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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
Birds and Telegraph Wires.

1t has been supposed that birds be-
come accustomed to the presence of
telegraph wires, and are careful to
avoid them in flying, but it would
seem either that this is a mistake, or
that the birds on the Scotch and En-
glish moors are less intelligent than
their fellows. Systematic obserya-
ton there along line of telegraph
wires has shown that great destruc-
ton of bird lite goes on throughout
the year, and that at certain seasons
the roadside is literally strewn with
the remains of unfortunate grouse.
black game partridge, snipe and 9TH
er birds. Every morning at dawn
marauding bands OF rocks come from
the loWland woods to feast on the
dead and dying, and thefarmers and
shepherds in the region declare that
more grouse are killed annually by
the telegraph wires than by ali the
sportsmen. Philadelphia Ledger.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
Germans Have a Hard Life,

At Mayence we found children of
six and eighty years OF age going to
school at halfpast seven in the morn
ing, all carrying heavy piles ofbooks,
writes a newspaper correspondent.
In the German cities the summer va
cation does not exceed four weeks,
though the children do get ten weeks
out Of school during the year. One
is astonished at the number of books
that pupils ofall grades are burdened
with. In one instance we counted thir-
teen thata girl of fourteen or fifteen
had in her strap. She was pale and
and pinched, and in, fact, most of
the boys and girls of the public
schools look unfed and over worked.
In Berlin many ofthem wear glass
es. The hardness of life from child
hood to old age for the poorer peo-
pie of Germany is more and more
forced to our notice the further we
travel. And the sight of the brawny-
armed women tilling the fields or
dragging loads seems more degrad.
ing with each fresh instance.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
A Case of Mind Cure.

A correspondent of The Fairfield
(Me.) Journal gives the following in
stance ofmind cure in the early days
Of that town: DR.. Thayer, who lived
near what was called the Back Meet
ing House, was one Of the best ply
sicians in the county, but his skill
was no avail in the case of his wife,
who kept her bed for more than two
years. One day there was no grown
person about the house and her little
boy came running in with bad cut
on his finger or hand, bleeding pro-
fusely. With true motherly forget
fulness Of self, she sprung up. found
=bandages and properly dressed the
wound; then,s sitting down to rest,
she looked around; everything seem
ed SO pleasant and she felt SO nicely,
she decided not to take her bed again,
and she did not. She lived several
years in the enjoyment Of comforta-.
BILE health.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
mate. Suddenly The judgement will be here.

mate. Suddenly the judgement will be here.
The angel, with one foot on the sea and the
other foot on the land, will swear by him
that liveth forever and ever that time shall
be no longer: Behold, he cometh with
clouds, and every eye shall see him." Hark
to the Earring of the mountains, Why, that
is the setting down of the scales, the ball
#ances. And then therels flash as from a
cloud, but it Is the glitter o. the shining bal
ances, and they are hoisted, and all nations
are to be weighed. The unforgiyen get in
on this side the balances. They. may have
weighed themselves and pronounced fiat
tering decision, The world may have
weighed them and pronounced them moral.
Now they are being weighed in Gods bal
ances-the balances that can make no mis-
take. All the property gone, all the titles of
distinction gone, all the worldly successes
gone; there is a SOUL absolutely nothing but
soul, an immortal soul, ia never-dying
soul, q soul stripped fall worldly advan-
tages. a soul-on one side of the scales On
the other the balances are wasted Sabbaths,
disregarded sermons, ten thousand oppor-
tunities OF mercy and pardon cast aside.
They are on the other side the scales, and
There God stands, and in the presence OF men
and devils cherubim and archangel, he an
nounces while grooming earthquake, and
cracking confagration and Judgment trum-
pet and everlasting storm repeat it:
Weighed in the balance and found want.
ing
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
Sleeping in a Meadow.

The habit in country parts OF
stretching oneself out on the ground
for the purpose OF taking a nap is
common enough in the summer time,
says the London Standard, but from
case thatis reported from avillage,
in the ::Dordogne, in France, a nap
on the grass is not unat-
tended with danger. A farm
er residing near the village,
tired with the heat of the day and
with his work, recently laid himself
down to rest beneath the shades of
an oak tree in a meadow. He was
suddenly aroused from his repose by
a sharp twinge of pain in one of his
ears. the pain increasing to such an
extent that before the fellow reached
his home he was half beside himself.
For several days he suffered the
greatest agony, which neither the
doctors nor the remedies they pre-
scribed could allay, and the patient
was brought to such a pass that no
made up his mind that he must die.
1t CHANGED, however, that neigh
Dor had the felicitious idea, as the
sequel proved of pouring little tur-
pentine into his ear, the Immediate
effect of which was to make the pa
tient fall back insensible on his pill
low. On recovering consciousness he
remarked that he experienced a
strange feeling of relief, the cause of
which was soon explained by the
exit from his ear of an enormous
worm, which had taken up it's quar-.
tiers there during the farmers sleep.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
Struggle OF the Sexes.

In 1880 there were some 5O,OOO,-
OO0 people in the United States, and
about $4,000 more males than fe-
males. That was only because more
males were born; the female live the
longest. Of the centenarians 1,409
were men and 2,6O7 were women.
The boys start out nearly a million
ahead, and are in the majority until
the sixteenth year, when the girls
are a little more numerous. Sweet
sixteen is numerous age, anyhow.
After that, first one and then the
other is in the majority, the girls
gradually gaining after thirty-six,
and leaving the men far behind after
thirty-six, and leaving the men lar
behind after seventy-five. To bal
ance this longevity OF the females,
in almost every State a few more
boys are born; not many more, but
almost always few. 1t is astonish-
ing to see where the census gives
thousands and hundred of thousands
of boys and girls under one year old,
there are, with one or two excep-
tions, always a few hundred more
boys, and only a few hundred more.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
Traits Of the Cheyennes.

|. In their present location the Chey-
ennes are doing nothing for them
selves. They can't farm the land
they We got without irrigation. They
are smart enough to know that If
they work and raise crops their RAJ
lions will be cut down. So they re-
main utterly dependent. Their quick
witted children go the school at the
agency and learn to read and write
within a year. That is all the good
it does them. Imitation is one of
the strong characteristics of the
Cheyenne. But it will not prompt
him to work for a living as long as
he doesn't have to. An Admirable
Cheyenne trait is affection for chill
dren. The greatest drawback the
teachers of the Indian school encoun-
ter results from this trait. Indian
mothers will hang about the school,
house and coax their little ones away
because they cannot bear the separa-
ton. If the Cheyenes were put
agricultural land among or beside
white farmers; if they were given
tools and stock; if their rations were
gradually but steadily reduced, they
would become self-supporting. In
telligence and the initiative faculty
would cooperate with necessity and
the result of selfsupport would be
obtained. But that kind of an In
dian policy is long way in the fu-
ture, seemingly. Indian contracts,
Indian philanthrophy of the mistak-
en- character, Indian bureau patron
age. and Indian Incidence will all
help to postpone the solution
Montana Correspondence Globe
Democrat.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
The Pudding Was "Froze.O

When James G. Blaine was speaker
OF the Maine Legislature, away back
IN the ffties, he gave a reception one
evening to the whole body. They all
came, and every one was made cor
daily at home by the man who even
then possessed that subtle influence
which won mems minds as well as
their allegiance. A fine collation.
was set forth and heartily enjoyed
by the members, many of whom for
the first time tasted the refine pro-
duct of the caterers art. One old
fellow from Northumberland, or
Aroostook, or Kennebeckasis, or
Sabaltus, certainly distinguished
himself. Oyster patties and chicken
croquettes, cold meats and lobster
salad disappeared in his direction;
cream meringues and charlotte russo,
deviled crabs, and salted almonds
He'd at his approach. Hegot hold Of
a picked olive and made wry face
as he slipped it::slyly under the table.
Finally he struck plate ofice-cream.
A hugh spoonful gravitated toward
the gap in his countenance and dis
appeared within. A look Of panied
surprise shot across his face. He
didn't know whether he had been
burned or frozen. Tears came into his
eyes as hisAdam's apple came up and
let the chilly morsel pass. He set the
dish down and then picked it up
again. Looking round he saw
Speaker Blaine surrounded by a
group Of ladies and gentlemen. He
Sided up and watched his opportu-
nifty. 81 don't s'pose We know"
alphabetically, shut I kinder thort I
ort tew tell We, Mr.. Blaine. It's tew
bad, but this ere pudd'n is froze."
Now who but the Pine Tree states
man would have had the infinite tact
and innate courtesy to taste the ice
cream critically and say: $50 it is;
that's strange!' He then goes off
and comes back in a minute with the
remark: ct is alright, Mr.. Ruggles.
1t is new-fangled fixing that they
freeze on purpose. ..
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
CJJsHMAN K. DAVIS.
United states Senator from ninnesot,.

-
Cushman 4. Davis, who for two
years has represented the State Of
Minnesota in the United States Sen
ate IS a man Of distinguished attain
ments, eloquent, a good lawyer and a
statesman ofconsiderable Experience.
his scholarship comprehends an ex-
traordinary knowledge of the works
of Shakspere.
His character is that ofan upright
and scrupulously honorable man,
against whom nothing can be said.
senator Davis was born in Jefferson
county, New York, about forty-nine
years ago. He attended Carroll
College, Waukesha, Wis, an insti-
tuition which no longer exists, the
experiment tried there not being
found promotive of longevity in
the life OF a college. Carroll College
was notable instance of co-educa-
tion in the United States. The GIRLS
did thecooking and the boys provid.
Ell the meat and groceries. After
graduating, at nineteen years of age,
Mr.. Davis studied law, first in an
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11

office and afterward at the Univer,
sity Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where
he received his diploma in 1857. He
has been successful as a lawyer,
and possesses considerable wealth.
Mr.. Davis was a friend of the late
Matt Carpenter. When he was
a clerk in the Library OF
the Supreme Court, at Madison, Wis,
he used to let Mr.. Carpenter, who
was then practicing at Beloit,
read up his cases in the
Library nights and Sundays, when
only the favored had access to it's
shelves. 1t is stated that Mr.. Davis
resembles his illustrious friend in
mental characteristics, but is a
scholar of a wider range of reading
and finish. In 1868 he was appointed
United States District Attorney. His
residence was then in the State OF
Minnesota, citizens of which nomin-
ated him for Governor in 1873. He
was elected by Republican votes, and
improved his record by an excel.
lent administration.
The Senator has alovely wife, who
is said to be the most beautiful
woman in the Northwest.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
Yellow Shoes.

DR.. Weyl also described the case OF
q young man in Munich who had
been poisoned by the yellow dyeing
matter used in coloring russell shoes.
After wearing these shoes for one
week the woung mans feet were COW
cred with small yellow blisters, which,
in the middle of the second week, be-
gan to spread to his ankles. His
doctor had him give up the shoes
and cured the eruptions in ten days.
The yellow leather was subsequently
examined at the Munich institute,
and was found to be saturated with
a dangerous yellow die. DR.. Weyl's
advice to his colleagues was: Don't
wear russell shoes. Chicago Trib-
une.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
An Aged Autograph Turtle.

A. S. Names dog at Westerly
caught a veteran box turtle last
week, while the dog was following
the hired man, who was moving in
meadow. On the turtles shell was
inscribed in deep letters: 81. Car
rick, 1906" 1889" s.J. K, 1867
Mr.. Maine added his name and the
date to the turtles back load and
then let it go.-N Norwich Conn. Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
TICKET 4s.75s.
Pickup Of $4,000 By Three Well Known
Cheyenne People.

Cheyenne People.
The drawing of $4,000 from the Louisiana
State Lottery in the July Drawing by three
well known Cheyenne people has created a
decided sensation. The children of fortune
are all employed Mt 81. H. Ellis bakery.
They are Louis salada, and wife, and Edward
z. Gaylor an old-timer and prominent Odd
Fellow. w
Forty-eight hours after the drawing sa1ada
and his wife and Mr.. Gaylor were overjoved
to learn from list that ticket No. ~
had drawn the capital prize OF $500. 900 and
that sum, or ST.. 900. " y
Adyices from New Orleans confirmed tba
list and the money was collected thranab the the
First National Bank of this city, being maid
over to the winners August i. E pe'''
Salada and wife are visiting relatives in
Missouri. The lady, who has been an inya,is1.
for several years, is to retire to an easter;
hv em;nsnt sesera and will be treated
Leader, August s. 80 t"ss'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11


life to come. He gets in. l find that the
two great questions in his life are, How
cheaply can buy these goods?" and How
dearly can sell them?" / find he admires
heaven because it is land of gold and mob
ey must be 'seasy.
find from talking with him that religion
and the Sabbath are an Interruption, vul-
gar intarru ption, and he hopes on the way to
church to drum up a new customer! All the
week he has been weighing fruits. weighing
meats, weighing ice, weighing Goals. weig ching
CONNECTIONS, weighing worldly and perishable
comm odities not realizing the fact that he
himself has been weighed. On your side the
| balances, o wording! / will give you full ad-
vantage. / put on your side all the banking
houses, all the store houses, all tho cargoes,
all the insurance companies, all the factories,
all the silver, all the gold. all the money
vaults all the safe deposits--all on your side.
BUTT does not add one ounce, for at the
very moment We are congratulatiDg you on
your fine house and upon your princely IN
come, God and the angels are writing in re-
| gard to your soul: g Weighed and found
wanting!
But must go faster and speak OF the final
scrutiny. The fact is, my friends, we are
moving on amid astounding realities. These
| pulses which now are drumming the march
of life may after awhile call a halt. We
walk on hair hung brid ge over chasms. Ali
/ around US are dangers lurking ready to
spring on us from ambush We lie down
ut night not knowing whether we shall
/ rise in the morning We start out ior our
occupations not knowing whether we shall
come back. Crowns being FURNISHED for thy
brow or bolts forged for thy prison. Angels
oflight ready to shout at thy deliverance OF
tends OF darkness stretching out skeleton
! hands to pull thee down into ruin congum
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11

Thomas A. Sparks, of Deadwood,
has obtained Judgment against Law
renee county for $348 for services
as census aker and statistician.
Sparks did the work while making
assessments. His bill was disallowed
by the county commissioners, and an
appeal was tax en- to the district
court.
f. II. Hall and Samuel Wood, liy-
ing in the vicinity of Valley Springs,
quarreled recently over the posses
sion of some cattle, when Wood was
knocked down and left for dead, but
recovered sufficiently to get to his
house. Hall is a leading member of
the Methodist church and now Ian
cuisines in jail awaiting trial. The
affair has caused considerable ex-
element in the vicinity where the
men live.
w. j. Hughes, of Graften, who at
tended the democratic convention at
Grand Forks, retired to his room in
the third story of the Columbia ho-
tel. The night being very warm he
sat in the window smo king, when the
fastenings Of the screens gave way
and he fell out headforemost, land
ing on the roof of a nne-story addi-
ton, where he lay a number OF hours
until the dodgers in a room near by
were awakened by groans. No bones
were broken, but his injuries were
such that he will not be able to re-
turn home for some days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
A. Il. Stewards Economy.

Alexander /. Stewart, the prince of
the dry goods trade in New York in
his time, was the most regular GUS
toner that Barber Van Ansdale had.
probably because the latter was his
tenant and he want ed to encourage
him to pay his rent. The mean traits
of Stewards character are too we'll
known for it to be timely to make any
pretence of yelling them. john
shaved Mr.. Stewar for years and never
was feed by him. The little bootblack
who brushed the coats and hats of
customers did occasionally receive a
tip, but it was only three cents each
time This continued until paper
currency took the place of silver, and
postage stamps were used for small
change.
Mr.. Stewart he play a new racket.
dhen," said John" He giva de
boy one tip evera odher day, and he
de boy only one five-centa postage
stamp. De boy he gitta vera mad.
He say nodhing to Mr.. Stewart, but
he come aud he tella me. He Gala
him damma meana man and say dhat
he make one centa eyera two time out
of poor Italian BOY. | have seen Mr..
Stewart mana time he was worth, dey
say, about eleven million dolla refusa
to pay de hackman two dolla when it
rain and TAXA de stage coacha home
for five centa. ''-NelU York. Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
Starving the Teeth.

Teeth are just as easily starved to
death as the stomach, says the A751eT'G-
cd11 A1GiyjSt. In one way it is bless
ing to have been born of poor parents.
What food the poor give their children
is of the variety that goes to make
strong bones and teeth. 1t is the out
side of all the grains, of all the cereal
foods, that contains the carbonate and
phosphate of lime and traces of other
earthly salts which nourish the bony
tissues and build the frame up.
If we do not furnish to the teeth of
the young that pabulum they require
they can not possibly be built up. It
is the outside of corn, oats, wheat,
barley, and the like, or the bran, so
called, that we sift away and feed to
the swine, that the teeth actually re-
quire for their proper nourishment.
The wisdom of man has proved his
folly, shown in every succeeding gen
Grafton of teeth. which become more
fragile and weak. These fourin mills
are working destruction upon the
teeth of every man, woman and child
who partakes of their fine bolted flour.
They sift out the carbonates and the
phosphates of lime in order that they
may provide that fine white flour
which is proving whitened sepulcher
to Teeth.
Oatmeal is one of the best foods for
supplying the teeth with nourisnment.
1t makes the dentine cementum and
enamel strong. fint-like, and able to
resist all forms of decay. If YOU have
children never allow any white bread
upon your table. Bread made of
whole wheat ground, not bolted, so
that the bran which contains the min
ute quantities of lime is present, is
best. To make a good, wholesome,
nourishing bread take two bowls of
wheat meal and one bowl of white Or
bolted flour and make by the usual
process. Nothing is superior to brown
bread for bone and tooth building.
This is made out of rye meal and corn
meal Baked beans, too, have a con-
siderable supply of these lime salts
and should be on your table, hot or
cold, three times a week. In brushing
the teeth always brush up and down
from the gums instead of across.
Brush away from the gum and on the
grinding surface of the teeth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-01
A Young Girls Vanity.

Doctor, please cut the other toe
off, won't you?'
''Mv dear, can't do it. It's impos-
sible!''
And that is part of a conversation
that DR.. Robert Taylor of the Actors
fund and pretty Brockville belle
have repeated almost weekly since
July s. 1886. On that date SAYS the
New York World, the young lady, the
daughter of wealthy merchant, had
her foot crushed in a carriage acct
dent. Several bones had to be remov-
ed, and when the foot healed the little
toe was missing. 1t was necessary for
her to have her shoes made to order,
for while the original foot required a
81 G. boot the reduced member was
comfortable IN A. In the terrible
blizzard of 1888 the retired merchant
met his death, and when the girl with
the nine toes came into possession of
her share of property her first consid-
Grafton was with Dir. Taylor regarding
the possible price, not pain, it would
cost to reduce her toes to a double
quartet.
1t so happened that the case at that
LlLl6 WCuG Ou I6COIu dS liz OuIy III
stance where the affiiction had not ter
minated fatally, as traumatic tetanus
or lOckiaw resulted from the wound,
and the greatest skill was necessary to
save the life of the patient. For nine
days she endured most eXcruciating
pains, that nothing but large doses of
morphine would allay. Lockjaw was
manifest three days after the accident.
The body was bent SO that the head
and heels almost touched and the jaws
were so firmly set that tooth had to
be removed, through which aperture
stimulants were administered by the
introduction of tube, life being sus-
tanned with rye, brandy, punch, cham
payne, and eggnogg. ALI through the
case the muscles of the face, arms, and
side twitched so violently that the con-
slant attendance of two people was
required at the bedside. Yet the re-
membrance of all that horrible agony
seems to have remained only with the
doctor, as the young lady with the odd
pair of feet is not only willing to go
through it again, but will take her life
in her own hands and absolve DIR.
Taylor of all responsibility for the
sake of having her feet mates, as she
puts it. And such is the extent to
which a woman's vanity will lead her.