footsteps of the
man Lowe. Addison, we have always
been good friends. I am whig and
you are whig, in this kingdom by the
sea as Edgar Poe will in the future
express it-but can't you help me out
of this fix?''
Addison had but little money. In
fact he owed the grocer, the barber and
the candlestick manipulation, but he
pawned his gold spurs, his richly orna-
mented sword, his silver tea-pot-his
all, and raising hundred pounds, sent
the sum to his distressed friend. Sew
eral days afterwards, when Addison
found himself in Steele's neighborhood,
he decided to go up and see if there
were any other way in which he could
help his poor friend. AS he approach
ed the door leading into Steele's room,
he heard music and dancing and sounds
only beftting the abode of those who
felt the weight of many nickels, but
hating not, he showed open the door
and entered. Steele, dressed in suit
of tawdry clothes, stood in the middle
of the room. On the sofa sat a young wo-
man with a discolored eye; beside her
reclined woman with bad teeth; while
at the right stood women who were not
grand-motherly in appearance. Dan
dies and hilarious bucks stood around,
and upon the whole, the scene was one
of fashion and excessive refinement.
When Addison entered, Steele, who had
been turning the crank of a musical in
strument, arose and said:
''Hah, here is Mr.. Addison. We are
all glad to see him. Addison, how do
you find yourself?''
Addison was disguised. He looked
at the table, loaded with ham sand
wiches and said:
Il thought, sir, that my donation
was intended to keep you from pris-
on?'''
Correct you are, Gully" exclaimed
Steele, 'but now that I am out, we
should enjoy ourselves. Henry" adj
dressing boy, "bring Mr.. Addison a
glass of beer. All, my dear essayist,
you do not seem to be enjoying your
self. Had to soak your household goods
to keep me out, eh? Glad to hear it.
Fine thing to have friends, Addy-fne
thing. Hadn't been for you, l would
have been in Jail. AS it is, l am giving
a dinner Say, can't you lend me sew
enty-five cents?"
These are historical facts, yet there
are literary historians who say that
Addison mistreated Dick Steele.-A4-
EQ1as1aU Traveller.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
A PERFECT BAKING POWDER.

The great success of the Royal Bak-
inc Powder is due to the extreme care
exercised by its manufacturers to make
it entirely pure, uniform in quality,
and of the highest leavening power.
All the scientific knowledge, care and
skill attained by twenty years prac.
teal experience are contributed toward
this end, and no pharmaceutical pre-
paration can be dispensed with a grea-
ter accuracy, precision and exactness.
Every article used is absolutely pure.
A number of chemists are employed
to test the strength of each ingredient,
so that its exact power and effect in
combination with its co-ingredients is
definitely known. Nothing is trusted
to chance, and no person is employed
in the preparation of the materials used
or the manufacture of the powder, who
is not an expert in his particular branch
of the business. AS consequence. the
Royal Baking Powder is of the highest
grade of excellence, always pure,
wholesome and uniform in quality.
Each box is exactly like every other.
and will retain its powers and produce
the same and the highest leavening eff
feet in any climate, at any time. The
Government Chemists, after having an
alyzed all the principal brands in the
market, in their reports placed the
Royal Baking Powder at the head OF
the list for the strength, purity, and
wholesomeness, and thousands of tests
all over the country have further de-
monstrated the fact that its qualities
are, in every respect, unrivaled.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
DISSOLUTION OF PART
NERSHIP.

Notice is hereby given, that the part
nership heretofore existing by and be-
tween the undersigned under the firm
name of Eng bert &Johnson," doing
business at New Ulm, MINI, has been
dissolved by mutual consent. Jacob
johnson continues the bushes and as
sumes payable debts Of the firm to
whom they must be presented for veri-
fication and payment; and he is also
authorized to collect. all outstanding
claims.
Dated Nov. 5, 1886, at .>ew Ulnl,
ii inn.
JACOB JOHNSON.
FRED. ENGELBERT.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
She Hit Him Hard.

II was late and she had been yawn-
ing for half an hour, but he did not
take the hint
81 see," he said, .sthat Tennyson in
his drama speaks of men as Gods trees
and women as Gods flowers. It. is
natural that he should compare women
to flowers, but | cannot see why he
should compare men to trees?''
ssI CAM she said.
ssY gu can?''
eyes; this is winter, amt it?'
sit is .
.Well," she said, with another yawn
as she glanced toward the clock, '.the
reason he compared men to trees is
that trees don't leave till spring. =
He was on his way home Il minute
later. Boston Budget.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
for Infants and Children.

''castoris is 50 wen adapted tochildrenth that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. 4. A1cz1R, II. D.,
III So o0ord St, Brooklyn, N. z.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17

Summer coughs and colds generally
come to stay, but the use of Red Stal
Cough Cure invariably drives them a
wav. Safe, prompt. sure.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
LADIES

kindly take notice that am prepared
to furnish un short notice. for birthday
and other parties, CREAM PUFFS,
FRUIT CAKE, CJTRON CAKE, RAJ.
SIN CAKE, PIES and other delicacies,
at reasonable rates.
AT1G PRETTSS
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17

The yearly product Of American for
ests exceeds in value that of all the
iron. steel and coal combined.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
The Tale Of q Fish.

The editor OF the Coricana, Tex, Oh
server, Mr.. G. P. Miller, had severe
attack of rheumatism in his left knee,
which became so swollen and painful
that he could not walk up the stairs.
He writes that after few applications
of St. Jacobs Oil, the pain entirely dis.
appeared, and the knee assumed its
normal proportions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
AN Experiment in Mule Culture.

And this brings me to speak of a
brilliant Jersey citizen, now of Napa
valley, who not long ago came into the
possession of rich estate there by in
heritance. Suddenly waking up TO the
dignities and importance of the rural
Inheritance, my Jersey friend, the city
editor, sent down to Kentucky for the
best-blooded mules to be had. No, he
would not raise racing stock. He was
only an editor, one of the people, one of
the humble leaders of the people, of the
honest rural people. And so be would
not raise racing stock, and set a bad ex-
ample by devoting his valuable life to
the turf, but he would set a good exam
pie Of SOBER practical life; and so would,
may be, he remembered in time by
unanimous invitation from both parties
to 90 to congress. Therefore, as | have
said, my Jersey City editor. of the vast
inheritance in delightful Napa would
not raise racing stock But he would
raise mules. And SO he sent a man TO
bring him ten blooded mare mules all
the way from the great and good state
of Kentucky. The mules arrived in due
time, ten of them-tall, strong, healthy,
with good lungs. But they have not in
creased. In fact, there are only nine of
them now. My young friend, the editor
from the city, went Devastating one
moonlight night on the lofty and de-
licious hills of Napa. And having dis
mounted and walked off few rods. he
got bewildered, turned about, and, see
ing the splendid ears of his saddle-mule,
mlStook them for the antlers of a deer
and fired. As | said before, my friend
the editor, who wrote so wisely for the
paper in the city, has only nine mules
now.-J0dquiR Mtilef'S California
Letter in CHICAGO Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
The Hnman Family.

The human family living to-day on
earth consists of about l. .450, 900, 900 of
individuals, not less, probably more
These are distributed over the earth $
surface, so that now there is no con-
siderable part where man is not found
In Asia where he was tirSt planted,
there are NOW approximately about
500, 900, densely crowded; on an
average, 120 to the square mile. In
Europe there are $40, 900. 600, averaging
100 to the square mile; not so crowded,
but everywhere dense. and at points
overpopulated. In Africa there are
210,000,000. In America, North and
South, there are 110. 900, 900, relatively
thinly scattered and recent In the
islands, large and small, probably 10,-
100000. The extremes of the white and
black are as five TO three; the remain
ing 100000 intermediate brown and
tawny. Of the race 500000,000 are
well clothed-that is, wear garments of
some kind to cover their nakedneSs;
100000, 600 are semi-clothed, covering
inferior parts of the body; 250, 600. 0o0
are practically naked. OF the race 500,-
100000 live in houses partly furnished
with the appointments Of civilization;
0,000, 900 in huts or caves with no fur
nishings; 260,000, 600 have nothing that
can be called home, are barbarous
and savage. The range is from the
topmost round-the Anglo-Saxon CIVIL
ization, which is the highest known
down to naked savagery. The portion
of the race lying below the line of
human conditions is at the very least
three-fifths of the whole, or 900, 900, 900.
As to religion, the 1,450, 100000 are
divided in the order of numerical
strength, as follows: $50, ZOO, 900 are
pagans, comprising 600,000,000 of Brah-
mo-Buddhists, or Brahmans or Budd-
> hists; 100, 900, 600 of unclassited pagans,
100000 Parsees, Confucianists,
Shintoists, Jains and other smaller pa
gan sects; 410,000,000 are Christians,
composed of 225,000,000 Roman Cath
olics, 100000 of the Greek Church
and 110,000,000 Protestants; 100000
900 Mohammedans; 100000 Jews.
The SGO,O00, 900 of pagans are found
chiefly in Asia and Africa, and COM
prise 99-100ths OF the population, with
scattering millions in the Americas and
islands of the sea. The 410,000,000
CHl iSLitttAo SOILoIllIIO bLlC DOdy VI
rope and ninc-tenths of the Ameri-
cas-, with few millions in Asia, Africa
and the islands. The Mohammedans
are found chiefly in Asia and Africa.
The Jews are scattered in all lands,
without a home or country. This is
approximately a correct cast of the re-
lgious status of the world to-day. 1t
shows two-thirdS of the whole to be pa
gan, or, including the Mohammedans
and jews as anti-Christian cOmponents
OF the pagan fraction, three-quarterS of
the wholc-not less than 1850, ,000,0
The remaining fraction of 410,000,000
Ga little more than quarter) Christ
ians, of which fraction more than one
half is Roman Catholic, one-quarter,
nearly, Greek, and a little over a
quarter Protestant.-N 7. Commercial
Ne1CS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
Weasei ys. Rat.

The little weasel at Campbell & Jones'
warehouse is attracting much attention
says the Macon. Ga. Telegraph. A
dozen traps are set in various portions
of the city to supply it with rats, and
every now and then it is treated to an
English sparrow or a pigeon, all of
which it makes short work of.
A large crowd witnessed It's fight with
its thirty-seventh rat yesterday. The
rat was caught at the city ball by Punch
Blue, and weighed trifie over fifteen
ounces. He was fat and ugly, and the
chances We're that he would eat up the
weasel, which did not weigh much more
than half as much.
The weasel had eaten its breakfast off
pigeon and half-grown rat, ami
could not have been very hungry when
the old rat was pitted against him, but
he did not like the idea of sharing quar-
ters with any other animal.
The fight took place in the large cage,
which measures four by five feet and is
two feet high. 1t is made of wire, and
thus afforded full view. At 9 O'clock
the rat turned in. The weasel ALWAYS
fights on the defensive, and never at
tacls. The rat was somewhat coward
ly and did not seem to want TO tackle
its diminutive adversary. After some
maneuvering the rat approached the
weasel, when the latter sprang upon
him and succeeded in getting his needle
like teeth in the rats nose cutting out a
big chunk of that member. The rat
acted then more cowardly than ever,
cringing away into corner. The wea-
sci, with movements quick as lightning,
ran up and down the cage as if trying Q
to get out, but now and then nearing
the painting rat, rearing its head to
strike him on the back of the neck.
The rat, however, seemed to know what
the weasel was after, and kept aloof.
This was kept up for an hour, the pur-
pose of the weasel being perhaps to tire
the rat. Finally the crowd grew impa-
tient, and by poking the rat with pieces
of wIre caused him to get near the wea-
sci, which would strike at him with
lightning-like rapidity, each time caus-
ing him to squeal.
BY this time the spectators were
wrought up to high pitch of excite
ment, and the rat aroused much SYM
pathy. although his superiority in size
and strength was fully admitted. The
rat finally became desperate and made
an attack. This was exactly what the
weasel wanted, and when the opportun-
ity came, made spring and fastened
his teeth in the back of his neck, plac-
ing his fore legs just back of its shoul-
ders And thus, while sucking the rats
blood, he crushed his bones, and the
rat dropped over limp and dead.
Later in the day three more rats were
placed i'll the cage, but as they were
half grown only, they lasted but a min
ute or SO. Each time the weasel's meth
od of killing was the same.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
A Wise Humming-Bjrd.

Wisdom does not depend on size, as
you all know, my dears. The ant and
the bee, in fact, often seem to know
more than some of the largest animals.
The humming- bird, too. though the
smallest of birds. is not lacking in intel
ligence. A friend of the Deacon tells a
pleasant little story of one that was try
ing to secure the honey from a flower
with deep cup, and at the same time
was plainly very tired. The flower
grew near porch where a family was
sitting, and, seeing the trouble of the
bird, young girl walked slowly toward
him, holding out her finger. The tired
bird looked sharply at her and then ac-
cepted the offered perch, alighted on the
finger. and, when it was held close to
the flower. returned to his work of
honey-gathering. The girl stood quiet
ly, and he used her finger as resting
place till he had finished his meal, when
he flew away home. A wise humming-
bird that, say land wise girl, too.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
Decline in Land Values in Britain.

As illustrating the decline in the
value of landed property in Great Bri-
tain, the result of the recent attempt to
sell at auction the Houghton estates of
the Marquis of Cholmondeley, is signi-
ficant The first lot put up consisted of
Houghton Hall, which cost 945O,00O
for the building alone, and about 10.-
600 acres of land. The best bid made
was 100000, and the property was
therefore Withdrawn. A farm of 1922
acres, renting for f900 a year, was next
put up, and bid in at E24,5 Then a
farm of 1901 acres, rented at S744, was
bid in nj Ell, 900. Another farm of l.
203 acres. renting for f600. was bid in
at f21, 900. Two other farms, one of
GOO acres and one of 700 acres, were al
so withdrawn because the limit was not
reached. Altogether, out of 1900 acres
only some small holdings and cottages
were sold Of the aggregate value of a.
500.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
How He Got Married.

"My marriage was very romantic
one," said Chicago gentleman at the
Palace who is on his bridal tour. ''The
lady's former husband was an intimate
friend of mine. He was a good fellow,
but he didn't use her well. Although a
gentleman in most respects he was so
unfortunate as to have the drinking
habit, and occasionally, while in liquor,
he raised the deuce in the domestic cir
Gle. Both he and the lady were accus-
toned to come to me for advice after
these affairs. Get a divorce says | at
last. Agreed, says they, and shook
hands on it. Then they separated pend
ing the result of the legal proceedings.
Visited the lady in her retirement sew
eral times Frank said the husband
to me, don't you think you had better
not call on Lizzie while this divorce
business is in progress?' why, Bob
says /, what the mischief have you to
do with the matters? i don't like it, ;
says he. But, says |, as she's getting
a divorce from you and you are con-
senting what difference can it make to
you who calls on her?' Frank, says
he, looking me straight in the eye, do
you mean to marry Lizziep We'll,
Bob says |, the idea never occurred
TO me before. but now that you suggest
it. | don't know but what | will Do
you think she'll be likely to favor the
idea herself?' Pm blessed" continued
the Chicago man, "if the fellow didn't
begin to fight the divorce from that
minute. We downed him, of course,
but he's still cool and even refused to
attend the wedding However, when
we get home my wife will manage to
smooth him down. She knows his
ways, you understand. There's moth
ing so painful to me as break in an
old friendship, and we both really like
Bob very well, in spite of his faults. y
San Francisco Posi-.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

The other day little colored boy
stopped in front of a grocery, and, after
wisttully cycling pyramid of sardine
boxes, marked "onIy cents" invested
in a box. Going to the edge of the
pavement, he opened the box and ate
the sardines as fast as he could cram
them into his mouth and then drank
the oil remaining in the box. This did
not satisfy him and he invested in an
other box of sardines, gulping them
down with a gusto. Then he pur-
chased huge cucumber pickle, which
he ate heartily, and to crown it all he
bought pint of peanuts and ate them
for dessert a gentleman who stood
near watching the boy taking in food
said: Great Scott! if | had stomach
Ike that | would give $1,000"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
Too Many Cheap Books.

The literary pirates of this city have
so savagely cut one another's throats
that the loss of blood seems likely TO
kill most of them, writes New York
correspondent of the Baltimore ADaeri-
can. Alarming weakness is exhibited
in several instances. Each concern has
been eager to slash into its competitor
and has done so in a manner to infiict
self-injury. Every foreign novel, no
matter whether there was n reasonable
chance or not that it would have any
sale. has been grabbed at the earliest
possible moment by three to six of the
Library" publishing firms and hastily
thrown upon the oYerstOcked market
on terms that allowed the retailers to
return unsold copies. So complete have
the mechanical resources of the pirates
become that in three establishments the
entire work, including type setting,
printing, and binding, is done by ma
chimes. The stolen matter can be
rushed through in ten hours when
driven at the quickest The celebrity of
the process has tempted the publishers
TO vast overproduction. A member of
one firm declares that not more than
OiC DOOh III lHthlN III NIIC IiLt6lp llDl
ries repays the cost of issue; and that,
even with the most popular novelists'
stories, duplicate piracy divides the
profit into small portions. Heavy capi-
tai is required, because all the stock in
the hands Of the retailers throughout
the country is owned by the publisher
during the six months that it is left on
sale. Within month the returns of
copies have been enormously increased.
While the aggregate sales have lessen
ed, the stock issued has multiplied
through hot rivalry. Intellectual efforts
have been made to bring about a COM
pact under which the foreign novels
should be apportioned among the libra
ries, in the way the regular publishers
used to do, but nothing has come out of
it. Now, rumors are aiioat of insolven-
cipS and inDandinU bankrIInfcies
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

On the northwest corner of Georgia
lies the county of Dade. This is known
to the neighboring regions as the free
State of Dade, owing not only to the
wild and mountainous character of the
region whose few and scattered lnhabi-
tants are in keeping with their surround
ings, but because during the war of the
rebellion they openly seeded from the
State of Georgia and the Confederacy
and managed TO secure freedom
which, says a correspondent of the
Washington Star, they virtually main
tain to-day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16

Mr.. Howells says the home of fiction
is to be America. Mr.. HoweIls has evi-
IDENTITY been reading the newspaper ac-
counts of storms in the West, where
mules were lodged on the tops of four
story trees and hailstones fell "as large
as pumpkins" And yet we don't sup
pose the newspapers would eXaggerate
about little thing ike that.-Aorrts-
toacn Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-09-16
AN ANSWER WANTED.

"Alamma, what's hereditary?" asked
Bobby, laboriously tripping over the
syilabIcs of the long word. 'Why, it is
it is anything you get from your IA
thcr or ne" replied the mother, a little
puzzled for definition suited to his
years. Silence of two minutes Then,
ma. " he asked, sis spankin's heredita-
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Boston Courier.
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