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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-09
THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
4 Girls Invention Don't Bury Me
Deep "A Touching Story A
Little Girls Diary How
to be Happy,
Etc

.iow to be Happy.
Are you almost disguised
With life, little man?
| will tell youa wonderful trick
That will bring you contenhnent
If anything can
Do something for some body, quick;
Do something for somebody, quicki
Are you really tired
With play, little girl?
Weary. discouraged. and sick?
I'll tell you the loveIiest
Game in the world
Do something for somebody, quick:
Do something Tor body, quick!
Though it rains like the rain
OF the flood, little man.
And the clouds are forbidding and thick,
You can make the sun shine
Z In your soul, little man
Do something for somebody, quick;
Do something for somebody, quick,
Though the skies are like brass
Overhead. little girl,
And the walk like well-heated brick.
And all earthly affairs
8 In terrible whirl--
Do something for somebody, quick;
Do something for somebody, quick!
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-09

5, Ye Wan Yorg,, Ye Ha Yung, and Vi Hun
Yong, the seagtaEries of the Corean legation
at Washing foaigs ne started out on a tour Of
the SSrN.try.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-09
Diary Of a Little Innocent,
am Fannie. I am six

I am Fannie. am six.
I have a sister. My sister is seven
teen. Her name is Marie. [ wish nv
name was Marie. I wish I was a
young lady. She, mean my sister,
told mamma that she almost had Mr..
De Van-he would be sure to pop the
question the next time he came.
Mamma said she was glad, and told
Marie to hurry up. I thought I would
help her out.
| went into the parlor to entertain
Mr.. De Van while Marie was paint
ing and taking down her frizzes. /
told Mr.. De Van what mamma and
Marie said, and asked him to hurry up
and pop the question, for papa could
not keep up at this rate any longer.
BE gave me some candy and laughed.
Mr.. De Van does not come here any
more.
Marie has new beau. His name is
Mr.. Kelly. He is fat, his nose is big
and red. Marie does not like him, but
she says he will do. Papa says Marie
must love him, for he is worth thous
ands. / saw Mr.. Kelly to-day, and I
told him he must hurry up and pop
the question. / asked him if he was
worth thousands; he laughed. I told
him that papa could not pay for any
more carriage rides, and again asked
him to pop the question or we would
have to move back to the city. [ like
to be useful.
Mr.. Kelley did not pop the question.
I wonder why? So we have moved
back to the city. Mamma and Marie
are crying. There is big paper pos
ter on our house. A red flag is hang
ing out of our window.
wish I could be useful. -Hazitau
Echo.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-09

The large quantity of yellow shades
used in spring millinery makes it be-
coming to brunets and French
blondes.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-09
Items.

scent, in whose presence the family
glories were often descanted upon was
overheard lately rebuking her pet kit
ten for some misdemeanor. Holding
pussy by the forepaws, and looking
her full in the face, she remarked: II
am assumed of you, kitty, for being
SO naughty; and just think, your
grandmother was a Maltese!' -BM7azo
Courier.
A well-known resident of Knox
street was greatly 1uried because lit
tie girl in the family sent on two er-
rands, namely, to post a letter and get
a S. bill changed, had taken the letter
to the grocery and put the money in
the box on the lamp-post. He was re-
lieved from his trouble by the letter
carrier, who lauged as he unlocked the
box and handed out the money
He says they find a good many odd
things in those boxes. zba7ly Times.
Two discovering youngsters land it
is cool day when youngsters are not
obserying) were walking down the
street the other night, and were
thoroughly pleased, as many of their
elders have been, at the blaze of illum-
inatfon which now turns night into
day. Standing under one of the arc
lights and gazing up at the new moon
which was putting in it's work, one Of
the lads exclaimed: ssThis is the boss
light, amt it, jim? I tell you it lust
lights up the moon in big shape!"-
Adams Messenger.
Three boys were hunting rabbits re-
Gently in franklin county, Pennsyl-
vania, and started one, which ran into
a corn shock. One of the boys kicked
the shock to scare the rabbit out, while
the other stood ready to shoot. The
rabbit jumped out of one side, but
neither boy shot, for on the other side
bear tumbled out and surveyed the
young hunters in astonishment. The
rabbit got away, and so did the bows.
The bear was afterWard shot and kill
ed in the same field by farmer
Baltimore A7peric0n.
Frederick III is a most affectionate
father, and greatly attached to his
children, whose loving return of his
Kindness must now be a very precious
element in his sad life. His fayorite
son, Prince Waldemar, died when only
~ years of age, but the little fellow is
still fondly remembered. Frederick,
Whenln civilian dress, always wears
scarf pin formed Of small silver coin.
ut belonged to poor little Waldemar,"
he says. This coin is one of three
which were unearthed in an old Roman
grave in the presence of my three
boys. ] had the three coins mounted
as pins for them and when my little
Waldemar died I took possession Of
his and have worn it ever since"
A bright little 4-year-oId lad, who
likes little base ball on the vacant
lot much better than a sermon on Sun
day, was sent to church with his little
sister. When he came home this col
loquy occurred between him and papa:
"Well, Willie, how did you like it in
church to-nights" Jaw, twas no
good ''What did the minister talk
about?" Told some story about the
bull-frogs." about bull-frogs! What
was he telling about them?p dunno;
il was some yarn about bull frogs,
that's all / know" Presently sister
came in. "Well, Mamie, what was
that the minister spoke about to.
night?' 80, he was telling us the
story Of Moses in the bullrushes and
5Phara0h's daughter"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
RAILWAY FOLLY MUST CURE ITSELF.

An important decision has just been
rendered by the Interstate commerce
commission. Complaint was made by
competing lines against the Burlington
and Northern railway that its rates were
ruinously low, and the commission was
asked either to compel the offending line
to advance its rates to what the complain
ants regarded as just and reasonable. or
to allow them to compete by charging
lees for the long haul TO competing points
than for short haul to points at which
no competition exists. The commission
refused to do either, planting itself
squarely on the ground that the inte-
state commerce law was passed TO pro-
tect the public from discrimination and
exaotion on the part of the railways and
mot to protect the railways from the re-
salt of their own folly n engaging IN
ruinous competition. 1t also held that a
greater charge for short haul
than for long one was q plain
not be allowed under any plea
In this decision the Commission was con-
sistent, assuming the only position the
plain letter of the Law allowed it to occu.
Ply. The interstate Law is, as the com
mission declares, law for the protection
of the public, not for the protection OF
TIE railways. It does not attempt to fiz
freight or passenger rates, but it doe:
undertake to prevent favoritism as be
tween individuals and localities. 1t doe;
undertake to prevent the railways of the
country from being perverted into in
struments for tearing down enc individ
ual or locality TO build up another. II
other words, 1t simply requires the rail
ways to treat the public, from whom
they derive their corporate rights, fairl.
and withors discrimination. If the rail
ways are foolish enough to do business a
ruinous rates that is their own affair ant
they must be left to suffer the conseo uen
ces of their own folly, just as individual
are under similar circumstances. Tn
law cannot prevent railway corporation
from playing the fool any more than
can an Individual. This kind of foil
will cure itself without law in time, an,
prescribe legal cure for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
The Occasion Finds the Man.

Great emergencies call forth the
great soul. War in the tWinkling OF
an eye turns village drunkards and
pettifogging lawyers into generals and
statesmen. Love transforms CyInon
from brute into a man. Necessity
makes Shakespeare dramatist; acct
dent reveals Scott his true powers,
says a contributor to Lippincott's Maya
zine. The most commonplace men
and women have passed through the
FOOLS paradise of love, when they were
divine beings worshiping divinity, and
in that FOOLS paradise they for a brief
moment found their true selves, saw
deep into the soul of their consort.
That fitting dream was in truth an
awakening, the brief opening of the
spiritual eye. When the world offacts
has passed away, our dreams may re-
main. The man of common sense asks
for realities, the poet knows that only
illusions are true. Look you, the man
whom you hate are there not women
who worship him, children who look
to him? Who sees the true man-you
who hate him, or they who love him?
Love is divine delight; it reaches out
ofCL StGltL 6tIOuIlet OOJOSU lhbO IllC IL
limitable; it is part of the over-soul, of
the infinite, of God. Hatred is pain
full. 1t strains and racks the body, it
blinds the vision, it makes man con-
scious of his moral limitations. s'Love
sees the virtues that are of the soul,
hatred only the diseases of the skin. ;"
"All men have their faults, and steal
ing was Bills said weeping widow
over the corpse of a desperate shot
in attempted burglary. And grotesque,
ludicrous as the expression may seem,
she was right. She knew that not in
the robber, the law-breaker, the out
cast, did the real man shine forth, but
in those rarer moods of kindliness and
generosity when he was a true friend
and husband. Perhaps when two
enemies, who have refused to see any
good in each other on this earth,
meet, hereafter in another world free
from the muddy vesture of decay
which clogs their vision here, the first
thought of each will be: lis this the
beautiful soul that maligned and
hated?n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04

seemed TO share none of these feel.
lngs.of uneaslness. Attlred as a prize fight
er, and with blue ro5ette on his breast. he
appeared ct the entrance to the cage. and
cudsel In hand, boldly entered it. The
lions appeared IN no way to relish this
intrusion, and it looked as though Samu-
els would have warmer welcome than he
bargaiued for. Possessed apparently
with nerves OF steel, the man walked IN
daunted up TO the end Of the cage where
the animals were huddled together await
ing only the slightest encoLrag ement to
spring on the intruder, and held his
cudgel threateningly before the nose of
the fercest. Growls Of rage greeted this
act, but Samusls, in no way discomposed,
walked among the animals and made them
fly right and left before him. This he did
several times, and on one occasion acted
so rashly that fears were entertained for
his safety by those in charge of the ex-
hloltlop. These-who, as precaution.
were armed with red-hos irons-were
ready TO act promptly when Samueis
again obtained the mastery over his saw
age companions, and showed his fearless
ness of them by firing loaded pistol as
their faces. Then, his courage maintain
ed TIC the last, he went to the gait of the
den and waited in s dangerous position
while Mr.. Bostock presented him, amid
the cheers of those present, with q uni
que chain composed of spaid and crown,
and with certificate recording the fact
that he had accomplished his purpose,
Immediately afterward the band played
See the Conquoring Hero Comes" and
Samuels was borne in triumph out of the
managerie and through the streets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
4 THOUSAND Years AGO.

An old author gives this sketch of
matters at that time: In the year 800
after Christ what was the state of
Europe? The Goths, Visi%oths, the
Vandals, the Franks, the Huns. the
Normans, the Turk, and other bar
barian hordes, had invaded and over
thrown the Roman empire and had es-
tablished various Kingdoms upon its
ruins. These hordes of savages had
destroyed not only all the works of
civilization, but civilization itself.
Ignorant as they were of everything
that distinguishes and elevates human
nature, they broke up the schools,
abolished arts and manufactures,
ruined the monuments, prevented COM
merce, and reduced the conquered
nations to their own condition, in
augurating in the most complete man
ner the reign of the brute force and
mental darkness. AT the time we be-
gin our specific examination we find
that in the so called Christian nations
there existed no science worthy of the
name and no schools whatever. Read
ing, writing, and ciphering were
separate and distinct trades. The
masses, the nobility, the poor and the
rich were wholly unacquainted with
the mysteries of the alphabet and the
pen. A few men known as clerks, who
generally belonged to the priesthood,
monopolized them as social class of
artists. They taught their business
only to their seminaries and appren-
tees; and beyond themselves and their
pupils no one knew how to read and
write, nor was it expected OF the gen
erality any more than it would be
nowadays that everybody should be a
shoemaker or a lawyer.
Kings did not even know how to
sign their names, so that when they
wanted to subscribe to q written con-
tract, treaty or law, which some clerk
had drawn up for them, they would
smear their right hand with ink, and
slap it upon the parchment, saying,
witness my hand" At later date
some genius devised the substitute for
the seal. which was impressed instead
of the hand, but oftener beside the
hand. Every gentleman had seal
with a peculiar device thereon.
Hence the words now in use, s'Witness
my hand and seal.n affixed to modern
deeds, serve at least the purpose of re-
minding us of the ignorance of the
Middle Ages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
A Shooting Incident.

Four Europeans who had been out
after tiger in. the Maimensing district
were, says a Calcutta paper, returning
at the close of a very long day, and
had almost reached the factory where
they were to dine and pass the night,
when the captain ordered a halt. The
''line" at once pulled up, and he said:
81 hate seeing loaded rifles taken into
a house Git was the old muzzle-loading
days., more especially where there
are children. [ propose that we fire
ours Off" "All right" said another,
''but we have not had a shot all day;
what do you say to a 'pool?'" There's
nothing to fire at" observed a third.
There's that gurrah," said the cap
tain, pointing to an earthen vessel
which some ryots who were working
at a little distance had as usual brought
their days supply of drinking-water
in. Every good" said the fourth,
''but. what with bad light and the dis
lance, it's by no means an easy shot. |
propose that we each put chick on
Hoy shall we decide as to the order
of fringe" said one. "Oh,' replied
the captain generously, commence at
your 0uu Oh Tic line. Iuo UldIh was
by no means an easy one to hit, for the
distance was weH-nigh a hundred
yards, the guns smooth-bores. and the
light that deceptive kind which one
gets just between daylight and dark.
But, on the other hand, the hunters
were exceptionally good men, all ex-
cellent shots, either of whom could hit
a running deer from the back of an
elephant twice out of three times.
Fire away" said the captain. No. l
grazed the right side of the vessel, and
it was thought must have hit it. No. 2
went just over it. No. went a little
to the left. Thank you, gentlemen"
said the captain. iii trouble you for
those II rupees" Heraised his gun as
he spoke, and the next moment the jar
was covered with earth; the bullet had
cut the ground beneath it! Presently
the vessel WAS seen to wriggle. and
then to kick, while a feeble CRY pro-
claimed it to be a baby. Consterna-
ten was depicted on every face. The ele-
phants bolted, the sahibs jumped down
and rushed to the spot, the parents run
ming from the opposite direction. The
little mite hadn't been touched and was
carried off by the father and mother
with great rejoicing. They also took
the pool along with them, and right
glad the sahibs were, under the cir
cumstances, to part with it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04

stow his much-coveted hand. Prince
George, his younger brother, is rapid
ly becoming the darling of the English
people. He is a bright, handsome
youth, overlooking with fun and ami
NAL spirit, and is said to have inherited
the good nature and kindness of heart
of his father, while his elder brother is
thought to resemble too much that
most unpopular of the royal family of
England, the duke of Edinburg. In
fact, as blunt English gentleman re-
marked to me: 1T would be a much
more agreeable prospect for the En-
glish people if we were looking for
ward to the reign of George Y. instead
of that of Albert Victor l." But I IN
derstand that the prince of Wales, when
he comes to the throne, will be known
as Edward VII, in which case his son
will probably reign as Edward VIII.
The prince of Wales is said TO favor
for his son an alliance with the Prin-
cess Clementine of Belgium. but in that
case the young lady would have to
change her religion. The fair Clemen-
tine is of an appropriate age, being
just 16. The princess of Wales, on the
other hand, is reported to cherish de-
sire of uniting her eldest son to her
young niece, the Grand Duchess Xenia,
only daughter of the ear of Russia,
and to use her best efforts to keep him
single till the grand duchess, who is a
few months over 13,will be old enough
to marry. The great unpopularity of
Russian alliance in England will
cause this project to fail, if, indeed, it
ever existed. Meantime the young
gentleman has passed his tWenty-fourth
birthday. At that age his father had
been two years married.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
Wales Sons.

A good deal of chit chat is current
in English circles respecting the young
sons of the prince of Wales, says Mrs.
Hooper in London letter to the Phil
adelphia Telegraph. The eldest. Prince
Albert Victor. is far from being popul-
ar. He is accredited with being sly
and underhand in his dealings, and
something Of hypocrite withal The
best report current respecting him is
that which declares him to be really
and persistently attached to his pretty
cousin, the Princess Victoria of Teck,
and deaf for that reason to all other
matrimonial propositions. His august
grandmother, so saith rumor, will by
no means consent to this betrothal to
his fair young lady love, the queen hav-
inc always cherished strong dislike
to 1.-The Cambridges, and especially to
the merry and sweet-natured duchess
of Teck The future king of England
might 90 farther in search of wife
and fare great deal worse. Indeed,
, what with the law prohibiting the
marriage of one of the royal family
with a Catholic, it is hard TO discover
in all the '.Almanach de Gotha'' a
niarriageable princess, outside of his
own relations. on whona lie could be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
A Corcoran Death-Bed Incident.

I heard few days since an incident of
Mr.. Corcoran's last illness. Among the
callers one day, about week before his
death, was pretty young girl, debutante
of the past season, whom he had known
from her earliest childhood, and in whom
he had always taken great interest. As
the girl in her fresh, young beauty ap-
preached the dying man he held her hand
for moment without speaking, then with
a sigh he said: Promise that you will not
forget me when l am gone;" adding, an in
slant later, 81 want before go to do you
a substantial kindness, and, as your name
is not mentioned in my will, l have in
structed my lawyer to have transferred to
you government bonds for the sum of
s., O00' With tears in her eyes the young
lady endeavored to express her thanks for
the unexpected gift, saying, ''What can |
ever do to prove my gratitude?" For an
instant there was silence in the room, and
then, as the feeble hands felt the contact
of the warm young fingers clasping them,
the old man lifted his face, stirred with a
deep emotion, as he replied in tremulous
tones, 81 ask but one thing-that you will
be sorry when 1 am dead. y Washington
Capitol.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
How to Hitch Horses.

Joseph Howard, of this town, has
given us new and. as he says, a most
usful hint in the art of hitching horses.
Instead of the usual head or neck hal
ter he carries in the wagon short
piece of half-inch cord. Topped. When
he wishes to leave his horse this cord
is used to tie the tore legs together just
below the knees, and when so tied you
are always sure to find your horse just
where you left him. The horse doesn't
dare to move, the cord is easily adj
iusted, and the case often occurs that
you wish to hitch a horse where no
post is found, as in a having field or
city street. Besides. it soon teaches
the horse TO stand without being
hitched at all.-Kennebec Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
Foolhar6y Feat in a Menagerie.

South Wales Daily News
An announcement made by the crier
on Wednesday evening that man named
William Samuels, local innkeeper and
the cham pion boxer of Wales, would enter
alone a den of lions at Messrs. Womb
wells menagerie, nov at Swansea, caused
considerable excitement in the town and
drew a great crowd 30 the show. At 8
O'Clock the band played For He's q jolly
Good Fellow" and then Samuels, accom-
panied by Mr.. Bostock, the manager Of
the show, walked up to den containing
a lion and about d dozen honesses. 4
great crowd at once assembled round
the cage. Mr.. Bostock mounted a
platform and Informed the public
that his old friend Samueis had
volunteered to perform deed of daring
such as never had been done In the men
aoerie since its establishment in 1905.
Mr.. Wiltshire had, he said, recently at
Cardiff entered the cage in company with
Nine. SALIVA, the lion tanner, and had, by
his action, caused q great sensation in
South Wales. But SamueIs was going
to surpass this feat, for, although urged
10 let Nine. Saliva accompany him, he
declined to enter the den at all unless al
lowed to do so alone. This he COW was
about to do. The announcement was re-
ceived with great cheering, though it was
evident that, on the part of many present,
there was feeling of considerable anx-
iety and alarm. Samuels, however,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-04
& Mexican Boys Pie.

| asked of boy who was stuffing
himself with what thought was pie if
he had breakfasted well. He did not
understand my Spanish, but with that
generosity which seems born with a
Mexican the little fellow quickly di-
vided his pie" and gave me a goodly
slice. Without waiting to see what
the ''pie, was made of | took quite a
large bite of it, and the next moment
I felt as though I had swallowed a
bunch of needles with the red end of a
hot poker. The boy laughed and
rolled on the ground in his merriment
as the tears came to my eyes, and !
tried in vain to gulp down the horrid
stuff he had given me to eat.
And what do you think it was?
Two thin slices of hot cakes dipped
in a burning sauce made of hot red
pepper. never again tried to break
fast away from the American Hotel.
for | soon learned that red pepper was
the chief ingredient of the Mexican diet,
and that even the boys and girls en-
joyed their fiery breakfast as an Ameri-
can child enjoyed its cakes and strip.
Mexican Letter.