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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-26
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NEW ORLEANS.
LTvBRPOOL,

LIVERPOOL. March 4;i5
lotion Spot, m .derase business prices
barely steady; Americ n middtlng 45d.
Sales Of the iety wera 800 o&lCa, Of
which 500 balss were Tor gae1iat!on and
export. and 1aiuded 7ssoo baies Ameri-
can: recei prs / 81 bale al American.
Futures opened quist aud closed quiet
at the decline.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
Nelson's Vessel,

Nelson S Foudroyant has been refitted
again at cost, it is said, of $1O0, 1000
and will be exhibited at the principal
British ports. going first, however, to
the Kiel naval exhibition The vessel
is a splendid specimen of the great so
gun line of battle ships Her timbers are
in good condition in spite of her 10Y
years. Shewas Nelson's flagship for on
~ one year, the most disgraceful one in
his career, when, under Lady Hamil
toms influence, he encouraged and aid
ed the atrocities committed by the Ma
Piles Bourbons Itwas from the yardarm
of the Foudroyant that Prince Garaciolo.
admiral of the republican fleet, a pris-
oner of war, was hanged without a
trial 1t was on the quarter deck of the
Foudroyant that Sir Ralph Abercromby
died of his wounds after defeating the
French at Alexandria in 1901. Boston
Herald. Gs
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
The Public Service In China.

Ex-Secretary John w. Foster, who
was the confidential adviser of the en-
perer Of China in the peace negotiations
with Japan, contributes a paper on
''The Viceroy Ii Hung Chang to The
Century. Mr.. Foster says of the vice
roy:
He does not regard the competitive
educational system of admission to the
public service as a perfect method, and
more than once he has recommended to
his emperor material notifications in
the existing system. But it must be
confessed that it has stood the test of
centuries with much benefit to China,
and it's practical operation has demon
strated that it possesses two merits of
inestinable value to any nation. First,
it brings all the Offices of the empire
within the reach OF the lowest subject,
and, secondly, it diminishes the incen-
tives to and opportunities of corruption
and favoritism in securing entrance
into official life. But in China the com
petitive examination ends with the adj
mission. Beyond that step promotion
must come though other methods Ii
Hung Chang secured the right of adj
mission to Office through his assiduous
application to study, and every succeed
ing step in his upward career has been
attained by his own genius and capacity
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
Birds as Seed Carriers.

Two centuries ago the Dutch destroy
ed every nutmeg tree in the Moluccas
in order to enjoy a monopoly of the
business, having planted the trees in
their own possessions.
In spite of their most earnest efforts,
however, the islands We're being COLI
stantly restocked. For a long time the
thing was a mystery, but at length it
was solved.
The doves of that quarter of the world
are Of large size and readily swallow
the seed Of the nutmeg, with the fruit
of which they traverse wide stretches of
sea and land in few hours and deposit
the seeds of the nutmeg not only unin-
jured, but better fitted for termination
by the heat and moisture Of the bird S
system.
By similar process thousands of acres
Of land have been covered with trees of
different kinds, the birds acting as ma
:ture's agents in the dissemination OF
plants.
But in quite another manner do they
| transport seeds from place to place.
Darwin found in six grains of earth ad-
herring to the feet of a plover three diff.
ferent kinds of seeds, and in mud stick.
ing to the feet of ducks and geese shot
in England he found the seeds of plants
peculiar to the Victoria Nyanza, in
central Africa, thus proving not only
the extent Of migration, but also the
possibility of plants appearing in strange
localities through the agency Of these
birds.
In the mud sticking to the feet of 8
Texas steer the seeds Of five different
kinds Of weeds and grasses common il
Texas We're found by microscopes
after the arrival of the animal in New
York.-St Louis Globe Democrat
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
The Christian Era.

The Christian era was suggested
or devised by Dionysius Exiguus, Ro-
man monk, who, in 527, began its use
and proposed that all public and private
documents should be dated lin the year
Of our Lord. y It did not come into gen
eral use in France until the eighth cen.
fury, nor in England until July, SIC;
in Spain it was not adopted unNl the
eleventh century; in Portugal was made
legal in 1415; in the empire Of the east
it was established by royal edict in
1853, q few weeks before the fall Of
Constantinople.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
Learn to Listen 1ntellieently,

''Learn, after you have learned to
speak, to listen and to listen intelli-
gently writes Ruth Ashmore on Chow
to Be Social Success in Ladies'
Home Journal. Express your interest
through your eyes, and when it is needed
say the encouraging word that, like hot
water on the tea, brings out the strength.
If a speaker mentions wrong date do
not correct her. The world cares for the
interesting talk, not fer whether the
affair described happened on Thursday
or Friday, nor whether the bonmot
was born at or l o'clock. The effect
on the speaker is beittling, and you
have no right to underrate any one.
Chatter about anything you will but
personalities. But do not feel that you
must raise the tone Of society by ringing
in, when everybody is laughing at some
funny little story about child or all
are smiling at an amusing description
Of how the orange blossoms grow down
south, your opinion Of some heavy his
tory that has lately been published. So
ciety is not q school; it is a pleasure
ground !, us
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
The Startling Result of Firing q Cannon
49, Buried Under Water.

The Startling Result of Firing q Cannon
Buried Under Water.
The most curious experiment ever
made with piece Of ordnance was at
Portsmouth, England A stage was
erected in the harbor within the tide
mark; on this an armstrong gun of the
ITO pound pattern was mounted. The
gun was then loaded and carefully aimed
at a target-all this, of course, during
sthe time of low tide. Afew hours later,
when the gun and the target were both
covered with water to a depth of six
feet, the gun was fred by means of cleo
tricity. We said ''aimed at target, =
but the facts are that there were two
targets, but only one was erected for
this special experiment, the other being
the hull of an old vessel, the Griper,
which lay directly behind the target and
in range of the ball. The target itself
was placed only Is feet from the muzzle
of the gun. It was composed of oak
beams and planks, and was 81 inches
thick
In order to make the old Griper in.
tu4AC1dU1Cs ouC0U JULIET DkdG6S q
inches thick was riveted to the water.
logged hull, in direct range with the
course the ball was expected to take il
not detected by the water. On all 81
these-the oaken target, the boiler
plates and the old vessel hull-the effect
of the shot from the submerged gun
was really startling. The wooden target
was pierced through and through, the
boiler iron target was broken into pieces
and driven into it's backing" the ball
passing right on through both sides Of
the vessel, making huge hole, through
which the water poured in torrents.
Taken altogether the experiment. was
an entire success, demonstrating, as il
did, the feasibility of placing submerged
guns in harbors in time of war and do.
ing great damage to the vessels which
an enemy might dispatch to such points
for the purpose of Smelling cities.-In.
vention. ~@.. ri - .--& .aa.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

- n 2X00D
On certain IN ornened day, III 1859
gentle. breeze riippled throuxh the
astreets of . quiet town IN eastern M assa-
schusettE Il left cllinneys unharme(1
md hardly Iippled d tree, yetsif IL had
been acyolne il could hardly have done
more damage, for IN Is bare little frame
tenement house on . side street stood
Pandora's box full OF troubles waiting
to be spread broadcast over the land.
and the breeze furnished the needed
key. Presently the owner Of the house
and of Pandora 8 box, a Frenchman,
3 known to his neighbors for his curious
experiments in silk raising and for his
absorption in the study Of strange in
ssects, was seen searching anxionsly il
the grass outside his window. People
who saw him said that he seemed much
disturbed at the failure of his quest.
Well might he be, for be had just let
loose one Of the plaques Of Egypt upon
S fair and fertile land. He had lost S lie
zigsag, and the new world has gained
the gypsy moth.
Mr.. Trouvelot, the silk grower ef
Medford, can hardly expect to have his
name pleasantly remembered among
his quondam townsmen and country
men. but he should be given credit both
for intelligence to foresee the conse-
quences Of his negligence and for the
candor Immediately to give notice of
the danger to which the public was ex-
posed. But his warning fell on deaf
ears. No one realized that the pest,
which is nuisance rather than da1l-
ger in Europe, would gain such head
way in q new home, and, freed from
its hereditary enemies, was to deviate
wherever it went. It would have been
economy, if the future could have been
foreseen, to appropriate $1,000, 600, If
need be, to quarantine the whole neigh
borhood, to fell the trees, to raze the
houses to the ground, to pillow the fields
under and leave that part Of the town
a desert. But no one rose to the emer-
gency till it was too late. Spring
Republican.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
VOLTS DO NOT HARM PEOPLE.

1T Is the Amperage That Does the Deadly
Damage.
Newspaper reporters, copy readers
and head writers are in need of a pri-
mary education in electricity. Every
now. and again the newspapers record
the death of somebody from the effect
of given number Of volts, or tell Of
another's wonderful survival after re-
,ceiving the shock of many Thousand
volts. Strange enough, in the news
paper accounts nobody is ever killed,
nor has rem arkable escape from am
peres Of electricity been chronicled,
nor is. the damage often done ..by a cur
rent, nor has anybody ever seen
''watts' figure in the matter: The num-
Der ofevolts in current of electricity
is it's speed OF pressure. The number of
,amperes is it's volume. Volts with
out amperes would be speed without
substance.
A light molecule moving with a
speed or voltage of 1856, 900 miles per
second STRIKES the eye without injury,
but if the molecule had a weight or
ampe1age of one -thOusandth part
of a grain it would have the same effect
as an ounce ball moving 1000 feet per
second. Any number of 'amperes'' with
out voltage would be dead engine in a
roundhouse.
An article in a New York paper was
headed, *tNot Killed by 1900 Volts. -
It told Of boy who had become locally
famous because SO, 900 volts of electric
ity had passed through Joe's body with
out killing him." Without the am
perage Of the current being known the
statementmeansn nothing. Another story
of escape from electricity was headed,
Shocked by 2, $50 Volts.
The electrical current used in the Ed
ison Horoscope has q minute fraction
OF an ampere, but an almost incalcula-
BILE voltage Of perhaps above 100000.
To receive these $50, 900 volts in the
body would feel like the prick Of a
needle.
At the state penitentiary the victims
Of the law are given about 1900 volts
Of electricity, but it is the electrical en-
ergy, as expressed in watts, that kills.
The amperes multiplied by the volts
give the energy Of the current, or watts
He who would caress a olive wire
need care nothing for the volts or am
peres it may have concealed about its
person, but let him carefully calculate
it's watts before he grabs d.-New
York Mail and Express
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
a Simple Precaution.

Landlady (of country inn, on the eve
of q popular holiday, to her daughter,
who is kneading the dough for cake 80
Reset, you'd better put . couple of eggs
and bit Of butter into the cake. E
looks as i wea'Were going to, have q
storm, and if the townsfolk don t stir
out tomorrow we shall have to eat it
ourselves. s rbote.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
WHEN PoLLY TAKES THE aysfa.

"A little wicker basket rolls
Along the pavement walk. -
land at the sight the jyenng and Old
Begin to laugh and. talk
And wave fair hands and kisses throw
And cry: Look here!'' See therel"
ttThis way it comes! And all because
Sweet Polly takes the air.
The newsboys run and shout with sglee
And follow on behind.
The coachman and the f0otman gaze
As il they had mind
To do the same. The good old priest
Stands still with solemn stare
LAS down the shady avenue
Sweet Polly takes the air.
X u 4 y ttz"E - .
And all the while sweet Polly sits
In dainty gown and hat
And smiles on one she loves the best
Her pretty Maltese cat
And softly COOS, when pussy purS,
Without thought or care
How all the town turns upside down
When Polly takes the air.
-Zitella Cookies "a Doric Reed. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
Portraits and ssPictures."

If one can give the portrait and make
picture at the same time, so much the
better, but if the portrait be given with
frankness and sincerity, if the model be
rendered with knowledge and truth, the
result will be picture-a work of art
whether the painter so designs it or
not. Holbein and Velasquez told the
exact truth about their sitters, and their
simpler portraits are today their better
pictures, Lawrence and his followers in
devoting themselves to stunning eff
fects not only compromised the likeness,
but made the picture bizarre by en-
phasis in the wrong place. The tale has
been more than twice told in the history
of art. A simple truth is always better
than all ornate falsehood -Scribner' ]
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
=tSiEEp1O1aA lAGs 4 nj LISTED.


Htg Scores C01l0c9 TO y A1noD OF 1nooes
= - sl,sulA l8sssy Vafs1sal.
It will donbtless be- astsnishing 70.
those who hare not stud led the question
to- learn that kleptomania has grown 20;
much dnring the aast few gears that
dry goods rnerchants have, - to speak,
formed cooperative union of self pro-
lection against the evil. Shopl fters are
easily dealt with and disposed q, as
they are general1y OF the class who can
be punished to the full extent ct the
law, but the KEPT maniac is usually g
woman of refinement good family and
possessed Of ample means, which per-
NIT of the gratific cation of her most ex-5
,travagant needs.
Strange as the assertion may seem, It
is SO true and has assumed such proper
tions thatin the majority Of the stores
there is book kept in the private Office
of the firm in which are written the
names Of the women who are known TO
be thus afflicted, and when they are
caught in the act a bill for the goods
stolen is sent to the husband, father or,
the person who has made himself rv-,
sponsible for the things taken. It was
found necessary to do this after two OF
three arrests had been made and the
culprit found, upon investig to be-
long to some well known family. Itwas
not only necessary for thesprote of
the merchants against loss by the theft,
but it was also more imperative from
the fact that these exposures endangered
his business. After such an arrest and
the consequent publicity the family of
the accused were very loath to trade at
that particular store, and the with
drawal of such patronage meant loss Of
thousands of dollars to the proprietor.
This explanation was given me by the
superintendent Of one of the largest de-
partment stores, where, after thorough
canvassing of the principal retail stores
in the city, found that it was no mere
gossip as to the existence of this book,
and the fact that nine out of ten en-
ployed women detectives, not only for
the conviction of shoplifters and pick
pockets, but to watch the more wealthy
offenders who were afflicted with what
is called a nervous disease in the medi-
cal books-kleptomania. These women
are obliged to be very clever, bright and
intelligent, as they must learn to know
these kleptomaniacs by sight and to dis
criminate between the professional and
the afflicted if they detect stranger in
the act Of purloining the firms goods.
New York Herald. -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
81 q a !. e ssssisEC

L4AhEE IL Cfa-IN YasHs,A isysGhsE
Sss Dssno, Nj "A s,& IL 49,
DR.. A. E. SaIde1i, DeRr Sir:t leo any te
to ven and let YOU know that srful Electric
man, aud ty your bass to any
one who is suffering from lame back aad ki4asz dis
ease for many years. Yours truly, JACOB DICE.
GENERAL DEBILITY, ETC.
Humboldt, 80 nnesota, Augu.t 1et,' So.
Dr.. A. r SsnGszl Dear Sir:--.s you Der, sc
cent me No. Electric helt asssummer. end We're il
then Tor three Jour months, and LAM al to
you before because WANTED to if the care
everyone. Y urs re t-u;y, A.G. ANDERSON
DONE MORE TIE akN Cy.AIaxEl:.
Staples. Mimi April 4, 81
DR.. a. T. Se0den. Tear 3ic:- yish to 5:
Electric belt oous yru n,nIsts
done lots OF good, we'll satisfied wth II.
In fact tbs longer 1cave thu peJ the net1s- ike IL
It has done all 5cu sai ID an6 mora too.
Yours TEA y, a5i=E ?. d. pERi,T.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

nall on Geo. Dayton and buy a new
~ Singer Sewing Machine the only
genuine Singer made. Do not be misled
by other dealers, is there is only one
genuine Singer made and that took 50
wards at the World Fair.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
A Pathetic Ailment.

Mrs. G. had severe headache, and
her complaints made Mr.. @. trifle
cross, and by and by he said something
which made Mrs. g. cry. Whe1eupon
her little boy also burst into tears.
'sDear me'' said his father. Now,
what may be the matter with you?''
'sI'vego headache lin mammals
head'' said the child. -Y Youths Com
panion.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
NE CAis CURE yGus
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:

1ts q M = Sy5s-kIGi Y z EIi5.
.isorncoI, IL innesci,., SElo,sar IS So.
or A. = ssSasn. Dear sir;-.4ass Winee,. sptssred
Tar ut ,cEoss ani lcine; Thou s:,ccess
wcen eas advised TO Try enc OF bets. did NOS
caa honestly say nov thai no ng hgs done me is
muci. coed rs the No. belt ugh OF YOU, end
Y c NOT be without o. G,,l.s al and
believe it is due the belt in :.ra Of it
You 8 very truly.
55 sl.A2LPY CURED NE ONE IT ZEE.
ianeapo.,s ii caesot.,. Jszle is g.
ltr. e. Sanden. Dear Sir: eDssyer tn: tir r.es
ntlEfa,ry would say shet have used os.t
iH3e EeS Ang IT, >oU npis1nsd
* ssvere cf:rts TT LEI much that
9h:e t. q" tat t:ttia work had osea 80 ior three
:toE$hs i'ci ~ sf Weeka OF your eits wss
isasea 70 have tho cronpa arri
I'D IA have not 7stnrusd since, and co,,s tat
GEO. ~ 7 iIONJ, $40 E:,.,crc S.Eser, Il. E.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
Notice for Publication.

NOTICE lot fuDlcatl0n.
United States Land Office. MARSHALL,
Mimi, July 10Th, 1885,
Notice is hereby given that George Mar
tinka has filed notice of intention to make
final proof before the Clerk of the Dist
Court at his office in St, Peter, MINI. on
ThuTsdayfh the 18th day of September, 1896
the Sw Z, of sw quarter of section No, R, in
T No. Ill N. r No. 80 w. s.
He names as witnesses: John Hanslick,
Joseph Zischka, Anton Bart and Ioseph
Martinka all of New Uln, Mimi.
C.P. SHEPARD.
Register.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

It is estimated that in England one
woman in every six earns her own liv-
ing,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
And satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.

3He WedKeSU bd1HI upon his KneeS.
Whatever, she asked, did they
want to sit on satan s knees for? I'm
sure / should not like to sit on satan's
knees at all, and why should he trem-
bic if they were SO little? This is a
delightful bit Of childish misunder-
standing and is half pathetic in. It's sug-
gestion Of how to wander when search
ing for the meanings Of our hieroglyph.
les. National Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

Minnesota and South Dakota are the
only two states in the Union that have
half of their popula ton made.up Of for
.eign born residents.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

The standard dollar was authorized
by act Of congress Feb. 28, 1878, and
coinage was begun in tho same year. ~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

Very few people know the sound of
their own voice. When they hear it in
a monograph they are much surprised.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12
.sOn satan's Knees. !

"A little girl Of 5 or SO was much puz-
zled on hearing the lines Of the old 4
hymn:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

Our zoe pn9e shao.. g n REE CHA SGE. OF
~ arg sa n sent sealed free
shown by hndrecs cases trnnPhnu and other
OF WnoE tFe strong Letters he.Sif Testimony to tie
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-12

.WEN,,
.HoE. after
States.wht
keyr r9cOVt
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-11-25

By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of Terrell county, Georgia,
will be sold to the highest bidder at the
court house door in said county, on the
first Tuesday in Decemqer next, within
the legal hours of sale, the following
described property, to-wit: Lot of land
number thirteen; all of lot number four.
teen Except such portions of same as
have been heretofore sold and conveyed,
leaving fifty 1901 acres, more or less, ad-
joining lot number thirteen), all being in
the Third district of Terrell county.
Sold as the property of John A. HERS,
deceased. Terms cash. This November
3rd, 1896. Lie. HOYL, Admr.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-11-25
SheriR,s Sale.

Will be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Terrell county, Georgia,
on the first Tuesday in December next,
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described property, to-wit: Lots of land
numbers one hundred and ninety-two,
two hundred and twenty-seven and two
hundred and thirty, containing in the
aggregate six hundred, seven and one
half acres, situated in the Fourth dis
trict of Terrell county, Georgia; levied
on as the property of Clatonia A. Hig-
don to satisfy fila issued from Terrell
Superior Court in favor of Cleora
Wright against the said Clatonia A. Hig-
don. This November 3rd, 1896.
D. K. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.