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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01
TALK OF SOMERVILLE.

There seems: after all to be consider
able opposition to Mr. McCleary in this
district. The only place we have thought
him weak was in the matter of finance. !
but many Of the papers coming to this
office call up other points of weakness
which never occurred to US until seen in
the public prints. We shall have some
thing to say of these things later in the
campaign. We are confident that he can
not be reelected without the biggest
fight the party ever had in the district
Madison Independent Press, ~~
The Lake Benton News says it is prov
en- that Hon. John Lind "considers him.
self the Brown-Sequard elixir of political
life whichis to be injected into the politl-
cal body Of Somerville in order to prevent
it succumbing to the cold political blasts
Of popular disfavor.' Nothing of the
kind is proven. Neither are there any
such blasts as the imaginative editor of
the News describes. Mr.. Somerville's
candidacy stands firmly on its own foun-
dation of popular favor. Most emphat-
ically was Mr.. Somerville not pulled in
to the congressional fight by Mr.. Lind,
and such statement does injustice to
Mr.. Somerville. Springfield Advance.
Commenting on Senator II. j. Miller's
endorsement Of Congressman McCleary,
the St. Peter Herald says: McCleary has
rendered no service which could not have
been equally well rendered by man Of
Nh. Mjller's ability. Personally he is not
entitled to anything, for the Office should
not be considered from that standpoint.
It should be considered from the stand
point of value of the man to his people,
and Just now there is vast difference of
opinion as to Mr.. McCleary's value to
this district. We believe that the ma
jurlty ofSecond district voters are at
variance with him on the currency ques-
ton, that majority Of his own party
are always against him. Mr., Miller prob
ably speaks the truth when he says
the extreme southwestern part of the
state is for Mr.. McCleary. That may
be true but not Of Lincoln Lac qui- Parle,
Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Martin, Mobiles,
lPipestone, Cottonwood, and WatonWan,i
to say naught Of his own county where
the strongest and shreWdest politicians
are opposed to him and among whom
nothing will be left undone to enconl-
pass his defeat; and this we believesis un-
Hderstood by the politicians of the lis
.trict Before convention time the can
fdidates will bob up serenely all over the
district and endanger the future Of this
self appointed David who slew the liver
! Goliath. Mr.. McC learY is not a po-.
l.htician and politicians are weary and
/ tired of llim,and the result, while it may
/ be post poned for two years, is cot in
doubt. His end is drawing nigh and a
new Moses is arising to take his place.
VIII il be IiIler. Day, obson Or
!.somervillc
De Wits Little Early Risers for bill
business, indigestion, constip ation. "a.
small p;l q promp cure. v. g. Az
win,
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

Among the tavollte sons who went
down before last weeks tida! wave, con-
slgued to cold neglect, was one +. D.
French, whom the files of the Review of
days gone by refer to as senator from this
district and as having defeated the re-
doub5able RATHER of keys. Time was
when French was said to have been a
powerful chieftain among the clans Of
Redwood county. But that day has gone
by. They elected him to the senate and
his fame was on the eve Of spreading to
the uttermost corners of the common
wealth. At least that's what he thought,
and, lured by the siren voices of the SEN
atorial combine, he proved recreant to
the trust reposed in him. 1t was u fatal
mistake and the people forSave him not.
He had played the prodigal with the con-
tidcnccs of his friends, but, unlike the
unfortunate of Biblical history, when he
bobbed up at home he was unrecognized
bv his patrons, and the fatted calf re-
NAMED intact. He had done nothing
that was worthy of reward, and nothing
was what they gave linn. The obse
quies were in keeping with his record.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

If one were to say that the Mckinley
boom in this State was not all due to
patriotic enthusiasm for the man and his
principles, he might be considered as a
trit1e rash, but il he were to contend that
John Goodnow and his hirelings were not
in the habit of wearing themselves out
on any labor of love, and that the syste-
matte letter writing and wire pulling,
which was carried on for the purpose of
packing caucuses all over the state for
Mckinley, looked suspicious, he would
not be travelling far from the truth. If
McKinleyis nominated and elected, (which
is by no means certain, you can bet that
at least one member of the firm of pat
ronage bosses in this State will be this
same ward heeler, Goodnow. Not a
delightful prospect by any means.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

A story is going the rounds of the dis
trict to the effect that Geo. W. Somer-
VILE two years ago made a hopeless fight
to secure the judicial position, that has
been so long and creditably filled by
Hon. B. F. Weber. Inasmuch as this
story has been started by men who don't
know what they are talking about and
for the purpose of injuring Mr.. Somer-
vile in his congressional aspirations, the
Review deems it but fair to tell the
truth. That fight, if it can be called a
fight at all, was started from puerlle
motives by no less person than M. J.
Bowling, now secretary of the National
Republican League, and was rapidly ia
ken up by the Sleepy Eye Dispatch in a
series of uncalled-for attacks upon Mr..
Weber. Somervjlle's name was men
toned as desirable successor, but that
gentleman never gave it the slightest
sanction or approval. The writer had
many talk with Weber at the time
and also with Mr.. Somerville, and knows
whereof he speaks. The former had no
suspicion OF the Sleepy Eye man, and
the latter gave Weber to understand
that whenever he desired to become a
candidate for the district jud geship, the
present incumbent would be the first to
know it. That was the state of affairs
at the time of this so-called fight, and
Somerville's stand was the cause of its
early collapse. The only office to which
Mr.. somervllle aspired during that peri
cd, was the office of State senator, and
what pity it was that he didn't sue
coed. -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

According to the Twin City papers
John Sherman is in danger of losing his
reputation as the greet financial philosc-
pher of the Republican party. The shad-
ow os the Congressman from the Second
district in Minnesota threatens to drive
him altOgether from public view.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01
Editorial.

Ever'thin' tibet appears in this paper.
o course, no matter whether it's good er
bad, is all the thinkin' o. tibet remarka-
bic man, John Lind. O. course, if they
warn't no Lind, why it's plain enuf they
wouldn't be no Review. Leastwise,
that's what the independent papers, like
the Minneapolis Jurnal, has to say, and
it's no use dlsputin' a paper tibet knows
it all. Therefore, when you read emmy
of these ::ere editorials, jest remember
thet it amt us talkin' at all, but tibet
we're merely 'the willer through which
the whistle bloWs.''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

TO all appearances there is vacancy
in the office of state senator from this
district. Away back in January, 1895,
one E. d. French disappeared from public
view, and, to use the language of the
political probate court, he has been a
LONG time dead
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

It's funny way that the political slate
makers have of doing business in this
State. They first encourage man to as
pire for office, then place him in posi-
ton where he must withdraw in order to
spare himself humiliation, and finally,
after all their schemes have carried, thev
tell us how this same candidate, Davis
for example, has strengthened himself by
his withdrawal. Nonsense! You stand
ready, everyone of you, to do him up the
very next time he offers himself for pub
lie consideration. Ye are liars and ny
pocrites, all of you.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

The Pioneer Press was for Davis-not
by long shot.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

One lloughmaster, who testified at the
Madigan trial two years ago that he adj
ministered the oath to Madigan in a le-
gal proceeding that afterwards proved
to he fraudulent, now comes around with
an affidavit to the effect that he never
took the acknowledgment. The ques-
ton now arises what will the notary
public do two years from now, who adj
ministered the OATH to Houghmaster?
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

Consistency is no longer jewel, nor
does it appear in the least to be an attri-
butte of Republican politics. For proof
of this statement one only has to look to
the action of the Ohio and Minnesota
conventions. The former has canGi-
date for president, and, unquestionaLly
with his consent, adopts a platform on
the money question that's spoken of as be-
ing every thing from straddle to a declar-
alton for silver. The Minnesota Repub-
licans, on the other hand, also had can
didate, who stood for so-called sound
money, but they threw him overheard,
took up the Ohio man in his place and
then, to cap the ridiculous climax, de-
nounced the money plank in the Ohio
platform. The Review would now like to
know on which platform Mckinley is
making his fight for the nomination, that
of his own state or that of Senator Davis.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

The Review las never enjoyed the per-
sonal acquaintance of the. Hon. Frank
Pettigrew of South Dakota, and never
wants to. ANY man, who would accept
the paltry office of delegate to a nation
al convention under the humiliating con.
,litions which surrounded him at Huron
last week, isn't worthy the respect of
men who believe in square-toed and hon.
est politics. An ass hath more sense and
a hen-turkey more courage than this
same Pettigrew.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

The bimetallists don't seem to be able
to vote at the district and state cOnven-
tons, but, to use the language of a dele
gate in the great Minneapolis gathering
of 1892, 'Thank God, they can at the
DOlls.'
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01
If Mckinley is to be the next presi-
dent Of these United States, we would
advise Gen. Jim Baker to introduce
himself to Boss Goodnow at his earliest
possible convenience

Tom Plat says McKinley's boom re-
minds him of the dog, that, in chasing
a rabbit, ran 50 fast that he passed and
missed him. As a parable this is good
enough, but as q prophecy it may be
that the wish is father to the thought.
However. we're Ealf inclined to believe it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

The Minneapolis Journal and a few
other State papers are never able to refer
to the Review except SIS the personal
mouthpiece of Hon. John Lind.' 1t
might be worth while to make reply to
some of these statements, were it not for
the fact that the conceited journalists,
who say these things and whose editori-
al always TEEN with such brilliant and
original thought, cannot conceive of
ability or independence on the part of
anyone else. Suffice it to say that Mr..
Lind does not edit the Review, does not
direct its policy and does not care to.
Unlike some newspaper men, he belives
that the average individual can do his
own thinking and comedies him the right
to do so.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

Gen. Bakers return to the party of his
first adoption, after many years of wan
dering, has no further significance than
this, that it adds one more drop to buck
etthat is already full. There are no long
er offices enough to so around, General.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

1t las probably never occurred to the
papers that are urging Tom Reed as
running mate for Mckinley, that it
wouldn't look we'll to have the prepon-
aerance of brains at the tail end of the
ticl,ct
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

The course of reasoning adopted by
the Minneapolis journal and several Of
It's Second district copylsts to prove that
Somerville is the candidate of John Lind.
reminds us of the clever, but roundabout,
reasoning employed by some anonymous
humOrist to connect the immense pro-
duction of honey in Massachusetts with
the existence of old maids, who are known
to be especially prolific in the good old
Bay State. The reasoner argues in this
way. Wherever there was an abundance
of old maids there would necessarily be a
sutficiency of cats; the cats being great
lovers Of field mice, would naturally di-
niinish the number Of the latter; mas
much as the field mice were known to
kill off the bees, the less the numbered
micethe greater the number ofbees; the
greater the number Of bees the greater
the yield ofcloyerand the greater the yield
ofhoney. Consequently the great produc-
ton Of honey in Massachusetts was di;
rectly traceable to the States old maids.
We have been told repeatedly that one
Of the cardinal virtues Of Republican pc.
litics consisted in always delighting to
honor the men who have labored stead
TASTY for the party success. This
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

Before the Pickerel Statesman Of South
Dakota tries to manipulate another con-
vention in his own interests, the Review
would suggest that he cultivate the ac-
quaintance and enter the school of the
Brown County Eel. Having graduated
therefrom, he will find his pathway to
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT as smooth as if
it had been vanished with goose grease
from time immemorial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-17
He Advertised.

"Once, when was publishing a paper
in Seattle, convinced a man in a most
emphatic way that it paid to ADVERTISE"
said an old journalist; He was a fairly
prosperous merchant, and / had tried for,
long time to get him to insert an adj
vertlsement in my paper : .-.ssSSssssss&s
oh, it's no use,' he would say. ST
never read the advertisements in a paper,
and no one else does. I believe ID ad-
vertising, but in way that will force
itself on the public. Then it pays. But
in a newspaper-pshaw! Everybody who
reads a newspaper lodges the advertising
pages as if they were poison -, 10
"'Well. said I, IF can convince you
that people do read the advertising pages
of my paper will you advertise? X
of course will. l advertise wher-
ever think it will do any good.' z.
1.-The next day ran the following line
in the lightest faced agate. in the Office
and stuck it in the most obscure corner
Of the paper between couple of patent
medicine ads: -. ~;
it?" - - . y. 80
"The next day so many people annoyed
him by asking what that line meant that
he begged me to explain the matter in
my next issue. promised to do it il he
would let me write the explanation and
stand to it. He agreed, and wrote:
'He is going to advertise, Of course.
And he did."-San Francisco Post. F
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-17
LOOKING FOR a FORTUNE.
a Singular Looking Craft, 10 Obsrat,
Among Gold Hearing sands, -..5 =

singular Looking Graft, 10 Operate
Among Gold. Hearing sands. ~saE.
!. g. b. Tolmnn OF Alameda Inns almost
finished 4 singular craft, with with Ii
expects TO take Il fortune Out 81 tie
sacramento river sah1s: Toiman's craft
ls dotble:degker, and is constructed
from nh unfinished stern-wheel steamer.
'Ihe lower deck contains several living
rooms, q kitchen and an engine-roonl.
TN the upper deck is installed IN ANAL
gamated plant with three amalgama tors,
An endless chain dredger ia attached to
the forward end of the boat, and when
the machine is@in operation this dredger
will scoop mp the collaborating sands from
the bottom of the river and send it up on
the upper deck, to the amalgamators.
The ma chinery is all to be operated by a
gasoline engine, which is so arranged
that it can be used either to drive the
machinery or to, propel the boat. The
boat, including machinery and all, will
cost about $4,000. 81 The money was
supplied by the Gold Sand Placer Min
ing company. Of which Tolman is presi-
dent, 8: u. Hubbell vice-president, j. e.
Damon secretary and 9. H. jackson
treasurer. All have great hopes of
clearing a fortune by the scheme. Toll
man is IN old miner, and is confident
that he can get out thousands of dol
lars from the river sand in the Sacra-
,mento. They will begin work next week
above Sacramento and expect to run day
and night. ~, Tolman has fled claims to
72,OOO feet along the Sacramento and
American rivers.-San Francisco Chroni-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-17
WATER TO BURN.
An UnlOoked-for Discovery on u Sandy
- e. Island in Florida.

An UnlOoked-for Discovery on a SANDY
- Island in Florida.
Anastasia island has water to burn
and in any quantity and at all times.
Some months ago J. D. Dowd thought
that he would like cottage by the
oceans shore, and he procured site
near Jack mound on the island. Near
by there was an artesian we'll bored
by the old South Beach company, but
owing to it's gaseous fumes the water
was refused by the thirsty. 1t is also
recalled that several years ago the lit
tic children spat the water out. saving,
Its whisky when picnic was given
there. The we'll has Remained covered
over ever since.
With Mr.. Dowd came also prospec-
tor from Niagara Falls. He smelled the
water, tasted it, as did his friend Dowd,
but said nothing: Meanwhile some of
the water was sent to Washington for
analysis; and the chemists there asked
if the water was from Niagara's burning
well, as it contained all the ingredients
but one. This one lies in the we'll on
Anastasia island. Mr.. Dowd told his
secret to the Herald today. Mr.. Dowtl
has laid a pipe from the well, which he
bought. to his cottage, where he has
erected a small house to hold the reser-
vOir into which he let's the water flow.
and then lights it. 1t burns at his pleas
ure and is extinguished by an extinguish-
er made large enough to cover the reser-
vOir. The water is heavily charged
with sulphurous gases and will burn for
a long time, but how long has not been
stated.-JackSOnville Times Union.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-17
NEW YEARS CALLS.
They Are Likely to be Restricted to tn
Momhers 1f Ones Intimate Eriandx

They Are Likely to be Restricted to tho
Members Of Ones Intimate Friends.
IT'S natures law of compensation that
every excess causes defect; every
sweet hath it's sour, and the regret over
the decay of that gracious custom of
New Years calling may be balanced by
a genuine feeling of relief
a decade ago the first of January was
a great social festival. From house to
house of friends and acquaintances men
travelled to pay their respects. The GUS
tom was always question: BILE in it's re-
suits. The temptations to weak and
even strong men were great. Hot
rooms, the sensuous fragrance of flowers,
fair women and the conviviality that
prevailed at the buffet proved rocks on
which a whole armada of ships went to
pieces. Men who could pass bar with
out the slightest inclination to indulge,
lost all self-control on this day and even
ing, when the muscles of their morals
were softened by the genial glow spread
over everything.
But it was the abuse of the pleasant
custom of New Years calls which led to
it's abandonment. Although we hear
of attempts to be made to restore it to
favor, and while doubtless many women
would willingly go to the trouble and
expense of "open house," and while
more men would be glad of this way of
spending part of the day, it will be
long before the New Year call and the
New Year caller are placed once more
on PEDESTAL. As a rule, the calling
this season will be restricted to ones
family, or few very intimate friends
Buffalo Express.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-17
PRESERVE THE HAIR.
Useful Suggestions to Those Who Val
What il Inv alual,la

Useful Suggestions tn Those Who Value
What is Inv aluable.
Avoid tight-ftting hats and collars.
also close-titting caps, unless these be
of some porous material. The two for
mer prevent due supply of blood to the
parts, hence the hair papillae are put,
as 1t were, OH short commons all the time
the hats and collars are worn. The caps
engender caloric, which sets up irritation.
and ultimately that most stubborn form
OF dandruff, namely, pityriasis ii. e.,
branny scales). Note that all the head
gear which is not porous should be yenti-
lated ut top and sides to allow free cur
rent of air.
Never sit or stand with the ton of
the headgear near a gas light and iamp
light. The heat thrown out is apt to
paralyze the scalp tissues and dries up
the hair itself.
Don't wash the head oftener than once
a fortnight. when first rub in the yolk Of
an egg, and thoroughly rinse out with
warm water, into which has been thrown
a pinch OF borax' Dry carefully and
apply little pure olive oil.
Beware of the common practice Of
dipping the comb in water when arrang-
ing the hair. It promotes decomposi-
tion and rancidity of the natural OIL
and so leads to "rotting."
L! liz AdlI De naturally Dry, apply q
little olive oil occasionally. If naturally
oily, occasionally wash away the excess
of sebaceous secretion by means Of q
lather of tepid water and soap bark
(quitlaya saponaria). {
Salt water is most injurious to the
hair, for which reason when sea bathing
wear an oil cap. =, :,
= Always treat the scalp as il you loyea
IT. Take to heart DR.. Godfrey's dictum
that every touch affecting SO delicate, a
texture as the scalp should be soft and
soothing. every application bland and
mild" Don't use stiff bristled or wire
brushes, and in all cases brush gently.
Also, always brush out the hair before
attempting to comb it, and use the comb
as little us possible
Have the ends of the hair clipped once
a month, if only to prevent them from
splitting: But don't close-crop.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-17
A Menace to Pheasants.

The fashion of wearing the wings
and skins of birds on ladies' hats for
ornament has caused the destruction of
birds without number in all countries.
1t looks as if the Monaghan pheasant
is now to be taken off the face of the
earth through a freak of fashion. The
New York World of December l, under
the; title of ''The Latest Freak of Fash
iion," prints a picture Of woman wear
ing a hat and boa of feathers of the
Mongolian pheasant. The hat is covered
with the nee kand breast feathers, with
the head of the pheasant as an orna-
ment, and the boa is made of the back
feathers with head at the place of fast
ening and the long tail feathers hanging
down over the bosom. AS may well be
imagined, the effect is very fine. and, if
such hats and boas become the rage,
all the pheasants in Oregon will have
to yield up their heads and skins to sup
ply the demand. The next Legislature
may have to look into this matter and
do something to protect the pheasants-
Portland OregOnian