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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17

Democratic speakers, in presenting
10 the people their claims for recogni-
ton at this years polls, have not once
failed to draw attention to the immense
surplus existing to-day in our country,
and have invariably attributed It 20 the
workings of such laws as are in favor
9t a select few, of present monopolists.
Strongly have they condemned trusts
and like robbing combinations, char
ging the republican party with having
aided and protected them and thus
harmed the people. And yet, when we
come to examine the constituents Of
nefarious corporations, we recognize
that these blood.suckers are most prom.
inently connected with the democratic
party.
The sugar trust, the one which has
been cursed and thousand times con-
demned by the suffering consumer,
which has raised the price of this article
of daily need from one to three cents a
pound, is the pet child of the democra-
tic Ways and Means Committee of the
democratic Legislature of Congress, and
this committee gave, when the Mills
bill was in their hands, and was being
considered and worked over to pro-
tect (?) the poor down trodden tax-pa-
yer of the land. that king of menopo-
lists, whose name defaces in broad
black ink every sugar barrel before the
grocery, Havermeyer, the privilege of
fixing the rate on sugar. Think of it!
And the whiskey trust, another finely
worked scheme for the benefit of few,
is fostered by distillers of the democra-
tic south.
The Standard Oil trust, whose work
ings are sadly felt all over the land, is
a faVorite of the present high democra.
tic officials, and yet these same men
overfood the country with misrepre.
senting stump-speakers, who claim
that the republican party is the father
of monopolies. These facts stamp the
democratic party as the child the sole
and dependent offspring of trusts and
monopolistic combinations.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
FAIL and WINTER STOCK.

Having many regular customers, am enabled to sell
always legally guarantee my prices as being right
in everything sell
Ny stock Of 0vercoas large and showing great variety
styles at prices ranging from $3.50 up Call and them
have the Fur Coats in Brown County Before you buy Fur
Silk Plush Asagan Cap you better and look my
men and learn prices they all others The stock
Of Underwear this large In Furnishing Department you
find anything that belongs that branch Suits oCame Chevot
Worsteds and Serge fancy designs and solid coo line Of Dry
Goods and Boots and Shoes you not find better line.
Remember keep the celebrated Royal White Shirt and
try it. and will find the best fit for the
No trouble to show Goods Make your headquarters
always welcome, even if you do not buy.
, 1888-09-18
EXHIBIT YOUR O

The coming territorial fair IS a quite
frequent subject of conversation IN the
railroad W west of here. There will
be a great many visitors to town next
week, particularly to see the Wyoming
cup, Cheyenne club cup and the hurdle
races.
AS we have heretofore suggested This
opportunity should not be lost to the
Cheyenne merchants, who should make
displays proportionate to the commercial
importance of the town. Many people
will come here for the first time on the
occasion of the fair and if their impress
sions should be good they will do much to
advertise the town abroad. In all the
exhibitions so far given the people have
stood in their W light by not making
more lavish displays. The expense con-
nected with them is not very great, but
the work was usually delayed until the
last minute when things were done with a
rush and therefore imperfectly. There
have been several cases OF very credltable
Individual displays, but There hasn't been
enough of them.
Cheyenne should put her best foot for
ward during fair week. There may be no
immediate return for outlay in exhibiting
goods, but the general effect will prove
peculiarly wholesome at this time. This
town has always had a reputation of prov
ing equal to the occasion and fair week
should be no exception to the rule,
, 1888-09-18
New Appliances for Firemen.

An exhibition was recently given In
Westminster, neal London, England, of
Loeb's appliances, which are designed to
enable the wearer to breathe and work
with comfort in dense smoke, and also in
poisonous gases The appliance consists
of a respirator with an india rubber
mouthpiece. The respirator is held by
two projections, which are grasped be-
tween the teeth, and a flange, which lies
between the teeth and the lips, additional
security being provided by an elastic
band passing aroun the head. The air
is drawn in by the wearer through a
series of small filters containing respect
lively wet sponge, cotton wool, cotton
wool damped with glycerine and animal
charcoal. These filters are very lightly
packed, so that there is no resistance to
the act of inspiration, and they are pro-
vided with valves which direct the air
expired from the lungs into the external
atmosphere. The entire apparatus weighs
less than a pound, and can be used with
out previous practice.
When it is to be employed in an at
mosphere which is deadly in its character
as in the choke damp of mines, the air is
drawn from some place where it is pure,
through a light india rubber tube. The
filter Is then strapped to the waist of the
wearer, and the respirator merely con-
tains the valves which cause the air to
be drawn through the pipe and then to
expire into the atmosphere. A tube up
to a hundred feet in length can be used
with facility. Protection is afforded to
the eyes by a pair of ~spectacles with
india rubber rims which press tightly on
the cheek and brow, and exclude all
smoke. Mechanical wipers are added to
enable the glasses to be cleaned without
removal. A man wearing the respirator
spent half an hour in a building filed
with dense smoke of q most pungent
character without any difficulty, and
afterward the inventors representative,
with the aid of a flexible air pipe, en-
tered a room containing q dish of burn
ing sulphur and remained there some
time. 1t wa clearly demonstrated that
the respirator would enable the wearer to
enter a building filed with smoke and
discover the exact position of a fire. A
few buckets of water promptly applied
under such circumstance will do more
good than the jet from a steam fire en-
CINE directed at random. On board ship,
where the result of a fire is to fill the
hold with smoke, this respirator would
be most useful, and this fact has been
recognized in the German navy, where
Loeb's respirators form part of the Off
cial equipment.-London Engineer.
, 1888-09-18
Very Peculiar wedding Rings.

Lieut.. Won Francois, the African ex-
plorer, has recently described a strange
custom among the Bayanzi, who live for
many miles along the Upper Congo. The
custom would seem to make life a good
deal of a burden to their married women.
Brass rods, which are the favorite cur
rency in the country, are welded into
great rings around the necks of the
wives. Many of these rings worn by
the women, whose husbands are well to
do, weigh as much as thirty pounds, and
this burden must be carried around by
the poor women as long as they live.
Frequently" says Lieut.. Won Fran
co.'s, lone sees a poor woman whose neck
is raw and sore under the heavy weight,
and in places the skin is rubbed off by
the ring. This is a sure sign that the
ring has been recently welded around
her neck, for after a time the skin be-
ZONES c~alloused, and then the strange
ornament produces no abrasion. But
the weight is an inconvenience; they
never get used to it, and it is a perpetual
tax upon their energies. In every crowd
of ONE may be seen a number who are
supporting the ring with their hands,
and thus for a time relieving their weary
shoulders of the heavy burden. 1t may
be said that with every movement of
their bodies the rings give them discom-
fort.
"a ring is never put around a wo-
mans neck until she is believed to have
attained her full physical development.
Once on, it is no easy matter to geti off.
The natives have no such thing as a file,
and, though they can hammer q lot of
brass rods into one, it is very difficult
for them to cut the thick mass of metal
in two. Women who increase largely
in flesh after the rings have been fas-
tened on their necks are in danger of
strangling to death, and instances of this
sort have been known to occur.
"Yet these women regard the cum
brous ornament with pride, imagine that
it enhances their Importance and beauty,
and wear the burden with light hearts.
Brass is the money of the country, and
by putting it around their wives necks
the men are pretty certain that it won't
be stolen or foolishly expended. But it
is an odd and cruel sort of a savings
bank. New York Sun.
, 1888-09-18
Byron and His Dietetics.

Lord Byron was remarkably abstemi-
Gus, owing to a morbid fear of obesity.
For a long period of time he lived upon
soda water and biscuits. AT another
time, according to Moore, IA thin slice
of bread, with tea at breakfast, a light
vegetable dinner, with a bottle or two of
seltzer water, tinged with Yin de Grave,
without milk or sugar, formed the whole
of his sustenance. The pangs of hunger
he appeased by privately chewing tobacco
and smoking cigars" In Greece Byron
lived upon dry bread, vegetables and
cheese; and, to ascertain the effect of
his dietetics, he used to measure his
wrist and waist every morning, taking
medicine if he found an increase.-Lon.
don Standard.
, 1888-09-18
Tho Gfandest Instrument on Earth.


Professor George Davidson, of the
United States geographical survey,
accompanied by several friends,
visited the Lick Observatory on Mount
Hamilton, Saturday evening, by invi-
tation of Professor Holden. The
night was a splendid one for observation,
but owing to the fact that 1T persons
were also on the mountain, it being visi-
tors night, no length of time could be
spent at the great telescope, as that is al
ways the great attraction for visitors. 1t
was the first peep through the 36-inch re-
tractor that Professor Davidson enioyed
since the completion of the observatory,
and to say that he was pleased with the
experience is only half putting it.
'Yes, sir" he said the other day,
when spoken to about the matter, lit is
the greatest and grandest instrument on
earth. l am not at liberty to divulge
just now what l saw and what has
already been accomplished by the astron-
onlers on Mount Hamilton. That glory
is for the astronomers themselves, and
when they do make public their discov-
cries, which | hope will be soon, it will
astonish the astronomical world as much
as any one else. Some of the discover
les they have made are, in fact, so novel
and wonderful that Professor Holden and
his assistants are really timid about an
nouncing them to the world until they are
entirely satisfied that they really do exist
and are not illusions of some sort. I'M
portant discoveries have been made in
all of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, double
stars, planets, etc.-and questions which
have been subjects of doubt and specula-
ton for generations nave been entirely
put at rest and accounted for. The .tele-
scope exceeds my most e~xtravagant hopes
and imaginations, and the only way to
beat it is to build a bigger one, put it on
a higher mountain and in a clearer at
m~osphere, all of which would be a diff
cult combination to get together. San
Francisco Bulletin.
, 1888-09-18
Sheep shearlng by machinery.

The process of sheep shearing by ma
chinery is now performed in Australia by
an ingenious kind Of device, the results,
as represented, being very satisfactory.
The apparatus in question is q very
simple one, being made on the same
principle as the cutter of a mower or
reaper, and the knives are worked by
means of rods within the handles, these
in their turn being moved by a core
within a long flexible tube, which is kept
in n rotary shaft, and wheels driven by a
stationary engine. The comb is in the
form of a segment of a circle, about
three inches in diameter, with eleven
conical shaped teeth. Each machine is
worked by a shearer, and as the comb is
forced along the skin of the animal the
fleece is cut. The machine can be run
either with a steam or gas engine, or by
ordinary horse power, and does not easily
get out of order.-New York Sun.
, 1888-09-18
Sac peposit for the Dead.

1.-THE m%ausoleum safe deposit plan'' is
the name of a project which a New York
citizen has conceived and submitted
through the newspapers for public ratif-
cation. The mausoleum will be built on
the safe deposit idea, save that the
openings will be larger and hat they
will receive human bodies instead of gov
eminent bonds, stocks and jewelry. The
box will be Theoretically sealed i'm.
mediately after the body has been put
in. The front door of marble will no
be put in its place for several days after
ward. The inventor contemplates that
there shall be from 1000 to 10, 600
vaults, that the mausoleum shall be built
of concrete and shall be from three to
six stories high and SO constructed as to
be indefinitely extended. Elevators will
be used the same as in other buildings.
The gases escaping from the bodies will
be forced by means of an ingenious sys-
tenn of ventilation into the basement of
the structure, where they will be con-
sumed in a central furnace.
The remains SO treated will become
desiccated and will be free from often
sive odor or sanitary objection. There
can be no premature burial by this plan,
because electric apparatus will sound an
alarm upon the slightest movement in
the coffin. The inventor claims the fol-
lowing advantages for his invention;
THAT it will cost less than other meth
dds; that it will provide absolute protec-
ton against bodies being stolen; that it
will provide a place for last funeral rites
where friends can stand with uncovered
heads in the severest weather without
being exposed to the elements; that it
will provide for the preservation and care
of the remains for a time, and that it
will meet the sanitary demand that the
dead shall not become a source of danger
to the living, and the ~medico-legal de-
mand that the evidence of crime shall
not be destroyed. Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-09-18

The forest land in Norway is in extent
as compared with the arabic land as
thirty to one. OF course the expectation
of timber is one of the chief resources of
the country, but the woods are well pre-
served, a forester resides in every district,
and no waste or destruction'of such valu-
able possessions is allowed, as has un-
fortunately taken place in America. The
land that is cultivated, except in a few
favored spots, seems poor, and the people
themselves have, evidently, few of the
luxuries of life. There are not many
villages, Norway differing from Sweden
in that respect; the farmhouses are scat
tered, and the dwellings of the peasants
are usually small wooden huts, and often
are r%uinous.
But, though poverty is great, there is
no beggary. We have never been i'm
portuned for aims, nor have fees been ex-
pected for trifling services, as in Italy or
the rural districts of England. The peo-
pie have a somewhat sad, or rather a
subdued look, such as solitude often gives.
The women, with handkerchiefs pinned
over their heads, look at us with grave
eyes. The little white haired children
never shout after the passing carriage. or
play monkey tricks to earn a cent. They
are 4 gentle and quiet race, civil and
pleasant spoken, but not jolly and taIka-
tive like the Germans. Their voices are
of a peculiar melody-a musical rise and
fall in the pronunciation of their words,
which has been analysed oy the students
of such peculiarities, and which it is i'm
possible for a stranger to imitate.-Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1888-09-18

The Chinaman looks upon a foreigner
as lawful prey, and rs the victim does
not make his appearance every day, adj
vantage must be taken of the present OPP
portunity. The process is very properly
called squeezing" They seem t. i'm
agine the foreigner is loaded with dol
lars. When he comes on the scene the
name of money becomes kun ~(silver)
rather than CHEN (bronze CASH. Times
without number we have heard passers
by on road and river congratulate our
men on the good job" they have on
hand, feeling sure the stranger could not
have escaped at least a small amount of
squeezing" "Hal Lo-ahl Ten dol
lars that jobT" 1t is probably not more
than one or two dollars; but our men
laugh back the jest. ut has q shadow
it is real-forty dollars, you meant" AS
a rule, missionaries expect to pay half as
much again as a native gentleman. Tho
plan is a wise one, for the extra sum is
very small, and the hard working coolies
keep on good terms with us. We have
known foreign merchants pay eight and
ten times the proper fare; but the
Chinese do not respect them any more
for their reckless expenditure, and are
only demoralized by it.-Boston Bulletin.
, 1888-09-18

When the Chinese wish to declare the
extreme righteousness of any piece of
work they say: tIt is more trouble than
a funeral;" the obsequies of a parent
being reckoned the most maddening
affair in human experience.
Infants are buried summarily, without
collins, and the young are inferred with
few rites; but the funeral of the aged, of
both sexes, are elaborate in proportion to
the number of the descendants and to
their wealth. When a childless married
man dies, lis -widow may perform all
the duties of a son toward him, may re-
main in his house and may adopt children
to rear as his heirs and worshipers of the
family names. If his widow proposes
marrying again, a young male relative
may, with the consent of senior members
of the clan, undertake the services ex-
pected from a son and inherit the estate
of the deceased.
When one is about to die he is re-
moved from his couch to a bench or to
a mai On the floor because of a belief
that he who dies in a bed will carry the
bedstead as a burden into the next world.
He is washed in a new pot in warm
water in which a bundle of incense sticks
is merged. After the washing the pot
and the water are thrown away to-
gether. He is then arrayed in a full suit
of new clothing that he may appear in
hades at his best. He breathes his last
in the main room, before the largest door
of the house, that the departing soul may
easily find its way out into the air. A
sheet of spirit money, brown paper hav-
ing a patch of gliding on one surface, is
laid over the upturned face, because it is
said that if the eyes are left uncovered
the corpse may count the rows of tiles in
the roof, and that in such case the
family could never build a more spacious
domicile adele NJ. Field in Popular
Science Monthly.
, 1888-09-18
n SITY

Have you seen the university build
ing?'' is about the first question asked a
visitor to Laramie City by the denlzen who
is eager to show him the beauties OF the
town. 1t is really an institution which
no one who visits Laramie should fail to
inspect. The university building stands
on a gentle elevation Just at the edge of
the town. 1t is built of stone and is both
pretentious and substantial in appearance.
Those who had charge of the construction
have every reason to be proud of the re-
suit, for money was never spent more ad-
~vantageously in Wyoming. The instltu-
ton has scarcely got a fair start. Previ,
GUS to this year it was little more thar a
local Laramie institution into which the
high school pupils were graduated. This
season it has begun to assume the charac-
t~eristics of a territorial university. Stu
dents are present from pretty nearly all
the railroad towns, and quite a number
from abroad have matriculated.
The inside arrangement and decoration
of the building is peculiarly graceful and
attractive. No improvement could be
suggested in the heating, lighting and ven
tilating methods. The ground floor is
now occupied with a gymnasium, labora-
tory and museum. On the second floor
are the recitation rooms, the library,
presidents room and the chapel. The
two upper floors are now being finished
under the appropriation made by the last
legislature. When completed they will
contain a chapel whose auditorium, with
the various annexes which may be thrown
into it. will seat about 500 people.
This will be the most superb apart.
ment in the building. Thanking 1t will be
music rooms, art rooms and the main
library. On the fourth or attic floor will
be two university society rooms, a practice
music room, and several departments de
voted to the practical study of botany and
physiology.
So far as could be discovered in a hasty
visit, a decidedly good start has been
made in the right direction, lit requires
both time and money to set such al insti-
tuition on a fourishing basis. Provided
the present conservative management is
maintained there is no reason why the
university should not very soon become
the most noted seat of learning in the
, 1888-09-18
Russla,s Domination in Asia.

A great and motley throng of brown
ish Hindoos, dusky Afghans, pallid
Persians and yellow Cinnamon, together
with the vari-hued compilations of the
nomad tribes and minor n~ationalities of
Central Asia, is preparing for the pic
turesque pomp and ceremonials of coro-
nation at Samarcand, the historical CAPT.
tai of Tamerlane, of the great white car
of Russia, who will henceforth become
also emperor of Central Asia.
This great forthcoming event, which
the activity of the Nihilists three years
ago postponed, is dwelt upon no less with
interest by the impressionable and
glamour seeking Orientals of Calcutta,
Pekin, Cabul and Teheran than looked
forward to with innate pride and gratif-
cation by the chief parsonage in the cor
o~nation, who thus contemplates the re-
alization of a long, cherished dream which
has irradiated the slumbers and gilded
the waking thoughts Of the long line of
Russian imperial rulers for generations.
Now the completion of the Transcaspiap
railroad makes the project easy of execu-
ton, and all Central Asia Is agitated
with the coming event. At the corona
ton of the reigning emperor in Moscow
a few years 6 special care was taken
to insure the presence of powerful
Asiatics, who were duly impressed with
the tremendous military display which
they witnessed, and returned to spread
abroad the fame and dread of Russia.
The same effect will be produced in a
more marked degree at Samarcand.
While in Turkestan this event will
destroy the last vestiges of formidable
opposition to Rhssia's domination, it will
also create uneasiness in England, and
eve Germany will view with disquietude
this extension of Cossack domination
into Central Asia.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
, 1888-09-18

Rocky Mountain region. There are sew
eral important things yet needed to start
it toward this goal-notably a good libra
ry-but they will all come in time.
The writer was c~ourteously shown over
the whole building yesterday by President
Hoyt, and had the pleasure of meeting
Professors Conley, Nelson, Sawin. Smith,
Soule and Miss Arnold, all accomplished
members Of the faculty. We we're I'M
affectedly pleased with what we saw, and
hope that the institution may flourish be,
yond the fondest hopes of ITS projectors.