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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-19
Brown County Fair.

The Brown County Fair, which by the
way bids fair to lie the best ever held in
this section of the country, will open on
Friday of next week and continue for
three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Thousands Of people will attend through
out the three days and the attractions
will be numerous enough to please them
all.
The track is now in splendid condi-
tion and hasn't its equal, for half-mile
track, in Minnesota. Some of the best
horses in the state will be here and races
for large purses will be held every after,
noon.
On Saturday afternoon there will also
BIZ bicycle races, six events in all. These
will he open to all corners and every .ov-
er of the wheel should interest himself to
the extent of being on hand.
The stock display will be better than
it has been for many years. In addition
to the stock entered for prizes from
Brown and Nicollet counties. there will
be great number of horses representing
the finest breeds of trottinC stock IN the
country.
The new exhibition hall is now COM
pleted and makes an admirable building
for the purposes for which it is Intended.
It will he we'll filled during the Fair with
agricultural exhibits and industrial dis
plays, of which Brown County and New
Ulm ARE we'll able to make Il creditablc
showing.
Let every citizen but do his share and
the FAIR is bound to be Il success. You
owe it to yourselves and your county.
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INN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST - 1896 WHoLFNUAlDER 97o

metallic Club and j. J. Ray was elec.
ted president, Oscar Erickson vice pres
ident, Geo. j. Grimm secretary, and
John B. Schmid treasurer. A committee
of eight was appointed by the chair to
solicit members for the clnb,and the fol-
lowing we're named: Oscar Erlckson,
John B. Schmid,. John Hallowell. L. A.
Larson, K. F. Long, G. E. Bentley, VIM.
Duncan and G. NJ. Semans. DR.. Sulli-
van, J: B. Schmid and Oscar Erickson
were appointed as an executive commit
tee and it was decided to hold meetings
each Thursday evening.-Sprlngfeld Ad-
vance.
The Review has it from good sources
that Charles Brust of this city is can
didatc for the nomination at the hands
of the people for the Office of county
treasurer Mr.. Brust is undoubtedly one
OF the best known citizens of Brown
County. He has lived within its borders
for nearly thirty years and has been en-
barked in several enterprises in which
he always proved popular with the peo
pie. He has always been a loyal and
eneIg getic Democratic worker, but never
before has he sought an office at the
hands of his friends. We 10 not know
that he is actively seeking nomination
this year, but many of his friends are
urging him for the place mentioned a.
bove and the Review is free to say that
no mistake would be made in his selec-
ton. He is thoroughly competent. pos
esses large acquaintance and could be
entrus ted with the county's funds with
perfect confidence.
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Ingersoll on Gold,

Il SAID | would say one OF two words
OH such vulgar.things as gold and silver.
! am as satisfied as | am that / live, that a
few who control the debt, the currency,
the money of the world, have combined
either consciously or unconsciousIy, 10
make the debtor pay more than the cred
itor. .lares to ask. The tendency has al
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dens on those least able to bear them,
In barbarous countries women have to
do all the work simply because they are
weaker-that is all. And the others be-
ing stronger only expend their strength
in making the weak ones work. This is
precisely the same in our civilized socie-
ty today. Between the poor and the
rich, if the burden is to be borne in this
country: it is by the poor always. They
are the first to suffer. Let the blast of
war blow over this country, who goes to
war? The millionaires? Not one. Who
goes? The great presidents of corpora
tions? No: The man who presides over
great vaults of gold? Not much. The
poor man goes because nine times out of
ten the poor man is more patriotic. The
poor bear the burden of this country and
of this world. Only few years ago our
money was gold and silver-money that
had been the money of men for thous.
ands of years. Our silver was demone-
tized and gold made the standard. There
is no man in the United States with in
genuity enough to account for the de-
monetization of silver in 1878 There is
not one. I do not think the few should
have the right to combine to increase the
value of what people will call money
against the debtor and in favor of all the
creditors"
The following is Sundays rifle score:
Three ring target: Pfaender, T; Voss,
s; Gebser, 1; Beussman, 2; ANIME, 4;
Koch, 1; Wagner, 3; Eckstein, 8; Tober-
er, Q; Krause, 1.
Regulation Target: Pfaender, 100;
Voss, $50; Gebser, 1923; Beussman, u;
ANIME, 1871; Koch, 1874: VI ..:4r, "a;
Eckstein, 90; Toberer, SO; l.. use, 11S;
Fischer, 1O5.
TIE following is the average score fol
1896 up to and including August 10Th
Pfaender, 1854; Lila, 147; ANIME, 141
Setter, 1874; Voss, 131 Chas. .Hauenstein,
131; Grebe, 1870; Gebser and Aug. Brandt,
each 1871; Krause, 1O9; Goetsch, lOS:
Fischer, 105; Chas. Brust, 1903; Koch.
1902; Petry, 100; Eckstein, 90; Ernst
Brandt, 95; Toberer, 90; John Hauen-
stein, 81; GALES, "a; Wagner, "a; Au-
mueller, 70; Beussman, II; Current, "a:
johnson, So; Toberer, 60; Brust, 81:
Faas, 81; Herian, A; W. Herian, 20.
Mr.. Lind is in receipt of the follow
ing note from Thomas E. Waston, the
Peoples Party Candidate for vice -presi-
dent:
Dear SIR: remember you we'll and
favorably as Il champion of the people
in the tifty-tirst congress. I have sug-
gested to our natioral committee that |
be sent west, and they will probably
take that course. If it be possible, l
shall he glad to help you all can, for I
want to see you elected.
The meeting Tor organizing a bimet
allic club was held in the council room
Thursday evening". Dr.. Sullivan was
chosen chairman and Geo. Grimm. sec
retary. 1t was decided that the name of
the club should be ssThe Bryant Lind Bi-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

sci was reflected by the glittering fire
in the almost calm waters upon whose
bosom such bloody tragedy was being
enacted. Slowly the fire reached the
loaded guns and shells. which burst as
peals Of thunder, reverberating and
echoing over the bay, filling the air with
engines of death. Shortly after mid
night the flames reached the powder
magazine, huge volume of smoke
arose from the vessel, followed by red
flame as if from the crater of a vol
cano, and after the stiffness of q second,
which seemed an age, there was a ter
rife roar, and the air was filled with
| cannon balls, fragments of the vessel,
and dead bodies of human beings. The
vessel had blown up, leaving only her
black hulk, even at the waters edge.
The Merrimac, having lost only few
men, including Commander Buchanan,
who was severely wounded, now retired
! under the confederate batteries at Sew
all's point, intending to return next
morning and finish up the remaining
portion of the blockading fleet.
Accordingly, next morning about day.
light, the victorious Merrimac, minus
| her ram, slowly steamed out into Iamp-
ton Roads, to begin where she had left
off, Notwithstanding that it was Sum
day and a day of rest. She would have
! rammed at and perhaps sunk the other
| vessels with her broken prov on the day
before, only that they were aground and
could not be reached. So, no sooner had
she opened fire on the Minnesota, still
aground than out stepped the little Mon
itor and blazed away as an intmation
| that she would take hand in the free
| for-all fight. This was as much sur
prise to the confederates as the sudden
attack of the day before was to the
| federals. The Monitor had only arrived
the night before at Fort Monroe, just in
| timeto hear the heavy firing and SEE the
blowing-up of the Congress. The Mon
itor, also, had been hastily completed at
| New York, and hurried to the scene
without the usual trial trip. She was of
| light draft, and Unanswered better than
| the Merrimac. The fun began about
seven o'clock, lasting until two, when
the Monitor crossed over into n channel
where the heavy-draft Merrimac could
! not follow, and she also retired. This
| terrible artillery duel was within very
close range, never further than half a
| mile, and often the vessels were not
90 feet apart-the intention of the Mer-
rimac was to board and capture the
queer-looking Monitor. The Merrimac
| lost only two killed and 10 wounded.
! The Monitor suffered an equal loss, her
captain being totally blinded by powder.
The battle was witnessed by thou
sands, many of whom still! live to tell
the story as if they were in it. Though
the battle was draw, both vessels were
short-lived. The confedcrates burned
the Merrimac on cvacuating Norfolk,
and the Monitor was lost in a gale oil
! Cape Hattcras few months lat,r
J. NJ. ScANLAER
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diers at the batteries who stood upon
the parapets wildly waving their hats,
and eager to witness the fray which WAS
soon to begin within easy cannon shot.
The blockading squadron consisted of
the frigates Cumberland and Congress
off Newport News, of 80 and so guns,
respectively. A few miles out, under
frowning Fortress Monroe, were three
other frigates and half a dozen gun
boats, all of which could have been
available within half an hour after the
beginning of the battle.
1t was a calm, hazy afternoon, and
while the intention Of the confedcrates
was known, the wild and hazardous at
tempt to smash the blockade was not
expected that afternoon at least, FOR the
vessels wore a half-holiday appearance.
In fact, it was washday, and the rigging
was full of sailors clothes hung cut to
dry. The Virginia had been hurried to
completion, and so great was the haste
that up to the morning of the attack
work of completion was going on. The
engines had not been tried, the guns had
not been fired as an experiment. She
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

in the national soldiers home on tho
heights north of the national capital.
The home is situated in park nearly
two miles square, and the grounds are
better kept and more beautiful than
the grounds of the king and emperors
of the middle ages; and the home itself
is a perfect palace for the old cam
paigners. Visitors to this city always
drive there and their trip through the
park is always one of their most pleas
ant memories of their sojourn here.
The veterans lounge about the park
with their pipes, cigars or plugs of to-
bacco in evidence. and they have prac-
tically nothing to do but eat, sleep and
take life easy until the close of their
careers. They have library, chapel.
and canteen. The electric cars now
run right to the gates of the home.
and they do not have to tramp along the
dusty roads when they come to town.
On pension day, when the quarterly
pensions are paid to the veterans, they
come to town and many of them in
dulge too freely in liquor and are
taken to station houses and locked up
over night. The police cour, judge re-
Gently dismissed a couple of cases of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

Opposing Gods truth is rebellion
against God.-Chicago Standard.
There is much of the DEVILS work that
can only be done by the hypocrite.--
Rams Horn.
Man is to be viewed, not from the
standpoint of his attained virtue, but
from that of his infinite possibility
Rev. A. a. Berle.
What we need is conscience in bust
ness, conscience in the pulpit, conscience
in the courts of justice and conscience in
the press.-Rev. Cortland Myers.
Great dangers are easily met. 1t is
easier to fight tigers than mosquitoes.
The lighthouse is obscured by clouds
ct flies. Watch minute defects of char
acter.-Rev. A. u. Conrad.
Manhood is the true aim of civiliza-
ton. 1t is one of the hopeful things
In American politics that the parties arc
compelled to put forward their highest
types of manhood as candidates for i'm
portant offices.-Rev. N Luccock.
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had been fioated so feet in order to test
her capacity for maneuvering, and twas
not known whether or not the RAIDER
would work, which, by strange over
sight, had been left exposed, and came
near causing her destruction before she
did any damage.
When within about a mile of the first
blockaders, according to the statements
of some of those who viewed it at a safe
distance, the Cumberland and Congress
opened fire upon the Merrimac Tor Vir-
ginia), followed by the land batteries.
The shots seemingly had about as much
effect upon the ironclad as would pour
ing water upon a ducks back. The
Merrimac wisely reserved her fire until
within few hundred yards of the Cum
berland, when she gave her a shot, and
Immediately so Unanswered as to give
the Congress broadside.
She then made direct for the Cum ber-
land, striking her almost at right
angles, and opening hole in her large
enough to drive in horse and buggy"
az a spectator expressed it. THE masts
began to totter as If she was in gale,
md in few minutes she went down
Dith a roar. and her crew with her,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

sinking in so feet of water with her
flag still flying" The ram had be-
come detached and was left in the hull
of the sinking Cumberland, rendering
her almost powerless for future harm
in that line, like bee which leaves its
sting in the object attacked. The ram
was ten-foot steel projectile, sharp
ened as wedge, placed at the prov Of
the vessel, three feet under water.
The Merrimac then turned her at
tention to the Congress, which vessel
had been showering shot upon her
all the time, and opened on her when
within about 200 yards. In the mean
time the sinking Cumberland, with
flag still flying, never ceased to fire,
until the crew were driven from their
guns by the rapidly-filling water. and
within half an hour from the begin
ming of the attack she went down
with more than hundred souls.
The Congress continued the fight for
about an hour, assisted by three other
vessels; and three of the James river
feet came on the troubled scene to as
sist the confederate monitor. In the
meantime two of the federal feet ran
aground, as had the Congress. Being
thus practically alone, the Congress run
up the white flag. Still in the confusion
and smoke of battle, the federal shore
batteries continued firing, killing some
confederates and their own wounded
who were being taken from the
grounded Congress. AS the Monitor
drew twenty-three feet of water and
could not draw off her prize, hot shot
was fired into the vessel, and she was
soon ablaze. The flames crept up tina
rigging, the masts and spars and sails
Illuminated the sky in zigzag lines OF
dazzling fire. For several hours the
flames ragged. Night had come, mild and
calm, and the beauty of the southern
skies made the weird scene one never to
be forgotten. The black hull of the ves'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
FAMOUS NAVAL DUEL.
Memories Of the Merrimac and
Monitor Engagement.
The Confederate Rams Destruction of
the Federal Frigates Cumberland and
Congress and Her Defeat by
Ericson's Queer Craft.
Especial Norfolk (va.) Letter. !

A few days ago l sailed out INTO
Hampton Roads to view the scene of
the greatest naval engagement in the
history of the world, all of which /
heard and part of which saw from our
camp short distance up the James
river. This was "a years ago, and
though a mere boy, the grand scene of
the explosion and the terrible noise of
the cannonading is still fresh in my
memory. 1t was grand and sublime !;
yet, horrible in its execution.
This memorable battle was witnessed
by the land and naval forces of both
armies in the immediate vicinity, many
officers and soldiers coming down to get
nearer view as soon as the cannonad-
ing began. On the Sth of March, 1862,
about one o'clock in the afternoon,
when the ram Merrimac, or Virginia,
was seen steaming out toward the
federal blockade in Hampton Roads,
the city of Norfolk was wild with eX-
element, and the old citizens still de-
light in relating the events of that
memorable time. Those who did not
take to the woods or cellars swarmed
upon the beach and enjoyed the combat,
though with considerable misgivings,
for the confederate steamer, Virginia,
and the few land batteries at Sewalt's
Point were the only defenses to Nor
folk. AS the Virginia slowly passed
out to attack the blockading squadron
she was cheered by citizens and the sol
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pleaaes. l will relieve Col. Blank of
duty. and have him placed on waiting or
dcrs."
Andrew Jackson was an extreme man.
He hated his enemies, and he hated the
enemies of his country. He loved his
friends, and he loved all of his old
soldiers. He would defend them, even
when they were wrong. That is to say,
he would protect them, and make all
charitable allowances for them. 1t was
the intensity of his radical nature which
led him to say that a gallant soldier on
the battlefield earned the right to get
drunk. Very few would agree with him
IL this day and age, when the temper
nnce sentiment is overspreading the
land. But even the most extreme of us
ia the temperance cause can understand
that Jacison's expression was merely
his extreme determination to protect
with charitable consideration the old
soldier. whom he had seen serving his
country in the. fire. and flame of awful
conflict and in the midst of deadly
carnage.
In those days pensions were not lib.
orally bestowed, and the old soldiers,
in times of peace, were kept on the pay
roll and cared for as though en- actual
duty. Nowadays things are different
Disabled soldiers receive pensions, and
old soldiers who are unable to care
FOR themselves are given food, shelter
and raiment in the soldiers homes
The deserving officers of the regular
army are placed en- TIE retired list, and
have ampls incomes from the govern
ment TO support them.
No king, prince or potcntate has a
better home even in his prime than the
old soldiers OF the regular army have
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
A LIVING AND A LIFE.
One Perishcs In Time, the Other EnGures
In Eternity.

Ons Perlshcs In Time, the Other EnGures
In Eternity.
The late Gov. Russell was on one
occasion called to give an address on
practical Success" to a high school
class. One sentence in that address
cIings to the memory of those who
one thing better than making a living
making a life."
We might say that the epigram is
| worthy of Aurelius: but it would be
more exact to say that it is the same les
son taught in the old question Of the
Teacher of Galilee: what shall a man
be profted, if he shall gain the whole
world, and forfeit his own life?" This
was his frequent lesson. He bade them
take no care of what they should eat
or drink or wear, because there were
higher wants than those which occupy
birds and beasts. 1t was the money
getting Dives that sank to Gehenna,
while the beggar Lazarus was taken
to Abraham's bosom. 1t was the man
increased in goods, building new barns,
to whom the dread summons came.
Anyone can make a living; it re-
quires only labor. When made it is
an ordinary achievement, not worth
much. The living perishes day by day
with the consumption of food. 1t only
prolongs an existence which may be
a worthless existence. 1t is all material,
disrupted by processes of decay. 1t
is bread, meat, shirt, sheet, shingles,
wheels, nothing more, gone tomorrow
or next year. It's best product is mus
Gle to make more living, and brain
wasted on yet more living. 1t is per-
meated with all the ugliness of selfish
ness.
But life-that is all of greatness
that we can conceive. A life, budding
in an infant intelligence, developing
into soul and character, transcending
the conditions of circumstances in the
mutability of time-the maturing will
OF that little child has in it grandeur
that no physical display of force can
rival. Sanctified by love, guided by a
high purpose, crowned with victory
over all low impulses, and charged with
power to scatter blessing everywhere.
The life is more than meat, more than
the mere living.
We hold Gov. Russell in honor for
repeating the old Galileean lesson.
When he said it his hearers did not
think of it as an oracle of religion; but
it is none the less the very heart of the
teaching of Jesus Christ.-N. Y. indie
pendent.
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RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR.
A Pseudo Piety 1t Is Which Separates
Between Them.

You cannot separate the religious and
secular life in arbitrary fashion.
religious life that does not interpene-
trate and transfuse every deed is es-
sentially defective. Every act has its
religious aspect. What q capital per-
version of the Gospel, too, it is to think
that our faithlessness or fidelity to
present duties will make no difference
lin few years" 1t will make as
much difference then as now. The
future years are bound to present mo-
ments by ineXoraole bonds. What
those years will be is now in the proc
ess of decision. The man who con-
hives at dishonesty, or keeps his craven
mouth shut when he ought to speak,
may salve his conscience by the mis-
cradle plea that what he does now
'will be forgotten in q few years." but
he will find that his moral weakness
has undermined his character. and that
the millennium to which he looks is q
judgment. We need vastly more of the
spirit of Col. Abraham Davenport,
who sat in the governors council at
Hartford on the dark day." May 10,
1880. On that day the chickens went
to roost in the morning, the cattle came
lowing from the fields. and pail Of
darkness swept through the sky as if
the sun had been eXtinguished, and
the day of Judgment was thought to be
at hand. The house of representatives
had already adjourned, and it was pro-
posed to adjourn the council. "The
day of judgment is at hand" said the
colonel, cor it is not. If not, there is
no occasion for adjournment. If it is,
I choose to be found doing my duty.
Bring in the candles
Here and now in our family life, in
our social. business and political re-
lations, the interests Of the kingdom of
God are engaging in a close and NOR
tai combat with the spirit of worldli-
ness-the injustice, the dishonesty,
the impurity of the human heart. This
isthe arena on which we are to fight our
battles and win our victories unless we
are to be hopelessly defeated The
pseudo piety which assumes that activ-
ity in specifically religious direction
is an excellent substitute for the
practical work of righteousness. is to
be unsparingly condemned-Boston
Waterman.
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Ridicule n Poor Weannn.

Nothing is easier than ridicuie: and
in nine cases out of ten where ridicule
is used it is resorted to only because il
is the only weapon available. The man
of intelligence will use reason in the
argumentwithh his opponent; the man of
knowledge will use his knowledge; but
the man who has neither knowledge nor
intelligence must resort to ridicule. 1t
is a poorly furnished armory which sup
plies no better weapons. S. Times~
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RELIC ion and Business.

There should be no conflict between
business and religion. The trend Of re-
ligion is ever in the direction of pros
perity. A man ought ever to be as re-
ligious selling wheat or sugar as he is at
prayer-meeting, and if he is not his re-
ligion is snare and n delusion. Religion
is the nurse of economy, the patron Of
industry, the guardian of integrity, and
is a pledge of and guide to success.-Rev.
c. II. Fitzwilliams.