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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-12-19

THE Union League Club of Minneapo-
lis Is arranging for proper observance
of Washington's Birthday, The inten-
ton now is to invite Chauncey M. De-
pew. Senator ingalls, and Senator
Spooner to address the league on that
occasion, and make it an important
event for the Republicans of the city
and state
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-12-19

The number of winter paasAgers fer
Europe is something unprecedented.
A few years ago the steamers crossed
with barely handful of first-class pas
sengers, but this winter they have been
running with nearly full lists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-12-19
JUDGE Emery, of Minneapolis, dis
missed the preliminary examination of

missed the preliminary examination of
engineer k-tcham yesterday morning,
I, II Nr7srsd him rs,,a~r' : " q; -tndv.
" ia.!ge t~u4>. :u.. Il. Go. ~ auu
14vt Doon guilty of criminal negligence,
but an error of judgment only. The
general public, especially those who
closely followed the evidence and cir
cumstances surrounding the unfortunate
accident at University Avenue, will
heartily concur in the decision of the
Judge in declining to hold Ketcham to
the grand jury. Quite conclusive proof
has been produced to show that the
blame rests on higher shoulders.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-12-19
For the Holidays

The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company will sell excursion tickets at
favorable rates. For full information
regarding rates, dates of sale, limits of
tickets, etc, apply to agents c. & n w,
Railway Company. 26t3
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
!. A Clerks Luck.

Samuel Baker, a clerk in one of our princi-
pal jewelry stores who lives at 1,93413 Bush
street, is in luck. At the last drawng of The
Louisiana State Lottery Company he found
himself suddenly possessed of the snug sum
of $15 900, he having purchased a coupon of
ticket No. %, which drew the capital prize.
AS soon as his good fortune became known
Mr. Bakers friends came about him to offer
their congratulations. One of the number
was reporter of The Call to whom Mr. Baker
said:
For years past have been in the habit of
buying four or five coupons each month.
This time l bought four among which was
No. 90. ! was much surprised when / saw
that had won slice of the capital prize"
"What do uintend to do with the money!"
asked the reporter
Il shall let it rest for the present." an
swered Mr.. Baker. until see some good op-
portunity for investing it adyantageously
and securely. 1t can draw interest until
have chance to dispose OF the capital in
some enterprise that will prove both safe
and profitable. San Francisco lCal,l Call,
November 80,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
The Deadly Cold Bed,

If trustworthy statistics could be
had of the number of persons who die
every year, or become permanently
diseased, from sleeping in damp or
cold beds, they would probably be as
tonishing and appalling. It is peril
that constantly besets travelling men,
and if they are wise they will invaria-
bly, insist on having their beds aired
and dried, even at the risk of causing
mnch trouble to their landlords. But
the peril resides in the home, and the
cold ''spare-room' has slain it's
thousands of hapless guests, and will
go on with it's slaughter till people
learn wisdom. Not only the guest but
the family often suffer the penalty of
sleeping in cold rooms, and chilling
their bodies at time when they need
all their bodily heat by getting be-
tween cold sheets. Even in warm
summer weather a cold, damp bed will
get in its deadly work. 1t is a need
less peril, and the neglect to provide
dry rooms and beds has in 1t the ele-
ments of murder and suicide.-Good
Housekeeping.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
CURE FOR THE BLUES.
Try This Plant Once Helped
Lewiston Business Man,

n.
No man is so miserable but he may
find some one poorer and more com
FORTRESS, sagely remarks the Lewiston
journal. Sometimes, when I am
blue and feel deserted, I am pleased
to call to mind,' said a Lisbon street
wholesaler, Saturday, ''the day that I
learned a practical lesson, and it was
not very long ago either. I was feel
ing awful blue and lonesome. I saw
no joy in life. I didn't know whether
l was worth a dollar or not. All my
ventures seemed to me sure to fail.
My wife noticed it, and she said,
What's the matter p I told her She
looked sad and went away.
''Pretty soon she came back to me,
and putting her hand on my head as I
sat in my chair and said {: My dear,
our neighbors down under the hill in
the little house are poor. [ wish you
would go down and see them. You
better take down some apples and po-
tatoes, and | will find something to
add to them by the time you are ready
Then she looked in my face, and saw
something that made me feel like
minding her. Well, I did as she
said l put a Dushel of apples and
bushel OF potatoes and some pork and
some other things in the wagon, and my
wife added a lot of clothes from the
wardrobes of our girl and our boy, who
had ouugrown them. Then I started,
and in due time got to the house. I
saw there some one more miserable
than | was. AS poured our homely
gifts out in a wash tub set to receive
them, got my first lesson in the rela-
lions of wealth. To see the woman
weep tears of joy at the sight of apples
and potatoes and children's cast off
clothes; see the little ones, half naked,
view them with wonder and almost
alarm, set me to thinking, and I said to
myself: ''Man, you have done wrong,
You have neglected to appreciate what
has been done for you. Why, you are
rich, fabulously rich, for you have a
home, business, a loving wife and all
the comforts of life.' ....
"a great change came over me; l
grew calm and still, but content, and l
have never been downcast since then
that [ didn't seek some poor fellow
more wretched than in the hope that
we both might be made less so together
by mutual ministration.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Feeding Fowls in Winter

Most fowls that have free range in
summer will then OF their own accord
take exercise enough in getting their
food. But in winter it is different
What they get must be fed them, and
1t is usually ia such concentrated form
that they can fill their crops in a few
minutes. Then they stand moping in
the cold or return to their perch for
greater warmth. If fattening be the
object this is we'll enough but it gives
small chance for the healthful thrift
necessary for egg production. The
feeder who always makes mis- hens
scratch for their living gets the most
eggs. Feed small grains, oats or
wheat, aud throw this among so much
finely cut straw that they will pick but
one grain at a time. The health and
prolifcacy OF barnyard fowls that de-
pend on the manure heap for their
living is due to the fact that they have
to earn what they eat before they get
fit
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Cleaning Windows.

Two servants living in adjoining
houses were talking recently, says an
exchange, about their methods of
cleaning windows. The one whose
windows always looked the brighte st
said she selected a dull day for the
work, or day when the sun was not
shining on them, because when the
sun shines it causes them to be dry
streaked, no matter how much one
rubs. The painters brush is the best
article for this purpose, then wash all
the woodwork before the glass is
touched. To cleanse the glass, simply
use warm water diluted with ammo
MIA; don't use soap. A small stick
will get the dust out of the corners;
then wipe dry with piece of cloth;
do not use linen, as the lint sticks TO
the glass. The best way to polish is
with tissue paper or newspaper. To
clean windows in this way takes much
less time than when soap is used
Mechanical News.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Preparing Cuttings for Planting.

Cuttings of grape vines may be pre-
pared so that much larger proportion
will grow if a little extra care be taken
Before the cutting can send forth roots
a callous must form on it's lower side.
This is helped by keeping it immersed
in moderately moist sand, at a tenn
perature OF forty Or fifty degrees.
Cover the entire cutting, as it is not
desired that the bud should start. In
green houses the cutting is inserted in
and underneath which pipes run to
furnish bottom heat The bud is left
exposed to the air, which is most of the
time cooler than the soil. In this way
the root is ready to start as soon as
the expanding bud makes a call for
more sap. Where the cuttings are to
be planted in open air in the spring,
keep them in the sand without water
ing all the winter. When ready to put
out the callous will be plainly formed,
while the bud will be scarcely swelled.
Exposed to warmth and light the bud
will quickly start into leaf, but the
root starting at the same time, there
will be no cheek to its growth.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
She Doesn't Earn It.

Dear mel" said old Mrs. Jimson-
weed as she laid down the paper,
here's q piece that says Queen Vic
toria gets 81, 100000 year for be
ng queen. Well, she don't airn it,
now she jist don't! I don't keer how
airly she gets up of mornin' ,
nor how late she sets up nights
darnin' and mendin'; don't keer how
much dish-washin' she does, nor how
much butter she churns, nor how
much soap she biles nor how many
geese she raises feathers from, nor
how many calves she brings up by
hand nor how free of moths an bed
bugs she keeps old Windsor Castle.
I'd like the chance to be queen, an
do it all for half the money. even
then wouldn't airn no 100000
an she don't either-n @ she DON'T
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Boarding City Horses.

Farmers who live reasonably near
cities can often do a paying business
In taking for board the horses of their
city friends. The price charged for
this service in city livery or boarding
stables is always high, much above the
cost of material, as the liveryman does
not wish to encourage encroachm ents
on his own line of business. If the
horse is not to be used except for ex-
ercise, small amount of grain daily
will keep him in good condition. In
all cases the farmer should be exempt
from losses by accidents, only obligat-
ing himself to take reasonable care to
prevent them. A cheaper way of keep
ing horses is to let them run loose in
yard, with access at straw during the
day and little hay and grain at
night. This is the regimen given to
canal horses and mules in New York
State, and in many cases the grain is
omitted until just before time to put
the team at work again, when the canal
opens in spring.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Things That Never Come Our Way.

We sometimes talk about this earth
AS being such a dreary place
OF happiness there's such dearth,
While sorrow meets us face to face.
But joys surround US oft, and yet ~
We're every one constrained to say
'Twould be more pleasant could we get
The things that never come our way.
1t always seems to US as though,
While fortune is to others kind,
We're never given half show
TO win the prizes we would find
We toll in vain to grasp the gold
Which falls to others in their play
Across their pathway fate has rolled
The things that never come our way.
We think if we could but design
The comforts that enrich and bless,
The sun would much more brightly shine
Across our paths in happiness.
But yet we very dimly see
We may be wrong. All. who can say?
Our lives may more triumphant be
That things have never come our way.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
The Microbe of Electricity.

| "a 8 a + I Z { ! II 5rS
With all the paraphernalia OF the
modern physical and electrical labo-
ratory, the instruments of precision
that will handle a millionth part Of
an inch as readily as a laborer his
pick and shovel; with all the evo-
luton going on through generations
Of scientists. and the almost incessant
wrestling of secrets from the bosom OF
nature; we doubt if science is any
closer to heisolation or attenuation
Of the microbe of the magnet. It is
absurd to suppose that a primary en-
ergy is impressed upon a piece of
hardened steel once for all. The
transfer of that energy into the act
ual work would destroy the magnetic
power, yet such destruction not only
does not take place, but the very ex-
ercise Of the power strength the
magnet. A horseshoe of steel may
be magnetized in ten seconds by the
current Of a few amperes from bat
terry, a ridiculously small amount of
energy all told, and such magnet can
lit many pounds Of iron in contact.
But without contact it may lift and
hold up a pound of iron easily. 1t
will hold that pound for an eternity,
and every second OF that time with
out end the magnet is expanding en-
ergy until it's foots up an almost in
conceivable total OF actual power.
Not alone that, but the magnet of
one-pound lifting power to-day may
and will be stronger tomorrow.
Where does all of this really tremen-
dous amount OF energy come from?
By what inscrutable process does
the mere magnetization of a bar of
steel make of it a machine for the
transportation ofenergy? Notareac-
tionary or storage device which, like
a steel spring, honestly gives back
approximately all it has received.
There is a hidden process going on
all the time it is doing work-energy
in some form. Where does it all
come from-gravity? atmosphere?
solar rays? earth currents? Who
can say? 1t is a great problem,
worthy of life of indefatigable re-
search. 1t is microbe, and it will be
discovered, the discovery will make
electricity the queen of natures
forces, and steam will become a dim
vision of the dark ages of the past.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
The Little Maid With the Bro
ken Arm.

A small girl fell and broke her arm
two or three weeks ago. The fracture
was reduced and all went we'll, the
little mite proving herself a heroine
under the pain. And what pain a
broken arm can give!
But the tiresome part of the bust
ness, the growing together of the
fractured parts, has tried her pa
thence sorely. The other day the
family doctor explained to the little
patient that the pain she suffered
came from the knitting of the bone.
knitting is it?' the child echoed;
swell, wish it would stop, for | can
feel the needles sticking into me. y
Pittsburg Dispatch.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Neighborhood Specialties.

So far from farmers being jealous. of
each other, and trying to keep their
neighbors from initiating and sharing
their successes, they ought rather to
rejoice in and encourage this. Often the
com bination of a number Of farmers in
one speciality helps to create a market
for it, and make it a success, where. if
they grew it alone, it would prove a
failure. It is, therefore, the interest
of farmers to make public their sue
cesses, so that those in their neigh bor-
hood may share in them. All crops
have their especial adaptations to GER
tain locations, and when these are dis
covered it Is everybody's interest that
the knowledge be made as public as
possible. There need be nothing selfish
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Hints to Housekeepers.

Powdered chalk and vinegar are
good for burns.
An egg we'll beaten in a glass of
m ilk and sWeetened makes nice
strengthing drink for teething child.
A canton flannel case for silver
keep them in when they are not used
every day. s..~
Equal parts of bay rum borax and
ammonia make a nice preparation for
cleaning the head; apply freely to the
scalp with brush and then wash in
clear water.
A feather-bed or mattress will re-
main clean and in an excellent condi-
ton for years if kept in a case made
of common sheeting, which can be re-
m owed and washed at will.
Almost any kind of fruit stains can
be removed by turning boiling water
through the stained part. If the first
trial does not entirely remove the stain
repeat the operation. This should be
done before the spot is ''set'' by the
usual method Of washing.
If your fat-irons get rusty rub them
first (while hoD with beeswax, then
put handful of salt on bit of old
cotton cloth or coarse paper, and rub
the iron over it hard and fast This
operation, repeated two or three
times will make the rustiest iron
smooth.
The girls are crocheting silk over
rings, to use for fancy articles. These
rings cost but twenty-five cents gross
and the silk comes at thirty live
cents ball. Sometimes several rows
of the rings are placed diagona1ly
across a black satin shopping bag, or
they are used to finish scarf or tidy.
Certainly this style of trimming is
cheap enough, for gross of rings and
a ball Of silk go a long way.
A good dressing for shoes is white of
egg, or some good oil, oliveor sweet oil,
applied with a bit of flannel 1t keeps
! the color of the leather, and shoes thus
| treated do not harden after being
| thoroughly wet. Oil is the proper
dressing for patent leather, hnseed oil,
some shoemakers say. 1t is first rub
! bed on and then polished with dry
/ flannel. Patent leather treated in this
| way does not crack or beco me dull
after Wetting.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Cayenne Pepper on Canariss.

The following is from the proceed
ings of the Berlin Physiological So
ciety: Starting with the observed
fact that canaries fed with cayenne
pepper acquired a ruddy plumage, DR..
Sauermann has based upon it scien-
tifc investigation of canaries, fowls,
pigeons and other birds. From these
he obtained the following results:
Feeding with pepper only produces an
effect when given to young birds be-
fore they mott; the color of the teath-
ers Of the older birds can not be eff
fected. Moisture facilitates the change
of color to ruddy hue, which is again
discharged under the influence of
light and cold.
A portion Of the constituents of cay
enne pepper is quite inactive, as for
instance, piperin and several extract
ives; similarity the red coloring mat
ter alone of the pepper has no effect on
the color Of the feathers. It is rather
the triolein, which occurs in the pep
per in large quantities, together with
the characteristic pigment which
brings about the change of color, by
holding the red pigment of the pepper
in solution. Glycerine may be used
instead of triolein to bring about the
same result.
The same statement holds good with
regard to the feeding Of birds with an
line colors. The red pigment of the
pepper is also stored in the egg yolk
as we'll as in the feathers. The first
appearance of the pigment in the yolk
may be observed as a colored ring
four days after the commencement OF
feeding with the pigment Dissolved in
fat After a further two days feeding
the whole yolk is colored.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
The Struggle for Employment

The Struggle for Employment.
1t is curious how the most danger
Gus trades are overrun by applicants
for work. The electric-light compan-
les never find difficulty in securing
all the linemen that they want, in
spite OF the fact that the dangers Of
their business have been so thor
oughly exploited by the newspapers
and by recent events. Workmen in
the wallpaper factories freqently
joke over the traditions OF their trade
that a mans life is usually shortened
at least ten years by his work. The
Something is true ofthe men who ham
die leather papers and whose lungs
become coated with the dust arising
from them. In certain factories the
air is laden with tiny brass filings,
which also hasten the approach OF
death. But probably the most Pc
culiar advertisement ever printed in
a newspaper appeared in a Conneti-
cut paper recently. 1t was signed by
a firm of toWer-builders. 1t called
for man to work on scaffolding, and
wound up in this manner:
Applicants must be young and
strong and courageous. We warn
all seekers for this job that it is of
most dangerous nature and that few
men continue in it more than a few
years. in fact, it is almost sure death
to the workman who follows this oc-
cupation.''
The fact that the advertisement
was withdrawn in few days would
Indicate either that applicants were
not frightened away by it's predic-
ton or that they were.-New York
Sun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
NJ arriapa.

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situations, the family and the home, which
constitute the very foundation on which our
nation rests; and upon the health and
strength of the wife, and mother, depends
the sunshine and enjoyment OF the home,
and the prosperity ofthe family. Thousands
of wives, and thousands ofsingle ladies, drag
out a weary existence in consequence Of per-
picking female disorders" in total ignor-
ance Of the fact, that Mr.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is a positive cure for the most
complicated and obstinate cases of leucor-
rhea, prolapsus, weak back, "female weak
ness anteversion retroverson bearing-
down sensations chronic congestion. infam-
nation, liberation, and kindred ailments.
Guaranteed to give satisfaction, or money
refunded. All druggists.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
TIE FARM AND HOME.
of Interest and Profit to the Agriculturist
and the Housewife.
Making Cows Good Feeders Feeding Fowls
in Winter-Cuttings-N ghborhood Asso-
ciations-Value of Corn Fodder-Household
Hints and Useful Suggestions
Making Cows Good Feeders.

The COW for the dairy, no less than
animals intended for making beef,
needs to be hearty feeder. In fact,
there is greater necessity, since the
production of a large yield of milk de-
'mands stronger digestive powers than
arc required to lay on fat. If calf is
constitutionally a poor feeder, do not
try to make a COW out Of it for it will
be a disappointment. But make sure
before turning the calf over to the
Butcher that the fault is it's rather than
your own. Poor feeding, either by
drregularity or disproportioned rations,
weakens the digestive organs. The
most common mistake in feeding
calves with other than milk is in giving
too rich food, and that containing too
aittle material for making growth
Oatmeal is excellent especially if the
coarse parts are removed, and it is
then cooked. But after the calf is
three or four months old it should be
given as great variety as possible. If
early accustomed to eat anything set
before it, the habit will last through
life, and a COW thus reared will be in
valuable for families keeping only one
animal, to which all the eatable refuse
from the kitchen, including all the
warm dishwater and skinned milk,
may be given. Ii a cow is thus trained
to eat anything she will improve her
dairy qualities, and transmit these
characteristics to her young.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08

The monthly public debt statement issued
from the treasury department j an. 2 shows
a decrease of the debt amounting to S., 1885,
O92 during Deem Der. and for the first half
OF the currene fiscal year $4,000 10. The
total debt. less cash in the treasury Jan 1,
1889, was 81, 134 ,o62. 25S, and on Jan. /,
1890, it was 81. N52. $50. OIL showing a re-
duction during the ealander year just closed
of S1.1O9, SAT.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
Right Thinking People.

Papa, 2 said a boy much given to
reading, Il have often seen the phrase
all right-thinking people in the pa
pers. What kind of people are right
thinking people?' ssThey are the sort
of people, said the father, '.Who
think as we do.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
In the Rarn-Yard.

Esthelic boarder (to old LADY,: .tOf
course you know that the hen bel ongs
to the gallinacea." Old lady: ..Not
that hen, if you please! Some hens
may belong to a gal in Asia, but these
belong to a gal in New Jersey. =