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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Progress in Asia.

Central Asia, and more particular
ly central western Asia, has under
gone a revolution during the past
quarter Of a century. Railroads are
being built and telegraph lines con
meet all important towns. Roads
are being macadamized and Euro
pean costumes and customs are
adopted. Education, especially, is
fostered where it was unknoWn; and
there are ten times the schools there
were, besides colleges established by
foreigners. Religious freedom is
quite general in the place of bitter
fanaticism; and all classes are waking
up to new intellectual and moral life
The lower classes look up. Asia at
the present rate Of progress, will be
regenerated during the Twentieth
century to cooperate with Europe
and America.-Louis Globe Demo
craft.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Silencing the Donkey,

I have no doubt that the donkey
believes himself, when braying, to be
executing a vocal solo to the highest
excellence, and that, according to the
poet, He sings both loud and clear"
As some Of my readers may be in
capable Of approaching the song, I
will mention a device whereby the
Turks induce the too vocal donkey
to be silent against his will. Justas,
before cock crows. he finds it neces-
sary to stretch out his neck to the
utmost, SO the donkey feels himself
compelled to begin his performance
by holding his nose in the air and his
tail parallel with his spine.
When, therefore, a Turk wishes to
silence his donkey, he ties a tolerably
heavy stone to the end of the ami
mails tail, and departs with an easy
mind. When the donkey feels inclin-
ed to bray, and begins the usual pre-
liminaries, he finds himself debarred
from placing the tail at the requisite
angle, and in consequence is unable
to do justice to the bravura with
which he was purposing to favor the
world. So he postpones his song for
a future opportunity, and peace falls
upon the neighborhood. -Chautau-
guam.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
A Story of Congressman Reed.

y q Z
Reed stood one day in front OF the
Hamilton house, on Fourteenth
street, where he lives. There is hill
there. not steep, but sometimes
slippery. A colored man was urging
a horse attached to heavy loaded
wagon. Twice the animal slipped
and fell. and the driver beat the
beast with his whip. Presently Reed
stepped forward. In that sharp,
tWangy voice SO often heard and
generally feared in the house he COM
manded the negro to desist. The
man again raised his whip, when
Reeds big arm swung out and
caught the drivers wrist in a strong
grasp. Reed held him thus as in a
wise for one full minute, pouring out
such a food of reproof as that
colored man had never before heard.
The man WINGED, wilted. He was
mastered, physically and morally.
And the end of the incident was a
drawing Of the wagon to one side of
the street, Reed assisting the driver
therein, and a sending of the poor
horse away to the blacksmith to
have new shoes put on his old feet.
Washington Letter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
The First Mind Rcale
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Three years ago Mind Reader J.
Randall Brown, who was witness
in the late Bishop case, was giving a
series Of entertainments at the
Grand opera house in San Francisco.
On one occasion he gave a seance,
aud announced that he would pro-
duce the spirit of any person called
for.
"Diogenes," shouted a man from
the back of the house. A few mo-
ments later raps were heard, and
Prof. Brown announced that the
philosophers spirit was rapping
and would answer any questions
asked. An old gentleman in the
front row rose very slowly and said:
''You say you have the spirits OF
Diogenes there?"
eyes sir. Do you wish to ask him
any questions?' replied Mr.. Brown.
"Only one Ask him if he has
found that honest man yet"
The laughter which greeted the
question broke up the seance for
that night.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
The Lily Wreath.
Toward the stream a lily maid


Now trips across the lea,
And who to-day so blithe and gay
And light of heart as she?
As on she. speeds, she laughs aud sings.
And JOY pervades her song,
While birds essay to thrill her lay
The trembling reeds among.
She comes to search the strcamlet's bed
For lilies white as snow,
A wreath to Irvine, that she may shine
Wherever she may go.
For she's to-day the queen of May,
A sovereign Of renown,
And It's proclaimed that all so famed
Should wear a dainty crown.
She weaves the fow'rets one By one,
A zone of beauty grows,
And proud is she that majesty
Is hers where'er she goes.
Anon the village green she nears,
Where stands the May-pole tall,
And every tongue, of old and young,
Proclaims her queen of all.
But soon those fow'rets fade and die,
And droop athwart her brow;
Her queenly pomp mid dance and romp
Has gone forever now.
"Alasm she cries, II see full well
That pride is but dream;
'It comes and fades for little maids,
Like lilies of the stream"
Casselps Family Magazine.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
The Horrors Of the Year,

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The year 1889 is only about five
months old, yet it has had more
horrors than usually fall to the
share of periods of twelve or fifteen
months in duration. Such a list OF
catastrophes as that OF the big tidal
wave Of Samoa, the billiards i'm
mediately preceding, and the torna-
does Immediately succeeding, fol
lowed by the Conemaugh Valley
food, and the Seattle confagration,
which have occurred in the past few
months, seldom take place within
any one year
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Recording Speed of Trains.

The speed recorder for railway
trains is the invention of a Chicago
German. Anindicator may be placed
in a passenger car, and the speed OF
the train at any time is shown upon
its face. The connection is made
with the locomotive engine by the
steam pipes. The cost Of the instru-
ment is about $3.50. One was tried
the other day on a train between
Chicago and New York. There
were brief times when the
wheels of the car stopped,
and then the indicator dropped
quickly to zero, as the instrument is
governed by the revolutions Of the
wheels. rank Lesiie's Newspaper.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Her Turn Came Then.

From the Portland Advertiser.
The other day a Portland lady or
dered spring chicken for dinner with
out inquiring the price. Improved to
be 60 cents a pound, and her hus-
band sarcastically expressed his dis
content The next day an order was
left with the family grocer for some
cucumbers to be sent to the same
house. The grocer telephoned to the
lady that cucumbers were small and
60 cents apiece, inquiring ifshe want
ed them at that price. YES, was
the reply Send them up; I don t
care if they are 81 apiece. My hus-
band ordered them. !"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Not a "Dispensation.o

The religious world is not so much
given as it used to be to folding its
hands and saying with pious resig
nation. This is the hand of God,
whenever great disaster oyertakes
men. BUTT is still given to that
sort OF thing more than it ought to
be; and not a few worthy people
throughout the length and breadth
OF the land are even now commenting
upon the Conemaugh horror as "a
divine visitation"
Rather, tits ayisitation of the devil,
as he revels himself in the greed and
selfshness of men. Read this sensi-
bic thing from the current Independ-
ent, a consistently religious Journal,
but also journal abreast of the
times:
ssFor those guilty of the disaster
which has just befallen this valley of
death a lust, deliberate, and not over
merciful Judgment. This was not a
visitation OF God. God did not mar
row the gorge with a railroad bank;
he did not Eli it up with Stag; he did
not build a, dam almost a hundred
feet high to imprison a struggling
menace. All this was the work of
man, done in the interests of greedy
business, or perpetrated in the in
terests of wealthy sport, and permit
ted and encouraged by the needless
government of the state. No flood
along the native channel could have
swept away that city
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Lost 4 Decent Burial

A good story is told on a promi-
nent city undertaken and the way he
lost pay for an exceptionally fine
job Of work in his line.
A man had been found drowned.
and onthe body being taken in charge
by the authorities a young man
came and identified the corpse as
that of his father. The undertaken
was called to attend to the body, and
tookit to his morgue. As the young
man appeared to be quite wealthy
and expressed a willingness to pay
well for attentions given the deceased,
the grim attendant upon the dead
made it a point to fix the body in
the nest modern methods of under
taking. After he had placed the
corpse in the casket he thought it
would be well to call in the young
man and give him a look at the face
of the deceased and hear him admire
the mastery manner in which the
dead was laid out. The young man
came and the face was exposed to
his fond gaze. just then the under
jaw of the corpse dropped down and
the upper pair Of a set of false teeth
fell out.
ssHerev' remarked the young man,
with sudden energy, "that is not my
fathers body!'
"Wha, WhatY' stammered the
undertaken.
Il say that is not my fathers
corpse, for father never wore false
teeth"
well, what are you going to do
about it,"
Gone thing I'm not going to do,
and that's pay for the preparation
OF this strangers body for the
burial"
"Wel], say! continued the under
taker, chow am going to come out
ahead in this transaction!'
ooh, that's none of my affairs, )"
answered the young man, and he de-
parted forthwith.
After the young man had departed
Clt Undertaken gaZeu lOf a moment
on the face Of the dead, and then
grabbed the innocent corpse by the
hair, pulling it out Of the coffin, ac-
companying the act by the following
language:
Come out of there, you unbecom-
ing, 9ngrateful, condemned idiot
come out Of there! If you had only
kept your mouth shut you could
have had a decent burial. Come out,
| say!'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
wolverines Are Ugly Customers

Few Washington people know
.twhat a wolverine is. They know
that Michigan is called the Wolver-
/ ines state and that Michigan people
arecalled Wolverines But they have
little or5no idea why the state was so
named Or what the nickname means.
The state. is named after an animal
chat used to infest, and still tre-
quents, the dense woods in the north
ern part Of the state as well as in the
woods Of northern Wisconsin and
Canada. This animal is the Wolve-
rine, or, as the varieties Of him found
in northern European countries are
called, the glutton.g They aresayage
e beasts, these wolverines are, and
they play sad havoc with cattle of
the Michigan farmers. They are
hike a cross between wolf and bear.
The tail and the temper resemble
those OF a wolf, but in strength and
size and savageness they much re-
ssemble a bear. They are less clumsy
than bears, though, and they can
climb trees Many a hunter has
walked under a tree up in Michigan
without looking for a wolverine
sthe tree first, and the wolverine in
dropped down on him from one Of
the lower limbs, and before the next
smorning had eaten him up, bnckskin
sbreeches and all, even to the heels OF
eshis hunting boots. They are ugly
docking beasts, the only pretty thing
about them being their bushy tail, a
foot or SO long. Their claws are
tionger and sharper than bears,
and their teeth just as sharp.
Altogether the animal is a very
unpleasant sort Of one to see outside
of cage. They are SO savage and
so wary and suspicious that it is
almost impossible to catch them
alive, and SO they don't have them
in circuses and geological gardens,
andsmcst people don't know what
they are. They are so savage that
hunters don't. care to hunt them, and
so the wolverine has things about
his own way where he lives. w ash
jngto1l Critic.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
The Best Breed.

Some people seem to imagine that
there is some one breed Of COWS that
possesses all the most desirable quail
ties, and that when they get hold of
this breed there will be no further care
of looking after something better. It
is needless to say that no such breed
has yet been found and that every one
who has supposed himself the possessor
OF such breed has been disappointed.
Every breed is the product of some pc
culiar train of conditions, and is better
adapted to them than to any other, or
than any other breed is. But condi-
tons are always changing slowly and
imperceptibly, it may be, but neverthe-
less always changing. A change in
continuance of the past train of con-
ditions will be the most favorable for
the further development of the breed
which it has produced. That develop
ment may be for the better or for the
worst, but its continuance will continue
the results.
tanned in fixed or unchanging condi-
ton. That seems to be the nearest
perfect which most readily responds to
and adapts itself to existing conditions,
whatever they may be. All we can
ever reasonably expect are the best
possible results under the conditions
that exist and the circumstances that
influence the result. The question,
then, which should be asked is: .Can I
find any other breed than the one 1
have that will be more valuable for me
to keep9' Or, (which of all the
known breeds will do the best with my
surroundings and care?" Then the
practical answer should be in accord
with all the known conditions and cir
cumstances which are to affect the
health and usefulness of the COW. He
will be the most successful who selects
with the best judgement.
When the end is finally reached, it
will be found that the best breed and
the best individual of that breed is the
COW that turns out the most product of
the best quality from the smallest con-
sumption of food-that is to say, the
COW that most completely utilize the
feed she consumes and turns it into
milk. There are two leading ideas
which should always be kept in view by
the daryman. One pertains to the COW.
The first is involved in the question,
How much per acre?' The other is
expressed by the queery, How much
for every hundred pounds I've weight
per cowp' How much nutriment can
an acre be made to yield? This must be
determined by the amount of dairy
product turned out, How much can a
COW be made to yield for every one
hundred pounds of her live weight?
But the amour of food required must
not be excessive, or it will reduce the
yield per acre. The solution of the
problem is to get the highesty ED both
per acre and per hundred weight Of
COW. - Practical Far naey.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
Beyond His Power.

Going down the Chesapeake Bay
on an excursion, when the wind was
fresh and the white cans tumultuous,
Judge Hall. of North Carolina, be-
came terribly seasick. "My dear
Hail. said Chief Justice Waite, who
was one the party, and who was as
comfortable as an old sea-dog, lean
] do anything foryou? just suggest
what you wish II wish, !" groaned
the sick jurist, "that your honor
would override this motion. '-Splin-
tiers.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
A Fair Trial

OF Hoods Sarsaparilla will convince any reason
able person that it does possess great medicinal
merit. We do not claim that every bottle will
accomplish miracle, but we do know that nearly
every bottle. taken according to directions does
produce positive benefit. Its peculiar curative
power is shown by many remarkable cures.
ST was run down from closeapplcation to work.
but was told I had malaria and was dosed with
quinine etc.. which was useless. decided to take
Hoods Sarsaparila and am now feeling strong
and cheerful W. B. BEAsusH, 261 Spring Street,
New York City.
my daughter suffered terribly with sore eyes,
caused by scrofula humor. We were obliged to
keep her out OF school for two years We had
medical attendance, but she failed to gain relief
At last, knowing that Hoods Sarsaparilla had
cured my mother of rheumatism, and believing
it must be good for the blood, concluded to
have my daughter try it, and it has entirely cured
her" CORNELIUS YEAGER, 412 East Main Street
MarshaIltown. Iowa.
Hoods Sarsapari!la
soldby all druggists. s1;sixfor5. Prepared only
bye. l. HOOD 4 CO., Apothecaries Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26
The Ru sty Cricket.

A littly three-year-old girl. when her
mother was trying to get her to sleep
one summer evening, began to ask
questions about noise outside. When
told that it was caused by cricket. she
wisely remarked Mamma, / think it
ought to be oiled Portland Tran
script.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

Dobbins' Electric Soap has been made for
"a years. Each years sales have increased.
In 1888 sales were ?, O47, 600 boxes. Superb
or quality, and absolute uniformity and
purity, made this possible. Do you use it?
Try it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

When Baby was SICK we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave themCastoria.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

For GRABBED TEMPER, BAD BLOOD AND
Irritability take Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters.
]. 2. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul. MINI.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

A convention of the Dakota Farmers ALI
ance meets at Huron with four hundred del
egateS.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

Red Cloud talks to Gen. Crook impudently
and orders him off the reservation.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE.-AlbertA A. Lar.
son, of Kirkman, Ia, in expressing his graft
tude to the proprietors of Aliens Lung Bal
sam, writes: 81 firmly believe my wife would
have died ofconsumption, if not for the time
ly use OF your Balsam." Buy the $1.00 bot
tie for Lung Diseases.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

1t is proposed to exhume the body of Tay-
lor Combs the colored pa tient said to have
been murdered.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock country
in the world. Full nformatio free. Address the
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-26

Conductor Dykman, of the Wisconsin Cen
trail road, is crushed to death while coupling
cars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-11
Early Feminine Curiosity.

Reading Current Topics" in a
recent BabyhO0d | was amused by the
article "Who Deserves Spanking?"
and reminded of little experience of
my own a few days since. / was talk
ing seriously with my little girl, while
giving her bath. about some mis-
deed, and told her that many mothers
would whip a child for it. She sud-
denly said; Mamma. what is a good
spanking? Bessie Ga little playmate)
gets them often and l never had one"
l told her that it was a severe punish
ment, and that if she ever received one
she would not want another. She sur
prised me by saying: Mamma, am
going to be Bladder and Bladder until l
get one" What was l to do? | knew
she meant it, and realized that she
would never fear the penalty which l
expected some time to be obliged to
impose l said: Then perhaps 1 had
better spank you to keep you good"
She saucily said: ''All right, mamma,
Begin The conditions being very
favorable l took her across my lap and
spanked her soundly. At first she
seemed to think it fun, but as l in
creased the dose she soon changed her
tune and by the time l set her up she
was thoroughly astonished and well
warmed up, and l am sure she will
never ask for another spanking but
will have most wholesome dread of it
Did l do right?-BQbuhOOl
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-11
The Widows Strategy.

a man of considerable wealth, who
died IN this city some time since, made
distribution of his personal estate
which did not suit his dIsconsolate
widow. Among other unsatisfactory
things ne bequeathed the proceeds of
certain land and stocks of value to a
brother. while he left to the widow the
proceeds of their stocks and lands COM
paratlyely yalueleSs as a portion of
her legacy. But the widow was sole
eXecutriX of the viii. and when she
came to sell she disposed of the land
and stocks IN lump, setting high
valuation on those of which she was to
have the proceeds and low valuation
on the others, the valuation of the two
lots taken together making 2 fair
price for the whole. BY this means
she exactly reversed that portion of
her husbands will relating to the land
and stocks in question. The brother.
not relishing such sharp practice on
the part of his sister-in-law, brought a
suit to recover the actual value of the
bequest made to him. whereupon the
widow proposed that instead Of spend
ing the estate in law they should marry
each other and enjoy it together. This
proposition 'struck responsive
chord" in the breast of the brother.
They were married accordingly. and
are said to be having a jolly time in
spending the fortune which the de-
ceased gentleman was so kind as to
accumulate for them.-NetU York Led
ger.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-11
Figs AS Food.

One of the Persian kings caused the
celebrated Attic figs to be set before
him whenever he dined, for one reason,
to remind him that the land where
they grew was not yet his, and that,
instead of receiving the fruit as tri-
butte, he was obliged to buy it from
abroad; and, for another, that it was
not only the emblem of health, but
the most wholesome fruit grown. The
fig is now pretty well known to be,
especially at certain seasons, almost
the common food of the Italian people;
and for months they may be said to
live entirely upon it. AS DR.. Nichols
says, it is not only possible for man
to live upon figs, but, sitting under his
own vine and tig tree, man has plen-
ty of food and no landlord. When
eaten fresh the fig is medicine as
well as food; and they who eat freely
need no potions and no aperients. Full
of nutrition and all those properties
that make it valuable as an article of
diet, we are confident that the fg will
take prominent position in the esti-
nation of all who work for and believe
in food reform. For myself, l would
simply add that, again and again,
without liquid of any kind, the lus-
cious green fig, eaten with whole-meal
bread. has formed a dish at once SIM
pie but rich, and, like the Spaniard's
salad, fit for a king. The fig is not
only popular, but it is the most ancient
fruit we cultivate. In many countries
the failure of this crop also means
starvation and famine. Travellers in
Asia Minor and southern Europe pro-
vide themselves with figs and olives as
provisions for long journeys, and not
only live. but grow fat on the diet.
The fig has more medicinal properties
and more nutriment than any other
fruit with the exception of the olive
Interior.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-04-11

A YANKEE WITH FORTY SIX TRADES
MIR. G. r. King, of this CITY, is a natural
genius. When a boy of nine or ten
he completed miniature saw mill, an
exact counterpart of the mill owned by
his uncle, for whom he worked. This
was placed under the. mill, where it was
run by water wheel. Long, red pota
toes were cut into ''planks" and "boards"
the machinery running with the preci,
sion Of the large machines. He worked
ct many trades and was the master of
each after short apprenticeship. Mr..
KING is now 60 years of age, and making
a list of the various trades he has fol-
lowed he finds the total TO be forty Six
Hartford Times.