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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
FISH AS FOOD.
The Idea That the Eating or Fish
Produces Brain Power Erro-

The Idea That the Eating or Fish
Produces Brain Power Fro
neous. &s@
Though "fsh days. as they were
once understood, are now optional,
the question discussed by writer in
Temple Bar under the above heading,
is still a very important one: Re-
garding the properties Of fish as food
there is still much to learn. The work
ing classes entertain usually an utter
contempt for it, and very few of them
go beyond "a bloater for breakfast"
or "two pennyworth Of shrimps or
wrinkles" as a supplement- for their
Sunday afternoon tea. zone popular
fallacy," says the author, Gin connec-
tion with fish may be noticed-name-
ly, the oft-repeated assertion that the
eating ofthat particular food increases
brain power No one who has studied
the subject can possibly believe the
assertion A man might eat huge
portion OF fish every day of his life,
and on the day of his death, if the
quantity of phosphorus (the brain
lnvigorator) consumed were to be-
come visible, it would not amount
to more than might suffice to tip
a. couple OF lucifer matches. Com
munities have existed that lived al
most solely on fish, but these Ichthy-
ophagists were certainly not famous
for intellectual attachments. Nor are
our fisher villages, in many OF which
much fish is presumably consumed,
the seats OF any great amount of brain
power. None of our fisher folks are
remarkable for genius, or even for
what is called common sense; their
views of life and it's responsibilities
being shrouded in haze of supersti-
ton, which they lack sufficient strength
OF mind to see through" 1t is inter-
esting too, to note that in this ex-
pert's opinion "fshing is a profitable
occupation. The sea is vast, no seed
or manure is required to force the
great harvest, which brings to the fish
captors at first hand a sum of six mill
lions sterling, and in all probability
costs the consumer thrice that sum-
No toll is exacted for leave to fish, no
rent is required for permission to gath
er the harvest Of the sea; the teen1ing
waters Of the mighty deep are free to
all who choose to cast their lines or
nets into Them"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
How She Keeps Rosy.

II don't understand how you can
work SO hard and yet grow 50 plump
and rosy was tho remark made to a
woman who arrived in the city no
long time ago worn out by mi ssion-
airy labor in the far west, and who,
against the advice OF friends, i'm
mediately lookup work in a down
town mission house
II think it is because the sisters
take such good care Of n,e,' was the
laughing reply. .s..s
on know when Twas at home and
when was working in the west l
would keep on FOR hours AMI, hours
without eating. Here I can't do so,
for the. sister il charge just comes and
sends me to my lunch. s,.,
son two mornings OF the week Irlse
at clock. I always have q cup OF
coffee and roll at once Break
fast is at SIS. We have oatmeal,
eggs, rolls and coffee. Sometime be
tween 10 and - o'clock they make
me take a glass OF milk and bread or
a sweet cracker. At 1880 we have.our
dinner OF meat, vegetables and plain
pudding. In the middle OF the alter
noon there is a cup OF tea and q
cracker, and at G:30;l nice light sup
per OF cocoa or. tea, graham and white
bread, croqulttes OF so ne sort or
cold meat, lettuce and prunes or
baked apples
TAT 8 O'clock, Just before going to
bed, I have another glass OF milk and
a roll: You sec this way of doing
gives one some sort ofnourlshment at
intervals OF two or three hours all
through the day, al,e! [ am beginning
to think is q very sensible r,,ie, es-
pecially for hard working peop.e like
myself, and away stripped q urisk
little woman with a :einvenatel yon-
I,lexi ion. New j ork Recorder.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
ARSENIC AND ANN ONIA.
Remarkable Contrast in the Effect
CT Two Poisons on the Complex

Remarkable Contrast in the Effect
CT Two Poisons on the Complex
ion.
The slow absorption Of many pois-
ons changes in some more or less
modified form the complexion, but
arsenic and ammonia show their effect
about as quickly as any. The popu-
lar belief that arsenic clears the COM
plexion has led many silly women to
kill themselves with it in small, con-
tinued doses.
It produces a waxy, ivory-like ap-
pearance OF the skin during certain
stage Of the poisoning, but it's terrible
after effects have become too we'll
known to make it Of common use as
a cosmetic
The effects of ammonia upon the COM
plexlon are directly the opposite to
that of arsenic. The first Symptom
Of ammonia poisoning which appears
among those who work in ammonia
factories is a discoloration of the
skin Of the nose and forehead. This
gradually extends over the face until
the complexion has stained, blotch-
ed, and unsightly appearance. With
people who take ammonia into their
systems in smaller doses, as with
their water or food, these striking
symptoms do not appear SO soon.
The only effect OF the poison that is
visible for time is a general unwhole-
someness and sallowness OF the COM
plexion
Many people are slowly absorbing
ammonia poison without knowing it..
The use of ammonia in the manufact-
ures has greatly increased Of late, and
it is unquestionably used as an adul-
terant in certain food preparations.
Official analysis have plainly showed
it's use even in such cheap articles Of
every day consumption as baking
powders. The continued absorption
of ammonia in even minute quantities
as an adulterant in food is injurious
not merely from it's effect upon the
complexion, but because it destroys
the coating OF the stomach and causes
dyspepsia and kindred evils
Professor Long Of Chicago, is author
ity for the statement that, if to fifty
million parts OF water there is one
part of ammonia, the water is danger
| OI1S ~ $751;
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA.
He Is More Popular Here Than In
Any Other Country.

An exceedingly interesting and ex
laustive article upon the Shakespeare
Year appeared in recent issue Of the
Birmingham Daily Post, in England,
which, although unsigned, is undoubt-
eddy the work of the interchangeable and
accomplished "Shakespearean," Sam
uel Timmins The article comprises
survey Of all the contributions to lit
erature and criticism and all forms OF
7 Shakespearean activity during the
year in all parts Of the world, and the
copious references to America are of
especial value, because nowhere else,
so far as we know, is such a careful
and thorough statement accessible.
1t appears that the number Of Amer
lean pilgrims to the birthplace, home
and grave Of Shakespeare at Stratford
far surpasses that from other coun-
tries. There were probably not fewer
than twenty thousand, American Wis
itors during tbs last year, and every
year there are more. The article pays
just tribute to the American editors,
specifying Richard Grant White,
whose "Shakespeare's Scholar" in
1854, introduced the active modern
interest of this country in the poet s
works. DR.. Howard Furness' Warrior
UNI" is we'll called "the greatest of all
editions OF Shakespeare plays" and
DR.. w. J. Wolfe's article refuting the
"cryptogram" theory Of Mr.. Donnelly
the article holds to be conclusive.
Preston Johnson's theory of Hamlet
as James l. does not escape the eye
OF the author, who pronounces the
claim mot proved"
The labors OF the New York and
Philadelphia Shakespeare societies are
mentioned with great commentator.
The Shakespearana, a serial publica-
ton issued by them, is described as
one (which America was first to
establish, and which Shakespeare s
own land has not tried to rival or
surpass." Alvey A. Adee, of Wash
ington is called the article "perhaps
the most learned among Americans
on all questions OF the English
drama," Chicago proposes to erect a
Shakespeare hall including a theatre,
library, and museum, and the picture
Of American activity in the study OF
Shakespeare, and not as Bacon,
must fill the mind OF Mr.. Donnelly
with dismay.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
HowTo TRAVEL COMFORTABLY,
Hints About Handling Clothing and
Toilet Articles in a Sleeper,

Hints About Handling Clothing and
Toilet Articles in Sleeper,
In taking a long journey it
is we'll to make oneself as COM
Portable as possible, especially at
night. When taking your place in
the sleeping-car berth, do not, for
fear of various emergencies, which
seldom arise, attempt to sleep in all
your clothes. Undress sufficiently to
be at perfect ease in any position you
may assume during sleep. This
freedom of lungs and limbs will assure
you rest at least, even if you fail to
sleep. In wintertime always carry a
light WOODEN wrapper to avoid colds.
You should have a neat little case
or bag Of linen into which you slip
your purse, jewelry, hairpins, etc, and
put this under your pillow in the
corner nearest the window. In the
rack or net which hangs above you
place all small articles of apparel
You will then know, On awaking, just
where to put your hand on any thing
you wish to find.
If you wake and go early to the
dressing-room you may make a COM
plete ;r.d refreshing toilet before the
other folks are up. Have in your
satchel all appliances, such as soap
and toothbrush IN celluloid cases, a
sponge in its bag OF oiled silk, brushes,
combs, whisk. etc., etc. Be sure to
provide your own towels.
The dress can be we'll brushed and
hung up till needed on convenient
hook. Garry also a bottle oflavender
or Florida water and pour some of
this into the bowl. It rests and re-
freshes one wonderfully.
After this careful toilet and a good
breakfast, served hot, you can stand
with but slight additional fatigue a
second days Journey.
So much seems to be provided for
our comfort and enjoyment during the
day while travelling that it seems
necessary to have thought for the
night only, as the nights rest or I'M
rest will most always make Or mar
the day before us.-Housekeepers
Weekly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
How Insects Breathe,

If we take any moderately large in
sect, say a wasp or a hornet, we can
see even with the naked eye, that
series Of small, spot-like marks run
along the side Of the body. These APP
parent spots, which are eighteen or
twenty in number, are in fact the APP
ertures through which air is admitted
into the system, and are generally FORM
ed in such manner that no extran-
eous matter can by any possibility
find entrance. Som etimes, says the
Lutheran observer, they are furnish
ed with pair Of horny caps, which
can be opened and closed at the will
Of the insect; in other cases they are
densely fringed with stiff interlacing
bristles forming a filter, which allows
air, and air alone, to pass; but the
apparatus, OF whatever character it
may be, is SO wonderfully perfect in
it's action that it has been found inn
possible to injure the body OF a dead
insect with even SO subtle a medium
asispirits Of wine, although the sub
ject was first immersed in the fluid
and then placed beneath the receiver
OF an air pump. The apertures in
question communicate with two
large breathing tubes, which extend
the entire length Of the body. Fro m
these main tubes are given off innum-
cradle branches, which run in all dir.
ections and continually divide and
sub divide, until a wonderfully intri.
cate network is formed, pervadine
every part of the structure aud pene
trating even to the antenn8.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
DID NOT KNOW HIM.
Amusing Incident Caused by
Beard.

r 4 = Z = p t. ~
A writer in the New York Star COM
ments upon the bewildering change IN q
mans appearance which is often
brought about by shaving the beard
or letting it grow, and cites astory re-
lated to himby alawyer. The lawyer
was. then wearing a heavy beard,
which he had been cultivatlng, as ne
said .ssince last October
The other day was riding on toe
front platform of a street-car, as
was smok king, when saw q cousin OF
mine, with her husband and baby, get
aboard. I had not seen her since the
day she was married in the summer OF
1883, and had never met her husband
except on the night of the wedding.
At that time I had only a moustache.
When they were seated in the car 1
nodded to her, but she did not re-
turn the salution. l repeated it, but
still there was no response. Evident
ly she did not recognize me, but for the
fun OF the thing kept onnodding and
smiling.
She began to be disconnected, and
pretty soon I saw her whispering to
her husband, who at once rose and
made his way to the rear platform,
where he spoke excitedly to the con-
ductor. That worthy came through
the car, and, opening the front door,
said to me:
"You must either stop insulting
the lady in the car or get off. Her
husband has complained Of your con-
duct"
zassured him that I had no wish to
insult any one, and as he began to get
excited I passed into the car, and,
taking hold OF a strap, leaned over the
lady and said: ~.
"Why, Minnie, how are your"
She looked at me for amoment, and
then exclaimed.
cousin Eddy! How do you do? I
didn't know you with your whisk-
ers."
The car was pretty full, and as all
hands had understood that I was
complained of, there was a general
laugh at this unexpected turn OF
affairs.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15
WHAT KIND OF BIRD WAS 1T?
Two Men Made Bet in City Hall
Park and Didn't Find Out.

Two Men Made a Bet in City Hall
Park and Didn't Find Out.
There was new bird in City Hall
Park recently. Its first notes were
heard about 4 o'clock, just as the
lucky dogs began to get away from
the banks and law offices and to ride
uptown in the Broadway cars along
with the nice girls that had been down
town to ''see papa" or "brother
George" Opinions varied among the
pedestrians along Broadway as to the
nature OF the bird. The chirping was
shrill but rather faint, and when one
man pointed to the bough of the
Ulm domesticus and insisted that the
little songster was there, another was
equally insistent that the piping came
from the leafy boughs OF the Fraxmus
excelsior further on.
One by one a crowd gathered, only
to disintegrate and 60 off with a rush
when their patient eyes failed to dis
cover & feather or wing, scarlet, vel
low, or dingy brown. At last there
were left only the two who first heard
The chirruping, each still with an ear
aloft.
ITS a sparrow" said one.
Its an oriole or I'll eat my hat"
Impossible" said the first.
81 was born within four feet of an
orioles nest. I'd orter know" said
the second.
"Why, an oriole goes chip chip-chir-
rip.''
81 beg your pardon. An oriole goes
MISUNDERSTANDING"
@Why, my dear man"
EXCUSE me, sir!-'
"Ill bet you a box OF cigars"
'tpll take it. An oriole goes 'chirrp,
Just then the orio!e came into view
"a tawny head, with a long beak,
black body. land lavender legs.
"Chirrp, chirp, ch-ch-chirrp! Here's
de tina bird wistle, fva centa piece
Ch-ch-chirrip!"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15

When one man has little prejudice
against another suspicion is very busy in
coming resemblances
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-15

great eyes?- come here, and tell me
noW-Quick''
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
TWOBEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRLS
Who Will Create FurOre in New
port This Summer.

Newport is to have Il sensation this
summer.
1t is automatically stated that the beau
tiful and celebrated daughters OF Lord
Dufferin, Beatrice and Adelaide, are to
grace this famous resort with their pres
ence this coming season.
1t will be remembered that Beatrice 5
beautiful dark eyes have played havoc
lately with the heart of Albert the eldest
son of the Prince of Wales. What it will
amount to is as yet a matter Ofconjecture
in England. The young ladies are ac-
knOwledged to be the most beautiful in
all Europe, and there will be not a little
excitement in the hearts OF our American
bellies over their coming. They are eX-
quisite dressers, and their costumes will
be marvels of curiosity. Unlike most
ladies, they know exactly what is suited
to them. Some time ago they sent for
the chief designer of the Paris house OF
The Neu York aud Paris Young Ladies Fash
ion Bazdr and selected forty costumes
each, the cost OF which will amount to
thousands of pounds.
Through the courtesy OF these young
ladies we have been permitted to copy
for The Nco York and Paris Young Ladies
Fdsaion Bdzdr two OF their most eqxuisite
costumes, which appear us figures 3 and
4 on the colored plates, of the June num-
Der of this magazine, Just out, and for
which the publisher has issued, in the
name of the American ladies, a card of
thanks. 1t is rumored that the Prince
may follow the young ladies to Newport
this summer. The Ae,r York and Paris
YOUNG Ladies' Fashion Bazar has the exclu-
sive right to publish each month at least
one or more of the costumes in which the
ladies Beatrice and Adelaide will appear.
The Ner York and Paris Young Ladies
Fashion Bdzar.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
A PRAYER.
VILLA LLOYD JACKSON.

Lord! by Thy mighty aid l can and do
My great temptations, bearing ON the
face
Their face the hideous wrong But, oh,
against the petty foes
That charge my soul, sOrely need Thy
grace.
They come with tender smiles and loving
words, or jests.
Oft times they wear the dimpled beauty
of a child,
Or gaze upon me with the grave, sweet
looks
From duty's own severity beguiled.
They hide beneath a rosy leaf, lurk within
Assume with boldness oft compassion's
name;
Are sometimes but haunting thought or
secret wish,
|, signing, put away for very shame.
They are so small, so plausible and light,
1t seems that | might crush them with
one blow.
Their very misunderstanding glancing
SpriteS-
Appeals to me to laugh and let them go.
And yet it is these little foxes 'mongst my
vines
That leave the vineyard ruined and
bleak and bare.
bar the gates against the sturdy rObber
chief,
But only smile to see the roguish host
play there.
Lord, lend Thine aid against the little
sins,
Whose tiny arrows find my afmor's
weakest part,
And venturing where the larger cannot
find a hold,
Efface with petty spite Thine image in
my heart.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
HENDERSON, N. G., THURSDAY, 4, 1891.

Mcdowell county, and his wooing,
prosecuted with the same intrepid
energy which has marked his action
in undertakings less pleasant and TO
mantle, resulted in a wedding at the
stately old country seat on the upper
Catawaba in the Spring of fateful sixty
one.
A few months after his marriage,
Mr.. Wilson needed the call of North
Carolina for troops, and raising a
company of his boyhood companions
on the Haw river hills, entered Col.
Fosters regiment as Captain of Co.
F., and made brilliant record for
bravery during the terrible struggle
between the States. He retired with
the rank of Major and with reputa-
tation as soldier and a leader OF
men which entities him to a much
more exalted position.
Near the close of the war Major
Wilson was appointed by Gov. Vance
Supt. of the Western North Carolina
Railroad. In 1876 he was elected
President of that road and served four
years until the States interest was
conveyed to the Best syndicate, when
he was elected Chief Engineer, hold
ing that position for seven years.
During this period the road was pushed
through the big tunnel under the Blue
Ridge and the ribbon of steel was un-
coiled along the French Board valley
and far out westwardly towards the
shadow of the Nantahalas.
In 1887 Maj. Wilson resigned his
position on the Western North Caro-
limb Railroad to accept at princely
salary the position of Chief Engineer
on two railway lines radiating from
Knoxville, Tennessee, the Knoxville
and Cumberland Gap and the Knox
vile Southern. In 1890, both the
lines being completed, Maj Wilson
resigned his position and returned to
his home in Morganton where he had
intended to devote his time exclusively
to the management of his extensive
estates. The action of the Legislature
in calling him to a position on the
Railroad Commission, position which
he had neither solicited nor expected,
will cause him again to forego for a
time that we'll earned rest in the midst
of his family to which he has so long
looked forward.
Since the close of the war Major
Wilson has lived in Morganton, and
of all the handsome residences for
which the town is famous, none are
more attractive than the gabled and
turretted structure he has reared which
stands among spreading elms on the
greenest of swards, and from whose
shady veranda are to be had enchant-
ing gllmpses of those blue Highlands,
whose mysteries, for ages unknown,
were unfolded to the world by the
skill of this nineteenth century mag
ician.
w. G. ERWIN.
Morganton, March 26, 1891.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
of the Commission.

The development of North Carolina
f1om Salisbury to Murphy has been
largely due to the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad, Through this great
artery the blood of prosperity has
flowed and is still flowing with increas-
ing volume into every county from the
cotton fields of Rowan to the meadow
lands of Cherokee. No man has done
more to forward the completion of this
magnificent commercial highway, than
has James w. Wilson, the subject of
this sketch, who, with short intervals
of rest, for thirty-five years, from 1S5 3
to 1888, gave to this Titan work his
assiduous attention and unremitting
care.
The tourist, westward bound, who
speeds in a Pullman car from Salisbury
to Paint Rock in nine hours, will look
from the car windows on the finest
piece of railway engineering that can
be found east of the Mississippi. In
fact, it is doubtful if anything can be
found on the great trunk lines that
pierce the snowcapped Rockies and
Sierras to surpass this pathway for the
modernized lesiathan, than that from
Round Knob to Swannanoa is curved
and looped and twisted through tun-
nels and long dizzy inclines, like a
lariat hurled through the air.
The credit of planning this great
work and carrying it out through all
its perplexing details has been justly
attributed to the chairman of North
Cardinals new Railway Commission.
* * X
Commissioner Wilson, a son of the
distinguished Presbyterian educator
and divine, Rev. Alexander Wilson,
D. D., was born in Granville county,
North Carolina, on Decamber 18th,
1892, and is therefore now in his
fifty-ninth year. He was prepared for
college under the instruction of his
father and at the celebrated Caldwell
Institute at Greensboro, N. c. In
1850 he entered the Senior class at
University of North Carolina, then
the leading educational Institution in
the South Atlantic States, and grad
uated with distinction in 1852. Some
years before he entered college he had
determined on adopting the profession
of civil engineer, and Immediately
after his graduation he joined a corps
of engineers under Gen. Rhodes, then
making preliminary survey of part
of the Western North Carolina Rail
road. Entering the service as a roads
man, he soon gave evidence of that
talent which since made him famous,
and rapidly rising to the position of
assistant to his chief, he was assigned
to work out the most intricate prob
lens connected with the location Of
the road. While engaged in this
work, the young engineer met Miss
Louise, the beautiful daughter Of Col.
Adolphus Erwin, of Pleasant Garden,