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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Modern Mummification.

The facts disclo sed in the process of
unrolling mummy present in striking
contrast the difference Of the mode of
empalming pursued by the ancien f
Egyptian and that carried out in mod
ern times. Now the embalmer can
conduct in minutes preserving pro-
cess which cost the Egyptians as many
days, and if after his process is COM
pleted he should take pains to seal up
the preserved body with all the skill
possible to modern art, ne might leave
a human body so perfect in regard to
natural form aud color that after 5000
years not IL lineament need be wanting
for its Identification that would not
have satisfied even a contemporary of
the dead person. We are inclined now
to experience regret that in Egyptian
times the art was not advanced enough
to leave the embalmed in such likeness
of life. But whether. it is worth the
trouble in these days to revive the art,
in the more perfect type OF it, for the
edifcation and satisfaction of the men
and women of thirty centuries hence,
is wide question. Cremation is, at
this moment, becoming the fashion,
but possibly some persons would rather
be so immortalized and preserved for
scien ti6c study, like William Gilbert's
flies in amber, "shining in eternal
sepulchres. "-Lond on Lancet.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Proper Feeding for Cows.

Farmers are learning that at no sea-
son is it profitable to under feed COWS.
Their product in milk, butter or cheese
is worth more than the extra food re-
CURED to produce it above what is
needed to merely maintain life. The
excessive feeding of corn has been one
drawback to winter dairying. For a
little time the milk and butter product
is Increased, but soon, heavy feeding
will run to fat and the animal will dry
off and be fit only for the butcher.
BY mixing corn meal with wheat bran
and giving both largely thinned with
water, the ration may be kept up,
but its fattening effect increases
or diminishes with the proportions
used. With a new mich COW the pro-
portion of corn meal should be larger,
as during the heavy flow of milk at
this time the tendency is to run off
flesh very rapidly, unless the animal
is full fed. And herein is one great
advantage in having COWS calve in tho
Fall rather than in the Spring. They
can be fed with corn meal late in Fall
and through the Winter, and be in
excellent condition to continue a full
mess when tured out to grass. Where
as if the calf is dropped in the Spring
the large flow of milk comes at sea-
son when the food is most stimulating
to extra milk production. By Fall
the COW will be down in flesh, and
grain food will only result i'm fastening
her.-N. Y. Herald.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
AGRICULTURAL MATTERS,
The Farmer Will Here Find Many Most
Useful Suggestions.
a New Breed of Hens-How to Properly
Feed Cows in Winter Farm Help in the
Winter season-Care Of Horses Feet in
Shoeing.
The Creeper Fowl

another breed of fowls is coming
10 the front, says a writer, and it will
eventually be very popular, as it COM
oine}5 more advantages than many
others. There are two varieties of the
're'ed-cr eepers-known as Cuckoo
eeper and Snowflake creepers. The
ackoo creeper may be described as
ae plymouth Rock on short legs.
hey are as large as Plymouth Rocks,
AVE small combs, yellow legs and
skin. are very hardy (the bone being
stout), and they lay we'll, showing
but slight disposition to set. Their legs
are very short, the shanks from the knee
to the toes being not over two inches
on the adultfowl. They waddle like a
duck, the legs being far apart and set
back, like those of duck, giving a
large preponderance of breast meat
Ihey cannot fly over a fence, but
forage we'll. Their short, strong legs
are never affected with leg weakness,
and they are well contented in con-
tinement, The chicks are remarkably
compact, and when dressed for market
do not present that long, leggy APP
pearance so characteristic of dressed
broilers. There are few breeders of
creepers as yet, and they are united in
the determination not to get them in
the American standard, as the breed is
to be bred especially for market and
eggs, and not for points" There
will be standard made for them by
the breeders. however, but the highest
points will be given to quality. Under
this management they will go to the
front
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Farm Helm in Wintar


The complaint is general that farm
help IS not as good as it used to be,
and while conceding that the complaint
Is we'll founded, it is worth while to
inquire how farmers themselves are
responsible for this condition of
affairs. Much more is expected
of hired man than was commonly
considered important forty or fifty
years ago. Then bodily strength with
enough skill to do ordinary work was
all that was deemed necessary. Now
it is important that farm help should
have a natural or acquired knowledge
of mechanics to manage the various
complicated machinery that has
been introduced. Farm help thus
qualified can generally soon fit them
selves to earn journeymen's wages in
some city shop or at building where
work is all laid out for them. They
get better pay than on the farm, with
work moro suited to their liking.
The result is that most Of the farm.help
of the present day continue on the
farm chiefly because from lack of cap
ital or skill they cannot get any other
position. 1t is only a temporary ar
rangement until they can better them
selves. Work done under such con-
ditions is usually not satisfactory tC
either party.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Hints to Housekeepers.

Ham should be broiled very quickly,
and just enough to cook through.
Oilcloths will last longer if one or
two layers Of wadded earpet-lining
are laid under them.
Tea leaves are good to scatter over
carpets before sweeping, not only to
freshen the colors, but also to prevent
the dust arising.
Flowers can be kept fresh for some
time if a pinch of soda or saltpeire is
added to the water. Wilted roses will
regain their freshness if dipped min
ute or two in hot water.
A simple means OF changing the air
Of a sick-room is to open a window at
the top and opening the door, move it
backward and forward rapidly. SO as to
insure a current of fresh air from the
window.
Cheese which instantly and intense
ly redden blue litmus paper should not
be eaten. This is test easy of appli-
cation, and every merchant on cutting
a fresh cheese should make it. If the
cheese is dry, bit of it should be
moistened with water and the litmus
paper then applied.
10 take grease out of white marble:
Apply a pile Of whiting or fuller's
earth saturated with benzine, aud allow
it to stand some time Or apply a
mixture of two parts washing-soda,
one part ground pumice. stone and one
part chalk. all first finely powdered
and made into Il paste with water;
rub well over the marble, and finally
wash off with soap and water.
Boiled custard requires patience and
care. II the eggs reach the boiling
point, they will break, and vet if they
do not reach it within two or three de-
grees, the custard will not thicken. and
will taste raw, and lack the exquisite
thick smoothness of well-made custard.
To produce this, yet avoid curdling.
therefore. patience, aud proceed as
follows: 1tStir the mixture over a mod
crate fire When yol, see from the end
of the spoon that it begins to thicken
at the bottom draw it to a cooler spot
where it will not boil. stir half min
ute. then return to tine hotter spot. Do
this several times, checking the APP
preach to boiling point each tifae there
is danger until the whole of the mix
lure has reached that point which may
be known by it being rich, thick and
perfectly opaque.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Chinese Ways.

There is a Chinese historian, philos-
opher and scholar now lie curing in the
west. His OBJECT is to instruct the
people of America as to the true char
act er of the people and institutions Of
the Celestial Empire. He says that
in China they have their criminal
classes, semi-criminal and honest, just
as we have in America. Texas Siftings
says men who are found guilty of social
crimes are punished in China very
much as they are here, except a little
more severely, perhaps. Then there
is another class composed of sharp
fellows, who are found in all profess
sions aud who hold that every thing is
honest and respectable which puts
money in the purse. The men of this
class may charge and collect illegal
fees; practice extortion; sell tissue
goods for silk; pass gilded pieces Of
bronze for silver; play tricks with
cards; deal in wooden nutmegs; sell
dressed rats in the markets for squir-
rels; and it's all right. The csc tricks
they play on one another, and the law
does not punish them, for the reason
that, according to the ethics of this
class all such practices are right if not
detected. The head mandarin Of each
district endeavors to hunt them out,
however, and when unmasked they are
required to take a name equivalent to
shyster, trickster, hummer, dead-beat,
ETC., as the case may be. This is done
to put honest people on their guard.
Pity such a law cannot be enfor ced in
America
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12

year is begun, but ended. When we.
write 1900 we have begun the last year
of the century, not ended it The cen-
turtles do not begin with 0, 100, 200,
but with i, l0l, 201, and thus the
twentieth century begins with 1901 at
the first moment of that year. The
quoted date comes with the beginning
not the close of the twelve months;
and therefore, while we quote the year
1900 as we do every other year at its
beginning, we must wait till it ends to
close the century.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Now, Brethren!

The record-o a death. published il
one OF the religious papers. says of the
departed brother: ..For two years pre-
ceding his death he was a constant
reader of the - He was a great
sufferer. but grace sustained him.
The Congregationalist exclaims:
How sad that he did not take to the
reading of some other newspaper in
timer But. seeing he was SO graci GUS
1y sustained in reading the paper he
d id, he perhaps found a blessing in
the suffering" that accompanied its
persual. Christian Inquirer,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Corn Fodder for Horses

There seems to be quite adherence
of opinion among horsemen as to the
value of corn fodder as food for
horses. A leading farm paper a few
against feeding horses on corn-stalks,
stating that they would make the
horses coats rough. Mr.. G. w. Will
liams, the breeder and trainer of
Axtell, says that his wonderful colt
had little besides corn stalks for rough
fodder during nearly two winters. He
says he considers corn-stalks the best
rough fodder he can get for colts The
writer once worked for a farmer who
never cut any hay. His cattle and
horses never had any fodder but cured
corn-stalks. The animals always
looked we'll and the horses did their
full share OF work.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12

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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12

pest implements TO commence the cul-
tlvation OF the crops, we have quite a
number of different patterns of these
from the old-fashioned A or square
harrows, the Scotch or hinged, vibra-
ting and slanting tooth, made i'll the
different patterns, to the disc, cutting,
or spring tooth. Of recent years we
have quite an improvement in the way
OF harrows, combining not only a har-
row in the common acceptat ton Of the
word, but also a seeder and a cultiva-
tor as well. The knife or cutting har-
rows, disc and spring tooth, have in
addition to a harrow been arranged
with seeder attachment, by which
small grain of different kinds can be
sown and cultivated or narrowed in.
This, In many cases, materially lessons
the work of seeding different varieties of
small grain and grass. But this is not
all; while for some particular uses the
old fashioned or even the new patterns
of harrows may be good implements,
as yet we have no one style that can
be considered best under all circum-
stances Or conditions. No one tool
will do the best work on all kinds OF
soil, and a large class of farmers are
understanding this and a larger varie-
ty of this class of implements are
being used. And in addition to the
old plan Of harrow, it is considered
best to have one Of the improved i'm
plements. This may be a spring
tooth, a disc, or cutting, depending
upon the kind of soil and the variety
OF work to be done. 1t is conceded by
many that one of the different patterns
of harrows can under general circum
stances, be used to a good advantage
in stirring the soil for the earlier cul-
tivations, and do thorough and more
complete work than with a cultivator.
1t is quite an item at the start not only
to thoroughly destroy the weeds, bu
also to fine the soil and leave in good
condition. as a much better start tx
grow can be secured.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
A Question of Time.

A story is going the rounds about
local juryman. an Irishman, who
cleverly outwitted a judge, and that
without lying.
He came breathlessly into court,
saying:
'.Oh, my lord, if you can excuse
me, pray dol lido not know which
will die first, my wife..or my daugh-
ter"
Dear me! that's sac, 2 said the in
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Horses Feet,

When the foot is gone there is no
horse left, yet no part of the horse is
more badly used than the foot, and
there are no more frequent diseases
for which a doctor is called than those
of the feet. In my opinion this comes
from unwise cutting, burning, tarring
and greasing the hoofs. The common
practice of burning the sole to procure
a fit for the shoe, or rasping, to get a
good shape, and tarring and greasing
the hoof all tend to drive the water out
of the horny substance, and not only
hardens and contracts it, but makes it
brittle. The substance Of the frog is
horn, but it is softer and OF more open
texture than the sole and crust Of the
hoof, and more easily affected When
deprived OF it's water it shrinks more
than the solid horn. 1t stands to
reason when the hoof is burned by
not shoe, that the water in the horn
must be driven out. When the shoe
is to be fitted, the edge or wall sole
should be cut or rasped, and not
burned; the shoe should be fitted to
the loot not the foot fitted to the shoe.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
TO Cultivate,

o CHItIVAGe.
Beginning with the harrow, which
nnder average conditions is one OF the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
Artificial Matching of Chickens.


Perhaps no branch of stock raising
as profitable within the past decade as
poultry raising. AT the time of the
Centennial the use OF incubators was
well known, but they had not been
perfected. At the present day they
are extensively used, and the raising
of early broilers for the New York ana
Philadelphia markets is now a leading
industry along the line of the Camden
and Atlantic railroad, and the bust
ness is increasing. The town of Ham
monitor has now about thirty broiler
farms, ranging in capacity from 1000
to 5000 broilers every ten weeks, and
at Ellwood and Dunbarton, on the same
railroad, are two of the largest estab-
lishnents in the United States, the
buildings at the latter point being
nearly, fourth of mile in LEM 9Th, if
placed together, while those at Ham
monitor would reach much greater
distance. AT Smyrna, Del, there is
also a very large broiler establish
ment, and other points may be men
tioued as being interested in the in
.dustry.
The Ages of Animals and Their Gains in
Weight.
The daily gain i'm weight of animals
intended for beef varies according to
the breed, the vigor and the manner
of feeding. but there is period ar
rived at when the gain is very little.
The nearer the animal approaches ma
turity the more it consumes Propor-
tioaately and the less weight gained.
due to the demands of the animal for
bodily support; the smaller the body
the less loss of food in THAT direction.
The testing of the liveand slaughtered
animals at the stock shows that haze
been held for several years past ex-
plains that, while certain breeds Of
cattle are better adapted for producing
the greatest weighto of beef to maturity,
no particular breed enjoys a monopoly
in that respect, even the grades and
crosses OF the several breeds eompet-
ing with advantage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
Uncle Sans Timepieces.

1t costs Uncle Sam thousands of dollars
a year to have his clocks wound. Every
Monday morning you see men in Wash
ington going about the departments car
rying little ladders, like those used by
the lamplightcrs. Their business is to
wind and keep in order the clocks in the
departments. Each man has his own
department or a section of the depart
mcnt to look after the clocks, and this is
his sole business. In some places men
are employed by the month for this pur-
pose, while in other cases the contract is
let by the month or year to some enter
prising clock repairer, who sends "jour-
newman" around to wind the clocks and
see whether they are in order, and then
goes himself to make such repairs rs are
necessary.
The cost of winding and caring for the
clocks in the departments runs at the rate
of $75 to $100 month in each depart
ment. There are in the Treasury Depart
ment nearly four hundred clocks. Some
of these are expensive ones, and cost
away up in the hundreds Of dollars.
though the average value of departmental
clocks is not more than perhaps SIS or
$40 apiece. A good many of the clocks
in the halls of the public buildings, and
also those in the rooms occupied by the
heads of departments are very valuable,
costing away up in the huLdreds.-0maha
World Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
A Lapp Wolf Hunt.

The Swedish Lapps live entirely with,
by, and upon their reindeer. A Lapp
who owns thousand deer is very rich
man; but as taxes are assessed upon the
number OF deer, he is inclined to under
estimate his herd. The most dangerous
enemy to the herd is the wolf, who, if
disposed, can kill thirty deer in a night.
A band OF wolves can make rich LapI
poor.
When the snow is deep and soft, and
it is announced that wolf-tracks have
been seen in the neighborhood Of the
deer, the swiftcst runners on snow-shoes
prepare for an exciting chase.
The wolf may have a start of mile or
two, but the track it leaves in the deep,
soft snow is so prominent that the
hunters can follow it at their best speed.
The wolf, though he may run fast, has
but slight chance of escaping the short
men who, on snow-shoes. rush through
the wood, dart down steep hills, and
jump from ledges several yards in height.
Each hunter does his best to outrur
the others, for the wolf belongs to the
Lapp who strikes the first blow. As soon
as the leading hunter is close enough to
the wolf, he gives it heavy blow across
the loins with his strong, spiked snow
shoe staff. If there are other wolves to
be pursued, he kills it outright; if not,
he disablcs it and waits till all the hunters
have arrived before giving the death
stroke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
The Baboon as an Epicure.

The baboon, writes the Graaff- -Reinet
(South Africa Adrertiser, seems to be
changing its nature with the changing
climatic conditions. In former years he
was vegetarian, his worst offence being
stealing mealies in the gardens when he
got chance. Now he has taken to other
ways of getting a livelihood. Said a
farmer the other day to a brother farmer: ::
''Have you lots of honey on your farm2"
Answer: "No, the balloons rob all the
nests"
"How do they do it? The bees would
sting them to DEATH
The answer was that probably the
baboons did the work in the night when
the bees we're drowsy, sleepy and dull.
Any way, he believed the balloons got off
with the swag of honey, whenever they
could get nest. Then, Mr.. Peter Booy-
sen, of Mooifontein, has his story to tell
of the new development of the baboon.
It attacks the wild aloe, pulls it down
and tears out the pith for food. Mr..
Booysen, Sr., does not object to this, as
he would be glad if all the wild aloes on
his farm were cleaned out by any means
whatsoever. The special wish of the
father and son is that the balloons would
take to some providing operation
which would get rid of the prickly pear.
But as the substance of the leaf and the
trunk of the prickly pear is nothing but
water the wish is not likely to be graft
fed. Any way the poisoning clubs have
classed the baboon with the wild car
nivora, and the rifle and arsenic are now
busy to destroy him.
Farmers give interesting instances of
the difficulty of poisoning the balloon,
the fellow being about as slim" as hu-
man being. One farmer believes the fel-
low can taste the poison as prepared and
disguised for him, and if he finds it is
not good thing for his stomach, spits it
out. The farmer, however, has succeeded
in giving the arsenic such palatable sur
roundings that the shrewdness of the
baboon is not proof against the palatable
temptation and dies.