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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-11

Good sir, thou didst me order
To lead thee through this border
To view this very place.
But through this archway Roman
With free will passeth no man
OF all my suffering race.
''See! with its decoration,
This arch derides my nation,
By Titus scourged and slain!
It pictures his achievements
And all of our bereavements.
Its sight fills me with pain.
{ ''Then, sir, do not command me-
Indeed would withstand thee,
As all of Israel must!
Alone go through the gateway,
While 1 around and straightway
Will meet thee, safe, I trust.''
'My faithfcl guide, know thy way
Is parallel with my way
forthwith made remark.
II hate the chariots CORY,
But love Judaa's glory, II
The candlestick and ark
Whereat he gazed in wonder
Upon my face, and under s5v
His eyelids teardrops stole.
He touched my hand then quickly,
Half doubtfully, half meekly.
And said, "Sch'ma Yisroel!''
OF course my tears descended,
While l the greeting ended,
"Adonai Echodv' ..-
Around the archway turning,
The past within us burning; ...
Jehovah is our God"
American Hebrew
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-11
GROWN WISER.
fused to watch her girlish head

fused to watch her girlish head
Bend over work; the sunlight stole
To touch her hayward hair and spread
A soft encircling aureole.
She looked so slight, so Innocent
thought at twenty-one or SO,
With all sufficient self content,
knew so much she did not know.
For men grow old in knowing, taught
By evil things as we'll as good.
My life was in the world, thought,
And hers in gentle solitude.
But now, at twenty -four, there lies
Such wisdom won of joy and pain,
Deep shining in her quiet eyes,
AS may never more attain.
might not learn it, if 1 would,
This strange sweet thing she understands
1t came to her with motherhood .
And tiny touch of baby hands.
-Charles B. Going in Ladies' Homo Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-11
Tho Old Novel and the New.

What is the difference between thu
old novel and the new?'' am asked.
Here is sentence which will just answer
the question: In the old fiction they
marry in the last chapter and live hap
PLY ever afterward; in the new they
marry in the first chapter and live nm
happily ever afterward London Mil
hon.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-11

II hunted up the receivers of the
stock. l told them that there were 8, 900
pairs OF trousers unsold; that the 1000
pairs already sold 4 had bought $1,000
had overstocked the buyer, and hence the
present price could not hold. It would
be wiser to sell them all at once. In
conclusion, offered them 5000 francs
for the lot of 8, 900. The deal was closed,
and SO all attempts at competition were
efectually prevented. At the same time
I laid myself liable to the law which
Furnishes monopoies
'Now it is all over with. The pawn
shops, glutted with trousers, rebelled
and threatened my agents with arrest.
Eight thousand of my garments rest on
their shelves, so I did not complain. In
the end ! was obliged to carry my bust
ness into the provinces Each pair Of
trousers has brought me ON an average
net Of 81; total, So, 600. will lend
it to you If you want to borrow.
Now that it is not necessary for me
to affect poverty, have bought me q
coat and some other furnishings. still
have left about 100 pairs Of trousers
I shall give some in charity, and have
already fitted out your entire establish
ment You must notice how am re-
spected around here
Now, old man, shall be most happy
to send You pair made to fit you per-
fectly Of the richest fabric. You have
only to say the word. 49,
it is needless to add that my cure was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07

That soil conditions have q go5d
deal to do with the peach yello VS. M
evident Several years ago, when ;as
the University of Illinois, Professo9
Burrill showed me tree which he had
brought from New Jersey, with all ths
evidences of an advanced stage of yell
lows. saw it in the autumn after II
had been one summer planted in the
rich black prairie soil. It had started
staunch and healthy growth, instead
of the wiry twigs on it when it cameo
and was evidently growing out Of it,
Professor B. showed me a lot Of
healthy peach trees which, he said, he
had vainly tried to inoculate from the
diseased tree, but the disease would
not go on in his coil. Of course, !
know it is an old story that potash
will cure a diseased tree, but I ala
more and more convinced that there
would be less of yellows if kainit waa
freely used upon peach orchards II
may not cure a diseased tree, but q
plentiful supply of potash will kseH
the tree in such robust health that
disease will have little chance to get
at them w. F. MASSEY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
THE POWER OF SINCERITY.

Sincerity is a jewel that is bound to attract.
One evening less than month ago, at one
of the lower-ciass theatres in this city,
young girl, costumed in Salvation Army
dress, sang parody of a favorite hymn, and
accompanied herself upon a tambourine.
The song was more than parody, as 1t i'm
piled insincerity and worse on the part OF the
devoted women who labor in the Army
ranks. To the credit of the audience
the performance was received in silence.
Had 1t been prolonged, says one who
witnessed it. the performer would have
been Missed off the stage. The sincerity Of
the Salvation Army is too patent to allow any
coarse implications upon its reality. The
verdant performer, who thought to gain
little cheap applause. has probably never
heard OF q similar incident which occurred
when Messrs Moody and Sankey were hold
ing evangelistic services in Dublin. In one
of the theatres, whose audience was dimin-
ished by the services referred to, one of the
clowns asked his fellow: "How do you feel
tonight" Il feel Moody" was the reply
"And feel Sankeymonious," said the other,
when a storm of Kisses. in which the CALLER;
gods Joined most heartily, shamed the per-
formers from the escene.-Observer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
Peppermint Farming.

The peppermint crop of this coun.
try, though confined to few locali.
ties with very small acreage COM
pared with other crops, is neverthe-
less an important one to many farm
ers in New York State and portions of
Michigan AID Indiana. Advance re.
ports from our correspondents indi.
cate that the 1894 crop just harvested
has been secured in good condition.
In New York the acreage shows fair
increase and the yield per acre is bet.
ter. Preliminary estimates, subject
to modification upon the receipt OF
further individual reports, point to On
acreage in Northern New York Of
about 5000 acres against 23OO last
year, producing approximately IS, 600
pounds of oil compared with ~, 600
pounds in 1898.
Relatively little oil has yet left pro-
ducers' hands, and many growers are
holding for s. u pound, with bid
prices around Sl.7O, and the market
in New York Sl.S0 a $l.90. A year
ago prices We're $3.50 g $40. In
Michigan and Northern Indiana the
acreage is perhaps 12,O acres &C.
cording to initial reports received,
and current prices are around Sl.6O
per pound. Market conditions at the
moment do not point to any imme-
diate improvement in price, especially
should the yield prove as large in the
aggregate as now seems probable
Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

There are now 1880 brewsries and 479l dis
tlllerles In the United States.
San Francisco has a Law anil O1ler
League, an outgrowth OF the Temperance
Congress.
Between the ages of twenty-five AMI thir-
ty, when ten total abstainers die, thlrty-one
moderate drinkers die
Within ten years there have been in this
country 21, ,3S4 deaths from yellow fever and
$50 900 deaths IRON alcohol. Yet we license
alcohol and quarantine yellow fever.
A coffee house is about to be opened near
the Union Pacific railway shops, in Omaha,
where two cups o: good coffee are to be sold
for nickle in opposition to the free lunch
and beer.
In the early stages OF intemperauce. refor-
nation is practicable. The calamity Is, that
insemperance is u sin so decsitiul that most
men 20 on 10 irretrieruble rum, warned in
deed by many Indications, out unarailing,
because they understand not their voice.
Whoever finds himself tempted on meet
ing his companion or friend to say, "Come,
let US 20 and take something" or to make
1t his first business to set out his decanter
and glasses, ought to understand that he
discloses his own inordinate attachment "
ardent spirits and accuses his friend OF in
temperance.
A Russian correspondent of the st. James
Gazette says that, with O view to repressing
drunkenness, the names OF all persons, with
out exception, who are found drunk in the
streets OF st. Petersburg, are now published
regularly by the official Police Gazette,
where some rather distinguished names Of
both women and men have, in consequence,
appeared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
THE TOTAL PRODUCT OF A HEN.

A hen is not old until she is aged
five or SIX years. The longest period
of productive life of hen is probably
that of brown Leghorn, which was
killed by accident at the age of ten
years, then having nearly 1000 eggs
to her credit. This is vouched for by
a respectable and truthful poultryman
of Massachusetts who made special
business of breeding this variety and
was very successful with it. Light
Brahmas have been known to live quite
as long as this and yield eggs as well
as at the beginning. But as rule it
is not desirable to keep fowls over the
second year, because the young birds
increase so numerously and the old
ones become tough and unfit for the
table. Fanciers who look at the feath-
ers as the principal virtue of fowl
will doubtless keep favorite as long
as she lays eggs, as in the case of the
brown Leghorn above mentioned.-
New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
PEACHES AND POTASH,

Mr.. Smith, who has been detailed by
the Agricultural Department for a
number Of years to investigate the
cause of the so-called "Yellows" in
peach trees and to advise remedy
has, after years of practical work given
up in despair. That the disease is ac-
companied by multitudes of bacterial
forms is evident, but that any of these
organisms is the direct cause OF the
disease has not been proved. No
remedy yet been found for a
tree really attacked by the yellows,
and the axe and the fine saw seem the
only means for checking it. But in
all the peach growing districts there
are thousands of unhealthy yellow
looking trees that some have assumed
to have the disease. But their con-
dition is really due to the ravages of
the root aphis or to the exhaustion of
the soil of elements needed for the sue
cessful growth of the trees. Now in
all of our coast country the great lack
of the old cultivated soils. and in fact
Of all. of our coast soils, is potash.
1t is we'll known that all fruit trees
are large users of potash and when by
their continued growth they have
drawn heavily upon the supply, al
ready scanty, in these light soils, the
trees suffer from the lack, and the
careless observer at once says "Yel-
lows" while really the trouble is star
yation. 1t is also we'll known that
trees and plants of any kind when in
the weakened growth are more readily
attacked by insects, and when the
millions of root aphis begin to feed
upon the roots of the already weakened
tree and it gets yellow and dies, the
folks who cannot diagnose q disease
correctly, say it is dead case of
"Yellows." Now, while a liberal use
of potash may not check genuine
case of yellows it is certain that heavy
dressings of kaiuit or muriate of pot
ash will bring into thrifty growth
thousands of yellow sickly trees that
are only being starved, and will put
them in q condition to resist the in
scot attacks, or even to resist the real
disease.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
Oneida Indians Hold a Fair.

The first annual fair and exhibition Of the
Oneida Indian Agricultural Society was held
successfully at Green Bay, Wis. Amongthe
special attractions were genuine war dance
by half dozen young "bucks" arrayed In
paint and feathers. A game OF lacrosse and
ball game were played by Indian clubs.
Trotting and running races were also In
cluded In the programme OF amusements.
This was the first agricultural fair ever
given by Indians and they made most
creditable showing. The display OF farm
products, fruit and vegetables were fully
equal to those exhibited by their white
aeighbors In that region and the aoorigines
have reason to feel proud OF what they have
achieved in this direction. Many fine speci-
mems OF the handiwork of Indian women In
the line of needlework and lace were shown.
A noticeable feature of the fair was the good
order which prevailed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
PROFANITY.

Young man, do you realize the bad infu
ence you exert when you make use OF profane
words? There are scores about you, who are
more or less Influenced by your language or
conduct. When they hear profane words
from your lips they catch the language and
make use of the same whenever they would
express themselves with some warmth. What
Is more unpleasant to the ear than profane
language? We hear in every lane-before
every door in all places. And you. remem-
Der, have been the means, in some degree. of
this abominable practice. The following
lines, though common. are no less true-and
We wish they would be reiterated in your ears
and give you no peace. till you forsake the
practice Of using profane words
"Maintain your rank-ruigarity despise-
To swear is neither brave. polite nor wise
You would not swear upon bed of death
Reflect your Maker now may stop your
nreath"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
Large Caves Discovered.

The caverns recently discovered BY pros
pectors in the rocky sides OF Cajon Peak. 4
spur Of the Guyamaca Range, in California,
have been partly explored and are found
20 rival the Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky
in interesting features as we'll as In the
size of the chambers. There are several ex-
ternal openings from each OF which vertical
ascent is made into q chamber with lateral
openings extending to other chambers, some
Of great size. The roofs and floors ara brill
liant with stalaetites and stalagmites. Other
passages leading in various directions into
the heart OF the mountain were traversei for
a considerable distance and several mineral
springs of strong saline qualities were found.
The land on Which the entrances were found
still belongs to the United States Govern
ment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
A WORD TO YOUNG MEN.

Hear then the conclusion OF the whole mat
ter-Fear God and keep his commandments.
Be not satisfied with mere Christian pro-
fession. Be not satisfied with that measure OF
religious character that shall save you from
the discipline of the church, or even secure
your salvation so as by fire. Rise up to a
vigorous and lofty tone of Christian feeling
and action. Let no one mark your daily con-
duct without perceiving that it Is an ever
Frightening light. And here, after all, is the
hope Of the country-the hope Of the age. If
I could but see the young men of this genera
ton, as body. babtized with the spirit OF
true Christianity, acting habitually un-
der a high sense OF religious obli-
CATION, I should confidently expect to see the
clouds that darken our horizon soon pass
away. Ard should then give myself no
concern about the prevalence of one political
party or another; for if I could be sure that
the mass were acting under the influence Of
Christian feeling, and that an enlightened
and active conscience was In the politics or
the nation, should have no fear that the
mistakes incident to human weakness, would
ever greatly mar our public prosperity. On,
if could feel sure that the young before me,
the young men of the nation at large
would be valiant for the truth and
the right,-I would defy all the mis-
cradle plotting demagogues Of the the land
to ruin my country. would say to all evil
men, whether in high or low places. whether
they make part Of the constituted authorities
of the nation, or the very refuse and dregs of
the mob-I would say to them-if it MUST be
30 do your best to ruin US, and the nation
will live in spite of you. Your mission Of
evil will not last always. You cannot al
ways utter bitter words, or perform desper-
ate acts. for ere long your voice will be hush
ed and your arms folded in death. pity
you but fear you not-for these young men
full of faith in God. and Of zeal in his service
are preparing to undo the wretched labors
of your life. Could I but feel
an assurance that this would be so,
would so abroad and proclaim 1t everywhere; /;
I would call upon the very rocks and rivers,
the mountains and valleys of my country to
rejoice; would send it across the ocean as
grateful message to the friends of free insti-
tutions. and as wholesome message to the
oppressors of mankind; l would entreat every
man who loves his country or his race, to fall
upon his knees. and offer up thanksgivings
for such gracious interposition. Oh, it is q
glorious vision to dwell upon-young man Of
this nation, it is for you to decide whether
the vision shall 90 out il darkness. or
brighten into glorious accomplishments
DR.. Sprague.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
PLANT TREES.

Plant first an abundant and diverse
supply Of fruit trees for home use, for
there is as much profit in this as in
those planted for sale, but plspt
neither unless you intend to cultivaA
and feed them. It is useless and waste
full to do otherwise. When about I'd
put out fruit trees, do not wait foI
some lying agent to come along and
tell you what you want, and ask you
high price for them, but study trust
worthy catalogues and search put the
best varieties, and send for them.
Neither is it policy ever to buy SEQ
onds, even for the sake of saving q
few cents; they take up as much land,
grow more slowly and amount to lesa
in the end.
The city fathers provide shady parks
and sheltered streets, but many far
mer plants his house in the open field
and gives his wife and children not
single tree. Does he never long foI
the shade and the grass himself after
his long stay in the sunny field? Let
there be thought of the beauty of it,
if there is no signing for comfort.
Oaks are hard to transplant, but the
pin oak and the swamp oak are excep-
tions. Nearly all birches and naples
are easily removed. Set them about
the dooryard and for shade in the barn.
yaad, that they may lend an air of
thrift and foresight to the home.
While at it, place some of them that
they may grow in convenient place
and order for the swinging of ham
mooks for the children.
You may not live to cut the wood,
but plant an acre or more of timber
on your farm every year, anyway.
They will make an annual increase In
the value of your place. In twenty.
five years an acre of timber, if of thu
right varieties, can be. made to equal
in value an ordinary fifty-acre farm.
Select kinds suitable to your latitude
plant eight feet apart, give clean cul-
tivation, and do not thin out until
there are some fit for use.-Connecti!
cut Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
A NERVE PlRILYZER,

Dr.. N. s. Davis, the venerable founder OF
great American Medical Association, and
President OF The American Medical Temper
nuce Association. in the American Medical
Temperance Quarterly gives very interest
ing series OF clinical facts. at the close Of
which he asks: "Could there be any more
direct or stronger clinical proof that the al
cohol acted neither as a stimulant, a cardiac
tonic. nor conservator OF tissue; but as q
nerve paralyzer, an inhibitor of oxygena-
tion and Decentralization Of the blood, and
promoter OF tissue degeneration and sup
puration?" Among the cases referred TO
were several OF typhoid fever. pneumonia,
diphtheria, etc. The facts and Illustrations
cited tell strongly in favor OF non-alcohollc,
rs compared with the alcoholic, treatment
of these diseases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
HORRORS OF SOCIAL DRINKING.

One feature Of intemperance for which
women are wholly responsible Is their social
drinking together and woman's drunken
ness. During the past few years beer drink
ing has increased to such an extent among
the women of respectable circles in our large
cities that the question OF doing away with
the habit has become very serious one In
many cities saloons have side entrance for
women and while the women of America do
not drink so universally as the women OF the
old world, the habit Of drink Is frightfully
on the increase, and the social customs Of
society are in many ways fostering it. Early
IN the morning in any large cities you may
see creatures dragged along by the police
mans hand, or hauled on a dray 10 tho
police station-creatures who once rejoiced
in the innocence Of childhood and the purity
OF girlhood. These are the women who
figure in our police reports maddened by
the misery anu degradation Of their own lost
lost womanhood they have sought a brief
iorgetfuiness In intoxication. For such there
is nothing left but Gods pity. A drunken
man Is degraded sight, one that no sober
man or woman can look upon without re-
pugnance and horror; but at sight of q
drunken woman methinks the angels OF
mercy would fold their wings before their
faces to shut out so pitiable aud revolving a
spectacle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
LIQUOR AND THE VOICE.

That the use OF alcoholic beverages is IN
f1nical to the best physical condition has
heen demonstrated in many ways. The
Medical Pioneer, in recent Issue, quotes
Madame Patti In some remarks upon chow
20 Become Great Singer" as saying !:
Alcoholic stimulants OF any kind tend to
Irritate the throat. and should be entirely
abstained from. Even light wines are no ex-
.eption to this rule" She adds. "Most
people a:s familiar with the hoarse voice Of
The hard drinker. and II Is often said OF such
an individual that he has burnt his throat
with drink. Even a moderate use OF alcohol
may, therefore, tend to make the voice
husky" This testimony from such source
has graat value. and excepsiona significance
for all who have musical asDrations and
who would preserve the folce In its best con'
1itfon.