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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-02

NJ. Chevreul, the French centenarian
chemist, who will be one hundred and
two years old if he lives till next AL.
gust, is said by writer who recently
visited him, to look scarcely more
than eighty years OF age. and to be
as gentle, even tempered, and self-con-
trolled as ever.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-02
Sharp Letter to Sheehan.

In reply to a petition form the settlers
oil Grow Wing and Cass counties. complain.
ing OF depredations, etc, which have been
committed by reservation Indians, and
asking that such Indians be restrained
from making incursions into the settle
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-02

More than 200 bodies have beer
dug out OF the avalanche in the Ital.
ian Alps.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-02
1t Goes to Fergus Falls.

Line JOINT commission appointed by the
North Dakota and the Northern and Min
nesota conferences of the NJ E. church, to
settle upon a location for the proposed
Methodist seminary, met in Fargo to hear
propositions frcm competing towns.
The commission consists OF ten members.
five from Dakota and five from Minnesota.
Mayor Newman delivered an address OF
welcome in behalf OF the city, and Mr.
Ievomy welcomed the visitors on behalf OF
the board OF trade. Rev. Mr.. Holman
responded for the commission. after
which they proceeded to business. Prop
oslJions were received from Moorhead,
Fergus Falls, Wahpeton and Fargo. The
Moorhead site was visited in the after.
noon, and at the session OF the commits
sion afterward it was decided to accept
the offer OF Fergus Falls. which consists OF
So, LOO cash, ST 900 in real estate, and a
site OF ten acres or more, valued at about
$4,000. Most of the Dakota members
voted for Fergus Falls. it is said. in the
hope that n more important institute
could soon be builtin Dakota.
In the Canadian house OF commons the
cores pondence with the United States
bearing on the sea fisheries question was
called for. Sir Charles Upper and Sir
John Macdonald assure ] the house that
tney had the utmost confidence that the
| United States would be forced TO com
nensate all Canadians damaged by the
| seizures.
| Judge Patterson OF New York has denied
the motion to quash the Indictment in the
case OF Thomas B. Kerr. who is indicted
together with Sharp, Foshay ard Rich-
mond for bribing the 1854 boar " -asse,s
men in connection with the Broadwa az slSHfA
lace railroad. His honor SAYS the trial
/ must be proceeded with at once.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07

applied. They must cover every part
must not crack. and must possess a
certain amount of Elasticity after dry
ing. Coaltar with or without sand or
pitch espec ally If mixed with oil or
turpentine and applied hot, thus pene-
trating more deeply. answers best. A
mixture of three parts coaltar and one
part clean, unsalted grease. to prevent
the tar from drying until ii has time to
fill the m mute pores. is recommended
One barrel of coal tar W Ii cover 800
posts. Wood tar is not serviceable be-
cause it does not dry.
Oil pants are next in value. Boiled
linseed oil or any other DIR, ing vegeta-
BILE oil. is used with lead or any other
body, like pulverized charcoal. TO give
substance. Immersion N crude pelro-
leum is also recommended.
Charring of those parts which come
into contact with the ground can be
considered only as an imperfect pre-
servalive. unless II considerable layer
of charcoal is formed, and if it is not
carefully done. the effect is often detri-
mental, as the process both weakens
the timber and produces cracks, thus
exposing the interior to ferments.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
Facts Abou- the Syndicatcs

A Lincoln man who has lust returncd
from an extended tour of the country
recently struck small town in Nj ssouri
where the shanties composing the
metropolis were surrounded by numer-
Gus acres of land staGed of into lots
Before one of the magni cent trade en-
poriums sat an old man smo ne n
corn-cob pipe and apparently plunged
in meditation. The lincoln man
assumed an air of pr found innocence
and accosted him, when this d aloru,
ensued:
Nv hat are these stakes here forP
Town OTIS, stranger. This h a.
town is Just CT goin' to have a boom
An op nv house will be tuilt there, Il
nothln' happens.
Who Owls this property?
a syndicut. Ye won't see airy flies
on this towr.'
What is n s,ndcateP
~ nv, We see. a ndicut is er lot of
fellcrs in Their city what has money, and
they sorter get together and buy no II
farm, and they stake it off, We sec an
start n boom That thar land was the
Widder Mcguire farm, but ther syndicut
bought it aud stat ed it off.
And how does the syndicate do its
booming?'
Wal, Que Teller in Their syndicut gets
control of it all, We see, and he SELL 0
lot to another Teller, an it goes round
an rounj, an every time it goes round
the price is RI.
But then it would never be sold out
of that body
1t wouldn't, eh? Stranger, yer
wroHg. Finally e lot IS sod to some
outside Teller, and then it's dedycated,
ye see, an don't round no more
Thanks; now l krow all about it. =
Nebraska State journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
A Simple Invention Worth Millions.

1t is wonderful how the discovery of
what is considered tritling matter will
bring wealth to the inventor axe,
for illustration, the perforated sub
stance used for bottOming chairs and
for other purposes. Its inventor is now
a millionaire, and is realizing a prince.
ly revenue from it yearly. George
Yeaton, the inventor | refer to was Il
poor Yankee cane-seater in Vermont.
He first distinguished himself by "a
venting a machine for weaving cane,
but he made no money out of it, as
some one stole his idea and had the
process atented. After number ~
years experimenting Yeaton at last hit
upon this invention, which consistsof
a number of thin layers of boar OF
different degrees of hardness glued
togt Their to give pliability Yeaton
went through number of bitterly
contested lawsuits before he got his
invention patented. He was wise n
not paying others to manufa 'ture h :
devise He formed a company, and
to day he has plant valued at half Il
million dollars. -Kansas City Star.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
An Ant Bear.

An ant bear is the latest addition TO
New York menagerie. The animal
came from Brazil and is about as large
rs II good-sized Newfoundland dog. Its
head is a foot long taperng from
diameter of four inches at the base TO
about half an inch. The tail is COM
posed of long, stiff, and somewhat
curly bristles as extensive rs pea
cocks. It's feet, which is set upon the
ground sideways. are supplied with
long and powerful claws on the side
which does not reach the ground.
From the end of its snout it darts from
a mouth which could hardly swallow q
cherry tongue which looks like moth
ing else in animated nature than rats
tail. The animal is the natural enemy
of the South American ant. With its
powerful claws its tears down their inn
mense ant hills, and when their tunnels
are exposed it darts its Shiny tongue
down them and draws it back. covered
with the ant and their eggs. When
the ant attacks its tender parts by way
of retaliation it brushes them off with
its feathery tail.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07

son BILE request In their usual dignined
manner the two gentlemen made their
preparations for shutting up. Beatrice
went back to her room.
''Sbe grows very, very impulsive,
sighed Horace. This time erbert said
nothing. AS he got into bed Horace
Talbert told himself that Herbert knew
all about the boy; he also told himself
that no power on earth could induce him
to tax herbert with this knowledge. a
mans private affairs were his own
property he himself had laid down
this dogma and must now stick to il;
the more so because on former occa'
sion he had broken with Herbert for 81
years because the latter had infringed
on this rule.
fTo BE Continued
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
A Notifying Omission.

One of the pleasures of extreme
youth is TO walk in pride in rubber
boots. The naughty yet Indifferent
air with which the rubber. booted small
boy will swash through quarter of a
mile of gutter must be seen to be APP
preciated. AS the Listener was max
ing his way past one of the city schools
the other day, he saw before him two
midgets of girls wearing rubber boots
beyond their years. These little girls
were walking through the puddles in
their way with the evident pride OF
conquering heroines.
why. Mary Jane" said the larger.
''if you didn't forget that puddle at
the crossing"
so did," said Mary Jane morti-
fed, II don't know what's coming over
me-" and turning about she retraced
her steps and twice paraded through
the forgotten puddle before rejoining
her companion. Boston Transcript
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
AIoye Story with n Moral.

Once upon Il tine so p bubble,
sailing Gaily through the summer air.
esp cd tn site bloom nCdding in The
green pasture Glow and foolish little
bubble at once fell desperately in
love with il. "What comely 1oWer'
it dubbed; Il wonder if il would be
offended should | dare to paw my al
dresses To it? At least | can do no
better than 10 try Whereupon the
,mitten little ball of cvanescence drifted
slowly do II to point in front of the
purple bloom, VIII ch greeted it with n
smile of encouragement. having As it
aD 1ears. had the torch of love H. hit ID
in its interior, too, by the appearance
of tie ridescent STRANGER in the
cerulcan skies low. of cour.e. not a
word of thistle could the bubble speaS.
nor could the bloom bubble. but there
is silent language of the heart, and
they spoke it so eloquentlY that a
maiden Mog in nci2hbori g pond fell
under the sweet in uence. and blushed
an olive green clear to the ends OF her
dainty toes. But all stories must have
IN ending. and the G. of this one is
that the fool sh bubble tric to kiss $
BLOOMING sWcetheart' but no sooner
did his lips come IN contact with the
coarse petals than, bubble like. i
burst drenchiag the poor flower with
soap suds And The ilower WI by, it
died too, the bubble having been the
offspring OF Croton water and COM
pleNion soap.
From all this we may learn to beware
of falling in love at first sight
Harper's Bazaar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
Bound TO Smoker.

Coming to Detroit on tho train from
Port Huron we encountered common
specimen of the genus boy, who us ked
questions in high key and was the
torment of his parants. To everything
that was SAID this youthful monster
would drawl outs
-should-snlcker!
At last his mother forbade him using
the phrase again. declaring she should
whip him if he did. But lie was equal
to the occasion. and climbing up OIL the
top of the seat he bawled:
Then / shouldn't smoker" Free
Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
TRANSPORTATION.
Lines written by Louisa NJ Alcott on the
death of her mother.


Lines written by Louisa NJ. Alcott on the
death of her mother.
IN MEMoRIAN.
Mysterious death, who in a single hour
Life's gold can so refine;
And by thy art d vine
Change mortal weakness to immortal
power.
Bending beneath the weight of eighty
years,
Spent wi h the noble strife
+ a victorious life,
We watch d her fading heavenward
through our tears.
But, ere the sense of loss our hearts had
wrung
a miracle was wrought,
And swift as happy thought
She lives aga n, brave, beautiful and
young.
Age, pain and sorrow dropped the wells
they wore,
Ans showed the tender eyes
OF angels in disguise,
Whose discipline so patiently she bore.
The past years brought their harvest rich
ana far,
While memory and love
Together fOndly wove
A golden garland for the silver hair.
How could we mourn like those who are
btreit,
When every pang of grief
Found balm for its relief
In counting up the treasures she had left?
Faith that withstood the shock Of toll and
time,
Hope, that deliel despair
P.tiHnce that conquered care,
And loyalty whose courage vas sublime.
The great deep heart that wa home for
all
Just clio uent and strong,
In protest ainst wrong;
Wide charity, that knew no sin, no fall.
The spartan spirit that made life so grand,
Mating poor, daily needs
WI II high, heroic d .eds
That wrested happiness from fa!e's hard
h nd.
We thought to weer, but sing for Joy in
stead.
Full of the grateful peace
That follow her release:
For nothing but the weary dust lies dead.
oh, noble woman never more a queen
Than in the laying down
Of Scepter and OF crown
To win greater kingdom yet unseen
Teaching US how to seek the highest goal;
To earn the true success;
To live, in love TO css
And make death proud TO take royal
soul.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
An Utter Impossibility.

A little child in one of Albany's
public schools was rebuked the other
day for using a slang expression and
excused herself by replying: "Well
my brother said ii. :" The teacher
said: Your brother ought TO be more
careful of his language oh" said
the little one apologetically. you
know you can't stop boys from bring.
ing slang into the house. Can youP'
Albany Express.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07

The latest garter-buckles have "a orna
ments four tiny enameled pansies, set with
sapphires and rubies.
Ocean gray and old silver are neutral
colors which are much admired for cloth
tailor made gowns.
Attractive as a hair ornament is a blaZ-
ing sun OF half-pearls with a diamond CEN
ter.
In Paris the bell design has Teen
introduced in jewelry with mar ed favor
Floral designs will be tho correct thing
In .ewelry during the summer montha.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
Salvation After the Cow.

"My good man." said the village
pastor to one of the elders in MS
church IL trust that you will withdraw
your resignation. We cannot afford t.
lose so staunch and true christian
from our membership roll What
caused this sudden change of heart?
"N aal, past r." replied the elder, v
see bought a caow bout five weeks
ago, an she's the all iired'st kicker
ever la d eyes on. Saturday eyenin |
iiggered ct eout, tween yeou'n me N
Their bed .poast, ez haow I'd either hev
ter give up Their caow or withdraw from
Their church: an ez | doan't low ennv
four legged beast on my farm ter best
me, I'm ergoin' to keep Their caow. f
yeou think mer saouls in great danger,
yeou'd better buy tibet caow; I'll sell
her cheap. "-Drake's Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23

AS is the case with most Maine
towns the people of Brunswick,
will have some interesting stories
of old times to tel when they meet
to celebrate their one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary, for which prcTara-
tons are now being made. Those early
settlers were men and women of p uck,
and whenever they undertook to do II
thing they did it, unless some absolutely
insurmOuntablc obstacle INTERVIEWED.
Who, FOR instance would now think of
solving pulling problem as Rev. John
Mi Ter did little over 100 years ago.
The puzzle was how to marry Mr. Will
lam Walker, of Falmouth, and Miss
Sybal Stip!es, of Topsham, who were
waiting on the Topsham side of the river
cor the nuptial benediction, while the
minister was on the Brunswick side with
raging river at high freshet pitch be-
tween and no way of getting across.
But the Rev. Mr.. Miller was equal to
he emergency. He went down to the
river bank, while the young couple
slasped hands just opposite, and lifted
up his voice above the tumult of the
water so that his words were plainly
heard as he ronounced the two man and
wife. Leu&t0n (.He.) Juual.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23

At Wad, and for some miles before we
were in the dominions of the Nizam of
Hyderabad, | thought, writes Carter
Harrison to the Chicago NIL, the evil
dences of prosperity were much greater
than in the English governed States.
He is one of the few princes who yet
govern one-third of India His domin-
ions comprise so, 0)0 squire miles. with
a population of from II, 900, 900 to IL, =
GO 900. He owns the railroads and
runs things as he pleases -rrovided, al
ways, he pleases the English government
at the same time. The crops in thi,
state were much better than those be-
yond the Ines. The houses were no
longer of mud, but stone-this, however,
because it is cheaper.
There is wonderful building stone
along the railroad in layers 50 smooth
that it has got to be hammered to make
first class asher work, The houses, or
huts, are built of this laid loo C, and
often covered with thin flags We saw
many picturesque looking villages, many
walled in and all with round towers
forty or fifty feet in diameter and two or
three stories in height These were once
necessary, when wars between neighbor-
ing States were so frequent-now, USE
less, for England surrounds the land
and there can be no more such wars.
Before eaching the capital which is
reached by road at right angles to the
main road to Madras, we passed through
some wild jungle, part of it in low for
ests where tigers and panthers abound.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23

The boy owns over a hundred head of
cattle, has his own brand, which is duly
registered. and he does fully as much OF
his own work as any boy of six has done,
even in the West. This very Juvenile
patriarch is son of Zach Mulhall, well
known through the COW country, and
his father is firmly convinced that such
another prodigy has not yet appeared in
the grazing lands. The young gentle
man was for.rally put in possession of a
herd some months ago. He has had
made for himself a little Winchester rifle
and a special revolver with both of which
arms he is said to be very expert.
The boy has his own bunch of horses
md hires his own help, of course under
the superintendent of his father, and
during the present sp:ing he has every
day ridden line of more than three
miles about his herd.
This is a development of young Amer
lea which the herdcrs in these parts do
not believe can be equaed in any other
part of the country. The boy is worth
about $1,000 in his own right and his
profits will not be less than $500 year,
which is more than falls to the lot of
the average siy-year
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23
Eating in London Theaters.

The amount of eating and drinking
done in n first class London theatel
every evening would astonish an
American manager. People come
straight to the theaters from their din
ners and Immediately begin ordering
ices, cake, coffee and sweets. The
privilege of furnishing refreshments
to theater is paid for in large sums
by restaurant proprietors. The re,
freshment-room is one of the largest
sources of revenue of theater man.
agement.
Waiting maids during the evening
go about throughout the theatel
knocking at the box doors hawking re-
freshments. Between the acts people
eat and drink constantly to fill in the
time. Programmes also are charged
for in nearly all the theaters. The av-
erage price of a programme is q six
pence. If an American audience in
any theater in the United States should
be called on to pay twelve cents for
the programme there would be riot.
American managers say that it would
be impossible to introduce the feature
of asking even one cent for pro
grammes. -LOndOH letter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23
LEARNING SAIL-MAKING.

est boys, and they are the highest in au-
;hority aboard ship of all those who arc
made petty officers. They boss the cap
aims of the crews, and at sea they are
'aptains of the foremost watch and
watch. In warm weather the boys have
, swim every morning, unless there are
sharks around or they should happen to
ind bad weather. In that case they
1athc in the big bath house on the spar
deck. Once a week two boys are chosen
from each boats crew to do the cooking.
All but the petty officers do this work in
turn. The cooks draw the rations for
their crews cook them, and are respon
sible for the mess gear.
In order to make sure of being able to
handle the ship in bad weather a crew of
fourteen men before the mast is carried.
These do most of the work, and some of
them lend hand now and then and
show the lads how to make knots,
spices, Turks heads, Matthew Walkers,
and all kinds of ropy mysteries. The
school-books are put away at sea and the
oys study nothing but navigation and
seamanship. They have shore leave at the
interesting places they visit, and while
they are laying in a sea'aring education
they certainly enjoy life aboard the st.
Mary's. -Neo York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23

honest and industrious workmen that
you can imagine. Promptly on the mo-
ment they are piped on deck and divided
into three companies. Each is stationed
on the starboard side of mast The
word is given and up they 60 in the
fore, main and mizzen rigging, nimble as
cats and quick as monkeys. They run up
to the futtock shrouds, swing lightly
over the tops you never saw sailor boy
sneak through the lubber-hole) and then
away to the topmastheld and so down
again until they reach the deck on the
port side. How mere land schoolboys
envy them! Every day when the weather
is fine the youngsters la this run
aloft. 1t braces them up and gives them
an appetite for dinner and it's one of
the prettiest sights any man ever looked
at to see so much young muscle and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23

CLIMBING UP THE FUTToCK sHROUDs.
above the mess tables, and the ventila-
ton of the big room is perfect. 1t is
heated, by the way. with steam, which
is supplied from a big boiler forward.
This is luxury the boys won't find on
many ships after they leave school, but
it doesn't hurt them and it's fine thing
while the ship is in port. For dress oc-
casions the boys wear suits of blue
throughout, but ordinarily aboard ship
their rig is of white canvas from head to
foot.
While in dock the routine is as care
fully regulated as at sea- Promptly at Z
O'Clock every morning the bos'ns' mates,
two of the brightest boys in the Senior
Glass, pire all hands on deck When
everybody has turned out cooks are piped
below and the rest of the lads carry
coal, sweep decks and swab them if
swabbing is needed. Then they are piped
to breakfast, and at . o'clock they are
piped up on the spar deck (the topmust
one) for inspection. The whole school
is divided between the port and
starboard watches. Each is drawn up in
line and the officer of the day inspects
them narrowly Woe be 10 the boy
whose clothing is torn or his shoes I'M
shined, or who has spot on his white
duck uniform. A bad mark is scored on
his record and he will have to do lit of
extra work to atone for it.
After inspection the boys 90 to school
until l2:45 O'c'ock and work like beav-
ers, or nallers, or any other kind of hard,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-23
A Dog With n Memory.

There is dog in Xenia, o., that still
has viz remembrance of the destruc-
tive flood that visited that town in May,
1886. AT the time the animal was tied
in a stable and could not get out when
the water came rushing in on him. But
he was rescued by some of the boys after
the water had reached depth of about
six feet. While the dog was being Ies-
cued the fire bells rang an alarm to warn
the citizens of their peril. Many hasten>
ed from the city and took refuge on a
neighboring hillside, and the dog went
there also as soon as he got out of the
water. Ever since that time Rover, as
he is called, takes to the hillside just
the moment the fire bells ring out, an
ticipating another flood.