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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
What Marco Polo Did.

Marco Polo was the first traveller tt
trace route across the whole length OF
Asia, says one Of his biographers, 'tde,
scribing kingdom after kingdom that be
had seen with his own eyes He was
the first traveller to explore the deserts
and the Towering plains of Persia, tx
reveal China with its mighty rivers, its
swarming population and its hinge
cities and rich manufacturers; the frs
to visit and bring back accounts of Tibes
Laos. Burma, Siam. Cochin China.
Japan, the Indian archipelago, Ceylon,
farther India and the Andaman is allds
the first to give any distinct account OF
the seclnded I Christian empire of Abys.
sinia; the first to,speak even vaguely OF
Zanzibar, Madagascar and other regions
in the mysterious south and of Siberia
and the Arctic ocean in the terrible and
much dreaded north Although centu-
iries have passed since young Marco Polo
grew to mans estate while treading his
dangerous way among these distant
lands, we must still look back to his
discoveries for nauch thatwe know about
those countries; for we have learned
nothing new of many of them since his
tins. Noah Brooks in st. Nicholas.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
AN oPPREsslvEaREsP ONslBlLrTY.
Bympathies @ the Blaine H0aseliol
Brought . Respite To = C0nl1 ernred 1fnn

Bympathies q the Blaine Ho1sello1d
Brought 2 Respite to 5 Consl e1nned aian.
General Harriison's paper on This
Country Of Ours IN Ladies, Home,
Journal treats. Of /. 81 The Par,d Joining Pow
#er and Impeachment OF the former:
he cites an incident ii showing the OPP
pressiye responsibi ties it places upon
the should rs Of a president He says:
a reprieve is a temporary suspen
zion of tho execution Of a sentence.
/ This power is often used for the pur
pose Of giving the president time to ex..
anime an application for pardon or
to enable the condemned to furnish fur
Their evidence in support of such an APP.
pIcatior La the summer Of 1889 an;
application for pardon in behalf Of
man condemned to death for murder
was presented to me, and after care.
ful examination the application was
denied. On the day before the day fixed
for the execution ! arrived at Bar sHar-
Dor on a VISIT Mr.. Blaine, and found
that just before my arrival "a telegram
had come asking for a reprieve. The
message had been telephoned to Mr.
Blaine's house and received by Mrs.
Blaine. Hersympathies and those Of the
whole household were at once enlisted
for the poor fellow, and though the glib
bet was over twelve hundred miles away
the shadow Of it was over the house,
and / was the hangman. A telegram to
the United States marshal granting a
short reprieve was sent, and the day Of
the execution was again my uncomfort-
able secret. tits not a pleasant thing to
have the power of life and death.
No graver or more oppressive re-
sponsibility can be laid upon public
officer. The power to pardon includes
the power to commute sentence that
is, to reduce it. When the sentence is
death. the president may commute tit
imprisonment for life or for any fixed
term, and when the sentence is impris-
onment for life or for "a fixed term of
years he may reduce the term of i'm
prisonment, and if fine is imposed he
may reduce the amount or remit it. - IS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01

Some of the Curious Items and Adver-
tiscments That It Coata:ns.
The American EIawksEaw will go
down into literature outside of the dime
novel and the detective stcry,f fer he has
newspaper Of his OWE, says an ex-
change. This unique addition 10 the list
of class papers ispublished monthly and
it is devoted to the interests Of detectives
and policemen. 49,. z->.- ...-. e.. .@e-s.
Its news columns are given over to a
bulletin Of more than S15. 600 in cash
rewards, with a veritable rogues' gal
lery Of pictures and descriptions Of
"crooks wanted,'' while the latest
swindling schemes and methods Of de
lection are fully explained for its crime
investigating readers. It is interesting
to read that ''if you want to succeed as
a detective you should understand hyp-
notism.' :,
EDO you need bracelets in your bust
ness?' queries q dealer in patent nip
pers handouts and dark lanterns
"Mustache, whiskers- the things
to change your appearance when shad-
owing suggests. another advertiser,
while ''skeleton keys to open 5000
desks, drawers, trunks and padlocks, set
of Six are offered to the profession at
81. Ut is rather grewsome to learn that
"$10O spot cash buys a pair of thor
oughbred English bloodhounds, only 10
months old, and already keep a cold
trail better than most old dogs; best in =
vestment a sheriff Or special officer can
make Also, ''for 25 cents you can
learn how to detect counterfeit money. -
The most novel article is brief trea-
tise on psychology as applied to crime
detection. The departments Of *'Police
Pickings'' and "Secret Service Snap
Shots'' contain suggestive items all the
way from the fact that the city council
at Colfax, Wash. has decided to reduce
its police force to one man. to the state
ment that NEW York has 81 policemen
to the square mile
In an article Oh the future of the de.
tective service the detective writer de-
clares that "dime novel writer's have
done amateur detectives more mischief
than anything Or anybody in existence,
but remember truth is stranger than fc-
tiun.''
The editor estimates that the 'taver-
age earnings Of private detectives are
First year, $3.50; second year, $1,000;
third year, So, He says: ''If all
the detectives and police in the United
States should lay off for a month every
citizen would have to fix up his house
like an, arsenal to protect his family and
prOpertY -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
Gay Gould Letter In a Curio Shop.

In little old curiosity shop in Third
avenue is an odd letter written by Jay
Gould away back in 1854, before Gould
began to dicker in railroads and when
he was an obscure and respected SUR
veyor.
The letter was written by Gould to
the late A. M. Sherman, and it was an
appeal for the loan of a surveyors level,
the young surveyor offering to give the
topography Of the Newburg and SYRIA
cuse railroad for it. Just before his
death a few years ago Jay Gould at
tempted to buy the letter for $25, but it
had been sold the day before. Not long
ago, however, the letter came back into
the possession Of the curio dealer, and a
few days ago he sent his young asson
around TO George Gould's Office with it,
instructing him to offer it for sale for
$25, the price the senior Gould had Of
fcred to pay.
George Gould was pleased with the
old, worn and yellow letter. He read it
and then laughingly said:
II declare that's funny My father
wrote that. - However, he refused to
give more than S. for it, which offer the
curio dealer refused
After AZ years the letter is as plain as
the day it YVES written. But the paper,
full sized letter sheet, written on both
sides, is worn at the edges. The hand
writing is plain and flowing, with a de-
cided tendency to flourish. Two words
are Observation-Disclosures and dam
age which are written bermetrical'
and @'dammage.
But queerest of all. as the length of
the epistle. Jay Gould was noted for
the brevity of his business letters Three
lines soften suficed him, when his wealth
was nearly 500, 1000, oao, to transact
business involving millions. But as a
poor surveyor he needed plenty Of VERDI
age to get around the loan of $40
leveL-=New York Letter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
WHERE NO CLOUD oBsCURES.
On the Planet Mars the Weather Is a
most ALWAYS Fine.

On the Planet Mars the Weather Is Al.
most Always Fine.
Let us now remark that the Marian
meteorology is less complicated and
more pleasant than that of the earth.
There the weather is almost always
fine, especially during summer. Very
seldom are there clouds even in winter.
Generally when we are unable to distin-
guish through the telescope the details
of the geographical CONFORMATION upon
the planet the fault is in our own at.
mosphere and not in that of Mars. It is
very rarely the case that when our at.
mospheric conditions are good we are
unable to see these details. During the
last period Of observation of Mars in
1894, I, to speak for myself, encountered
only ID days (from Oct. 10 to 25) when
the surface of the planet was yelled by
it's own atmosphere. Clouds are excess
lively rare on the surface of Mars, and
perhaps exist at all only as fogs or light
cirrus; they are not clouds of rain or
storm. These wells are very infrequent
there, while they are perpetual upon the
CC11tu' IOOSiO1y tucIc Is LOU d S1uSle
day in the year when the entire surface
Of the earth is uncovered SO that it could
be satisfactorily observed from space.
The two planets have two meteorolog
ical systems that are absolutely anti
thetical. r. H. s1-s, ss.s.as.
Furthermore, in the rarefed atmos-
phere Of Mars there can be no powerful
winds, like the trade winds and the pre-
dominant atmospheric currents which
rule terrestrial climates. Occasionally,
however, observers have noted long
streaks Of snow which appear to have
been produced by currents in tranquil
atmosphere. Schiaparelli, for instance,
observed such streaks { ttrainees'') in
November and December, 1881, around
the northern pole and extending con.
siderable distance from it. But such
things are exceptions. The normal con.
dition upon Mars is fine weather.-Ca.
mile Flammarion in North Americas,
Review. ~ 80"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
Comment on the Coronation.

FIVE millions sterling for ceremo-
NAL! Is there a principle upon which an
expenditure like that can be even plau-
.sibly justified Is it not the waste of a
Belshazzar, the display Of an almost in
sane pride, a pouring out of treasure as
oriental kings sometimes pour it out,
solely to excite an emotion Of glory in
one DIVERSIFIED mind? Nothing could in
.duce an Englishman to vote such snm
for such an object, and England conld
spare the money at least ten times as
readily as Russia. London Spectator.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
His Fatal Faalt.

What do you want to haul me mp
11or?' protested the cycIist who had been
humping himself along the boulevard.
Why didn't yen grab some of those
chaps that were searching past me?
They were going at the rate Of 80 miles
an hour?
Yon were the only one could
catch, 8 responded the perspinng police
man, gripping him tighter chicago
Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
Eating and Weight,

One of the superstitions perpetuated
from age to age among the common
people is that the human body weighs
no more after a meal than before If
there Were any foundation Of fact in
this idea, no human being could ever
get fat. -Philad elphia Ledger.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
UNDER THE SNOW.

Under the snow lies secret, my dear,
Under the snow,
And it whispers the coming Of roses fine
And the golden bell Of the jessamine vine,
This secret under the snow.
Under. the snow sleeps a song, my love,
Under the snow,
And. it's notes nnawake to buttercups fair
Or the violets' call in soft summer air,
This song sleeps under the snow.
Under the snow lisps q prayer, my sweet,
Under tho snow,
And it ,nelts ina hope on the .crocus leaf
And promises life III the hyacinth wreath,
This prayer down under the snow
Woman s Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
Linnitstions...

70, sighed the evil one, we
ccan' I do 8 thing. with actors The min
sute we try to make it hot for them they
get up q benefit perfformance, and. Of
course, you know that means . s's
Even the snpexnatn it seemed, had
occasionally to meet mp with limita-
lions Detoit Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01

You will, I believe. IN general in
gratiate yourself with others still less
by paying them too much court than too
little. IL ord GreYille.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01

The chancellor Of the dnchy Of Lam
caster follows the chancellor Of the ex.
chequer and is himself succeeded by tha.
lord chief justice Of the queens bench.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
WE Can CURE you!

kTIsS5-LUN9BAGS.
Norwood. minnesota, October 4. 80.
Or. A. T. Sandsn. Dear Sir:-Last winter suffered
greatly wi rheumatism and iumSego II. led diff
when Tss advised try of your bats. did not
heIiev IN mem. uIt thougha would try anyway
can honestly saj now that 9th M. has Gone as
much good as the No: belt beueh Of you. and I
w7EI d not be without on. an quite cured and
bsliaya it is dus the belt in fact of it.
fs-z> Itt. -. y. You-s very truly.
ALSERT MEYER, Proprietor Union Hotel
CRAMPS Cyr.ED xN OK WEEK.
Minneapolis, n nnesota, June 49, 90,
5 DR.. 1T Sander, Dear Ssic: answer to url tier
Of inquiry Honld that hive used your belt regu-
iarlysinoe get ingit lt,ou remember, COMPLAINED
san!e to do bat little work had been tor three
months, bat after weeks use OF yonr elts was
grearly pleased have the cramps emit ely disappear
and tn have not returned since, and const6 that
am eIt gss rsa Ct !he EIo F,,,oo KesRsesIul
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
Some of the Curious Items and Adver-

A DETECTIVES PAPER.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01

3 Our 900 page book ssTnREE.ELAS OF
mtddle-aged and old mn q, sent sealed. free. pr:
shown by hundreds of throughout and oherS
whom we have strong letters bearing Testimony to II
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
NAVE YOU fried DRUGS AND FAILEb.
RHEUMATISM, LuMBAco, scIATBeA,
q. KIDNEY, LIVER and BLADDER
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New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
european Banksrs.
cry LAW RECORDS BURNED.

fire started about o'clock last night the fourth
floor of The Stats Zeitung' Building Tryon Row
The flames started among some records belonging to
the Corporation counsers office The office was oc-
cuped by Charles ID. Ollerdorp and George Landon
assistants to Corporation Counsel Scott. They had
both gone home when the fire broke out and the
exact cause is not known. The caseful OF records
was carried into the hallway. where many OF them
were found TO be so badly burned as to be useless
An employe OF the Office. who had been working on
the third floor. said that II the burned records were
II recent date. their loss would great trouble
tnd expense They refer TO condemnation proceed
rngs relative to land for the erection OF nre-engine
houses. schools, and sites for parks. II the
records are old ones copies may be obtained from
the County Clerks Office There was no excitement
among the few persons in the building. they knew
that the iloors were all freproof.
Besides the records destroyed the damage which
glass.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
FOE 4 TUNNEL BETWEEN THE CITIES.
1HE NEw-YoRK AND BROOKLYN RAILROAD CON-
pANY FILES IT'S CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION

1HE NETWORK AND BROOKLYN RAILROAD CON-
PANY FILES IT'S CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
The New-York and Brooklyn Railroad Company
H,ed It's certificate Of incorporation In the County
Clerks once yesterday. 1t Is formed TO operate a
tunnel railroad between the two cities and It's term
of life 1. fifty years. The length OF the railroad
il spcrffied as two miles. The New-York end Is
10 be NJ a point near Broadway. and somewhere
between Canal-st. and South Ferry. The Brooklyn
end is to be near Fulton-st. at point between
the City Hall and the East River.
The company Is capitalized at only &oWO ana
tho capital stock Is all subscribed. 1t is divided
into 30 shares Of 500 each The directors for the
first year Ex-Governor Alonzo Il. Cornell. Ben
jamfn 8. Henning. Otto Andrae. jr.. Fritz Hill.
John d. Miller, jr. Paul c. Schnitzer, Sutherland
r. Hax1un, +. r. Hoadley and Irving Washburn.
The ONCE is TO be I'm New-York City. The sub
scfbers who have taken all the stock the direc
tors already named, together with William s. OPP
dyke, Thomas X. White. jr.. William T. Bond. Of
New-Canaan, Conn; Frederick w. Longfellow,
Thomas J. Curran and III. A. Van Lieu
Another certificate fled yesterday that Of
the Long Island Mercantile Agency. which evident
by lawyers clerks. 1t Is not only TO make coec-
tioca Of debts and rents. but legal papers
and do similar work 1t Is Incorporated by the law
1nn Of Schreter Van Idersune. of New-York. 1t
10 capitalized at $1,000
number Of Raines law clubs were incorpora ted
Tho Diamond Yacht Club. whose purpose is to
conpete for prizes offered by the different yacht
clubs. also fled Its certificate.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
TO ABOLISH STATES.
TAE BOARD Or EDUCATION INTENDS TO sUBsTI-
TUTE PAPER

TAE BOARD Or EDUCATION INTENDS TO 81 BSTI-
TUTE PAPER.
The slate Is to CO. Not the political slate but
the familiar companion Of childhood At yes
terday's meeting of the Board of Education Pro-
fexsor Franklin W. Hooper. chairman Of the
Committee Studies. moved the abolition Of the
slate Al his request the motion laid over till
the next meeting, that ample notice might DO
given and that the transition from states TO paper
might bs gradual
This Is tho result Of a conference between tho
said tho professor "One of the grounds s that OF
health The states lent to the pupils by the
Board, and q great many children use one slate
Disease Is communicated from pupil to another
by means OF the slate more easily than by anything
else The other the desirability Of order
and Quietness In the schOOlrOOm and the smaller
expense Of using paper"
Max Brill, for tho Attendance Committee offered
n resolution that the Truant School be allowed to
receive truants from other States and board them
for q price 10 be fixed by the Board. He explained
that the school could accommodate 100 pupils but
had never had more than ~.
Edward Rowe objected strenuOusly the resoIu-
ton. He said he didn't want Brooklyn turned into a
boarding school for bad boys from other cities The
country people were showing all the burdens they
cou.d the shoulders OF New-YOrk and BROOKLYN
and he for one thought II time 10 stop IT, After
speeches by Messrs Maxwell and Bouck. Mrs Emma
+. Pettenslll 'squelched" the resolution by con-
else speech which won the Board over her way OF
thinking. She said that the fewer bad boys that
put together the better. II the number could be
kept down 20 low eighty. IL a thing 10 be
glad Of. After this speech. the resolution laid
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
AN EAGLE SHOT IN BROOhLlN
A MAGNIFICENT BIRD SECURED IN VAN
DERVEER PARK YESTERDAY.
TT AtIcurr,D ,x An OAK TREE AND WAS ABO Z
TO RESUME ITS FLIGHT WHEN KILLED
ITS CONSORT ESCAPED.

TT ALIGHTED IN An OAK TREE AND WAS ABoO 7
TO RESUME ITS FLIGHT WHEN KILLED
IT'S CONsORT ESCAPED.
Conrad Balls a well-known builder. living at
Avenue F. and Thirty -fourth-st.. in VanderNee'
Park has handled firearms all his lie ana cal"
hit the buls-eye as often as the average HarhS
man but not until yesterday morning d'd ne
shoot his first eagle. and he did not nave 10 20
but few feet beyond the boundaries OF MS
dooryard to accomplish this rather unusual
feat 1t was a magnificent eagle, too just 'he
kind that the illustrators use when they WISH
to give the National bird a look OF grandeur ana
fierceness. The birds consort equally hne' put
stronger Of wing. got away without coming
within gunshot range.
The dead eagle has spread or wings oi =
feet 8 inches and talons that will delight the
heart of the taxide, mist who will soon mount
the splendid frame.
Mr. Balls was his doorstep yesterday morn
ing. Just after breakfast looking for rain. In
his observations he cast his glance skyward.
and was surprised to note the rapid approach
of two big birds They were at dizzy height
when he first saw them. and he thought they
were gus or cranes As they came down. now
ever he noticed that one OF them was dis
posed to lead his companion to a greater alti-
tude but without avail As they came nearer
TO earth the stronger and bigger OF the pair re-
doubled his efforts to help his fellow away.
Overcome by wearncss or perhaps wounded
one Of the birds came steadily downward. at
last alighting In an oak tree In clump or
woods not far away and within plain sight. IT
was an eagle and ne looked first at Mr. Bals.
then at his departing comrade. and hnaily
glared savagely at a passing pedler
Mr. Balls remembered that he had double
barrelled shotgun in the house. and he lost no
time in getting 1t. AS ne stepped out on the
porch with the gun cooked the eagle craned
his neck bit and, with "Well-I-guess-not
look. tapped his wings and started on a further
flight He was 200 feet in the air when Mr.
Balls got a bead on him. and blazed away. The
bird turned over in the air and then came to
the ground with his left wing broken.
The delighted hunter hastened to the spot
and grasped the eagle by the neck. In MIN
ute he nearly had his clothes torn of Ihe
bird settled back and struck out with his 1eet
and wings Mr.. Balls thought discretion was
the better part of valor. and so he got clup
and whacked the eagle over the mead
The bird has white breast and brown pacK'
Mr. Balls will have him stuffed and mounted on
a pedestal.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
4 CHILD'S LUCKY FIND.

SHE PIckS A SATcHEI. CONTAINING $2s5 AND
VALUABLE PAPERS On FERRyBoAT
Tillle Hcnkcl the ffteen-year-od daughter OF
John Henke OF No lG ClintOn-st HOboken found
a satchel u Barclay st. ferry boat Monday
afternoon and took II home. Her sister, Bertha
was with her at the time The satchel, when
opened. found 20 contain t235 In bills some
valuable papers and the address OF Floyd Clarkson
& Son. bankers. at Nos. 10 and ~ Broadway. New
York
10 the effect that reward OF 80 and all the cash
III the bag would bc given to the person who would
return the satchel and The papers the above ad-
dress.
Mr.. Henkel took the satchel to New-York, az he
says before he saw the offer of a reward. and re-
ceived $40. His daughters aftcrward called his
attention to the advertisement. Both girls said
last night that their father told them that he In
tended to make deman nd for the balance OF the re-
VI ri
New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
FALL DRESSES FROM PARIS.

drSgoods esta abishment In Fulton-st. thronged
with women all day yesterday. who were inspecting
a remarkably beautiful display Of fall and winter
suits and dresses, large number Of which d.
rect from Paris. fetching creation" IL calling
costume from the def hands OF Gustav Behr II is Of
black figured MORE. fitting close over the hips the
border OF the skirt having nuted ribbon an
underskirt OF velvet. The waist has a Of apple
green velvet.
There are FIVE evening dresses in a show room by
themselves One, by PaQuin. Is Of green and silver
brocade Around the neck and sleeves are plea ted
folds OF white chiffon.
A blue muslin gown by Kudvitx IT. attracted attention r
ribbon overlaid with bands OF narrow blue ribbons.
The collar Is OF pale blue velvet trimmed with scrolls
rhcse are only few OF almost INFINITE variety
AZ dressas suits TO please the feminine fancy.