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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Misapplied Grease,

An Englishman once presented a
party of savages with some cakes OF
soap. They ate part OF them, and
strung the rest around their necks.
A southern correspondent of New
York paper describes another queer
example of a good thing in the wrong
place.
Ihad been looking after the battle
fields around Marietta, Ca, and was
five miles from the town, when a
cracker came along with an OK and a
cart and offered me lift. After rid
ing some distance realized that both
wheels were sadly in need of grease,
and asked him why he didn't lubricate.
"What fur?'' he asked.
ITO makethe cart draw more easilv.''
"Sho! This yere OK doan' mind.
He-un doan' know"
1But it would stop the squeakin.
eyes, [ reckon, but the squeakin'
doan' hurt zs
1T would save your Wheels" I
finally said
'sSho! this old cawt amt wuth saw
ing
'Did you ever grease it?.' Ipersisted.
"Once. A Yankee rodeto town with
me and bought me box of stuff
elbow did it work?''
mighty slick, but we dun spread il
on hoe-cake and ate it all up IN a
week"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Trousers Bottom Protector.

1t seems as if the ingenuity Of the in
ventor would never tire of seeking for
new worlds to conquer. A singular in
vention is the subject of a recent
patent. This is neither more nor less
than a trousers protector, which is
held to the trousers by means of two
small spring clips, and the balls or
projections at it's lower edge prevents
the bottom Of the trousers from COM
ingin contact with the ground and get
ting muddy. 1t is claimed that by it's
use it is impossible to pick up mud,
and that the unsightly method OF turn
ing up the bottoms of trousers in wet
weather is avoided. It is said to be
not noticeable when worn, and is
made in different colors to suit the
cloth. 1t weighs one-eight of an ounce,
and can beinstantly fixed or removed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Have a Good Fire:

No intelligent woman would think of
sitting down to sew with a. needle de-
void of a point; or attempting to
write without pen or pencil, yet
many a. one will ruin temper and food
by attempting to cook with a. poor
fire. Sometimes, it is true, economy
must be closely studied, where the
stove has done duty for many years,
and the way is not clearly shown
to obtain a new one with modern i'm
provements. But many housewife
will spend much care and labor in the
preparation iof some elaborate dish,
and then spoil the whole by attempt.
ing to cook it with an Indifferent
fire. Although more or less cooks
burn theirfood, thegreatest evil seems
to arise from too slow a fire, so
that from the oven emerge soggy pie
crust, heavy cake and partially cooked
roasts. A well-beaten omelet is spoil
ed, because, the fire being low, the cook
does not wait for the frying pan to be-
come thoroughly heated, trusting to
11luck' that twill come out all rig ht."
The doughnuts "soak fat' because
the fat had not been brought to a
proper heat. Fifteen minutes are
wasted in stirring a pudding, because
it would take the milk to come to a.
boil that the impatient cook added
eggs and corn starch before the milk
boiled: Many q women spends all of
Saturday forenoon with her baking,
which might easily have been done in
two hours, and with better success, had
she begun with a good steady fire.
Good HOUSEKEEPING.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
ALenient Uncle,

The most lenient pawnshop in the
world is the Monte di Pieta in Rome,
established in 1885. Any person who
brings a pawn may borrow from So
to $50 without paying any interest,
but all that is lent above that is paid
for at the rate of 2 per cent. per an
mum. At the end of two years, if the
pledge be not redeemed nor interest OF
the money paid, the pledge is sold and
the overplus Of the debt is laid by for
the owner, who has it in his power to
demand it within 100 years.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Good Coffee,

In England one is told that he must
60 to France to taste coffee properly
made. I went to France, and now
know better. America is the only land
where coffee is treated with that cir
cumspection, delicate courtesy and
hearty respect which it is capable Of
extorting from those who have souls
to know it's worth. They make "black
Coffee we'll in France, and they make
that out of tincture of chicory called
"cotfee essence" but there is g. wide
difference, in my opinion, between COT
fee and black coffee. "There are two
kinds of goods" I once heard a. New
Jersey farmer say, good and good
for nothing.-Julian Ralph.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Not PeriShable,

A colored man, who, afew days ago,
obtained a marriage license, was at
the clerks Office asking that it be
taken back and the dollar refunded.
The anxious clerk asked if the license
was not filled up properly, and the
answer was, II thought so; but I find
the lady is lawfully married already,
and of course can't marry her"
"You don't know" said some one
IN the office; her husband may die, or
there may be a divorce, and the license
will keep" The applicant went off
stu s holding the Observation-Disclosures
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Learn to be Happy.

"The universe abounds with anever-
ending variety OF things to give us
happiness" says Prentice Milford, in
the October issue of the White Cross
Library, and he adds: 'The more
spiritualized and refined we become,
the greater our power to sense, feel,
appreciate and use these endless
stores. The more we learn to trust
the Supreme Power for good, the more
we are moved into variety and diver
sity of life. The man who becomes
blase, who imagines that he has seen
1T all, and that life has nothing new in
store for him, is man who senses
only the material part Of things. He
is wearied OF life, because, believing
only in the material, his physical
senses become jaded and worn forlack
OF any quickening and recuperation
through the spiritual. Let us then so
set our minds as to grow more and
more into the mood ofever demanding
Of the Supreme Power all WAYS, ali
means, all wisdom, all knowledge, all
power to make life what it should be.
an eternal paradise"
Herein is condensed the true philos-
ophy of good health and effective
achievement. Health is largely men
tai and moral, rather than physical,
the action of the spirit on the BODY.
The key to a constantly growing sue
cess in work is harmony and exalta-
tiou OF mind. Happiness is not only
"a great beautitier,"' as Emerson has
we'll said, but it is the most potent
spring. OF energy. It is elasticity
and interest. That work is best
done which is done in this perpetual
pleasure in it; when it is regarded as a.
delight, and not as a drudgery; when
the days are kept full Of charm
and sweetness and happiness. Nor is
this dependent on circumstances. It
is that peace which the world can
neither give nor take away. It cannot
be bought with a price. It cannot be
denied to the poorest conner" For
always is it true that
IT'S heaven alone that is given away:
'Tis only God may be had for the asking
It is one OF the most important, per-
haps the most important, lessons in
life to learn to be happy; to enjoy
doing the work given us to do; to find
our life in that which is, rather than
that which is not and cannot be.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
To Provide for Kossuth.

A London writer has alluded to the
straitened circumstances in which
Louis Kossuth finds himself. The
Buda-Pesth Athen@um offered him an
advance of 5000 forms on his writ
ings, but the old man, with character
istic honesty, declined it on the ground
that at his age he could not be sure of
completing the work. However, an
arrangement will be made which will
obviate all risk OF his suffering from
want during the remainder of his life.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Care with the Toothbrush

The use of the toothbrush in con-
nection with powder, washes or other
treatment OF the teeth should be gen.
tie. Bleeding OF the gums is always a
danger signal. It shows that the skin
has been broken, inviting the absorb
ton into the system OF any poisonous
or foreign matters which may be pres
ent in the mouth. If the gums are very
tender, q soft brush should be used,
and used very gently, till they have
hardened sufficiently to withstand
more vigorous treatment. Even then
the liability will be to err on the side
OF harshness.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

came out and went away. Next day
he came back with his crowd, about
twenty thousand Of them, and all of
the bees went into hollow part OF
the dwelling at the attic and began to
lay up honey. Nobody interfered with
them until a, few days ago. Mrs.
Walker got Day & Blanchard, carpen-
tiers, to rout the bees and take the
honey from them. After brief but
hot round or two with the lively col
ony, all the swarm we're put to flight,
and the Walkers realized just l25
pounds of the finest honey.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
F arm MaxfmS.

Poor policy to winter poor stock.
High breeding and high feeding must
60 together.
Animals requiring different food
should not be kept together.
A change OF diet whets the appetite
and promotes digestion.
Ii you want to avoid colds and dis
ease shelter your animals.
Don't "break'' the colt. Make a
friend of it and kindly teach it.
A good brood SOW is one OF the most
profitable animals on the farm.
All the value there is in pedigree isits
indication OF good breeding.
A good feeder is q good Judge of the
quality Of the food which he feeds.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
POINTERS FOR FARMER AND
HOUSEkEEPER.
Hard Soap--Uses for fre--Farm
Maxims--Salt Baths--A Honey
Anecdote.
Hard Soap.

Dissolve one can ofpotash in quart
OF cold water, then stir slowly into six
pounds of melted grease; the cleaner
the grease the whittier the soap. Stir a
few minutes until it is very thick; pour
into a square pan. If you want to cut
it in pieces, you must do it as soon as
cold, or it will harden so it cannot be
cut easily. Mixing oatmeal in this
soap makes a good toilet article; it is
very good for the hands.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Sugar BeetS,

In Germany only beets are used for
seed which come up to a given stand
ard OF saccharine, and thus the sugar
yielding quality is maintained or in
creased year after year. When dug in
the fall the best specimens are careful
~ stored. In spring circular hole is
bored in each, with a special instru-
ment, and half an ounce of pulp re-
moved. This is polarized for sugar
Ii the quantity found exceeds a. GER
tain limit, the hole is filled with moist
lay, and the beet is planted.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Corn Griddle Cakes.

A hundred different recipes can be
readily given, and many of them ex-
cellent ones, says a writer, for making
corn bread and corn cakes, in which
either water, sweet milk or sour milk
can be used. The following, however,
is an excellent one, which can be modi-
fed to suit the taste by any one with
a moderate knowledge Of cookery.
Mix together two cups of cornmeal,
two teaspoonfuls Of sugar and
one teaspoonful of salt. Scald
with boiling water, thin to proper
constituency with cold milk, add
a. Well-beaten egg, q teaspoonful
Of melted butter and teaspoonful of
baking powder. Baked in a hot grid
die to a rich brown, these cakes will
be a welcome addition to the break
fast on cool morning.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Confinement ana HARD WORK

Confinement and Hard Work
Indoor, particularly in the sitting POSTURE
are far more prejudicial to health than ex-
cesslye muscular exertion in the open air
Hard sedentary workers are far too weary
after office hour to take much needful exer-
else in the open air. They often need a
tonic. Where can they seek invigoration
more certainly and agreeably than from
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, renovant
particularly adapted to recruit the ex-
hausted force OF nature. Use also for dys-
pepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic all
ments. ~... ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Canning Corn.

In the year 1883 the corn pack in
Maine aggregated 8,364,OOO cans.
This SO overstocked the market that
it was two or three years before it full
ly recovered from the effects. In 1887
the pack was 100000 cans; in
1888 it was also large, in 1889 and
1890 about 100000 each year,
and yet we hear nothing OF over pro-
ductiOn.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
: August
Flow err :

How does he feel 2-He feels
blue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed
in-the-wool, eternal blue, and he
makes everybody feel the same way
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels .
headache, generally dull and con-
slant, but sometimes excruciating-
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels .
violent hiccoughing or jumping Of
the stomach after a meal, raising
bitter tasting matter or what he has
eaten or drunk-August Flower
the Remedy.
How does he feel Pie feels
the gradual decay of vital power:
he feels miserable, melancholy,
hopeless, and longs for death and
peace August Flower the REM
edy.
. How does he feel?-He feels SO
full after eating a meal that he can
hardly walk-August Flower the
Remedy. @
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufactures,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Girls at Symphony Rehearsals

O1IIS at 0y11pnOny ReneafSaIS.
The girl with a big violin, the girl
with her knitting, the restless girl who
fits about the audience, the girl with
a low necked dress on a winter after
noon, the superior girl with four books
and a German dictionary-these are a
few OF the girls seen at a symphony re-
hearsal.-Boston Transcript.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
A Honey Anecdote.

A dispatch from Putnam, CT, No
vember 80, says; Three years ago
scouting honey bee crawled under the
loose clapboards in George Walkers
house at Hampden, just across the
State line in Massachusetts,, then
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

You wear out clothes on a dashboard
ten times as much as on the body. How
foolish. Buy Dobbins' Electric Soap of
your grocer and save this useless wear.
Made ever since 1864. Don't take imitation.
There are lots of them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

3 For THROAT DISEASES AND CoUGHs use
Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHE. Like all
really good things, they are initiated. The
genuine are sold only in boxes.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Salt Baths,

A warm salt bath is very refreshing
to any one suffering from exhaustion
of travel or of long shopping expe-
dition-which is as trying to mind and
body as anything that can be under
taken by a woman. Away from the
seashore a very simple substitute for
sea-water is a cup of rock salt dis
solved IN warm water and added to
the bath. When the salt is irritating
to the skin, take a warm bath and
sponge off with a mixture of violet
Or lavender water and alcohol, about
half and half, and rub briskly with a.
warm friction towel. Such method
prevents the exhaustion and danger
OF cold which follow a warm bath.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

A man who don't know much at home
learns very fast when he travels.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
Uses for Wire,

Tough, taking small space, easily
manipulated, wire can be used in a
variety OF ways. Old bale wire will
indefinitely extend the life Of a basket.
Even after the bottom is gone wire
may be woven across, reaching up the
sides between the splints to the rim.
A broken wagon-thill can be mended
temporarily and instantly. Instead
OF taking time il. haying to make a
new bar to replace a broken one, it
was whipped with wire and madegood
as new. Wire staples can be made
rapidly and cheaply wet days, using a
wise and a file, or, still better, timers
shears: Fine copper wire is myal-
liable for mending heavy harness. Al
ways soak leather before sewing it,
n. Y. Tribune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

Does every bone in your body ache. The
bathe in Johnson's Anodyne Eminent; ru
brisk
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

: For MENTAL DEPRESSION TAKE Aliens
Iron Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear the
signature sig of ]. P. Allen, Druggist St. Paul,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

Slush, dirt, wet feet; rheumatism and
colds follow. Use Johnson's Anodyne Lin
iment freely.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

The late Gen. Terry was a brother of
Rose Terry Cook, the writer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

;. The world is quite small to people who
live only to please themselves.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

Ten miles of freight cars cross the De-
troit river on ferry boats every day.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
lOODoses One Dollar. /

The devils school is open night and day
and never has vacation. :
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

Siam is to have q $500, 900 electric railway
thirty miles long
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

The only remedy for earthly trouble is to
be right with God.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21

There are in the world, 1904 languages
and l, 900 religions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-06
Think Carefully and Decide Wisely.

We possess the facility and inclina- ton to give you better bargains in your fall and winter garments, than we have been able to do before, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-06

You told me once, before you returned east, what your intentions were toward Greens girl, and understand that your intentions are the same yet. You are striving to get Green in your power and use him as a lever in your efforts with the girl. That was your purpose in taking him to Mills to get his money, and you are the man who holds that note."
 ''You are making rather reckless asser- tions, Scraggs; but say they are correct, and then what?''
 "Why, only this, you must give the note up to me. I will pay you a pre- rnium on it."
 "Who-ee! Must give it up, eh?"
 "Yes, you must"
 ''Perhaps I must, but I fail to see why.''
 "Look here, Pearson, you proceed with your intentions toward that girl, and I promise you that Blatchford shall be informed of it without delay"
 "Blatchford! What does he care? Do you suppose he'd bother his head about daughter of one of these poor settlers whom he owns body and soul Pshaw, he don't care what they do, or | "hbV OSCO1ACS O4 SO 4OuS Us he has their mortgages. Write to Blatch- ford, if you want to, and see what good it will do you"
 As Pearson delivered himself of these words he kept close watch on Scraggs features, and though he spoke conf dently and with the utmost indiffer ence, he was greatly disturbed He was in constant dread lest something should transpire to re veal to Scraggs the relation existing between Blatchford and the Greens He became satisfied on the present oc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-06

modern ingenuity can make them. The springs are at least as well made and adjusted as those of the best Pullman gar. They can be arranged in stalls of any desirable size, by means of movable partitions.
 Perhaps the handsomest of these cars is the ''Alta,'' in which the great horse Salvador made his trip to the Pacific slope last fall. Three-quarterso of it are given dp to stalls for horses and the re- maiuder to a regular Pullman sleeper for She men.
 Salvador, by the way. takes travelling calmly. I remember how different was his demeanor on the day when he left Jersey City from that of the Ally Rosette, who was in the same car. Sal vator was dignifed and quiet, but Rosette beat rousing tattoo on the side of the car. It required the com bined efforts of MT. Mackey and two other men to quiet the little Ally. Such nervous horses are almost certain to get hurt if anything unusual happens in the course of a journey. If they escape broken bones, the nervous shock has a strong tendency to bring on congestive
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-06
CHAPTER XVII.
rHE sDRprNr AMI ITS AGENT

HE SIhfENI ANU Ills AGENT
 The reader may be inclined to think it a little strange that Scraggs should manifest such decided interest in mat ter that did not at all affect him. But, as has been said, Scraggs was man of heart, and he was great friend of vir- tue. Besides, he was man of strong impulses, and his likes and dislilzes were extremely pronounced. From the moment he came to know Harry Pear son in his true character he had dislilzed him, and the instant he became cogni- zant of Pearson's intentions relative to LouisS Green, he resolved to thwart them if possible. And it may be added that Scraggs was a man who, once hay ing formed purpose, never abandoned it until he had reached the end.
 Thus may the interest of Scraggs in this affair of Greens be accounted for to the satisfaction, no doubt, of all. It was late when Scraggs arrived home, and it was impossible for him to do aught that day, but at an early hour