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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
Was an Aristocrat Himself.

At a recent state election in one of
the Boston city precincts a dignifed
colored gentleman was approaching the
ballot-box with ticket in his hand.
He was clad in rusty coat from
which the suns and SHOWS of many sum-
mers and winters had extracted the
original color and left it a kind OF
ghastly cholera-green, while through a
rent in his well-worn Derby hat his
grizzled wool asserted itself.
A political heller, thinking he saw in
the colored brother an easy victim,
rushed forward and selling him by the
the arm, CALCULATED:
Say, you amt a-goin' to vote for
Sparkman? Spooper's the man; he's
friend of the people. Sparkman is
one of them aristocrats.'
The dusky gentleman, dignifed as a
lamp-post, shook his interrupter off and
calculating, 'G'way dar, man, wild yer
foolishness; Pse an aristocrat myself;
lived on de hill dose fifty years an mo, -
continued his stated march to the box
and deposited his vote in triumph
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
The Currency Problem.

Students Of the currency problem
should not forget that the amount of
money needed for the uses of the Unit
ed States has increased fabulously with
in twenty-five years. A quarter of a
century ago millionaire was rarity.
Now bank account of million dol
lars is not an uncommon thing. Then
the money of the masses was lent to
savings banks, and thence returned at
once to the channels Of trade. Chicago,
for instance was town Of hundred
thousand inhabitants. Now it has near
" 100000, with safty-deposit vaults
sprinkled all through the business dis
trict, and new ones building. The
sums Of currency lying dead in these
vaults must be enormous. The Govern
ment itself has this miser's mania, and
holds two hundred and sixty millions
nearly the whole greenback issue! The
country has expanded into the Great
American Desert of our new-world my
thology. These new phenomena must
be considered in commenting on our
currency supplies. When that have
been done, it viii be found there is q
money famine Chicago current.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03

she sank down i'll little quiyering hear
in the darkness. Nothing matterco
| now. Those dreadful wretches might
find and tear her to atoms now if need
be; she had saved the man she loved,
and that was enough.
But in moment OF two she rallied.
as the cool rain beat upon her face, and
rose softly to her feet. She must see
him now at all hazards; she must see
and tell him all. or she could not live
She flew over the ground like a mad
creature. Nothing held her flight until
she reached the train, where Jim's face
shone upon her from the engine cab.
and she fell with a speech1ess gasp be-
side it. In moment she was in Jim's
arms, some one brought brandy and
dropped it upon her cold lips, and after
awhile she heard Jim's tender words as
he held and kissed her, and then she
sat up, pale and trembling, to tell her
story.
But the express stopped that night.
and when it went on, it bore with it the
two wretches who had sought to des-
troy it with its precious freight Of life,
and left heavy purse for brave Milly,
contribution from the grateful passen-
gers whose lives she had saved
On going to the top of the cut, the
men had been found pinioned by the
rock that they had partly lifted to hurl
upon the track below. Milly's bullet
had gone through the arm of the one
called ''Bill.' As his hold relaxed, the
heavy rock rolled back upon their legs,
holding them both prisoners. The Sc
cond man was Pete, Mr.. Hosmer's hir-
ed man. Mike had disappeared.
But Milly was the heroine of many a
day, and when, soon after, she was
about to become Jim's happy wife, she
got a silver tea-service fit for princess,
''With the gratitude and best wishes of
the Elk Co., for James Hosmer's
brave wife,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
Married a Board Of Trade Man

Married a Board of Trade Man.
A young woman with tightly pressed
lips and cleaning eye sat upright in
one of the seats of West-bound train.
She appeared to be mad, and the other
passengers eyed her curiously. Pres
emily a near-sighted man came along,
sat down beside her, and, after awhile,
began with:
''Got far to go?"
Eyes too far" snapped the young
woman with the cleaning eyes. But
the near-sighted man returned to the
attack with:
''Been up to Chicago"
eyes, I've been up to Chicago"
Visiting friends, suppose
''No, on business
ssMarried?''
eyes, am"
''And where is your husband?'
Chicago"
whats his businessoa"
ellis business is none of your bust
ness, you impertinent dude But when
he came down to our place, putting on
style, and sparkling me, he said he was
Board of Trade man. Yesterday l
went up to Chicago and called at his Of
fice."
Then he's Board of Trade man. is
he?"
Eyes, he's one OF the janitors. I'd
like to skin him, the wretch But what
is this to you, I'd like to know?'
"Ah, excuse me; here is my card.
Should be happy to serve you. I'm a
lawyer on Clark street, and my special
ty is divorces. Laughing gas admins
tered, and alimony extracted without
pain. Call and see me- ''-Chacugo Her.
MID
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
Ingersoll on Lincoln.

Under the singular caption of ..Mot-
ley and Monarch" Colonel Robert G.
Ingersoll contributes to the December
North american Revieau genuine
''prose-poem'' on Abraham Lincoln,
who is summed up and photographed
in single paragraph, thus:
Strange mingling of mirth and tears,
of the tragic and grotesque, of cap and
crown, of Socrates and Rabelais, of
Hsop and Marcus Aurelius, of all that
is gentle and just, humorous and hon
est, merciful, wise, laughable, lovable,
and divine, and all consecrated to the
use of man; while through all, and over
all, an overwhelming sense Of obligation,
of chivalric loyalty to truth, and upon
all the shadow of the tragic end"
And here are some more of the dia-
monds cleaning incidently in Colonel
Ingersoll's superb cluster
Nearly al the great hist oric 'charac
ters are impossible monsters, dispropor-
toned by tlattery, or by calumny de-
formed. We know nothing of their
peculiarities, or nothing but their pecu-
liarities.
Washington is now only steel en-
craving. About the real man who lived
and loved and hated and schemed we
know but little.
Hundreds of people are now engaged
in smoothing out the lines Of Lincoln S
face-forcing all features to the common
meld-so that he may be known, not as
he really was, but, according to their
poor standard, as he should heve been.
Lincoln never finished his education.
To the night of his death he was pupil,
a learner, an inquirer, a seeker after
knowledge. You have no idea how
many men are spoiled by what is called
education. For the most part colleges
are places where pebbles are polished
and diamonds are dimmed. If Shake
speare had graduated at Oxford, be
might have been qmbbling attorney
or hypocritical parson.
Nothing discloses real character like
the use of power. It is easy for the
weak to be gentle. Most people can
bear adversely. Buff you wish to know
what man really is, give him power.
This is the supreme test. It is the
glory of Lincoln that, having almost
absolute power, he never abused it, ex.
cept upon the side of mercy. ,
He was patient as destiny, whose
undecipherable hieroglyphs were SC
deeply craven on his sad and tragic
face.
Lincoln was the grandest figure Of
the tiercest civil, war. He is the gen.
tlcst memory of our world.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
A Story Of Gen. Scott.

Every one has noticed the heroic size
attributed to Gen. Winfield Scott in his
statues and portraits. Few of them are
exaggerations of his real proportions.
He was six feet four and half inches
high, and perfectly formed. In his full
dress uniform he presented superb APP
pearance. 1t is said that the diminu-
tive Mexicans were awe-struck when
they saw him, and that many of them
attributed the success Of the American
army to the grand physique OF the
leader
The General was greatly inconven-
fenced by his unusual size, and when
ever he had an opportunity always had
special preparations made for his COM
fort. In an old album, in Washington,
| find this letter written by his hand:
WASHINGTON Friday, June, 10, 1860.
Proprietors Girard House, Philadelphia
GENTLEMEN: Expect me at the Cir
ard House tomorrow night at II o clock,
and please give me 4 bed at least six
feet six inches in length or one without
a foot-hoard. Yours respectively,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Atlantic Constitution.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
toms become unn,istakable, Then he

toms become unnaistakable. Then he
should be killed at once.
Gas to the lenghth Of time it takes
the disease to develop there is nothing
certain, It is said to have lurked IN the
human system for three years, but
this has not been authenticated, and 1
do not believe it. But there are rare
instances Of its development at from a
year to seventeen and eighteen months
after the incubation. The usual time,
however, is from one to three months.
# you escape for six months after being
bitten by mad dog you may feel pretty
certain that you will not have hydro
phobia.' y
DR.. David D. Toal, of 151 Avenue B.
says that in the last fifteen years he has
treated 1000 cases of dog-bite, and not
had single patient die of hydrophobia.
His first case was fifteen years ago. He
went with DR.. LOOMS, under whom he
studied, to see some persons who had
been bitten. One, a very beautiful
young girl, acted queerly, and DR..
LOOMS said she was troubled with hys-
terra. Dr.. Toal said it was hydropho-
bia. and predicted that the girl would
be dead at o'clock the next day. She
died at 2:3O. Then DR.. Toal went to
work and discovered his remedy, which,
he said, was a well-known drug. 1t
was very simple and was sure to sue
coed. The Doctor said that if the chill
dren were sent to him he would pay all
expenses and would give bonds to pay
$1,000 to the parents Of any child that
died.-NeW York San.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03
Knew When to Call

In the ante-room of Minister Of
State.
SIS the Understanding of State in
his Officer"
.'Yes, sir, but when he is in he
doesn't receive anybody"
'.All right; I'll come some day when
be isn't in.''
No Reason for Metempsychosis
Two philosophers:
.'see her. ! believe in metempsy-
Ghosts. am convinced that after NV
death my soul will inhabit the body OF
beast. =
You needn't die for that"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03

toms OF hydrophobla in dog are rest
lessness, constant shifting about, and
hunting for secluded places to lie down.
Then he has Authorizations. BE will
stop and prick up his ears atimaginary
noises and dart at imaginary objects.
He drinks feyerishly until the throat
spasms come on, and even then he
plunges his muzzle into the water and
tries to drink. The most distinctive
symptom is the peculiar bark, which
one who has heard it once will always
remember. The voice is unnatural and
hoarser, and the bark is followed by a
series of shouts, half howl, at quick in
tervals. Then the dog is at his most
dangerous stage. He will go out of his
way to dart at things and bite. Any
thing animate seems to irritate him to
frenzy. Sometimes good-natured pet
dog will not bite its master until the
very last moment, and occasionally not
then unless provoked by correction.
They will even submit sometimes to re-
pcated seedlings and blows before the
terrific madness that is consuming
them getsst the better of their self-con-
troll. Whenever dog, particularly in
the winter, shows signs Of indisposition,
he should at once be secluded and care
fully watched. It will be but a few days
If he has hydropho bia before the symp.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03

turned and sped IKE deer through the
darkness toward the spot chosen for
this dreadful deed. Well it was that
she knew, as by instict, every step of
this ground, even the very rocks piled
on the edge Of the rocky gorge, that
now were meant for the crushing out of
human life. Only at Jim's last visit she
had walked with him to this very spot.
Now, as she approached, she heard a
heavy, grinding sound and the subdued,
painting ordinations of the men as they
strove to move the heavy stones from
their beds.
'.By the eternal! there she comes!
they We changed the time. Quick, now,
with this biggest one!''
Poor Milly! she knew what light was
drawing so fearfully near. Not the
express, but the engine Of the
man she loved better than her
own life. She drew near to the pant
ing, cursing men, till she felt as if they
could hear her heart beat; then, as they
cried, .'Now over with it !" she breath
ed, '.Oh, jim! my darling. my darling!'
and fired two swift shots at the men be-
fore her.
a ggroan and cry Of rage told her
that she had not failed in her aim. The
train passing swiftly BY below her. as
sured her that her lover was safe; then
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-03

Anxious passenger to driver of Philadelphia
street-car: ssWil we reach the Broad street
station In time for the 8 o'clock train westan
Driver: .'I cnddsnt tell 20 noho~, boss, Il
all depends on them air mules.n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

"Thank you. sir, was all he said, in a
cold tone; but after he had gone pnce or
two, and begun to eat, he turned round,
saying, "Bless you, sir, bless youl" as if
some new or old chord of feeling had been
reached.
The better tramps are often amusing
company, and even the worst compel you
to moralize anew on the old theme of the
universe and the individual. "Chats with
roadside stone -breaker-the true con-
queror, because he always rises on the
ruins he makes" as n witty prince said-are
often pleasant. The tuTf-cutter, with his
long spade pushed before him under
the soil, is also an interesting object.
Pleasant, too, it is to watch a dalesman
thatching his hay with green rushes; to
come across strange birds and animals; to
note the old village wells and sun dials, the
churches and meeting houses; to get
glimpses of heavy antique furniture through
cottage doorways; to be mistaken for a
wool-buyer, an artist, "the new exciseman,"
as was on one occasion; to spread news
of big deeds; TO find everywhere
that Home is sacred, be it never 80
small or so lonely. He scarcely lives, in
fact, who always carries with him the bur-
den of society, who never tempts the un-
known, except over sea, and who has never
enjoyed the full and exquisite pleasure Of
being "on the tramp"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21
Feed for Milch Cows in Winter.

The first requisite for large yield
of milk in winter is warm stable and
plenty of dry bedding. 1t has been
proved by repeated experiments that
warming the water given cows to drink
causes perceptible increase in the
quantity of milk. 1t is botter, if pos
sible, to have variety Of fodder than
to con6ne them to an exclusive diet,
even of the best clover hay, which,
when cut at the right season and prop
erly cured, is undoubtedly as good q
steady diet as can be found, excepting,
perhaps, well-cured rowen. An oc-
casional feed of bright, well cured
corn-fodder is also excellent for q
change, and ration of oat or barley
straw once or twice week will proba-
bly, be relished and sharpen the appe-
tite for hay. Oats, cut when in the
milk and well cured, are highly rel
ished, and produce q good yield OF
will eat clean, if an ordinary-sized COW,
give her daily, dividing into two feeds,
peck of mangolds, four pounds of
new-process oil-meal, four pounds of
corn-meal, and four pounds of bran.
If the COW is Holstein or an unusually
large animal, the ration can be in
creased, but if she is a small Jersey,
probably less quantity will suffice. If
mangolds cannot be obtained give
sugar beets, or even turnips, in case
neither mangolds nor beets are con-
venient. only use care to slice them and
feed directly after milking, so as to
avoid an unpleasant flavor in the milk
and butter, which is sure to occur
when turnips are fed short time be-
fore milking. Some feed decorticated
cotton-seed cake meal instead of oil
meal, but others think the quantity of
the butter made from it is not quite
equal to that Of corn meal alone. 1t
requires good Judgment and experience
to properly feed and care for a herd of
cattle or horses so as to keep them in
thrifty condition and avoid waste of
fodder. One of the chief requisites
for success in this direction is regular
ity in feeding and watering. Another
is to learn Just the amount each animal
can digest and assimilate. 1t is better
to keep them little short, so
that their sppetites may be keen, than
to over-feed them. No more should be
given at once than will be Immediately
eaten up clean. When the hay is of
good quality three fodderings day
probably answers as we'll as more, but
when coarse, unpalatable fodder is
given, better results can generally be
obtained by feeding neat stock five
times daily. 1t is much better to alter
nate feed of poorer quality with the
good every day than to confne animals
exclusively to diet of poor hay for
any length of time. Most farmers un-
derstand that it is not good economy
to feed all their poorest fodder when
stock first comes to the barn, as when
this is done the change from green to
dry fodder is so great as to check
growth in young animals and cause a
loss of flesh in older ones.-American
| CultiUdtOT.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21
Willing Away the Time.

A gentleman who lived in small
town not very far from Buffalo went
the way of all flesh, and the burial
ceremonies to be performed over his
remains were committed to the charge
of the local undertaken. The funeral
was quite an important one. for the
gentleman was prominent in his own
town, and number of his friends
from the city were present. The SER
vices we're held in the church, but just
as the time arrived for taking the re-
mans to the cemetery severe thun-
der-storm came up. and it was consid-
cred best not to start until the worst
of the storm was ever. The wait was
rather an embarrassing one, but the
undertaken was equal to the emer-
gency. Standing on the chancel steps
he shouted so as to be heard in the
choir loft at the other end of the build
ing; "The organist will please give
us q little music to while away the
time" Even the mourners smiled.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21
A LAWYERS Opinion.

One in the long roll of celebrities
who have lived and died in the good
old town of Winthrop was q country
lawyer and justice of the peace,
known as Squire Howe, who hourished
three-quarters of O century ago. Law
yers of his class in those days took
their pay in work. SO, when a man
came to him one day and said, esquire,
want you TO tell me how small an
amount a man can sue forP" Howe
told him to work half day in his field
and he would answer the question.
The man performed half-day's work,
and asked the lawyer for his answer.
"You want to know how small an
amount you can sue for. do your" re-
peated Howe.
"Yes. SIR"
"Well, sir, you can sue for nothing
at all, and recover the same amount
LeUiston (Me.) Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21
VOLUME VII.
THE HEART WILL HAVE IT'S WAY.

Poor Reason tries her best to rule,
And Keep an honest grip
Yet men Will sometimes play the fool,
And give their wits the slip.
Let Judgment caution or condemn.
And Concieuce still cry Nay"
Sweet Fancy sings her song 70 them,
And gives the heart its way
It's own delightful way
In spite Of all that Thought can do;
In spite Of Judgment, tried and true;
And all Experience ever knew
The heart will have its way.
So Nature wills told and young,
The wisest and the best,
Have caught the strain from Passions tongue
And felt her sweet unrest.
HTis we'll to be OF human kind
To own dear Natures sway;
For, midst the dim, cold realms Of mind,
The heart would lose its way
It's own delightful way
In spite of Wisdom's happiest rules;
In spite OF sages and of schools;
In spite Of reason, we're but fools
The heart viii have its way.
See yonder child, by Nature led,
No rule of life to guide;
See Prudence with her thoughtful head,
And manhood in its pride
All run in pleasures needless race,
And after folly stray
At every age, in every place,
The heart will have its way
It's own delicious way
In spite of all the head can do;
In spite Of Judgment, tried and true;
In spite of sad experience, too,
The heart will have its way.
Alas for him whose heart is dead
To every generous beat;
No love-light on his life is shed,
No sympathy he'll meet
'Tis better far TO give the price
That fools to folly pay
Be men in everything but rice,
And give the heart its way
It's own delightful way
In spite of Wisdom's golden rules;
In spite Of sages and Of schools,
We're all but erring, love-sick FOOLS
We give the heart its way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

DO NOT be too emphatic in the ex-
preston of your opinions, my son. I
once heard your mother speak of the
BliQQses as the scum Of the earth.
Since then the "scum" has risen, as it
always does, first or last, and will have
nothing to do with your mother or me.
Boston Transcript.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21
The Czar of Russia derives an income of
$40, 900, 900 from his personal estate.

IHE OEhr Oh hubSIH utTIVtb HH InCUInt OF
$4,000, 900 from his personal estate.
THE Australian harvest is over. Ninety
thousand tons Of wheat viii be available for
export.
In New York City within the last twenty
years there have been thiry-nine deaths
from hydrophobia,
Mr.. MATTHEW ARNOLD has been spend
ing some weeks in Berlin, studying the edu-
cational system Of Germany.
WILLIAM DIoKEY, the Father of the
House" In the Maine Legislature, was a
member of the same body foIty-four years
ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

Miss 7. A. Strumbli, of Rollin, an
swered a personal advertisement for core-
spondence with q wealthy and handsome
young man of Hartsville, N. Y, named
George Benjamin, and went thither to be
married to him. One glance at the fellow
was enough, and she returned by the frst
train
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

--Hanaford J. Smith. Treasurer of Glade
Township, Kalkaska County, skipped with
$1,000 taxes he had just collected. There
is no clew to his whereabouts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

The Bar Association of New York recon-
mend 70 the Legislature of that State the
passage Of marriage license law,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

DANBURY, Conn.,, makos one-fourth of
all the hats worn in the United States. Il
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

WILLIAM MCCOY died at Nashville,
Tenn, at the age of 1O5 years. His wife
survives him, at the age Of 80 years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-21

PRINCE BISMARCK is the first Protestant
that has ever received the decoration of the
Order Of Christ. The badge Is worth e60o.