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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
VIII Roosevelt Accent 2

WASHINGTON Special Telegram, May s.
Commissioner Lyman told reporter to-day
that he was much pleased with the appoint
ees, Messrs Roosevelt and Thompson. He
said the matter of eleeting chairman of the
commission would be settled when the COM
mission organized, and he did not know
whether he would be honored with the place
or not Mr. Thompson is in the city and
ready to go to work as soon as he receives
his commission. He said he believed in civil
service reform, and in his FIRST inaugural ad-
Gress as governor OF South Carolina in 1882
he so expressed himself Ee claims to have
been the first to use the words "a pubic
office is public trust in that address It
was his record as a civil service reforrner
ne thought that led Cleveland to appoint him
assistant secretary Of the treasury In a New
York interview Theodore Roosevelt said. as
ne had not been officially informed of mis- ap-
poin ment, he could not say whether he
would accept or not He had heard some
talk several days ago IN reference to the
office in which his name had been men
toned, and had been in auandary ever
since, irving, to decide whether he could sac
rifice the title from mis- literary work to prop-
erly perform the duties of the Office
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
Learned OF a Lord

WINNIPEG, Special Telegram. MAY S.-Lord
Lonsdaie expects 60 leave for New York and
London tomorrow. In an interview, speak
ing of the Mackenzie river d1stric7. he said
he considered the climate unfavorable for.
mining industries and entirely unsuited TO
agriculture. A. the mouth of the Mackenzie
ne was detained all through June and up to
July 10, stuck between two lcebergs, and at
the latter date there was not bud out
linen, after snort summer in July and Au-
gust, the frost comes again in September
certain portion OF the Peace river district
ne considered good for cattle ranchiug. but
absolutely useless for grain on account of
eariv frosts. His lordship strongly denounces
the proposition to make government in
yestlgatlon respecting the Mackenzie dis
trlct as involving an absolute waste of
money. Some of the people examined. he
says, have never been beyond Prince Albert.
and 1t is as absurd to ask their onin1ons
about the Mackenzie district as it would he
10 examine people in New York about Win
nIpeg. Regarding the gold excitem MT in
Alaska Lord Lonsdale says that the gold is
entirely III Canadian soil and that on the
Yukon there are no digsings orth anything
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
The Civil Service Board.

WASHINGTON. Special Telegram, May O.
There is good reason to believe that the
president is giYing serious consideration to
the selection Of members of the civil service
board, and that the unusual delay in making
the appointments means that he Is searching
for men who viii do honor to the board and
10 his administration by their service Il is
thought that he will appoint an entire new
board. and that it will be composed of men
OF high character and national reputation.
such asthe first commissioners appointed bv
President Arthur There is probably diff
Guilty IN finding men of This grade willing GO
accept the positions WHO are at the same
time sincerely devoted to the civil service re-
form idea and good enough party men TO suit
president not well Affected toward mug
wumpery Bot The president is said to Ds
hopeful of success
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
One Discourasing Feature,

WASHINGTON, May Con of the most dis
couraging features OF the Oklahoma situa-
ton is that there are no land laws in opera
ton there The land is not surveyed and
there are no provisions for entry or estab-
lishment OF townsites The only right there
is ssquatier,s right This is well enough in
the case of farms, on which the claimant
can live until leg al conveyance can be Sc
cured. but il makes the acquisition and
transfer OF town lots difficult tor ANYBODY
and impossible TO non-residepts The only
way TO obtain a lot in Oklahoma is to squat
and hold on until it can be purchased from
the United Suites at the minimum price of
$40, Even then the purchasers might be
disappointed, for hv the time the necessary
laws are enacted and legal Titles can be
passed. the town site may be located in an
other place by some comEany or corporation
possessing the power aud influence TO make
such change.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
On Car MILEAGE

WASHINGTON, May S.-The interstate com
merce commission devoted session to-day
| to hearing representatives of Western rail-
roads in the matter of mileage allowances on
different cars furnished by shippers, car
companies, individuals or connecting lines
the manner of conducting this business, etc
There We're between forty and fifty railroad
men present when the healing was
opened. The testimony showed that
the railroad companies generally are
paying mileage allowance of three-ffbhs o.
| cent per mile on all cars OF connecting lines
and on many cars furnished by shippers
owning their own cars It was also de
veioped that for a short time back con-
tracts have been entered into by a number
of Western railroad companies with Armour
d Co.. Swift q Co. and other shippers of re-
frgerator cars, by means of which a mileage
allowance of one cent per mile is paid TO
those shippers and not TO other shippers.
Railroad Notes
AT the annual meeting of the Canadian Pa
cihc railway at Montreal the old board of direc-
tors was reelected, with the exception of Mr..
Grewfel, who was succeeded by Thomas Skin
ner.
j. III. Graham. general manager of the North
ern Pacific & Manitoba, is IN ST. Paul.
Walter Wand. of the Michigan Central, was
in the city yesterday.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
The AtcIlison Annual Reporr

BOSTON, May S.-The annual report of the
directors of the Atchison & Santa Fe Rail-
road company for the year ended Dec 81
1888, as compared with the year 1887,
shows:
Increase
Ay No. miles operated.... 3,020 SO Z
Gross earnings SIS, 6I2,913 80 S4S 453
Operating expenses, includ-
Net earnings, deductlng
taxes. 4,5s5, 951 "a, 49, 100
Deficiency for - months to Dec. 1885,. l. SIT $50
Surplus- Observation-Disclosures. 7,SSS. go
*Decrease.
OF the decrease il gross earnings amounting
Is 40 per cent, 1901, 0OS is on passenger and
S2,05t, 800 freight business PASSENGERS
carried one mile. .92S, 799; decrease 30 S24
Average received per passenger per mile. 2,211
cents against 2,So4 cents in 1887. Had the
PASSENGER rate been the same in 1883 as in lSS-
there would still have been a decrease of $3.50
Sos on passenger business. Tons of freight car
ried one mile, S10,59S, sos; decrease. 9S 574
tons. Average rate per ton per mile, 1.25s
cents, against I. SIT cents in 1887. If the rate
had remained unchanged freight earnings would
still show decrease of 81, $50. $50. These
losses on freight and passenger business are in
spite of the additional traffic, derived from re-
cent extensions. The decrease would have been
still greater but for the business furnished by
these new lines. The reduction of business is
attributed to: First, unusually light crops for
two years, and consequent depression of busi-
ness in the territory Lraversed: second, the con-
strucJlon of new lines in Kansas bv other COM
panIes. tapping nearlF every place OF conse-
quence on the Atchlson lines, and dividing the
business formerly controlled by the AIchisou
This and prohibition of arrangements to divide
business have caused large losses.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
Regardless of kedmen.

WAsHNGToS, Special Telegram, Nav s.
Officials of the Indian bureau are as much
interested in the early opening of the Sioux
reservation as it it is possible for people TO
be at this distance Il is believed Ey them
that In case the commission fails to secure
the signatures Of the Indians thai the set
tiers who have been waiting for the opening
will take the matter into their own hands
enter upon the lands, taking their chances
that the Indians title will be extinpuished hr.
congress. 1t is doubtful if the Indian bl-
reaE will make any complaint If settlers
should go on the reservation before rev
treaty Is made
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
Preferences 70 old yen

WASHINGTON. Special Telegram. Nav g.
J. Lowrie Bell superintendent OF the railwar
mail service, says that the department will
call on the civil service com mission in q sew
DAYS Tor men to appoint in the service. Men
VINO have passed a civil service examina alton
ana who We're formerly in the service win Ia
given preference. : = - -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
The Public Printer.

WASHINGTON. Special Telegram, May a.
response TO telegram from the White House
The announcement or his appointment as
public printer is hourly expected There is
a queer and unconfrmed story adoat of a
movement 20 make the government printing
Office, which is now under che direct control
of congress. q bureau of the interior depart
mentl
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15

1t is believed by many farmers
that few " arm days viii bring out
chinch bugs in as large numbers as
last season. The quantity of wheat
sown in Goodhue county, is, howev-
er, smaller than usual, so it is not
believed that their depredations will
be as extensive.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-15
Bucklen 8 Arnica Saiye

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, chapped Hands,
CllilbIains. Corns, and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. It il guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per box. Sold DIT G
L. Roos.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
HfiSSf9eD.

Have you seen my sailor boy, as you cam
across the scar
Have you seen my sailor boy, with the
laughing eyes of blue,
With the sunlight on his hair, and his race
so young and fair,
ApA5the smile he used to wear, brave and
true?
Oh, he kissed me on the cheek as he sailed
away to sea,
Sailed away from Gloster Town, and
never saw him more.
But the ships they come and go, and the
tides they ebb and flow,
And the waves are moaning low IN the
shore.
All, they told me he was dead, but I know it
is not true;
For he comes to me at night, when the
world is all asleep,
And he speaks to me by day, when the tenn
pests sweep the bay,
And the pillows are at play on the deep.
For he said he would come back, and ne
never broke his word
Have you seen my sailor boy. He is COM
ing soon, I know.
l would go to him to-day, if l only knew the
way,
Though the grave before me lay would go.
flames Roche in Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
$4,000 600 In Peanuts.

peanuts continue to hold their
own," said a Washington street com.
mission merchant in answer to the in
quiry of a New York Mail and Express
reporter. "The trade shows a continu-
Gus and steady increase, keeping pace
with the growth in population. For in
stance the total consumption last yeai
was about 3, 100, 900 bags, an increase
of 400, 900 bags over the previous year,
and exceeding the consumption OF five
years ago by more than 1000, 600
bags"
Assuming that 5000, 900 bags OF
peanuts were consumed last year what
does that represent in money!"
"Well, in round numbers it means
the consumption of 100, 900, 900 quarts,
and at the regular price charged ~ re.
tailerAa and vendors, which is ten cents
per quart, it shows that peanut-eaters
paid $40, 900, 900 to crafty their liking.
Probably one half of this large sum is
clear profit to the retailers, as the value
of the crop to the growers is estimated
at less than 50, 900, 000."
"Where does the supply come from7"
"Almost wholly from Virginia,
Tennessee and North Carolina. Vir.
ginia is the banner peanut growing
state, averaging 2, 900, 900 bushels year.
ly. Tennessee comes next with an
average of 500, 900 bushels, and North
Cardinals production averages $50, 600
bushels. The estimated supply for 1885
is 8, 800. 900 bushels, which includes the
nearly 600, 900 bushels of last years
crop which still remain in the market"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
Hog,s BrisfEes.

Years ago, ; says the West Chester
penn. Local News. in an obituary
about a dead industry, lit used to be
the custom Of our farmers to save all
their hog bristles for taking to the
store as a marketable commodity, they
usually. getting q good price for them.
But this has all changed now, like a
great many other things Of the past.
Nobody buys bristles now, since there
is no longer a market for them, owing
to not being equal in quality to
European bristles. All needed supplies
By brushmakers are now imported from
the old country. They are worth their
weight il silver, and are sold that way,
tho money value being put On one side
Of tho scale and The bristles on the
other
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
Bu,.tal of Austrta,. Enaperors.

When the Austrian Cesars are to be
buried, their bodies are carried by the
shortest way from the Burg, the Impe-
rial palace, to the crypt of the Capu-
chins. When the master of the care
monies has arrived with the imperial
corpse, he knocks with his staff on the
closed door. and demands admission.
"Who is thereF' asks the guardian
from within, but without opening the
door. ellis majesty, the most high and
mighty Emperor of Austria, King 81
Hungary etc The voice from within
replies, 81 know no such man." The
master of ceremonies knocks a second
time. aWho Is thereas the guardian
again asks. THE Emperor Of Austria"
II do not know him. says the guardl-
an. The master of ceremonies knocks
a third time, and again is asked, who
is there2' aOur brother, Francis
answers the imperial official. At this
humble confession of the simple
humanity Of the dead Cesar, the bolts
are Immediately Withdrawn, and the
corpse is admitted. -[Argonaut.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
Netttag Larks at Nfoht for Marset.

NettfHg Larks az Might 9 Market,
Larks as q rue have a habit oforoost-
ing on stubble fields, when such are
available, and later on repair for the
most part to fallow lands or occasionally
open heaths and moors, preference be-
Ing generally given to faIloW; and it is
here that tframmeling'' is most gener-
ally carried on. The dimensions of the
nets vary; but the average is: Length,
SO yards; breadth, 5 or 8 feet; and
mesh, either an inch or threc-quarters;
two light poles some 6 or Z feet Ion
bamboo for choice, and fitted together
like the joints Of a fishing rodl, COM
plete the arrangement. Tho plan of
procedure is simple ID the extrcme. To
work the trammet the services of two
men arc required, one at each end, and a
third usually accompanies the Others,
carrying q sack to hold the birds. The
ground to be operated upon Is decided
on beforehand, also the direction which
each field shall be worked, this, of
course, depending in a great measure on
the conformation of the surface, aud
more still on the direction of the wind.
Having arrived at the spot where it il
proposed to make . start, the net is ex-
tended to it full length fit On the
grouad, the poles Icing attached to
ithcr end. and all is ready to commence
opcratio il. The poles, when the net is
at worK, are held by the workers in
such d msnner that the bottom end
Of each just touches the ground,
md the upper is depressed suf-
fcieatiy to make the intervening stretch
OF net cover the area Immediately be-
heath. without the top edge
brushing; the bottom or tail, OF
lie other hand, trails along its entire
length. ard the rustling noise thus
created causes the birds To rise. Ia the
ory, to 90 this seems absurdly easy bit.
like thriving i fly 81 hs:st1ng the leader
# L team ID tho exact right spot. it re-
CURES small mount Of practice Il
altar proiei ncy. The polemen mus
I naoVe forward in perfect time and step,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
Uncle Eseck,s Wisdom.

have heard of men who knew more
than they could tell, but l never have
met one. If a man has a .,enuins idea,
he can make himself understood. y
Literature is the diet of the common
mind, but genius feedsoon the unwrit-
ten things.
You may travel o good ways on
whisky, and travel fast while you are
going, but you can't get back when you
want to.
When you have learned to listen, you
have already acquired the rudiments of
a good education.
Faith won't enable a man to lift a ton
all at once, but it will, ten pounds at a
time.
Genius invents, talent applies.
Inever have seen an idea too big for a
sentence, but I have read of thousands
of sentences too big for an idea.
My young disciple, don't hunt for
new things, but study to improve upon
the old ones; every fat stone, and most
of the powders, have been turned over
already by the novelty-hunters.
Vanity and jealousy are the two
weakest passions in the human heart,
and, strange to tell, they are the most
common.
We find plenty of people who don't
average well; they know too much 70,
one man, and not quite enough for two.
Century.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26

a case just reported in London pa
pers shows the possibility Of spontaneous
combustion Of the body Of q drunkard,
Dr at least that such q body may be set
IN fire by the mans breath coming in
100 close contact with a lighted candle
" match. The case just reported is that
IF tbs body Of . drunkard being brought
INTO Guys hospital, London. His body
was very much bloated, and when pune
:ured and a lighted match applied the
gas which escaped burned with the or
binary fame Of carbureted hydrogen.
As many as a dozen Of these flames were
burning 1t the same time.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26

otherwise the net will s'bag' and be-
come altogether manageable; in the
same way it must be dropped smartlJ
and simultaneously at both ends when I
bird or birds 'strike;" above all, tht
exact extent of the field being worked
must be known to a nicely, so as to al
low the pivot man time to make thu
wheel when the end is reached with
out getting ''tangled up" A
couple of adopts will frequently
secure fifteen or twenty dozen birds IL
a night, by nc means unremuneratlve
business, whereas two novices would
probably not capture a dozen all told,
According to DR.. Lister, who occupied
the position of physician-in-chie te
Queen Anne. the lark, when eaten
either boiled or roasted, "helps the
collie" How far the theory may be
correct we are unable to say, but no one
who has tasted the dainty will, we
fancy, be inclined to deny that, either
in aspic or roast, a dish of larks is tit to
set before a king. -[Pall Mall Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
The CoWb0u

From Theodore Roosevelt's article in
he Century we quote the following:
'sSingly on ID twos and threes, they gall
sop their why little horses down the
street. their 1.-the, supple figures erect or
swaying slightly as theS sit loosely in
;he saddle; while their stirrups are 90
:ong that their keecs are hardly bents,
he brides not taut enough to keep tho
shains from clanking. They are smaller
md less muscular than tha wieldcrs Of
IKE and pick but they are IS hardy and
Iclf-rcliant as any MN who ever
,reathed-with bronzed, set faces and
teen eyes that look all the world
straight IN the face without dinching
IL they fash out from under the brold-
orimIned hats. Peril and hardship,
md years of long toll broken BY weeks
il brutal dissipation, draw haggard
ines across their eager faces,
but never dim their reckless
syes nor break their bearing Of defiant
.eIf-confdenco. They do not walk well,
partly because they 50 rarely do any
work out OF ths saddle, partly because
their chaperajos, 81 leather overalls,
hamper them when on the ground; but
their appearance II striking for all that,
md picturesque too, with their jingling
spurs. the big reviewers stuck in their
belts, aud bright silk handkerchiefs
knctsed loosely round their necks over
the open collars of the flannel shirts,
When drunk ID the viIIainous whiskey
Of tho frontier town, they cut mad an
tics, riding their horses into the saloons,
aring their pistols right and left, from
boisserous lightheartedness rather than
from any yiciousness, and indulging too
often ID deadly shooting ARRAYS, brought
on either by She accidental contact Of
the moment or on account of
some lo~ugstaading grudge, Or perhaps
because of bad blood between two
ranches On localities; but except white
81 such sprees they arc quiet, rather
s~elf-coatained men, perfectly frank and
simple, and % their own ground treat j
stranger with the most wholcssouled
hospitality doing i'll ii their power FOL
hiln apd seorning r. take any reward il
return, Although prompt to resent II
injury they arc not at All spite b!
RIDE u onsddera, treating them viii
almost b called 4 grav'
S1urse hsy ars much better fell
lows ana pasaAantar c~ompanions thal
small farmers oF agricultural laboiers
4 aEa ahe nasehaniea aud moi
u great eity ~ s. mastionsd IL III.
saHse hFest
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26

A friend of the Count of Paris wRp
was recently in New York says that tle
Count had some time last year a CONVEX
.ation with the Grown Prince upon the
situation in Europe. The Grown Prince
Ia this conversation avowedIy expressed
his hopes for peace, saying: Il have
participated in three great wars in my
ife--the Danish, the Austrian and the
war with France. All three have been
fortunate for my country, but / brought
twsy, in spite Of that, an invincible re-
pugnance for war. I have q veritable
horror of a battlefield ~
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
WilLing to R.ts. the Rtsk.

do you understand, SIR he said to
the young man, that if you marry my
daughter, you may wed a p~ortionless
girl; that the property which she has
reasons 10 expect will come to he, may
go elsewhere2'
Yes, SIR responded the young man,
nobly, Tut am willing to take the
chances. Nothing ventured, you know,
sir, nothing gained" -Epoch.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
Larae Rtras Disappeartng.

The large birds, like the other large
animals, are steadily going, and AL may
soon disappear from tho earth. Il Is
beIieved that tbs Larnmergeyer, or Al
pino ~vsllture, has just become complete
III extinct IN Switzerland, . solitary To-
raale specimen, which has dWet on the
BIotchhorn during The last twenty-five
years. having IT last fallen s victim 70
poison.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26
Detecting counterfetts BY Feeling.

A bank cashier says that the best way
to tell a counterfeit bill is by sound aud
feeling. e'Take a bill firmly between
the thumb and index finger of your left
hand and pull it quickly through your
fingers like this. Now listen to ghc
sound it makes. 1t is not just like rub
bling silk, and neither does it resemble
a paper sound closely. It's a p7ise that
is too peculiar to admit of o descrip-
ton"
DO they make counterfeit paper so
like the original that you can't tell the
diference2"
You can't tell by looking at it. It is
only by the sound and touch. Now lis
ten to the sound made by this counter.
felt $40 bill. You see, that's o alick
noise, something like pulling glazed OF
oiled paper through the fingers. A child
could tell the difference between that
bIll and a genuine one. But look at it
and you will think your eye is on some.
thing that would pass muster for $2t
worth of groceries"
who taught you this business2"
'oh, my first lesson was given by al
old man who had been all over thi
country and Europe teaching the bust
ness. He has in his possession over
thousand specimens of counterfeits. FL,
obtained them from the authorities o
the different governm hts. He has n,
peer in the business, and every experr
in the country owes hi, knowledge t.
this old man.-IKansas City Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-26

The British government has declined
to contribute $4,000 for an antarctic ex-
petition, as proposed by the Australian
government, which promised to give a
similar amount. The ground for the re-
fusal is that such an expedition would
be too small to be useful.