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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19
A STUDY OF NOSES.
Some Observations by a Noted Physio;
nomist.

Some Observations by a Noted PhysioS'
nomist.
Last year Prof. Annie Oppenhcn
went to the military exhibition to stud.
noses, says a London letter to the New
York Herald, and then made an exam
nation of the old pensioners in Chelsea.
''Every one of them nearly had TIE
prominent part of the nose at the top.
she said. "When the nose comes bold
ly out at that part it is the sign of .
aggressive spirit. When it proj,c-
more midway it shows disposition t,
resent attack or defend friends, but
without that spontaneous impulse to
combat which you find in the real fight
er and which is conspicuous in all the
portraits of the distinguished generals
or soldiers which one sees.
"You can almost tell a person,
character from the nose alone" she rc
marked. CAL great men have grca
noses. The Greek nose, which has nl
protuberance, but is straight, argue
great senses of aesthetics, of beauty.
but no character and no power of con
tention.
Large nostrils show courage. Poo
pie of fearless disposition breathe fully
and freely. All the tiercer animals
have dilated nostrils. The dropping
nostrils show histrionic talent. If the
nose also droops it denotes q tragic
power, and if only the nostrils the
capacity is marked for the interpreta-
ton of comedy.
"Where the nose is thin at the bridge
it shows generosity, while a nose that
is thick at the bridge argues acquisitive
ness. When it is 'tip-tilted like the
petal of flower the person is inquis
tive. A projecting nose argues dis
position to investigate. 1t is ahead Of
the person, as it were, and wants tt
scent out things"
Prof. Oppenheim delivers lecture
every day at the German exhibition a
Earl's court in London. She has pub
lished one or two works on her pc
science, for, although she has formed
her own deductions, they are all based
not on intuition or instinct, but on an
atomical principles.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19
uNsoLD BOOKS.
a Peculiar Crisis Which Is Now SttriI,n
Trench Dealers.

a Peculiar Crisis V.i;icii Is Now Sttr.I,n
french Dealers.
Paris is experiencing just now a curl
Gus crisis in the book trade. Ties,
arise from time to time, for the pub
fishing trade is no more free from 6vI
production or ''glut" than any otl.c
branch of commerce. There arc abou
a dozen authors who command E.
French market, and some four or fly,
whose popularity seems incxh@uStiblr
But the number of novclists /, to b
counted not By dozens, but by hundred.
And still the publishers go on s..iag.
A few days ago, says the Chicago Her
aid, the publishers of one of these pop.
ular authors had forty-fvc thousan,
copies of his last venture returned t.
him. They were the volumes that hat
been sent to the different railway sta
tions; there had been scarcely any sale
they all came back. And yet this au-
thor was very popular.
The explanation is the prevalent plan
of sending works first through tho press
as fcuilletons. The novel had lost its
freshness; it was discounted before it
was issued. The system is found to
tell on the more expensive volumes.
Lately an art publication, an edition de
luxe, magnifcently brought out, illus
trated with original engravings, libcr-
ally announced and generously criti-
cised, came back to the publisher with
only one copy sold; second venture,
published at a guinea, obtained a sale
of six examples, and then the edition
was sold out at one and one-half francs
copy. At present it is understood
that there are three million volumes OF
novels on the hands of Paris publishers
which cannot be got rid of. And this
number grows from day to day. 1t was
even proposed that these unstable vol
umes should be distributed at country
fairs as prizes for children instead o
gingerbread or sweets, but that the pre-
feet of police interfered and stopped
the practice.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19

painter had bean commissioned to
paint the Trace Of q saint on the re-
isctory wall Of conycnt. The price
stipulated was very low, but it was
agreed thPt the painter should have his
meals provided ut the expense of the
convent until the work was finished
But the only food supplied to the pool
artist was bread, onions and water. The
day for unwilling the ,fresco lat length
arrived. The frairs stood round the
artist, the curtain was removed. 1t was
no doubt. a very fine picture, but the
saint had his back turned toward the
spectators. "What does this mean?'
shouted the indignant prior. Padre, i
was compelled to paint the picture as
you see it, for the saint could not bear
the smell of onions"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19
Shaved While Asleep,

"A lumurl1able somnambulistic feat l.
reported from Bath, Me. A young man
Of that place went to bed with the idea
of rising early and shaving. In the
night he suddenly awol1e and found
himself standing in the middle of the
room. He went to bed again. When
he arose in the morning he went to his
dressing case and prepared to shave,
when, on looking in the glass, he found
that he was shaved as neatly as any
barber could have done it.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19
A Queer Will.

An eccentric and wealthy old lady
who died recently in Lyons left will
wAiea was evidently intended as a pos
Ina ,us joke, on, the doctors. In,
~. taful recognition Of the intelligent
;,ll devoted care Of DR.. H." so runs a
cl 'Eia IA ths~4daaaaeat, swho- has en-
i.J!al iac to attain ripe old age, | be-
quaath 70 him GtetStbing contained in
~ bou's;pr dtsjour.," - After the death
OF tla tinlable testatriY the executors
uulae,;ad the. Giaicie of furniture in
question ana fonhd init, still unopened,
sealed and corlscd, an the pills and POI
tons prescribed for the deceased by DR..
y. during the past ten years. B..
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19

That the fool element isvery largely
i,1 q ASCENDANT at some of the summer
34rt3 is in no way better evidenced
laal by the introduction of new
.ausoment called the laccd-shoc race.
.vcryonc taking part in this contest
having removed his shoes, hands them
10 Il person selected for that purpose.
The shoes are then placed in large
bar. thoroughly well shaken together,
and elnpticd in a heap on the ground.
IN the wild scramble which follows,
the one who first selects shoes and ties
His shoes is declared the winner.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
THE FIGURE 49,

The figure 9 in our dates will make long stav.
No man or woman now living will ever date q
document without using the figure 8. It stands
in the third place in 1890 where it will remain ten
years and then move up to second place in 1900,
where it will rest for one hundred years.
There is another "9' which has also come to stay.
1t is unlike the figure in dates in the respect
that it has already moved up to first place where
it will permanently remain. 1t is called the "No.
8" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine.
The mo. g. was endorsed for first place by the
experts OF Europe at the Paris Exposition Of 1889.
where, after severe contest with the leading ma
chimes OF the world, it was awarded the only
Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, ali
others on exhibit having received lower awards
OF gold medals, etc. The French Government
also recognized its superiority by the decoration Of
Mr.. NathanielWh President ofthe company.
with the Cross OF the Legion of Honor =,
The No 9" is not an old machine improved
upon. but Is an entirely new machine and the
Grand Prize at Paris was awarded it as the grand.
est advance IN sewing machine mechanism of the
age Those who buy it can rest assured. there
fore, OF having the very latest and best.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
Bill and the Congressman.

Once said Bill Nye the other night to a
circle Of friends, 81 had the misfortune to
live i'll the same block with congressman
In that neighborhood were a number of
little boys who had the habit of ringing
door bells and then going away. After we
had put up with this for quite awhile the
congressman and held a convention. And
we resolved that we would put an end to
this ringing of bells if we had to throw the
boy who did it any distance-twenty miles
and that we would bring the boy back
and embalm him. Well, one night shortly
pull at my bell. j suspected what it was,
and dashed ont just as / was. 1t was yerv
dark. | could hear the boy running away,
however. and pursued the footsteps. When
q had run about hall block thought it
would be a good plan o turn and go the 9TH
er way and catch the boy in .ront. So turn
ed and ran around to the other side of
the block. Pretty soon could hear the
boy coming the other way, painting. through
arms wide to EN- brace him as he came OH.
I succeeded. Then l delivered powerful
blow into the bosom of the night. Well.
we clinched and rolled over each other on
tie ground, and gouged and thumped at
each other til the welki rang. At least, /
think it did. | am sure that nline did.
Then we decided that ne had had enough
and that we ought to call it a draw So L
withdrew my nose from his mouth and
rose. He rose. also. and we stood facing
each other. We gradually recovered our
breath. His came first. It seemed TO be
nearer and more easily reached. When he
finally spoke heard the cOngl essman say.
There, Y teach you to ring my door bell
again!'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
An Agreeable Surprise.

Late explorers in Africa, plodding
YEARLY through the Congo wilderness
found in the very heart OF it a delight
full surprise. ssIn the midst of an inn
mense clearing they came upon a vii
lage bordered on all sides by large
manioc fields and acquaintance with
it's people, an intelligent active tribe,
afforded real pleasure.
On a very wide central avenue, ssex-.
tending as far as the eye could reach, 2.
We're their simple dwellings, face to.
face on either side, having in their.
rear extensive banana plantations,
behind which were lines of oil palms
and giant forest trees the protecting
wall shielding all this hriiftiiness- up.
reared themselves to majestic height.
The inhabitants were Benge people,
having broWnish complexion, and fine
features Indicative OF telligence and
force. They were, too, cleanIy, indus
trious, and orderly. No little skill as
.Wood-carvers had they, and other.
helpful homely crafts We're among their
usual employments. That they must
be successful hunters was shown in
the def fashioning Of the curious i'm
plements used In the chase.
That these Benge people have reach
ed 8 higher standard of ciyilizati ion
than many other tribes about them
goes without saying. 6 Among them
fetichism, cannibalis,n, and coarse
idolatry are unknown.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
WORK OF CONGRESS-,
Resume IF the Important Measures
Consined by Congress the Past
Week..
What is Being Done by the Senate and:
House Of Representatives at.
Washington.
Saturday, Feb. 20
SENATE.

f. + e. i % T.. +.
The senate passed. house bill granting. a
pension of 50 500 year to the window of
Admiral Porter. The house amendment
to the district tax bill was agreed to. and the
bill now goes to the president. House bill
was passed for the reorganization of artil-
lery OF the army with a senate substitute.
ports were agreed to the bills to define and
regulate the jurisdiction of United, States
courts and to- establish a United States
land court. The house substitute to the
shipping bill was laid before the senate and
on motion of Mr.. Frye went over until
tomorrow. The conference report ON the
bill to repeal the timber culture laws was
agreed to: The Indian appropriation bill
was then taken up, the pending question be-
Mr.. PettigreW to section 26. :
In the house to-day the shipping bill, the
sunky civil bill and the, legislative bill
We're sent to conference. An understanding
was reached that no contested election case
would be considered. The Hawaiian cable
amendment to the diplomatic and consular
bill was nonconcurred in and q conference
committee appointed. The conference re-
ports on the Indian depredations claim bill
and on the bill to regulate and define the
jurisdiction OF United States courts were
agreed to, also oa the bill establishing a
private land claim court A resolution
was reported for the impeachment of Alex
Bowman, United States district judge OF
Louisiana, but pending action public bust
ness was suspended and eulogies delivered
on the late Representative Phelan, of
Tennessee, after which the house, as mark
81 respect, adjourned until s o'clock.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The office of commissioner of labor and
statistics has been abolished.
There are seventy-ive students now at
tending the university at Mitchell.
The proposition to bond the county Of
McCook for $4,000 to build court house
was defeated.
John Goodwin was arrested at Mitchell
and fined $50 for selling liquors illegally.
He has been operating blind pig in
Mitchell several months.
The wife Of Rev. A. S. Boggs, pastor of
the Mitchell NJ E. church, died after con-
tinuous suffering for several months.
Peter Lund, of Charles Mix County, lost
two valuable steers and several head of hogs
by poison. tits supposed that poison was
put on the prairie by some one for wolves.
A. J. Mohn, who resides on farm near
Mitchell, died of consumption. He was a
man Of fine education and highly respect
ed.
The Brookings Agricultural college wants
some information in regard to the cut
worm Those who have any knowledge on
the subject should correspond and give the
public the result of their observations.
Turner county furnishes very good cat
tie record. On February 25, 1885, gentle
man by the name of Stoddard bought a
COW for s35. Inside of six years she had
raised ten calves-three pair of twins and
twice she has greeted her owners with a
pair of twins on New Years morning.
H. F. Fairchild was a farmer, living with
his wife and child near Mount Vernon
His wife awoke the other morning to find
him dead on the floor of the bedroom.
Heart disease is alleged to have been the
cause, though it is considered strange
case.
J. c. White died at Casselton aftera long
sickness. Mr.. White was secretary Of the
Non-Partisan Temperance Alliance ofNorth
Dakota. He was one of the pioneer settlers
of Casselton having settled here in 1879.
His wife died about year ago, and his two
children, of ten and twelve are thus left
orphans.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11

Jour-, We're. accidently poisoned at Grand
fofks, lnNes tigation showed that phial o
bella donna had broken and leaked through
INTO basin OF soup underneath, the chill
dren had drank the soup without discover
ing. the poison. One will recover, but the
other two arein, a doubtful condition.
: At a meeting of the Fargo board Of trade
1t was unanimously decided to. return to
subscribers all money raised for alleged
destitutes of Dickey and McIntosch count
les, the board inclining to: the belief that
there was something wrong and restitution
was not such as represented to-. them. A
number of clippings from St. Paul and, Min
neapolis papers were, read. alleging that
politics had something to: do with the al
legged restitution. 4. -...t :s-
Sheriff McLaren arrived with. Joseph
Remington, the Arth ur murderer, at Fargo
and placed him in jail He was arraigned
waived examination, and was committed
without bail On the charge Of murder. The
present term Of the district COURT recon-
venes March 16. No one is admitted to, see
Remington. He declines to talk about his
crime to the officers. He. was very appre-
hensve Of being lynched when he arrived
here, and was relieved when placed behind
the bars. -
Gov. Burke has appointed Robert f. Wal
lace Of jaime stown, public examiner; Frank
A. Wardell, Of Pembina, oil inspector; w.
Z. LangdOn, state veterinarian. The fol-
lowing boards were appointed: Board of
equalization, Joseph Tombs, Grafton; A. L..
Hanscom, Downer; A. B. Guptill, Fargo;
W. S. Buchanan, Sargent county; VIM.
Dwyer, Napoleon; J. P. Clark, Mandan.
State board Of agriculture: O. L. Steele,
Johnstown; Oscar Will, Bismarck; r..
Thursby; Towner; E. M. Sanford, James
town; William Weaver, Durbin; A. w. Far
ley, Ashley.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
WISCONSIN,:

Blanchardville is to have newspaper.
Thurstan J. Rostad is to be the editor.
Mrs. Elsie Mabie died at Clinton aged Il.
She was one ofthe early settlers, coming
here in 1916.
Diphtheria has taken a fresh start in the
village of Alderman. Thirty-three cases are
reported, and several deaths. All passenger
trains run through the place without stop
ping.
Oscar Erhart, pharmacy student, suf-
fered very severe accident while working
in the chemical laboratory at Madison.
While experimenting some sulphuric acid
exploded in his face, burning his eyes and
scalding his forehead
Joseph Stangel, arrested at Thorpe for
assault with intent to kill his half-sister,
Kate Fischer, waved examination before
Justice Burke and was taken to Neillsville
tor satekeeping. Bail was fixed at 50, 900,
which he failed to secure.
At the municipal election held in Black
River Falls fair vote was polled. John
Marsh, the peoples candidate for mayor,
was elected by 40 plurality over the Re-
publican and Prohibition nominees. with
all the rest of the peoples ticket, except
one Republican alderman and one justice
of the peace. On the question of local OBJ
ton, license is carried by 12O majority
report is brought to La Crosse from
Austin, that the headquarters of the South
ern Minnesota division are to be moved
back to La Crosse not later than May l.
This is much desired by business men here,
who are the largest shippers on this divis-
ion, and have found it very annoying not
to have the officers where they could be
reached personally when desired.
The central school building at Washburn
is burned to the ground The fire com
pany could give but little aid on account
of scarcity of water in the reservoir. The
building was a frame structure valued at
$4,000; insurance $1,000 The origin of the
fire is unknown, but it probably started
from furnace in the basement. The
school board has decided to provide tenn
porary quarters for the 800 scholars that
attended this school.
John Canfled, the millionaire lumber
man of Manistee, Mich, was before the
land officers at Ashland to make appl1ca-
ton for patents on nearly $500, 900 worth of
pine lands purchased of the Wisconsin Cen
trail railroad. His application was protest
ed by about forty settlers, who are also try
ing to obtain the same. The Cranberry
Lumber company is also interested in the
case, they holding a warranty deed Of the
land in question.
Mrs. George R. Houghton. whose hus-
band is son of a well-known banker,
tried to commit suicide at Milwaukee by
jumping into the lake, but was prevented
by an officer. She and her husband are
said to have lived nnhapplly aad his par
ients have recently sent him South and it is
said We're about to take steps to secure the
custody of her children. Her domestic
troubles SO proved on her mind that she
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
The kaiser's History Lesson,

The German Kaiser has not a few
touches OF the German professorin his
character. His three long speeches on
the schooling of the people show that,
like our James I, he regards the Kings
throne as a. kind of supreme academ-
ical chair. There is, apparently, no
subject Of political or social import
ance upon which he is not prepared to
give a Lecturer and it must be owned
that he is very apt to be ready in his
production Of historical parallels. At
his lecture during the festival in honor
OF the Great Elector, the Imperial pro
lessor OF history, struck an ingenious
side-thrust at Prince Bismarck ''The
great statesman who had served his
(the Great Elector's) father" said
the Kaiser, chad worked for his own
ends; hence the youngruler was obliged,
when he came into power, to strike
out in a new way for himself, and do
so alone" a-
AAiAo VI DItuCle1lUuiy, III
the seventeenth century, was evidently
Count Adam Won Schwarzenberg, who
ruled the State with autocratic SWAY
during the reign of the Elector Geo
Wilhelm, from 1907 to 1641. He
was the mortal foe of Gustavus
Adolphus, the victorious champion of
German Professionalism. The great
Swedish King once said to him: ."This
black fellow is bringingno end of misery
upon his masters. The Brandenburgh-
ers ought to throw the Count out OF
the window, or cut his head off, To
get rid of the despotic Adam Won
Schwarzenberg was the very first care
OF the Great Elector, the youthful
Friedrich Wilhelm. But the self-con-
scious parallel of the Imperial pro-
lessor was curio usly unjust. For the
greedy politician who was Mayor OF
the palace under the Great Electors
predecessor had degraded Prussia, and
was pursued by the yells of the women
and children when he drove through
the streets of Berlin, whereas Bismarck
exalted Prussia to splendor which
the Great Elector never expected for
her, and was idolized by the folk in
the Berlin streets.-Pall Mall Gazette.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
HOUSE..

The house to-day passed the senate bill
or the erection Of a new mint in Philadel-
phla at cost not to exceed So 900, 600.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
Determined to take her life and was abont
! to jump into the lake when Officer Mooney.
seized her.
IOWA.

Helr7y Arson, father of the famous base
bail captain, was elected mayor of Mar
shaltown by vote Of LOOP out of a,total
Of l,4S1. Mr.. Arson is Democrat.
Cal Morgan, a car repairer at the electric
works, in an alteration struck Bert Parish.
on the head with monkey wrench. Par
ish will die
Fire burned through two floors of: tbs
Marquardt building at Dies Moines, causing
a loss of $4,000 to the building and the
stocks of the Domestic Sewing Machine
company and Phillip Herboch's furniture
i Judge Kline, at Toledo, sentenced Elmer
Warren to life imprisonment at Anamosa,
for the murder of Conductor O'Neil, Of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad. The
prisoner received the sentence with stoical
indifference.
The trichinOsis cases near Ida Grove, the
result of eating bologna sausage, are be-
coming more serious. One more death has
occurred and four new cases are reported.
There are now seventeen persons whose re
covery is doubtful, and four have, died
At Sibley the two-story frame building
Of L. Shell and the stock of boots and
shoes of NJ. B. McLowan and the One-story
brick of NJ. e. Parker and his stock of
drugs and groceries have been burned.
Loss, $15 900, with about 81, 900 insurance.
The Burlington improvement company,
with a capital stock Of s5o,OoO was incor-
porated recently for the purpose Of inn
proving the anufacturing and other inter-
ests of Burlington by negotiating with man
ufacturers to remove here.
The hardware stock Of G.. F. Mckinney
was put in the hands of the sheriffrecently
The total amount Of liabilities is $4,000
The February inventory amounted to-
81, 800. tits thought that the firm will be
on their feet again in a few days.
Fire started in the armature room of the
Sioux City Electric Railway company, and
before it could be gotten under control it
destroyed the building, together with a
dozen motor cars and five passenger coach
es. Loss about $4,000 fully covered by in
surance. .-,z.:.-
The hardware firm of G.. M. MeKenney &
Co., Of Mason City, was closed by the
sheriff. Attachments of local creditors and
Chicago and St. Paul wholesale houses
have been filed to the amount of $780,
More creditors are to be heard from The
stock will invoice $4,000, and the store
was one of the finest in the city.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-03-11
VIZ. FRANK. JOHN. DsNrzn
Cottonwood Mills.

Custom grinding solicited. VIII
grind wheat for ! Zone eigtk or or.
change 81 lbs. flour, 5 lbs. shorts and .
lbs. bran for one bushel of wheat. Flour
and feed sold at low rates and delivered
a New Ulm free Of expense.
FRANK d BENrz1N.