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The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29

who logged from the Rio Grande to
Patagonia on horseback and muleback,
IS visiting friends in New Laredo, Tex,
this month. He says ne has been
knocking around Mexico, alone and IN
armed, for half a dozen years past, and
has everywhere met with the greatest
kindness and hospitality.
M. Charles Fere, the well known Par-
sian authority on nervous diseases, no.
tices an immense increase in France of
the maladles which are his special charge
ana Thinks it due ito the increase in
peer drinking, absinthe drinking and
bars"
Tramps along the Southern Pacific in
Arizona and New Mexico are becoming
dangerous One hundred and thirty
live tramps who were camped at Lords
burg, Ariz., recently removed seventeen
tons of coal from cars. piled it in huge
circle, fired it, and ensconced themselves
within, passing the night in comfort.
1t is curious fact that the religion of
Mohammed is being now preached regu-
larly in New York city. The muezzin
is Emin l.. Nabakoff Russian by birth
and q Mohammedan by religion, who
every Sunday from the windows of Union
square lin default of minaret) intones
in very musical voice the call for
prayers.
The senatorship question is beginning
to be agitated in Iowa, where the next
legislature will choose successor to
Senator Wilson, who thinks he has had
enough. Congressman Gear, now about
70 years old, is leading candidate
but he is opposed by the Clarksons, who
favor man of local reputation named
A. B. Cummins
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29

To point to the fact thats.business was
not seriously disturbed by the first cleo
ton of Cleveland as tending to show
that there is no reason for experimenting
prolonged disturbance now is mislead.
ing. When Cleveland was elected the
first time the Senate was Republican,
and manufacturers and business men
knew that there could be no radical
legislation affecting economic conditions.
They knew that they were perfectly safe
in assuming that the tariff conditions
which existed would remain unchanged
during Mr.. Cleveland's term. In his
second term the conditions are entire
ly different. The Democrats are in
possession of every branch of the
government, and any bill they agree
upon can be made law. The Mills
bill did not PROSTATE business be.
cause every body knew that it could not
become law. The Wilson bill is prostrat-
ing business because ever yobdy knows
that there is very strong probability
that it will become law
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29
Why do Cats Eyes Shine in the dark

Why do cats shine in the dark while
mems eyes do not? The author of idle
Days in PATAGONIA" raises this question
without answering it. He shot and
wounded an eagle owl, and the sight
of the bird, he says, was one of the great
est surprises with which nature ever
favored him. The OWLS haunt was an
island overgrown with grass and tall
willows Thither Mr.. Hudson went
toward evening, and found him upon his
perch waiting for sunset. He eyed the
intruder SO calmy as almost to disarm
him, but hunters of specimens have a
way of hardening their hearts. Mr.
Hudson fired. The owl swerved on his
perch, remained suspended for few
moments and then slowly futtered
down. He says:
l found my victim stung to fury by his
wounds and ready for the last supreme
effort Even in repose he is a big, eagle
like bird; now in the uncertain light he
looked gigantic in size--a monster Of
strange form and terrible aspect.
Each particular feather stood on end,
the tawny barred tail spread out like a
fan the immense tiger wings
wide open and rigid, so that as the bird,
that had clutched the grass with his
great feathered claws, swayed SLOW ly
from side to side-just as snake about
to strike swasy his head, or as an angry,
Watchful cat moves it's tail-first the
tip of one, then of the other wing
touched the ground
The black horns stood erect, while in
the center of. the .wheel-shaped head the
beak snapped necessarily, producing a
sound like the clicking Of sewing ma
chine. This was suitable setting for
the pair of magnificent, furious eyes,
on which ] gazed with a kind of fasci-
nation. not unmixed with fear, when
| remembered the agony suffered on
former occasions from sharp, crooked
talons driven into me to til G bone.
The iri. es were of bright orange
color, but every time | attempted to APP
globes Of quivering yellow flame, the
black pupils being surrounded by a
scintillating crimson light which threw
out minute yellow sparks into the air.
When | retired from the bird this pre-
ternatural fiery aspect would instantly
vanish.
The question as to the cause of this
fiery appearance is one hard to answer.
We know that the source of the lumin-
osity in owls and cats eyes is the light
rejecting mem brane between the retina
and the sclerotic coat of the eyeball,
but the mystery remains. When with
the bird particularly noticed that
everytime 1 retired the nictilating mem
brane would Immediately cover the eyes
and obscure them for some time, as it
will when an owl is confronted with
strong sunlight, and this gave me the
impression that the fiery, flashing ap-
pearance was accompanied with or fol-
lowed by a burning or smarting sen a.
ton.
I have lived great deal among semi
civilized savage men. | have often seen
them frenzied with excitement, their
faces white as ashes, their hair erect and
their eyes dropping great tears of rage,
but have never seen in them anything
approaching to that fiery appearance Of
the owl.-Youths' Companion.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The Viking ship is at New Orleans.
Eight football players were killed in
the United States this season.
The mum Der Of Pacific Goldfish landed
at San Francisco between April 2S and
October 16 this year, was ,243, 600. They
were brought in by six vessels.
Asa 2. Potter, of Maverick bank fame.
is to open a private banking house in
Wall street.
Rev. DR.. Charles Merivale, dean of
Ely, the historian of Rome, has inst
died at the age of SIS.
Mr.. David Galloway of Washington, D.
c., celebrated Christmas by trying To
jump from 3 bridge into the smokestsck
of moving locomotive. He missed the
stack, landed on the boiler and rolled off
into the street vi
DR.. Clinton Gavendish, the Englishman
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29
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The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29
THE DEADLY ELECTRIC WIRE.
How to Handle 1t In Accidents Without
Danger to Life.

Now that all OF our cities and many of
the country villages are threaded with live
electric wires, it becomes one of the first
essentials of practical education to instruct
all classes and conditions of people re-
garding these elements of danger and of
possible death. Now as a matter of fact
it is quite possible to handle heavily
charged electric wire, without danger, if
it is done in the right way. It is only
necessary that the agent used shall be a
nonconductor of electricity, and that great
care shall be taken not to allow the dan.
gerous wire to touch the human flesh. An
experienced electrician gives the following
suggestions, which it would be worth
while for every reader to keep in mind,
since no one can possibly tell when it may
be necessary to apply some such knowl-
edge as is here given.
'sFor the purpose of removing danger
convenient than the coat one has on his
back. There is not wire in use in Bos-
ton that cannot be handled without the
slightest risk with piece Of cloth It is
almost as good a nonconductor as rub
Der, and coat is really better than rubber
gloves, az they are thin, and the wire will
DuIA uuIOus,H uuelu uoTo quickly UudI III
would through several thicknesses of
coat There is nothing safer for removing
a wire than stick. With a stick or a
piece of board wire can be lifted from
an object and held suspended while it is
being removed, without danger to the per-
son holding the stick.
"In fact, anything that is not metallic
is perfect safeguard from an electric cur
rent if it is properly and carefully handled;
that is so that the hand is completely re-
moved from all danger of contact with the
wire. In the use of all these appliances
there should be no delay, as there is al
ways danger, if much time elapses, of the
wires burning through the article used
and thus coming in contact with the hand.
In fact, it is much like handling a hot
piece of iron, and the precautions to be OBJ
served are much the same. For the want
of anything better newspaper can be
used with safetyaain handling even a heav-
lily charged wire, but it should be folded
as many times as is practicable, on account
of it's burning so readily. But of all
things anything metallic should be avoid
ed. GOOD Housekeeping.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29

The Springfield Republican speaks as
follows of a leading Maine industry
"The cut in the duties OH lime brings
from Maine terrible story OF impend-
ing ruin in lime production as against
lime produced by cheap Canadian labor
just over the border. And yet this cheap
labor has always been free to cross the
line and keep the American labor cost
of production down to the Canadian
level" There is a grain of truth and a
bushel OF misrepresentation in this.
Cheap Canadian labor has been free to
cross the line, and has come in limited
quantities 10 doubt. No way has yet
been devised to prevent that. But it is
not true that this influx has kept the
labor cost here down to the Canadian
level. And this labor cost is the great
item in lime making. The Republican
cannot have seen the remarkable petition
addressed to the Ways and Means com
mittee by Mr.. Frank Jones, New Hamp-
shire's member of the Democratic nation
al committee. Mr.. Jones is heavily inter
ested in lime kilns near Sherbrook. Que
wv cho iva Oib1 ~ Ii Lie WISHES Ule
duty removed that he may have the
American market for his lime; so he
addresses to Chairman Wilson a petition
IN which he sets forth that "most of the
expense of the production of barrel of
lime is the cost of the labor and the
cordwood consumed in the burning.n
This being the case docs any reasonable
man suppose that the cheap Canadian
ldborer brought in here, and working
for American wages under American
conditions, is SO dangerous a competitor
as when on his own soil, under his own
conditions, he sends his cheap labor in
the form of casks of lime? The point
has been made that lime has been Cheap
er than ever since the passage of the
Mckinley bill. Mr.. Jones's petition an
swers this point. Your petitioners"
says Mr.. Jones, will not deny the truth
of this statement, but it is easily ex-
planned. Your petitioners aver that they
themselves have still been manufactur
ing some lime in a small way, and put
ting said lime on to the market at loss
for the purpose of making price,
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 90.

The Hon. Daniel Webster Voorhees, is
understood to have started out to cap
ture the Democratic Presidential nomi-
nation in 1886. Mr.. Voorhees, has great
many qualities that will commend him
to the Democratic crowd-chief among
them his capacity for demagogism.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29

The Senate has gone to work in the
proper way to get at the facts of the
Hawaiian matter. Had the President
followed similar course he probably
would not have had to make the humili-
ating confession that his policy was a
failure.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29

Mr.. McLeod's success in the railroad
business has not been so distinguished,
we should say, as to make him anxious
to continue. nor SO disinterested and hon.
est as to make railroad stockholders de-
sirous that he should.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
Senator Proctor's Quarry.

Senator Proctor is the owner of one of
the most valuable marble quarries in the
country, and his home at Proctcrville, in
the Green mountains, possesses a beauty
unrlvaled IN mountain districts. His
eldest son is manager of the works.
Some idea of the value of these quarries
and the enormous amount of work per-
formed can be estimated from the fact
that there are $4,000 names on the pay
rolls of the company, and the village of
Proctor is made up entirely of the en-
ployees. There are 800 cottages in the
village beautiful little two story dwell
ings-that are rented at 81 per month
and always kept in the most, perfect
repair. The drives in and around the
neighborhood are soidly macadamized
by the hard marble siftings from the
mines, and one may drive for miles over
the picturesque roads on roadway I'M
exampled for smoothness and freedom
from dust.-Wa shington Post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
Women and Actors.

Capoul, the French tenor, was the re-
cipient Of volumes of letters from lady
admirers both here and in Paris. On the
English stage, besides Mr.. Irving, Mr..
Alexander, Mr.. Hare and Mr.. Bancroft
have been overwhelmed with a goodly
number. But I am told by one who
knows that no actor living ever received
such number of admiring epistles from
the fairer sex as the late John Clayton.
Among actresses Mrs. Bancroft has
perhaps been treated to the kindliest at,
tentions. Mrs. John Wood. too, on the
first or last night Of her play had always
her dressing room converted into per.
feet bower of flowers, and little gifts OF
jewelry literally poured in upon her.
There was enc bangle with the inscrip-
ton ''Bless your art" Whether it was
Mrs. Woods heart OF art that was blessed
remains a riddle to this day.-London
GentlewOman.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
In q Hurry to Get There,

"Ifear we will never get down town at
this slow gait said a restless, pale
faced woman as she handed her fare to
Third avenue surface conductor the
other night.
For a time the conductor was silent.
Then, turning, he whispered:
''Do you see the glitter in her eyes2"
Eyes, very plainly"
''In another hour she will be
crazy"
As the car rolled down the Bowery
the woman looked through the window,
and the light fell full in her face. Her
eyes cleaned red and bright. Then the
conductor leaned in at the door and
said:
1T isn't far now-only few blocks
more"
you fool" she replied, chow dare
you drive so slowly! Had known this
should have come another way" and
half rising from her seat she glared
through the door.
The conductor smiled sadly. IF ever
there was hopeless case" he muttered.
'thers is one
"Have you known her long?" was
asked.
Eyes, a year or more. She often comes
down on my late run. At first she was
quiet enough, but now she grows worse
and worse"
"What caused her insanity"
''1nsanity?" and he turned as though
in astonishment.. why, she is not in
sane. She hits the pipe. Wait till We
get to the Chinese district and you will
see."
His words were true. She left the car
at Mott street.-New York Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
4 MOTHER q! g

Could but have my baby back again
From the dim vastness of the great un.
known.
How would it ease my poor hearts silent pain
As sit here in shadow and alone!
That heaven is vast but makes me more
afraid,
Who shall its hesitating footsteps guide7
Far cozier the nest my love had made,
Or SO my heart feels, since my baby died.
Cold was the night it left my bosom warm
A night of wintry tempest harsh and Wild
Into that world of darkness and Of storm
Went forth alone my little toddling child.
I say alone, for who hears angels feet
Pause at the threshold, though we dream
they come?
We hear not even death, the robber 1eetl
We only know void is in our home
Mother! the very name is sorrows own,
A synonym for heartache and for trial:
It's she must tread the wine press all alone,
And when the tears would start must wear q
smile.
What is the faith of priest. of Christian broth
er,
OF mitered bishop. though they kiss the rodl
Weak seems their worship when q trusting
mother
Yields up her pretty, smiling babe to God.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
THE CRITIC,

The critic, analysing in his art
The work Of poet, painter, artisan,
Must make their spirit his, if that he can
Be sure of knowing their immortal part.
How can the mind. unless it is intense
In certain chords, be able to respond
To kindred chords in others2 Else the bond
Is wanting. The bold beggar, lacking pence,
Supping with kings, at eating is their peer.
And true critic was the painter old
Depicting in his picture, soft yet bold,
The charms which gave halo to his sphere;
In painting Christ in beauty and gold hair.
He drew himself, man extremely fair.
Edward S. Creamer in New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
SIMMONS.

State of Minnesota, County of Brown IS
District Court, Ninth Judicial District
August Peters Plaintiff,
Adam Traberd, the unknown heirs of
said Adam Traberd. and also all other
persons or parties unknown, claiming any
right, title. estate, lien or interest in the
real estate described in the complaint
herein, r.. Defendants
The state of Minnesota, to the above
named Defendants: - :
1OE and each of you are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the COM
plant of the Plaintiff in the above en-
titled action, which is filed in the office of
the Clerk of the District Court of the Ninth
Judicial District in and for the County of
Brown and State of Minnesota and to serve
copy of your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscriber at his office in
the City of New Uln1, in said County,
within twenty days after the service Of
this Summons upon you exclusive of the
day of such service; and if you fail to ans
wer the said complaint within the time
aforesaid the Plaintiff in this action will
apply to the c curt for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
Dated October 21st, 1888.
~ Jos. A. ECKSTEIN,
Plaintiffs Atterney,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
The Mexican Boundary Line.

The international boundary line be-
tween the United States and the repub-
lie of Mexico is marked by pyramids of
stones placed at irregular distances along
the line all the way from the Rio Grande
to the Pacific ocean. Wherever it was
found practicable to do so these pyra-
mids were built on prominent peaks at
road crossings, fords, etc. The line was
not surveyed, as is the usual custom, the
location Of the monuments being based
on astronomical calculations and obser-
vations-St. Louis Republic.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
ADyine Mans Vision.

Judge John Stone, a pioneer settler of
Livingston county, No., and for several
terms member of the county court,
died at Utica on Wednesday, aged SO.
He had been unconscious for some time
before death, but Saturday night reused
and said his eldest son, Samuel, of Mar
Gel, Cal, was standing by him, but
would not speak. Sunday telegram
came announcing the latter's death at
the hour when his dying father saw him
at his bedside. Chicago Record.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01

An authority on weather declares that
tornadoes are most frequent between
noon and o'clock, and that the rainiest
hour Of the day is O'clock in the after
noon. This is the report of meteor.
illogical expert, not a weather prophet
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01

The Eskimo Bulletin is the only Jour
nal published within the arctic circle. II
IS printed at Cape Prince Of Wales, Alas
la, and is issued only once year.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01

Two tons of dynamite exploded under
q sunken vessel in New York harbor to
get it out Of the way lifted the water for
about two acres fully 200 feet.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
Iron visiting cards are among the

Iron visiting cards are among the lat
est novelties in Germany. Forty placed
one On the other are said to be only one
tenth of an inch in thickness. The cards
or plates are black, and the names, being
printed on them in silver, show up very
clearly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
A Farsighted Man.

Fogg-Munuiworth was always far
sighted man, and his ventures were
almost invariably successful.
Figg-But what good is he to society?
BE will give money for the heather,
thousands of miles away, but he never
can see the suffering right at home.
Fogg-I said he was a farsighted man.
Boston Transcript.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01
All Is Grist to the Grinder.

Flossie Qittle daughter of a newspape,
womanrOh, mamma, Mabel and have
a lovely secret about our dolls. I'd like
to tell you, only
Her Mother-Only what, Flossie?
Flossie-Only I'm afraid you'd write
it up.-New York Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-01

There is less difference between the
ancient and the modern Greek tongues
than between Chaucer's English and the
English Of today.