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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

A BosToNIAN just returned from
London says that he was attracted
by a large crowd one day, and on
Investigation found that the people
were waiting to see the man expect
ed to enter a railway carriage
marked, Reserved for President
Ames OF America"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

IMPECUNIoUs noblemen seem to be
50 strongly bent upon securing
American heiresses that they are
overlooking the rich girls on their
own side Of the water. 1t is am
nounced that Princess Marie Leoni-
da Bonaparte, daughter of Charles
Bonaparte, intends to marry a lieu
tenant of the French infantry, and
she has asfortune Of 8 600, 600 francs.
But perhaps foreign girls do not
care for empty titles.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

JOHN BURNS, the English labor
leader, has written a letter to a la
Dor agitator in New York to say
that in England the short hour
movements have always tended to
sobriety and have increased the in
telligence of the workers.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

r. ". WRENN, general passenger
agent Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad, was a tele-
graph operator during the war, and
took from Gen. Lee to Jefferson Da-
Wis announcing that Richmond must
be evacuated
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

IF all the persons whose names are
in the new government blue-book were
to form line four abreast it would
take ten hours for the procession to
pass the white house.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

A KANSAS doctor recently reported
to his medical society case of poi
soning which he attributes to the
patients habit Of putting the end Of
his lead pencil in his mouth. Of
course, the patient didn't know that
there is no lead in a lead pencil.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06
" THOMAS IA. Edison recently pur-
chased 1 1000 acres ofland in Moore,
county, S. c., where an attempt will
be made to open gold mines.

CAPT. WILLIAMS, of Jacksonville,
205years blind, is receiving his sight.
He thinks the glare in his room of
an electric light has something to
do with the recovery.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06
VIM. FRANK. JOHN BENTz1S.
Cottonwood MILLS.

Custom grinding solicited. WiN
grind wheat for ] Zone eigth) or ex-
change "a TBS. four..5 lbs. shorts and
Tbs. bran for one bushel of wheat. Flour
and feed sold at low rates and delivered
New Ulm free of expense.
FRANK g. BENrzrN.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

DOUBTLESS the new viaduct which
supplies New York with 3OO,OO0,0O0
gallons of water daily is reg arded by
Kentuckians as the greatest wonder
in the world. They wonder what
any body can do with SO much water.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

SAM DEGRAw is a Lansing man
with Santa Claus whiskers, who
hunts sparrows six days a week, and
makes a comfortable income there
from. He furnished large per cent,
OF the10, 900 sparrow scalps paid for
oyIngham County during June.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

j. W. BUELL., ofSt. Louis, isspoken
of as the most successful. author Of
the age. A few years ago! he was
working on st. Louis newspaper
for a small salary, aad now enjoys
an income Of 100000 a year.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

A BABY was born at Kenosha,
Wis, the other day with a full set Of
upper and lower teeth and a fine head
of hair. The impression in Kenosha
lis chat it has beaten the world.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06

A DIVER who was working at the
foundation of railroad bridge near
Boise City, Idaho, gave a signal to
be hoisted quickly. When he got to
the surface he held fast a sixty-fve
pound salmon that.he had caught by
the giIls.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06
NEWS SETTINGS.
Criminal, Personal, Foreign
and Other Interest ting
News Items.
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Proctor has selected the Balti-.
more as the vessel to carry the remains of
John Ericsson to Sweden She will sail in
August
The United States Despatch has left the
Brooklyn navy yard with Secretary of the
Navy Tracy on board bound upon an East
ern cruise. The secretary was accompanied
by his daughter, Mrs. Wilmerding, and his
granddaughter Miss Alice Wilmerding.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06
OTHERWISE.

The Southern Christian Temperance Union
assembly has opened at Ashville NC. Miss
Willard is in attendance.
The Illinois house passed resolution stat
ing they had no authority to make or alter
the site of the world e fair.
The Wisconsin Central is reported to have
brought the belt line railway extending t.
the Twin City stock ards.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-06
WILL NoTSTRIKE.
chicago Carpenters Defeat a Resolutio

Chicago Carpenters Defeat a Resolution
to Order General Strike
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-At a largely attended
meeting the carpenters council a reso-
luton to order general strike Of all union
carpenters tomorrow was overwhelmingly
defeated. The meeting was long and ex-
citing one. 1t is said the council deemed
it improper to take any action until it had
been officially notified of the passage by
the bosses association of the resolution re-
pudiating their agreement. It's further said
that individual cases of violations ofthe
agreement by the bosses will be collated for
consideration at meeting of the joint
arbitration committee to be held some time
this week. tits hoped that this will lead to
a settlement of all difficulties without re-
sorting to a strike.
PLASTEBERS WILL STRIKE.
PIrTsBuRe, Aug. 3.-The plasterers of
Pittsburg and Allegheny will strike to-
morrow for nine hours a day without re-
duction in pay. They have been working
ten hours heretofore for day. The master
plaseerers say they will not grant the de-
ma nds Of the men.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

Every day such of the men as were able to
get about searched the forest for fungus.
''There was no nourishment in this stuff"
said Nelson, "but it would fill our stomachs
and silence for the time the pangs of hunger
Being without food increases hunger much as
being without water intensifies thirst. We
seemed to be always hungry. Though our
food in those memorable days was not fatten-
ing, we often fattered ourselves on the ar
tistic blending of colors. The fungus that
the men brought in was like Joseph's coat
of many colors. We used to call it rainbow
stew. We often had red, yellow, blue, purple,
white, black, orange fungus, and every shade
between these colors in the pot together. 1t
was horrible mess, and we expected to be
poisoned every time we ate. How we ever
pulled through on such stuff is marvel"-
Cor. New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

noted medical author observed: mo
,Ioubt much of la grippe comes through the
feet Thin soed shoes, or thick soles, stand
ing on ice or snow or cold wood until the
sole attains the same degree of cold as
that on which it rests; then cold feet, cold
legs, cold abdomen, cold lungs, cold in the
throat, in the head; the eyes, the nose, the
mouth speaking witnesses, testifying to the
BODY resting on the feet and the brain resting
on the body that a plain violation Of every
reasonable rule of health has been permitted,
to be paid in penalty of suffering and pain;
Of lost time, of care and anxiety of friends, it
may he of death-is not this and this result
sufficient warning?"-Machias Union.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

There is Latin manuscript Bible in the
library of the vatican at Rome bound in the
mantle once worn by King Abgarus, the
friend of Jesus. A Greek copy of Arelius'
Golden ASS" now in the British museum at
LONDON, is bound in the skin of an ass tanned
with the hair on. A book giving the life his
tory of Jeffrey Hudson, the celebrated dwarf,
TO be seen in the same museum, is bound in a
piece of silk waistcoat which was formerly
worn by King Charles l. OF late the fashion
of binding works on anatomy, physiology
and kindred subjects in human skin is becom-
ing popular in many European countries.
Some take this for an innovation, but history
reimbursement books bound in human skin
as early as the middle of the Sixteenth cen
fury. At Bury st. Edmunds public library
may be found a history of the life and trial
of q murderer, bound in his own skin!
The French revolutionists, who seemed TO
delight in the fact that they We're marking
an epoch in the history of mankind, revived
the human skin book binding fad of the Six
teenth century, and took great pleasure in
presenting some brother revOlutiOnist with
copies of Volney and Voltaire done up in the
cuticule of some enemy. The writer owns
some evidences of bookbinders pleasantries
in copies of Bacon's works bound in pig skin
bacon rind) and Fox's historical works done
up in the skin of sly reynard.-St. Louis Re
public
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Popping the Question.

No two men probably ever pop the ques-
ton" in the same way, and no girl, probably,
receives it i'll the form which she had pictured
to herself A group of benedicts in Chicago
amused themselves by telling how they
crossed the Rubicon" of courtship. One
confessed to successfully putting the moment
Gus question while leading his horse over a
stretch of ground encountered while sleigh
riding, another was accepted while sitting in
a snow drift after being tipped from the rear
If a four seated sleigh, third proposed while
without coat and waIstcoat, and while per-
spring freely from two mile row under a
burning sun, and still another was refused in
Il romantic nook only TO be accepted little
later by the same girl under the most COM
monplace conditions. Philadelphia Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

The waters of Scotland were productive of
a large revenue in 1888. The value of the
cured fish is put down by the fishery board
at 81 ,324, 372 while the fresh fish sold for use
brought G7l7O57; shell fish produced re-
turn of G71, 12S-madng a gross total Of
e2,1l3,l51. The value of salmon is estimated
at &24O, OlS, making the grand total of the
sea and salmon fisheries of Scotland co, 1858, :
i15. In the sea fisheries total, cured her.
rings are credited with 81, ia, Sl5 and fresh
paddock with 1855, 1874 The number OLIVES
lost at sea was 50, against 1856 in 1887; and
the loss sustained in boats and fishing ma
terial amounted to the sum of $40, S26.-Mon-
treal Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Scent In Horses.

The finest and deepest emotions of dog
seem to be dependent on his sense of smell.
Not only does he carry on his business of
hunting or guarding through its aid, but his
devotion to his master and his recognition of
lesser friends depend largely upon his nose
According to Horse and Stable, another
among the humber friends of man is keen
and delicate of scent
The horse will leave musty hay untouched
in his bin, no matter how hungry he may be-
However great his thirst, he will not drink of
water Objectionable to his questioning shifts,
nor from a bucket made in the least degree
offensive.
His intelligent nostril will widen, culver
and query over the daintieSt bit offered by the
fairest of hands. A mare is never satisfied,
either by sight or whinny, that a colt is real
ly her own until she has certified the fact by
means of her nose.
Blind horses WILL as a rule, gallop wildly
about a pasture without striking the sur
rounding fence. The sense of smell informs
them of Its proximity Others, when let out
from their stables, will go directly to the gate
leading to their accustomed feeding ground,
and when DESTROYS of returning, after hours
of careless wandering, will distinguish that
one outlet, and patiently await its opening.
The odor of that particular part of the fence
serves as their guide.
The horse, when browsing, is guided en-
trely by the nostrils in its choice of proper
food, and blind horses never are known to
make mistakes in their diet.
Nervous and timorous as this noble ami
nal is known to be, his fears are, of course,
doubled by his keennesS of scent, for not only
does the eye inform him of danger, but the
nostrils also herald its presence. The mere
scent of buffalo robe is sufficient to cause
extreme terror in many horses, and some,
scenting the smoke of a train which has long
since passed, show all the fear evoked by its
actual presence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
some Old New England Oaks.

There are few people in Boston who are
aware that at Belmont, but a few miles out in
the suburbs, there stands group of oak trees,
beneath which, without doubt, the red men
of the forest once pitched their wigwams.
Aboriginal forest trees in New England are
exceedingly rare, and where, here and there,
there stands single specimen, as the great
Avery oak at Dedham, it becomes celebrated
in local history and sometimes in song and
story. 1t is, then, somewhat strange that Mr..
Emerson, who wrote of the trees of Massachu-
sets, should have entirely overlooked the Wa
verify oaks of Belmont. 1t has been claimed
by some that they are at least 1000 years old,
but of this, of course, there is doubt. The
largest tree in the group has girth of II feet
8 inches at point three and a half feet from
the ground.-Boston Advertiser
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Calling in WASHINGTON.

Very little of the paying of visits by people
in high official life is done in person. The
president makes no calls. The vice president
does all of his calling" through his private
secretary, whose chief duty it is to ride
around in a coupe and leave the cards of Mr..
and Mrs Morton at the doors of houses where
calls are due The members of the cabinet
do most of their calling" by mail. The men
whose duty it is to do this proxy" calling,
am Informed, have anything but an easy
time. Riding about in a carriage all day is
an attractive occupation when viewed from
a distance. 1t loses many of its charms when
it is practised day after day, and nearly all
of its attractiveneSs when it is interspersed
by constant stoppages along the route of
travel
Some of these deputy cabinet officers make
fifty and seventy-tive calls day. They have
many amusing encounters, for they visit all
parts of the city and pay their respects, or
rather the respects of their superiors to peo-
pie of all classes and conditions. The recep-
tons of the members of the cabinet are open
to all corners, and all sorts of people make
the rounds on Wednesdays. 1t is a social obi
CATION, TO which all people in high official life
must conform, to return all of the calls that
are made upon them. So the deputy secre-
tarieS spin around the city all day, driving
from cottage to palace, distributing graceful
bits of pasteboard, which the recipients may
place on their center tables as mute evidence
to the uninitated that the secretary of -
has called upon them. At>the houses where
receiving" has been thoroughly systema-
tized, the colorcd man at the door gracefully
holds out his 81. yer to receive the cards aud
watches the rapid escape of the card bearer
without surprise or comment.-W ashington
Letter
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
The Oatmeal Craze.

1t may be interesting to many delicate peo-
pie to know that a popular scientist declares
that the Scotch race owes nearly all its hardi-
ness of brain and body to its national food.
Now everybody is eating oatmeal, and, un-
like the majority of fashions, this happens to
be one which every one should be induced to
follow. One firm, manufacturing a brand
known to newspaper readers all over the
United States, is even said to have great diff
Guilty in supplying the demand. A member
of the firm said the other day that the de-
mand was nothing less than an oatmeal
craze" and that no man or woman who as
pires to live correctly nowadays would think
of emitting that savory dish from at least
one meal during the day.-New York Tels-
gram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

A paper piano has lately been exhibited in
Paris. The entire case is made of compressed
paper, to which is given hard surface, a
cream white brilliant polish. The legs and
sides are ornamented with arabesques and
floral designs The exterior, and as much of
the interior as can be seen when the instru-
ment is open, are covered with wreaths and
medallions painted i'll miniature. An Italian
monk has succeeded III constructing an organ
where the pipes are made of paper pulp. 1t
has l,400 pipes of various sizes.-St. Louis
SLatiOner
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
ACROSS THE YEARS.

A hand OF love at length appears,
A hand reached out across the years,
To bring me youthful treasure green
Unmndful Of the graves between.
Alas! it cannot be. The past
Its wrecks around our feet has cast.
OF those whose paths together led,
Ere youthful hopes and dreams were dead,
Some wander far in lands unknown,
Where they have learned to live alone;
Some lie at rest, with cold hands pressed
Above the quiet of their breast.
Is life the samey Can we forgetS
Will youths sun rise when it has set!
Lies lesson then can we unlearn,
And TO the eastern glory turnS
Will buried love arise at length,
Again rejoicing in his strength
All, 10, my friend. Yet thee / greet,
With pleasant memories and sweet;
We clasp our hands in peace at last
Across the gulf of sorrows past,
And, looking upward through our tears.
We gain glimpse Of heavenly years.
Boston True Flag
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

tellectual brow, his wniUe musUacne urooping,
and a little tuft on the upper lip of his chin,
and is regarded as man of great profundity;
while Mr.. -, from Virginia, gets no credit
for his ability because he don't comb his
whiskers right. The barber can make states
man, even if the tailor is slovenly. Mr..
Evans of Tennessee, looks fierce because he
twists his goatee to point and curls his mus
tache up at the ends. But he is a most mild
and gentle hammered man. Gibson, of Mary
land, has got the reputation Of being lady's
man and vain because his hair is parted in
the middle Washington Cor. in Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Smiths and Browns in New York.

Who is there in this great metropolis
that isn't acquainted with some one
named Smith? And yet there are not so
many of them as is generally believed.
If one were asked to guess the number
of Smiths in the city it would be quite
natural to place the figure high as TO-
600. To be sure, the new directory de-
votes thirty-fve columns to the distin-
guished family, but there are only 1884
of them. OF these 113 are plain John
Smiths. and 129 are John-with-an-initial-
Smiths. The Browns number $3.50, and
there are so Brownies. This is decrease
of compared with last year, when
there were 81. The decrease may be
taken as an indication that the final is
going out of fashion. New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

Lord Northampton is u vastly FORUM
ate parsonage In 1879 his eldest son,
the late Lord Compton, borrowed G10,-
900 from the National Life Assurance
society on the security of his reversion-
airy interest in an entailed estate, but if
he died before his father las happene6
of course the security was worthless.
The society proceeded to insure Lord
Compton's life for e34,000, the under
standing being that it was to pay the
premiums and add them to the amount
of the loan, and the policy was to be
transferred to him if ever he paid off the
debt He died three years ago, by which
time his debt to the society had risen to
e14,000. The society therefore congrat-
ulated itself upon having made profit
of nearly 100000; but, 10 and behold,
Lord Northampton as executor of his
deceased son demanded the balance of
e34, 900, and in spite of the agreement
between the society and Lord Compton
his claim has been sustained by the court
of appeal. The result is highly satisfac-
tory for Lord Northampton. who gets
nearly SEQ, 900 from a fund which neither
he nor his son nor any of his family
paid penny to create.-London Truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Walters of High Lineage.

There is a saloon keeper near Ninth
and Walnut who has had half dozrs
poverty stricken sons of noble German
families employed as walters in his
place. An alleged count" or two, a
couple of sons of German "barons,"
wearing white aprons, have been feat
ures of the saloon during the past year.
A patron of the place says that the pro-
prietor was a republican in the father
land, and that he takes pleasure in hav-
ing the descendants of his old oppressors
serve him in mental capacities.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Not Good for shingles.

Parson Brown, who loves a joke, though it
be at his own expense, is fond Of relating his
experience in circulating subscription paper
for the purpose of raising funds to single a
church. Among others he called on a mer-
chant who was a liberal man where the OBJ
ject is praiseworthy. In the present instance
he subscribed So. Shortly afterward the par
son called to collect the amount, but the mer-
chant, having had occasion to pay out all his
money that day, informed the clergyman Of
the fact and invited him to call again. This
did not exactly accord With lie parsons
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

views. L00is;;:s around che store he hisnov-
cred kit of mackerel which he thought
might easily be converted into cash.
How much for mackerelg" he asked.
Give dollars kit" replied the merchant.
well, if you have no objection, I'll take
that kit for your subscription"
"All right, parson," said the merchant,
heartily. You're welcome to anything in
the store to the amount of So; hut though
mackerel are famous for making man dry,
| wouldn't shingle my church with them if |
were you."-Lewiston Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25

In New York there was very wealthy
dry goods merchant who died only short
time ago, and who made it a practice to go
from roof to cellar of his great Broadway
store in an endeavor to prevent wastefulness
ON the part of his employees. If he found
foot Of Irvine or tenpenny nail on the floor,
he demanded to know who dropped it there,
threatening to discharge the culprit when
discovered.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Governmental Expenses in France.

France has about 100000 inhabitants
She has debt twice as great as that of the
United States, and it is constantly increasing
Every year she has to raise as much as $780,
900, 600 to run the different departments and
keep the country up generally. l never
heard Frenchmen complain of their taxes,
and yet every man, woman and child has to
pay as much as SIS annually into the hands
Of the government.-Co New Orleans Plea
VINE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-25
Asia Growing Colder.

The climate of Asia is becoming colder than
1t formerly was, and its tropical animals and
plants are retreating southwark at a slow
rate. This is true OF China and it is also the
case in western Asia. Formerly, when China
was well wooded and the people few in num-
Der, wild animals would abound. New China
Herald