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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
SELECTING A VOCATION.

DR.. Parlzhurst's Wise Counsel to Young
Men In Choosing a Career.
''The young man who says, I have
given my heart to the Lord, and, there
fore, am going to study for the minis
try, misses the entire point, . says DR..
Parkhurst in an article on Selecting
Career" in Ladies' Home Journal
'There is no therefore about it. That
is pettifogging way of meeting great
situation. quote from letter that
received recently from young lawyer
in Ohio: In my daily life about the
criminal courts I have seen many sad
scene, and at last it has come to that
point that I am almost decided to cast
aside my bright future in law and en-
ter the service Of the Lord. I answered
him that he was writing nonsense.
What he meant by the service of the
Lord was the Christian ministry, and
that is no more service of the Lord
than any other reputable calling. It is
not what a man does that makes his
service Christian; it is putting his career
under contribution to the public veal,
instead of mortgaging it to his own
preferment, that makes his service
Christian. There is great lot of small
thinking about these matters and we'll
meaning imbecility that works dam
agingly all around. My correspondent
furthermore wrote that he had learned
to distrust the law. All the more rea-
son, then, why he should stay in the
law. We cannot improve thing by
standing off and 'distrusting' it, but by
jumping in and converting it. If all the
conservation is put into the ministry
and all the brains into the other profess
sions. neither the pulpit nor the world
will profit. The sum and substance Of
all Of which is that when young man
has come out on to the distinct Chris
tian ground Of putting himself under
contribution to the public veal, the Sc
lection Of a career best suited to him
self and to the needs Of humanity is
simply a matter of stud lying adaptations,
and deciding by what art, trade, bust
ness OF profession he can subserve that
veal the BEST
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
SOME THlMBLES.
A Collection of Them, Past and Present
Would Be Interesting.

A Collection OF Them, Past and Present,
Would BE Interesting.
Even those people who like to joke at
sentiment fail to laugh at the old gold
thimbles of their grandmother the
metal worn out in countless places and
all stamped with the signs Of use. Now
silver thimbles are possible for almost
every one, and as celluloid also is used
for thimbles the brass ones, which
brought so much suffering in the way
Of sore fingers, are rapidly passing out
Of existence.
In this day, when collections are the
fad Of the times, it would seem that a
collection Of thimbles would be most
interesting. Fashions have changed
very little, but the shapes are by no
means identical, and what are known
as tailors thimbles and have no tops
were at one time made Of gold or silver
and even studded with jewels. Tiny
pearls on gold thimbles is favorite
fashion, albeit very perishable one,
for such small stones can never be set
sufficiently deep to make them quite Sc
cure, besides pearls and turquoises be-
come discolored very quickly when in
constant use.
Ivory thimbles have not been in fash
ion for many generations and those
which are now shown as heirlooms are
exceedingly clumsy and do not look as
though they could have been very COM
Portable. There is one use to which
thimbles have been put which is not
generally known, and that is to make
the ends of the fingers taper, and in the
stern days Of long ago many a young
girl was forced to sleep with each finger
securely fixed in a tightly fitting thin
BILE Of silver or gold. The remedy is said
to have been efcacious Philadelphia
Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
Altar of Rose.

The rose, the queen Of flowers, that
has been said to preserve .tall the fra
GRANGE of summer when summer is
gone, yields its fragrant altar or
otto to the villagers Of Turkey and
the peasant proprietors Of Grasse,
Cannes, Nice and the Valois in no Mig
gardly quantity. Yet the true altar does
not satisfy the needs of the toilet. Pure
altar of roses is Of extreme rarity and
is worth its weight in gold, the rose
altar Of commerce being largely adul-
terated with sandal, or with altar Of rose
geranium, which is largely grown for
the purpose in France and Turkey. The
characteristic rose scent is shared by
Peonia albifora fragrans Gan ally Of
the lovely rose scented china peonies
OF our gardens), the root Of Rhodiola
rosea Ga species of sedum growing on
damp rocks on the high mountains Of
Scotland, Ireland and in the north Of
England, and on sea cliffs, and by the
rasped wood Of the Brazilian tulip tree.
Chambers journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
ORCHIDS GUARDED Bx DOORS.


Plants Worth Eortune That No Man
Was Able to Approach.
There died about q year ago 8 famous
orchid hunter named Fosterman. But
before he died he told Of wonderful
orchid which he said existed in Brazil
and which it had been the ambition Of.
his life to secure.
Landing on the coast Of Brazil, q few
degrees south Of the equator, he met a
native chief, who told him Of village
of the demon flowers to the westward.
Further questioning convinced him that
the demon flowers were orchids Of
the rarest and most wonderful kind, so
he decided to find this village at any
cost.
He had travelled through forests about
six weeks and was calculating that in a
fortnight more he would be in the neigh
borhood Of the village Of the demon
flowers, 8 when, one afternoon, three Of
his forward guards threw up their arms,
and, with cry, fell senseless to the
ground.
He had noticed peculiar, sickening
odor pervading the heavy, heated air,
and quickly gave the order for the other
men to advance with caution and. drag
back the three fallen ones from the spot
where they lay.
They did SO, and, returning, reported
that they had seen through the forest q
little farther on the vast village Of
the demon flowers 4
Accompanied only by his Portuguese
interpreter, the orchid seeker started
forward, their mouths and noses mufned
as safeguard against the awful odor.
They managed to reach the spot where
the three men had been stricken down,
but could go no farther
They could see, 100 yards ahead Of
them, great mass of orchids Trees,
underground and every thing were load
ed down with them They were Of hues
more brilliant than he had ever seen or
dreamed of seeing.
But, like barrier, the wall of awful,
sickening, overpowering odor rose be-
tween them.
The mass of brilliant orchids might
have been mirage painted on the
clouds SO far as reaching them was
concerned. The village was perhaps
an acre in extent, and the two made a
complete circuit Of it. but everywhere
rose the awful odor.
The odor was simply the perfume Of
this vast mass of orchids. It is curious
fact that, though many orchids are al
most scentless, the handsomest ones
have a most unbearable smell. San
Francisco Chronicle
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
Conversational slovenliness.

Conversation also is often marked by
moral slovenliness. Not only is there
that kind Of talk stained with dirt
which some men shamelessly exhibit,
but there are the conversations in which
there is a covert looseness, a doubleness
Of meaning, hint Of that which may
not be said with manly straightforward.
ness, which has in it certain laxity,
as far as moral rectitude is concerned.
There is that ready knowledge Of every
body's misdeeds, as Of their humber
relations. which people dispense, some
with glittering mischief in their eyes,
others with confding occurrences sc
dreadful, you knowl' only it happens
that they do not know and are only re-
failing lie which they have procured
from somesdealer in that Infamous ar
ticle, limiting away mans or WON
ans character and proving that they
have none Of their own Good Words.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
{ ARPO N FISHING


4 Esxnn,s Experiences yV1th ths lGaut
ThriI1inx Sport IN tho world.
A Texas sportsman in Forest and
Stream, gives an account Of an exciting
experience while fishing for tarpon ID
Galveston bay. He says: .s
8 As had made my arrangements to
return 10 Houston at 3 O'Clock, told
the boatman that n he would rive me
one moro fresh mullet / would bait the
hook, and, when that was taken, we
would go in. He gave me the mullet,
put his oars in the locks and was ready
o'start when threw my bait over
board. had not got three feet from the
boat before there was q mighty splash.
Water was thrown all over me, and my
mullet was taken by a tarpon. I was
scarcely prepared for him, but at the
same time ] prevented his getting too
much line, and the reel sang the pref
test kind Of song, until he had gone
about SO feet, that / ever heard. At
this distance he jumped at least 10 feet
out of the water, and, finding I had
him safe, / gave him no more slack
whatever. He turned Immediately ont
the channel to sea against the tide and
continued his rapid gait, jumping clear
Of the water every 100 feet or SO until
he had jumped nine times. He kept up
the pace until he had gone 8 miles to
sea and into very deep water. &
had no control Of him whatever,
and he had taken on several occasions
during this outward sea movement
nearly all my line, at least $50 feet.
After this distance he turned to the left
and went at least 2 miles, until he
got into 5 or 6 feet Of water. Then
he turned back across the channel and
went on the opposite side Of it, probably
u miles, After ~ hours he went
back into water 81 or 4 feet deep, and
had some hope Of getting him into
water where I could gaff him. But,
without warning, he turned to sea again
and did not stop until he had gone ~
miles. This fish took us around over
the bay for 5 q hours. and distance of
not less than 10 or 10 miles. I found
had no control over him, and knew
had him foul in some way, because no
pressure that dared bring to bear
seemed to turn his head, and when
got him broadside toward me and en-
deavored to hold him would draw him
broadside to me, and not head foremost,
which told me had him hooked some
where in the side
After I had worn out Captain Frank
Marsh, my boatman and myself, and
we had on several occasions almostsde-
cided to cut the line and let the fish 20,
we began to have a little control over
him, and worked him toward shallow
water, and at Is I got him into water
about 8 * feet deep, and the captain got
into the water himself and worked up
to the fish and gated him, as he had a
gait with a handle about feet long.
After he got the gait into the tarpon he
drew him toward the boat, and killed
him with an oar. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
Moltke ard His Poem.

One morning, at Versailles, in Janu-
airy, 1871, the letters from home were
being looked through while Moltke was
present In one Of them was long
poem in his honor. full of all magma
ble eulogies, such phrases as ''the sage
orderer of battles, = ''the great silent
man, !" etc., constantly occurring. He
sat quiet while this great composition
was being read out, and when it was
over he smiled calmly to himself and
remarked to us, ''Well, you know, if
we had not conquered, the poem would
have begun with the words. Thou old
fool Forum.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
AFTERTHouGHTs.

I'm gittin old n feel lonesome ct night
IN my eyes amt any the strongest,
N I'm allus thinkin the room ain't light,
N every new night seems the longest.
N then can It help thinkin o. her,
N all she done for me,
N somehow the roomI kinda blur,
N tears won let me see.
We'd lived together fer forty year,
N gin ally agreed,
Though I'd git cross when Twin was dear
IN crops was mostly weed.
But now know that we'd agree
Because she wouldn It fight.
IN right er wrong give inter mo
Till seemed allus right.
'NIwas tight es bark to tree.
A savin might en- main:
Though she wa mt dressed as she should be,
I'd no thought O. her pain.
IN knowed she wanted poplin dress
By wishful look on her face
At the neighbours clothes, whose means was
less.
But I'd Jest turn my face.
But now these thoughts es come too late
To bring US either cheer,
Err stay fer me the hand o. fate,
Err make my end less drear.
Fer though I'm givin hb'ral now,
It ain It no comfort when
I think O. Mandy en- jest how
She loved en- suffered then.
tell ye, boys, love amt no thing
To kinda fool away,
IN them that does III allus bring
Up short alone some day.
Fer loveless folks is mostly cross
IN cynic like n cold,
IN folks ain both rim bout the loss
O. cranky folks thet's old.
s. when ye gifts wife thet's right
'T'won't hurt ye to be kind,
N when she's gone yen sleep ct night
More easy in the mind.
Detroit Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
CURIOSITY FOR FLOWER LOVERS.
Eight Different varities of Roses Crow
on One Bush.

Eight Different Varities of Roses Grown.
on One Bush.
San Francisco has an immense rose
bush, which looks like an enormous
bouquet. At the top on one side hang
clusters Of pure white roses In the
middle at the top are red roses, bloom
ing in profusiQn. Pink roses hang in
gay garlands at the top on the other
side. All over the bush are branches Of
roses Of other lines and colors. The del
icate La France, the white Nine.
Planter, two varieties of Homer roses,
the Pauline Lebeau, the Black Prince,
the Castilian and the white Lamarque
lend variety and attest by their prolific
blooms to the virility Of the stock upon
which they were grated, says the San
Francisco Call.
The owner of this rose bouquet is Fl.
L. Barker, who is connected with the
state bureau of mining. Once there
were 13 distinct varieties Of roses on the
bush, but the tea roses grated on proved
to be short lived, and only the harder
varieties have survived. There are
enough now, eight, to make the bush
curiosity. Mr.. Barker explanation is
that he likes to experiment. with plants
and this rosebush is about Is years
old. Branch after branch has been
grated on. The original stock is the
June or cabbage rose. The width at the
top is not less than % feet, and the
height equals the width. There are
many stocks or trunks springing from
the roots. Carbon is plentifully supplied
to intensity the color Of the blossoms
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

What helped you over great obstacles
Of Efe?'' they asked a successful man.
The other obstacles, = he answered.
E. S. O'Conno1.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
Ribald Testing.

It all happened from little joke I
tried tried to get of, s the bruised, battered
and battered hobo explained to the citi-
zens who picked him up Jist fer fun,
You know, perposed to the gang that
we organize q party fer the advocatin
Of the free coinage Of soap never
sdremp they'd take it serious. I, - In.
dianapols journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

tits safe rule to wet the wrists be-
fore drinking cold water if at all heat.
ed. The effect is Immediate and crate
sful, and danger Of fatal results is ward
ed of.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

The Pisan era, commonly used in,
France during the twelfth century.
was originated by monk of Pisa. Il
antedated the Christian era by one year.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

The first purchase Of copper to be used
IN the United States coinage was in
1892, Sept. II, six pounds
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

Holland, though small IN size, has
l.O70. 900 women. young and old.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

Our 900 page bcok ssTHREE CLASsE-
middle-aRed and a2d Man, sent sealed, free.
as have restored thousands 10 robust health an
shown by hundreds Of cases throughout this and OF
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

Several years ago | was taken with
severe attack of fux. ] was sick in bed
about Ten DAYS and could get nothing to
relieve ME until used Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoea Remedy.
which cured me and las been house
hold remedy with us ever since. J. G..
Mailow, Decaturville, Mo, For sale by
O.. M. Olsen.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

Hall on Geo. Dayton and buy a new
y Singer Sewing Machine-the only
genuine Singer made. Do not be misled
by other dealers, as there is only one
genuine Singer made and that took 81
wards at the Worlds Fair.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16
We Haze cuRED Taaj

LAME BACK-KgDNssY DTaEAGE.
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me who is suffering from lame back and kidney
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-16

then for three four months, and am g. nd tx
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It has done ell you said d moro too.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
LIKE A VOLCANIC BUBBLE.
An Extraordinary Freak of Nature Nea
the Mexican City of Puebla.

An Extraordinary Freak of Nature Near
the Mexican City of Puebla.
The Rev. +. S. Bortain of Puebla writes
as follows: ut may be of interest to some
of the readers of the Herald who visit
Puebla to know of one of the less visited
attractions i'll the vicinity of the City of
the Angels. l refer to the 'Coxcomate. ;
1t is about twenty minutes distant from
Puebla over the streetcar line 10 Cholula.
Any streetcar conductor can point it out
to the curiosity seeker. 1t is to the right
of the car line, about 500 yards distant.
1T looks from the car window to be q
pile Of white stones or a we'll bleached
haystack. But upon closer inspection
proves TO be tumulus of white cacareous
stone, evidently OF water formation, about
so feet in height and 100 feet in diameter
at the base. The form is that of trun-
Gated cone. At the apex is an eliiptical-
shaped opening about twenty-fiv feet
along the minor and fifty feet along the
ma or axis. 1t is beIl-shaped cavity, and
lined with ferns OF various descriptions.
| should judge the depth to be at least 100
feet, and at the bottom, SO lar as is BILE,
the opening must be sixty feet in diameter.
In the bottom, on one side, are to be seen
some gorgeous ferns, and on the other
side pool OF water.
Tradition says that the ancient Aztecs
were accustomed to worship here the
genius OF the spot, and occasionally threw
in live victim to appe ase his subterra.
mean majesty. 1t is also said that few
victims of the Inouisltion were thrown
down here to reflect upon the controyerted
points Of doctrine. At all events it is
most singular freak of nature, as it Is in
the. middle of level plain, or rather
barley field. 1t looks to have been some
volcanic bubble of which the great Mex
lean upland is SO full, and is we'll worth
visit on the part of the curious.
Although have inquired among my
Mexican friends, l have found no one who
could tell me of the meaning OF the name
'Coxcomate.'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
RESTAURANTS INCREASING,

Number in New York Said to Be 25 Per
Cent Greater Than Year Ago
On January last there were, it was esti-
mated, 1000 restaurants of all grades and
varieties in New York City. There were
at that time 362 hotels, each with restau-
rant attachm ent, and there were in addi-
ton $40 restaurants licensed to sell liquors
with meals. This included the table
d'hote restaurants, but not the diaries or
the temperance restaurants, which two
classes added, brought up the total to about
1000. In every part of New York of late.
and more especially slnce October l, res
taurants have been starting up. and any
one who has gone along New York thor
Dug fare with his eyes open has observed
at sundry points such signs as these: New
restaurant Will open in a few days"
"Closed for repairs; will open as a restau-
rant next week" and when alterations
are com pleted will open as a restaurant"
There are now, it is computed, at least
1850 restaurants OF ali kinds in New York
-25 per cent more than the mum Der at the
beginning of the year. What is the cause
OF the increase2 This is a question which
has been frequently asked during the last
few days, and there appears to be no salts
factory answer to it. Real estate agents
report an increased demand for stores for
restaurant purposes. but the reason of such
increased demand they do not give. The
sudden increase in the mum Der of cheap
restaurants in New York seems to be the
more surprising because of the fact that
through the hotel clause in the Raines
liquor bill many saloons which did not
formerly do so now furnish sandwiches
Ralnes sandwiches - 20 their bibuous
patrons. One reason offered in ex plana-
ton OF the increase is that many New
York men and women find it no longer
practicable to go home to meals. A more
plausible explanation is found perhaps
that under the Raines law free lunches
have been done away with. Consequently,
former patrons of free lunches have turned
their attention to the regular restaurants
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

be carried on peoples shoes all over the
City. He was also applauded.
A communication was received from
Mayor Sutro giving substantially the
anne objections TO the location of the
pesthouse. 1t was brought forward by
Barna McKinne. 1t stated that the prop
erty whose value would be decreased by
such location was equal to $685. 100000. 1t
would be injured in his estimation at least
5 per cent, OF to the amount of $4S0, 900.
The communication was added to the
reso utons.
A resolution was here made-the most
important of the meeting-that a COM
mittee of five bo appointed to exploit the
territory OF this district to make borings
for artesian wells ana canvass for reser-
voir sites. If feasible, the intention as ex-
pressed by the resolution was to form a
company for that purpose.
1t was adopted. As explained by Judge
John r. Aitken and DR.. SaIfied, it meant
simply that the inhabitants of the district
will not use Spring Valley Water in case
the Pesthouse is located near Lake Honda,
but will start rival company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
DON'T GO TO AFRICA.
Why We Should Cultivate the Difficult
Art of Content.

Why We Should Cultivate the Difficult
Art of Content.
resident of Africa cordially advises
people to stay out of it. He says that
prices are high, sickness frequent, SAM.
tary arrangements inadequate, liberty
less than in our country, and altoge ther
the inducements to emigration are
small. 1t has been obvious for some time
that the adventurous youth in our land
does not better himself when he goes
West as Horace Greeley once advised all
young men to do. There was reason
for that advice when the Government had
land to give away and before large hold
ings were bou hit and grabbed up by cor
porations, but nowadays man is likely to
make at least as E,uch money out of a
farm in this State as he is from one in
Kansas, and while the mines of the noun
tain States do make fortunes for few threw
reduce many more to poverty and the in
huence of their surroundings is unfor-
tunate and immoral.
We Americans are a shifting, uneasy
dissatisfied lot, ana many of US go
through life always believing that if we
could be somewhere else or engaged in
some other calling We should make lot
of money. A little patience, little stick,
a little cultivation of the difficult art OF
content, will produce surprising results.
II we cannot grow rich we can learn how to
do without riches, and that is the next
best thing, or better one.-Brooklyn
Eagle.