New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-01-06
Things in General.


Two vases resembling butterflies
have been made by a Boston ieweler.
The wings are colored and veined so
as to simulate the appearance of the
insects wings to perfection. Enamel
was used for the eyes, which are as
natural as life, and every other part
OF the insect is complete, even to the
bunch OF roses upon which they are
resting.
Leaving Baden-Baden a fortnight
ago, II hope" said Kaiser Wilhelm to
the burgomaster, ''to see you again
next year. have often before said
the same thing; but at my age it is i'm
possible to lay out any more plans.
1t is, in fact, very problematical if l
shall ever come among you again, but
I hope at least to do SO"
The Smithsonian Institute con-
tains the small nugget OF gold, little
larger than a pea, that first met the
eyes of James Marshall in the sawmill
wall at Sacramento, and was the be-
ginning of those discoveries in Califor-
MA that have added nearlyS1, 500, 600
900 to the worlds stock of the pre-
cious metals. The NUGGET is kept in a
glass case, and is an object of interest
to all visitors.
Much is anticipated OF the great
Scotch colony which is about to be
planted in Florida. The first division
composed OF SO families, will sail from
Glasgow on the Goth. These immi-
grants own the land to which they are
coming, and in addition, are well sup
lied with money. FuIly thousand
families, in all, will come.
Near Walla Walla, Washington Ter,
is a colony of religious enthusiasts
who call their organization The King
dom OF Heaven on Earth. They prac-
tice polygamy, believe in the TRANSMIT
grafton ofsouls, and claim that David,
Solomon, Moses, John the Baptist
and St. Peter have been born again
and are now in the colony, and that
they will soon commence q career of
conquest and subdue the world. They
hold property in common. There are
very few Americans among them.
In Paris the fremen constitute a reg
inlent of infantry, numbering SO Off
GERS and 1890 men. The chief officer
is a colonel. The men are armed with
guns The uniform consists of blue
tunic with buttons bearing the arms
OF the city Of Paris; trousers of a deep
er shade OF blue, ribbed on the side
with red. While on service in the city
the men wear the cap of soldiers in the
infantry service, but when at fires they
wear helmet of brass with q black
crest.
When man gets good and rich, "
as the darkies just over the Delaware
line say, about the first thing he does
is to build a big house. Such is the
case with the millionaire electrician OF
Cleveland, Charles F. Brush, who has
about finished for himself the finest
house in Ohio. The building, which is
Amherst buff stone, glorifes the glori.
Gus Euclid Avenue up by the lake. 1t
is probable that Mr.. Brush will not
burn tallow dips in his new house.
There IS an institution which is
working well in some parts of switzer.
land, the so-called Reiseverein, OF
s"Travel Club" Each member pays q
subscription of about franc 20 cen
times a week, or something more, and
in June or July he receives a cheap
circular ticket enabling him to make a
pleasure and bushes tour to France
or Italy. In Basel there are many
such clubs, which have been in exist
ence for some years. and they make
arrangements for the cheap boarding
! as we'll as the cheap travelling Of their
members In the two important mat.
tiers of free schooling and local self.gov-
eminent Switzerland stands far ahead
of the rest of Europe.
"When was abroad I saw, or rath.
er smeIled cheese that was much more
odorifc than Limburger than you can
imagine. There are little shops in Ger
| many that sell nothing but cheese
| where it would make an American sick
to stick his nose. They have story
over there that an Engllshman once
went into one OF these little shops and
said: hi begyour pardon, you know
| but Him bloody fond of cheese, you
| know, hand Hi like it to smell strong
you know. Hif you ave nanny thai
is stronger than Linburser, Hi would
like to taste hit The old Dutchmar
is represented as turning around anG
| calling out to his wife, in another
room. Katrina! Katrina! let de-
cheese walk. in.' Col. "Charley'
Spencer.