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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
The Scholar IN Politics.

The first duty Of the scholar in
politics is to demonstrate that his
scholarship is of an authentic and adj
Yantageous kind; and that is the
thing that he fails to do. He dreams
his dreams, and nurses his bigotry,
in the most Industrious ay-and
that is all. The people would beglad
to have him secure a footing and
make good his lofty professions.
But that is out of the question SO
long as he treats them and their mo-
tives and methods with deliberate
contempt. They donot claim to have
reached perfection in any respect;
they do not deny that there is much
room for Improvement in their gen
eral manner of life. The man who
reminds them of their faults and
weaknesses with proper respect and
kindness does not offend them; but
the man who exalts himself above
them and rebukes them like Judge
addressing a gang OF criminals must
expect to incur their pronounced dis
pleasures. They have no patience
with the Pharisee, and they can de
tect such a character at a glance.
The men who can lead them are those
who report them fairly, pardoning
something to circumstances. They
have a warm side for the true pa
triot; and their favor is ever withheld
from the man who doubts that all
countries ours is both the happiest
one to live in and the worthiest one
to die for. Globe Democrat.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02

phorus, he was forced to abandon il.
He next pursued telegraphy as a
means of livelihood and became ex-
traodinarily apt as an operator. In
1867, while living in Cincinnati, he
began experimenting with the view
to send two messengers at once over
one wire, and succeeded in doing this
in Boston not long afterwards. This
was the first Of the many inventions
which have earned for him and his
country, immortal honor. His
photograph first attracted the at
tention Of the leading scientific men
of Europe by reason of it's exhibition
at the French Institute in 1878. No
better idea of the multiplicity and val
ue of his inventions can be given than
by mentioning the leading features of
his exhibit in p aris at the Electrical
Exhibition, 1881, where his was the
largest, most Important and most
varied of the many exhibits. It in
Guided his system of electric lighting
by ndescence, his disc dynamo
electric machine, his micro tasimeter,
which measures the smallest changes
in temperature: his horoscope,
which renders visible the presence Of
certain essential oils and hydrocar-
bon vapors, and also registers their
action; his electromotograph, which
reproduces the human voice at dis
tance, like the telephone, but with
greater intensity, and so forth. Mr..
Edison's career as an inventor, brill
liant though it is, will probably prove
but a portion ofthe obligation which
the world will owe him for some of
the most delicate as well as service
able application of electrical science.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
l CURIOUS historical

A CURIOUS historical document
hangs in the private Office of Judge
John J. German, at 2 West Four
teenth street, New York. It purports
to be the original commission granted
by John Hancock, President OF the
United States, on October 10, 1776,
to John Paul Jones, the great naval
hero OF the Revolution. The sigma
ture of President Hancock is in his
well-knoWn round hand, and the
script Of John Paul ones name APP
pears to have been written in the
same bold hand.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
The Love Tree, a Peculiar Tropical
Plant.

{
The Allegheny green houses have
an attraction at present in the shape
of a blooming '1ove tree" The lant
stands just inside the entrance of the
palm house, and it attracted the at
tention of all the visit to the con-
servatories. rs
The "love tree" or philodendron
diliciosa, is tropical plant, its cline
being Brazil. lis usual glowing
places are on rocks, and as a wall
plant against a house it develops
rapidly. The leaves are large and
peculiarly shaped, having deep incis-
ions, which divide them into many
elongated false leaves. The blossoms
resemble the flower of the Gala lily
in color and size, and it combines in
its fragrance all the delicious perfume
of the entire flora.
A popularity of the plant is the
fruit, which takes whole year to de-
velop and ripen. Mr.. Hamilton, who
showed the reporter the s'loye tree, :"
pointed out the fruit. It looks like
the ear Of q large cow.
1t will not be ripe for some time, =
said Mr.. Hamilton, ssbut it is well
worth waiting for, because / do not
believe that there is another fruit so
delicious as that of the love tree.
It's taste has the flavor Of the peach,
the pineapple and all sweet fruits,
but to offset the insipidity which
might arise from SO much sweetness
it also has a taste Of pepper, which
makes the fruit all the more deli
cious. : -P ittsburg Dispatch.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
Told by the Nails.

Fortune-telling by means of the
finger nails, onychomancy, as it was
called, was not uncomm on in ancient
times, says Medical Classics. The
practice was to rub the nails with oil
and SCOT or wax and to hold up the
nails thus prepared against The sun,
and upon the transparent horny sub
stance were supposed to appear fig
ures or characters, which gave the
answer required. In more recent
times people have beeniound predict
ing by means of the nails of the
hands and telling the dispositions of
persons with certain descriptions of
the finger nails. However absurd it
may appear, we shall give examples
Of this superstition. A person with
broad nails is Of gentle nature, timid
and bashful. Those whose nails grow
into the flesh at the points are given
to luxury A white mark on the nail
bespeaks misfortune. Persons with
very pale nails are subject to infrmi-
ty of the flesh and persecution by
neighbors and friends People with
narrow nails are ambitious and quar-
relsome. Lovers of knowledge and
sentiment have round nails. Indo-
lent persons have generally fleshy
nails. Small nails indicate littleness
OF mind, obstinacy and conceit. Mel
ancholy persons are distinguished.
by their pale or lead-colored nails;
and choleric. martial men, deighting
in war, have red and spotted nails.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
THOMAS ALYA EDISON.
The Crest Inventor.

Edison first saw the light in Milan.
Erie County, Ohio, February IL,
1S47, so that he is still a young man.
The number Of patents already
granted him approaches two hun.
dred. He is of mixed Hollander and
English blood, his grandfather hav-
ing been Dutchman who settled
near Newark, N. j., and who married
into the Ogdens, a family of English
descent. Edison began his working
life as a news boy when only about
eight years old, at Port Huron,
Mich. Five years afterwards, hesuc
ceeded in procuring a contract for
the exclusive sale of newspapers on
the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada,
to which fact is due the report that
he is a Canadian. His business grew
rapidly under his clever and energet-
ic management, and was supple
mented by an essay in journalism,
the Grand Trunk Herald, which
he printed with his own type and his
own hands. The progress OF the war
at this time assisted his paper, which
had at one time $50 subscribers.
Dropping his publication, he began
the study of chemistry, prosecuting
it in connection with his newspaper
business. When his experiments on
the train had resulted in his setting
fire to a car by the ignition of phos,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02

A 2, 900 pound turtle was captured
recently off Pigeon Point, Cal. It
measured nine feet in length by four
in width, and veteran fishermen pro-
nounce it the largest turtle ever
caught,cn the Pacific coast
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
ANoyel Turnout at Long Branch.

q NU'01 u HO1C HU IoHS d aHClEs
The funniest turnout down here is
a veritable tub one of those basket
things, you know-to which is
hitched the fastest of little ponies.
rejoicing in the name Of Venus.
Whenever the owner of this trap
wishes tito appear, in a loud voice
80 that the entire household may
enjoy it he calls out: Put Venus
in the tub!' AS the gentleman is
singularly handsome, he is generally
known to his women friends as
Adonis. Bah" in ST. Louis Repub-
lie. III
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-02
Bueklan s ArHiea saiye

The best saaye in the world for Cuts
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt RheunA
Fever Sores, letter, chapped Hand,.
Ghifb3ains, Cofns, and all Skin Ernp-
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pay required. II IL guaranteed tagive
petfect satisfaction, or money refund.
"a. Price 8 cents per box. Sold py G.
e. Rons. &
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09

orthodox Christians. bus also the
President Of the whole people, and he
could i'll afford TO snub any we'll
meaning class Of people, such as at
tend inaugural balls, whatever his
private beliefs may he As he himself
said, he scarcely saw how he cou'd
be expected to change. arrangements
which were being made before he had
any control over the White House.
Drifting through the Well dressed
throng that crowded the avenue on
New Years Day, ] saw the shrink
ing, shambling, shabby figure Of IN
aimless tramp. Less than ten years
ago many millionaire bought seat
in the Senate. The purchase was nos
torious. Among his followers was Q
bright young newspaper man. The
newspaper man did not get his share
Of the spoila, and he swore eternal
veng, ance. He came to Washington
and he wore his life out trying to gel
the Senate to investigate. The in
vestigation was long delayed, and tbs
result was an acquital Of the Sen
ator. Senatorial courtesy covers q
multitude of sins. and a committee o
foxes was a poor one to which t.
leave the question of killing fowl
The newspaper man never went bacl
to his home. He is the tramp I JUS
met. There is no special lesson II
the story, but if there were one, i
would teach the folly of biting of
more than one can masticate.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
1t Does Not Pay to Steal News.

A "writer April fool" is the ex .
PLANTATION of the hoax about the ar.
rrst of an archbishop and the princi-
clergy in Mexico, and great battle
between the army of Diaz aud the 10.
surgents. Press received the story
from q Juvenile news concern styled
The Press News Association, and
printed it in the best "penny dread
full" fashion. The Herald, unmind.
full of the tradition Of the escape OF
the animals from the Central Park
menagerie, stole the special dis
patch" and reproduced il with yet
more horrifying head lines and with 6
profusion OF encyclopedia local col.
oring. The World, never to be out.
dane IN conveying "lakes" to the
public, stole the story from the Pres,
or the Rsroa. and spread it out in
its most lund style.
The Press, the source Of all the woe,
80 far as concerns the journals Of this
town, made the best OF q bad job by
making q clean breast Of the story
and placing the responsibility square
y on the alleged "NeWs Association
that accepted as fact the joke Of 40
Aztec April Fools day, or Mexican
"Innocen's' day." The World, will
characteristic perseverance, in i'll
doing, made no retractiOn, but th'
Herald printed an obviously home
made telegram from its Gown cor
respondent at FL PasO. dstsilins
how h had been taken in and don,
for. This was evidedtly In ac:or'
with the HeraiFs pet policy OF trans
ferrng responsibility from its sditoI
to its reporters.
And such be newspapersl
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
UTTERLY SURPRISED!
MERIDIAN, MISS, July II, 1

MERIDIAN, MISS, July II, 1887.
For number Of years / have suffered
untold agony from the effects Of blood
poison. had my case treated by sew
eral prominent physicians, but received
but little. If any, relief. I resorted to all
sorts Of patent medicines, spending o
large amount of money, but yet getting
no better. My attention was attracted
by the cures said to have been affected
BY B. B. B., and / commenced taking it
merely as an experiment, having but
little faith in the results. To my utter
surprise soon commenced to improved
and deem myself today q well and hearty
person--all owing TO the excellent quail
ties OF b. B. b. l cannot commend it
too highly TO those suffering from blood
poison. j. 0. GIBSON,
=. Trainman M. q q. r. r..
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
Odds and Ends.

With the retirement Of Colonel
Daniel Mcclure and the death Of
Msjor Henry Clayton the pay de
partment Of the army 10 reduced 10
tbisiY-six paymastsrs. Seven casu
allies are still necessary 10 reduce the
number TO the organization called tor
by the act Of July 5, 1884. Il is the
desire Of the War Department that
Iii act be REPEALED and the number
Of paymasters be fixed at thirty>five,
in order tina. the system # monthly
pay may be extended throughout the
army. Little hope, however, Is en-
tertsined Of any legislation in that
direction during The present session.
Sarcastic breakemen on the New
York elevated roads have taken 10
calling out sfer the name Of the
street q warning 10 the women moi to
take The car along. This extreme
measure has been rendered necessary,
il is said, by the fact that women nov
and then try to carry Jut the iron
hat.rack and the cushions. *tv
The loss to Great Britain from the
bad harvest Of this year is indicated
in the statistics Just Issued from The
Priyy Council Office. These show
that while $50 600 acres mora wsro
devoted 70 wheat-srowing than in
1887, the yield 10 less BY nearly q.
5000 bushels. This represents q
direct loss Of abont half million
POT nds sterling, and there is large
proportion Of light corn, The crop, ssI
. rule. being inferior 10 quality. Bar.
ley shows . rather better yield than
last GEAR, bo'h 10 total and acreage.
snd oats q slight decrease in each 81
these respects.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09

A New England girl has married a
Chinese laundryman. Il would be
veil, perhaps, If American women
generally we're wise enough 10 marry
4 man who can DO the washing. Car.
ryiDg In coal and splitting iindling
are thus far about The only accom-.
pIishments Of American husbanis,
and very few Of them know that
much.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.

/ BALTIMORE, April 20, ISS7.-For over
twenty years have been troubled with
ulcerafed bowels ami bleeding piles, and
grew very weak and thin from constant
loss of blood. Ihaye used four bottles OF
B. B. b.. aud have gained 10 ounds in
weight, and feel better in general health
than have for ten years. / recommend
your B. B, B. as the best medicine !.
have ever used. and owe my improve,
ment to the u . OF Botanic blood Balm
sl5 !H EUdENIus A. SMITH.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
THIS AGE

Is iull of humbugs, and that remedy
that disproves this charge is q God.send
to humanity. b. b. b. has never
failed, and that ought to count or some
thing to him who wants to be cured of
what b. B. 3. sets itself up to cure.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
sls Exeter st.

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scrofula and Scrofulons Swellings, Ulc rs,
Sores, rheumatism, Kidney Complaints,
Catarrh, etc, can sacuI by NAL, free q
copy of our 32-pag, Illustrated Book Of
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-09
Next Years Tobacco Crop.

IL
get an instructive lesson though
taught us by stern experience.
A few years ago the tobacco
planters OF the country became
intoxicated at the high prices Of
yellow tobacco and continued to
enlarge the area OF production
from season toseason, until there
was over production OF the COM
modify and q corresponding de
probation in its quality. At the
same time new fields were devoted
to the cultivation Of the weed,
and tobacco, taking the place of
other crops in a measure, was
raised where it had never grown
before. With the production
thus stimulated by the prices
paid for really good tobacco, the
markets not only ofthis country,
but of the whole world, became
glutted with an unwieldy and
unstable surplus ofcommon and
inferior grades, and the conse-
quence was dull trade and a tum-
BILE in prices. A great deal OF
inferior and nondescript tobacco
was put into the markets, which
did not reimburse the planter
for the cost OF production.
This was the condition OF at.
fairs at. the close OF the year
1856, when the farmers OF this
section found themselves in pos,
session of large crops of mean
tobacco, and with not enough
grain and rough food to feed
their horses and cattle through
the winter. Tobacco was very
low, and fodder straw and shucks
high, with few sellers and many
buyers among the agricultural
people. The planters were in
debt for fertilizers which had been
used in making excessive crops oil
inferior tobacco. They were as a
class unable to meet their press
ing obligations and became anx.
ious and Respondent at the out
look, Ruin stared them in the
face. '+@+*s.s @
In this emergency, when it be
came apparent that to save the
people from want and Insolvency
some change Of policy had to b.
made, the thinking men suggest,
ed that the only hope for tn,
planters was in the cultivation
of smaller quantities and thu
production of finer grades of to
baceo. This policy, it was ar
gued. would have the good result
of relieving the overburdeneC
markets while at the same tim,
the making of the crop would
require less fertilizers, less Iabo
and consequently smaller outlay
and from its finer quality woult
return the planter larger com
pensation. This course wa
widely urged, through the news
paper press, in public addresses
and in personal interviews. II
was pretty generally carried out
the planters putting in smaller
areas OF tobacco and largercropi
of corn, wheat and other edibles
and at the close Of the farming
season Of 1887 they found them
selves in a more comfortable fiz
than they had been in for years
with moderate crops Of good to.
bacco, and as a rule plenty to
live on at home, barring in some
cases the supplies Of hog meat.
Now another crop has been
made, and as the year 1855
draws to a close many Of our
country friends are in much the
like deplorable condition as that
which caused the dependency in
December, 1886. This year they
have been visited with both food
and frost. The most Of them
have crops Of tobacco which ore
large in quantity and inferior in
quality, and stores ofsubsistence
which will afford but scant sup.
plies Of food for man and beast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-02

He Pleads Insanity as Defense and Is Found
Guilty and Sent to an Asylum.

CHICAGO, March Thomas r. Vines, the
clerk who had himself shipped in trunk
to st. Louis with $4.O62 stolen from his en-
ployers, Adams. Westlake d Co., was to-
day tried for the act. The defense was in
sanity. DR.. Fenger testified that, less than
a year ago Vines's nose was injured inn
sparring match. The organ was properly
dressed, but the patient seemed extremely
nervous and expressed great fear that his
beauty would be forever spoiled. HE
called on me again. said the witness, land
insisted upon my performing another oper-
alton. He was morbidly sensitive, and it
was in vain that told him that no opera
tion was necessary. finally had to reset
the nose In order to quiet him. But short
time later he again called on me and
wanted me to attend to the matter oace more.
He was almost insane then, and thought
of nothing else but his injury. / tried to
convince him that no further operation was
necessary, but it was no use, and to save
his mind had to operate on him again" "
DR.. Cleaver, an insanity expert, testified
that lie had visited Vines frequently in the
JAIL and that the young mans actions
showed that he was insane. His conduct
after his injury alone tended to show this.
The Jury was out but few minutes, and
returned verdict to the effect that Vines
was guilty as charged, but was insane at
the time. and had not yet recovered. The
court ordered that lie be sent to the Kanka-
kee asylum, and kept there until cured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-02
Business Embarrassment.

BOsTON, March 1.-The assignment is an
nounced of Henry A. Gonld q Co., dealers
in dye stuffs. The assignee is a Boston
lawyer named Cox. No definite state
ment Of assets is attainable. The credit
ors are nearly all Boston parties. Mr..
Gould says the unsecured Indebtedness
is but few thousand dollars. He says the
causes leading to the failure were defalca-
tiOns and unauthorized losses in previous
years in the firms Brazilian house, and un-
authorized drafts from China correspond
ents. which the firm had hoROrably met, in
the hands of innocent holders; also. losses
by failures in the trade, and by shrinkage
of stocks.
DETROIT, ,March1.-GeoEgeM Morley whole
sale lumber-dealer, has made an ssignment
to Edmund Hug, his attorney. The liabil-
tiles, it is said, will be considerably less
than SlOO.000; the assets will inventory
about $4,000. The assignment was precip-
itated by the recent failure of NJ. w.
Dwight q Co. The Third National Bank.
of this city, is the chief creditor. 1t holds
between S25 600 and $4,000 of the firms
paper which, however. is amply secured.
The Oscoda Lumber Company, of Oscoda,
and Fletcher, Peck IL Co., of Au Sable, are
creditors to the amount of $4,000 each.
MONTREAL. March 1.-F. Feriand, con-
tractor and builder, this morning made an
assignment. His liabilities are ZOO.