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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
THE CITY SMITHY.
No Spreading Chestnut Tree, but Pictur-
esque Surroundings Not Lacking.

No Spreading Chestnut Tree, but Pictur-
esque Surroundings Not Lacking.
"Under a spreading chestnut tree the
village smithy stands,'' but the city
smithy may be found in a variety of
places. It may perhaps be in a down
town street devoted to commerce, with
the bellows resting upon a framework
overhead to save space, with the nozzle
running into the forge at the end Of a
pipe and the handle to the bellows
hanging at the end Of a rod or chain. It
may be a forge up on the structure of
the elevated road heating rivets in the
air, or it may be on the seventeenth
story of some lofty steel frame building
under construction, and the coal for
this smithy may be dumped alongside of
it from a cart that has been hoisted
from the street below at the end Of a
chain depending from steam derrick.
Perhaps it is by the riverside max
ing Or mending irons for ships, or
alongside the cable road in busy Broad
way at night lighted by 1aring gaso-
line torch. 1t may be in a movable
shanty set up where they are getting
out rock to make cellar space. Here
they sharpen drill points, the hammer
ringing on the anvil while the bouncing
steam drills close at hand are noisily
pounding down through the rock.
There may be over it no spreading
chestnut tree, but the city smithy does
not lack picturesque surroundings, and
the city blacksmith may easily be a
mighty man.-New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Photography and Ducks.

One Of the most remarkable accusa-
tions brought against the new photog-
raphy is that of an American Field
writer, who says: II think photogra-
ply has done a great deal to decrease
the supply of ducks, which," he very
properly adds, twill be news, no
Doubt to many of his readers. Sports
men have been saying that nothing but
general adoption of cameras instead of
firearms will save the game, and now to
run up against such statement as that
is, to say the least, astonishing.
It appears that for the purpose Of
perfecting the picture albumen must be
used, and this can be procured only
from eggs. Chicken eggs are too valua-
BILE as food; therefore the Hebrides is
lands of Scotland, Lodofoden Of Nor
way, Labrador, Greenland, South Amer
lea, and in fact every conceivable breed
ing ground Of wild birds is robbed of
eggs by natives or men from extensive
sailing expeditions. This is especially
hard Oh the ducks of various kinds, par
ticularly in Labrador, where they breed
in thousands Of nests to the square mile,
while the scavenger birds Of the sea, the
various gulls and terms, suffer from
these depredations. The birds cannot
stand this drain long, and the question
arises, What will happen when all the
eggs are gone?
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Nine. Melba'S WIGS.

II wish you would tell me by what
mysterious processes you succeed in find
ing such appropriate and becoming wigs.
Everybody speaks of them and declares
that there is no one on the stage today
who manages to look SO entirely natural
with artificial heads Of hair. How do
you Contrive it?''
"Ah," replied Nine. Melba, ''don't
fancy for q moment that those wigs are
haphazard affairs! They are like all the
rest Of my artistic equipment, the result
Of much thought. accompanied by
conscientious ambition to do thorough
~ everything I attempt. Almost every
one Of those wigs is an exact copy CT
some head of hair that have seen and
admired and had reproduced from the
original. That is why they look so nat
ural. Take this Juliette, for instance,
which I myself think is particularly
pretty. I got that from the famous
Worth's little daughter I saw the child
one day while was calling about some
gowns and was at once impressed with
the beauty Of her hal: ''Juliette, said
I to myself, and forthwith borrowed the
child and bore her off to my coiffeur.
There, said to him, I want you to
copy that head exactly hair for hair.
He did SO, and that is the secret Of my
Juliette wig. '-Exchange.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
NIagnetized Corset Steels.

EVERY day something new is found
about electricity and its Effects said
Mr.. Fay Of the Southern Pacific. ''Do
you know that nine enths of the UNI
brellas that men carry nowadays are
magnetized? Well, they are, and all
that is necessary to prove this is to ap-
ply the point Of your knife or, better
still, a small pen point against the steel
rib. The attraction is very perceptible,
and it is caused by the carrying Of the
article inside Of the electric cars. The
umbrella is rested upon the floor near
the motors, and the proximity of the
metal causes a certain quantity Of the
fluid to find a permanent lodgment in
the ribs @'s
carrying out the idea, it is very
likely that the corset steels of the ladies
are similarly affected. Think what
the consequences would be if a young
man with steel cuff buttons should hug
a girl with magnetized corset steels''-
New Orleans Times Democrat.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Vegetable Properties.

It may be we'll to mention that an
eminent physician who has been -inves-
tigating the properties Of the different
vegetables announces that diet of
carrots ameliorates harshness of charac-
ter and reduces nervous irritability.
Peas create fatty tissue and encourage
joyousness, while turnips have just the
opposite effect. Celery taken in excess
:canses eye trouble, while cabbage is
beneficial in pulmonary ailments, and
lettuce aids as sedative owing to the
opium contained in it's milky juice,
which keeps the skin clear and fresh.
Red beets are blood producing and will
add plumpness to the thinnest form,
providing they are boiled tender. New
York Journal. :
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Asphalt.

Another kind Of asphalt beton has
been introduced in Austria under gov
eminent direction, a principal recon-
mendation being the quickness Of hard
ening which characterizes it. 1t is de-
scribed as an earthly brown powder
having slight odor Of tar, and consists
mainly of sulphur and iron Stag, analy-
sis showing 33. So per cent of sulphur,
8.21 Of tar, 1873 of iron Stag and 0. 4S
water, the iron Stag containing 43. OF
per cent of silica, %. 40 Of ferrous OK
ide, 80. 8 of alumina and 4. Is Of lime.
The hardness is attributed chiefly to the
formation of an iron sulphide, the tar
acting as a reducing agent. The silica,
clay and lime, though possibly combin-
ing at slower rate, are regarded sim
ply as impurities.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
ICEBERG PHENOMENA.


Their Presence In Low LAfttudes 10 @Eas1ly
Accounted For.
The occurrence Of ice IN the compare
lively low latitudes Of Cape Horn and
the Falkland islands is easily explained,
says The Pail Mall Gazette The ice has
originally formed part Of the great bar
rier which, with very few breaks, sur
rounds the vast antarctic continent, ris-
ing to an average height Of from 100
feet to 200 feet above and sinking from
1. 100 feet to 1,400 feet below the level
OF the sea and having, moreover, a
thickness of something like 1900 feet
Or 1 800 feet. Tt is a solid perpendicular
wall Of ice formed by the descent over
the low1ands into the sea of the ice
and snow which form on the mountains
inland, and when the forefronts are
pushed into depths Of about 800 or 400
| fathoms large stretches are broken off
and float away northweard with the
current. When they start on their aim
less career, they may be miles in extent,
and though. as rule, they break up by
collision and erosion it is not at all un-
usual to encounter an island miles long
LII GIS uSiSuUOIuOOu Ol UQ6 extreme 1C6
| limit.
For instance, the Coldinghame in this
region passed about 300 bergs, one of
which was ten miles long. The Guilty
Sark, again, in latitude so south, lon
gitude ~ west, found by cross bearings
and distance run that the east side of
one berg which she encountered was 10
miles long. At first the masses are
straight, fiat topped and horizontally
Observation-Disclosures unlike those met
with in the north. By the action of the
waves they are cut at the waters edge
into coves and caverns of a heavenly
blue color: Then, as they collide or get
melted away at the base by the action
of the water, they turn over and show
to the wandering mariner those fantas-
ic shapes which simply beggar all de-
scription. Naturally as they travel
farther north they become smaller and
still more strangely shaped and ulti-
mately melt away.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
a Shy AlecER.


t01 tho S80d Hf0 Ox11ao. s#fa
The sand hill crane is, q very bright
bird A Recreation writer says that its
very name is SYNONYMOUS Of vigilance
and; alertness 1t feeds on the treeless
plains or in the barren wheat stubble,
where it can see a long way beyond gun
shot, or one Of a flock is posted as SEN
tinel, and this bird stands with bill half
open, ready to give an alarm. It can be
killed by decoying itwith pasteboard
figures cut to proper size and shape and
painted, but mounted birds are better
A pit is dug deep enough to conceal a
man, the decoys are put out, and the
cranes are shot as they come over. The
best region to shoot them is in,the Co
lumbia river watershed and south of it
in the Pacific coast states.
When one shoots a bird Ct the size
and build CT crane il 1aidair, it col
lapses, like q card house or tent. But
such apparent collapses are sometimes
deceptive, as, for instance: -
"Before could reach him he scared
off into the air with wheeling fight
Again he hit the ground with fearful
violence, but again he got on his feet
Running up, thinking to get him alive
for decoy, I tried to tap him on the
head and stun him. He showed fight,
and used my gun as backed off, and
he took to his WINGS
The sand hill crane is something Of a
fighter Of men if wounded, and the only
safe crane is a dead one. Their bills are
long and sharp and are capable of put
ting out mans eye
The sand hill crane has some curious
habits that make him of more than pass
ing interest to the student of birds. Out
on the prairies parties of them have balls
in the spring, to which the select birds
seem to be invited. These balls are pic
turesque affairs from the human stand
point. There are curious dances, which
are sort of solitary waltzes or pretty
slow jigs. Sometimes the birds leap
over one another's backs and flap their
wings, giving their peculiar cry. Some
times rival birds have fierce duels, using
their keen bills like lances, battleaxes
and swords.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
BLANDINA.

Blandina's nice; Blandina's TAT,
Joyous and sane and sound and sweet
And handsome, too, and all else that
In persons of her years is meet.
Behold Blandina! -~..
She's alive and testifes
With all the emphasis that lies +.
In busy hands and dancing eyes
That life's prize
That all the mischief that provokes
Doubt in the matter lies in folks,
And that, provided folks are fit,
Lies not failure; not bit.
Blandina loves picture book,
Blandina dearly loves boy.
She loves her dinner, loves the cook,
Her nurse. her doll, her brothers. toy,
And best of all she loves joke,
And laughs at it.
And laughing at it testifes
With all the emphasis that lice
In joyous tones and beaming eyes,
That lifes a prize
That all the mischief that provokes
Doubt in the matter lies in folks,
And that, provided folks are fit,
Life's not failure: not bit.
Edward S. Martin in Scribner's.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
EARLY RlSERS.
They Are Often Neither Healthy, Wealthy
Nor Wise.

They Are Often Neither Healthy, Wealthy
Nor Wise.
The lazy young persons who enjoy
the extra snooze in the morning hours
that all too frequently they have great
difficulty in securing will probably rise
up and call us blessed when we an
nounce that their preference shows a
rare discretion backed up by some sound
professional wisdom. Getting DIP early
in the morning is to be commended as
necessity rather than a benefit. Ply
sicians and scientists agree that sleep in
the morning is healthful and restorative,
and that children and nervous or deli
cate persons should never be Weakened
until sleep leaves them Of its own accord.
This is all rightAnd as it should be,
but the necessity exists for early rising,
and, therefore, must be met. Unpleas-
ant as it is, there is no alternative for
the great masses Of the people. If one
would prosper in business or any occu-
patton whatever, it is necessary to be
on hand betimes in the morning Why
not, then, simply treat it as an impera-
tive duty and stop fussing over it as
making people healthy, wealthy and
wise? There are constitutions and tenn
peranents that are never at their best
when deprived of a morning sleep. Ro-
bust and energetic people are fond of
stirring up whole families with early
rising ideas. They experience no incon-
yenience and take it as a matter Of
course that no one else should.
Early rising is well enough provided
one can rest at some other portion of
the day, but the hours Of darkness were
made for sleep, and as time for the most
part is pretty evenly divided into day
and night it shows that nature knew
quite we'll what she was about when she
arranged things. People have lived,
tlourished and grown healthy, wealthy
and wise who got up at noon and went
to bed just before daylight, but this is
by no means natural nor is it approved
by those who have made the subject of
life and health a profound study. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Nothing Above the Table.

A popular and well known lady OF
central Mississippi visited New Orleans
at the last Mardi Gras for the first
time. She was delighted with the city,
but was considerably shocked at the
"decolleteness'' of some of the costumes
at the balls.
One day while here she was enter
tanned at a fashionable dinner, and up
on her return to the house Of the friend
whom she was visiting she was asked
to describe some Of the costumes worn.
'tWhat did Mrs. G. wear?'' said her
friend. i
II didn't look under the table, but
she didn't have on anything above it. y
New Orleans Times Democrat.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Liberty, Equality and fraternity.

Liberty is Of no value IN itself, but is
valuable only as means to equality,
and equality that did not eventuate in
fraternity would perish. Equality will
enlarge itself to the bonds of humanity
as fast as people learn that in likeness
there is the only rest and comfort and
pleasure that men can know. and frater-
nifty will come as result Of the same
conviction. w. D. Howells in Century.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Lady Blessington.

'sThe most gorgeous Lady Blessing
ton, as she was christened by her very
old admirer, DR.. ,Parr, has long since
passed into the regions Of oblivion for
the general world. AS an authoress she
never succeeded in making any mark,
though she worked at the business as
hard as any of her successors of the pres
ent day. Her novels were many and
fashionable, Mrs. Gore like in their
method and filled with strange and
wandering scraps Of French. She>edited
books Of beauty for fancy clients and at
fancy prices, and when The News was
first started under the editorship of
Charles Dickens she was offered an en-
gagement as a purveyor Of fashionable
intelligence and asked $500 year for it.
She was offered either e4OO as GER
tainty, or $3.50 for six months on ap-
proval, and confidently chose the latter,
with the melancholy result at the end
Of the term-Dickens having in the
meantime retired from his uncongenial
work, and John Forster having accepted
his post ad interim-she was informed
that her services were no longer wanted.
She fought for her hand hard enough
in later days, poor lady, after years Of
''Arabian Nights - luxury with her
magnificent husband, but we fear that
her position in the literary world was
not at any time one of solid security.
Privately she lived under a cloud from
the scandal which always connected her
name with Count d'Orsay, and, we sup
pose, not without reason. At all events,
they never appear to have taken any
steps to defend themselves against the
charges Of papers like The Age, which
anticipated similar class Of journals
that sprang up in our own day, and
rather suffered judgment by default. -
London Spectator.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Hard Work.

White-What is the matter with
Greene? I saw him just now, and he
looks pretty bad. ~
Gray-Yes, poor fellow, he is suffer-
ing from overwork.
White-I wasn't aware that he ever
did any work.
Gray-That's where you make mis-.
take. He was on the train the other
day, and he tried to open three different
car windows for as many different Ia
dies-Boston Transcript.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
How the Quarrel Began.

II dreamed last night, - said Dick,
"that I went out in the woods and
found a barrel full Of gold -
THAT was bully!'' exclaimed Johnny.
"You gave me a whole lot of it, didn't
you?''
Course not. bought the bang up
pest bicycle you ever saw with part Of
it and spent the rest for candy
Iwouldn't be as stingy as you are, =
said Johnny, mot for 1000, 600. -
Chicago Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29

The first paper made in western Eu-
rope was manufactured in Spain in I'll.
1t is said that the process came from
the east, being brought into Spain by
the Moors.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
W HAVE I;s1aEE 7if

STAPLES. Him, APRIL Z, 81
DR.. A. T. Sander. Dear ir@ wish say that TIE
Electric belt bong CT II ,cnrhs ag3 las
done lots of good and am VET. satisfied With it.
In fact the longer have ts belt the bsttor Ike it.
1t has done all you said and mora too. -
Yours trl Y, Z. B. PERRY
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29

Sure there is none but fears future
state, and when the most obdurate
swear they do not their trembling
hearts belle their boasting tongues.
Dryden. >..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06
or rne Two csy,gO


made the pssscipsi sdassss. wss eel.
sestae -ith . cold. sd spessgssss
Coz bsine asab1s % ss1k bcs Q sse
uoDests. He devoted HE ts0e o.
the iDcooe sax. Which be ~cossscefed
oss 81 he Uost jass measures evef
Proposed. wbtrk provides that the
wealthy shall cuasstbsts b. NE sup.
port Of sbs govsru@eui 10 pfopor.
ton 20 sheir p~ossesstsns; aud thereby
lifts iron shS shoulders Of the poof
man . borden which ~ has iooe en-.
dured. Mr.. Guyer slse spots shoe,
government By injaoctfoa. Which
the Republican party IL sdsocsxae
and which d~eocrscy 10 opposed 60:
. lac which dePsiscs Q 1ss g hi.
liberty. Of bic right % Q trial by 9
jury; and farther enables the moecp.
oiistic corporations 20 make their
employees sstservi-st 20 their onjns,
demands
Three cheers we're then proposed
Tor al the Democratic candidates.
sad the meeting adjourned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06
STEVENS PLEADS GUILTY.
cssssrsssa Asssss sesssss vsssny cssss
so - Gsa.

nsssss sesssss vsusny csss,
Co - Gsa.
W. Z. Stevens. defendant Ia the
celebrated Moline scandal IN which
Mrs. Philomina Berkeu wss the pros
ecuiiug witeess. plead guilty % as-
sault before Judge Bigelos 10 the
circuit court today aud sss assessed
800 and costs.
Mr. stevens. who IL the head Of
one Of Aoliss's hest known famiiies.
vas convicted Of assault with iutess
20 commit rape at the May tenn Of
the circuit court 10 1894. This pro-
vidcd for . peaiteutisry sentence. bus
the cass was carried % the supeeme
court and the decision reversed. But
this did not deprive the state Of fur
ther prosecuting Mr.. Stevens; 90 10
put al 1t rest he entered . plea Of
guilty 20 assault.
William Jackson plead for Mr.. Ste.
vcns. Who did not appear In court.
William Kiefner. convicted Of lar
ceny. Was sentenced 10 the pepitsn.
tiary yesterday afternoon by Judge
Bigelow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06

tie smouns Of esoo. All Of wSSeA
We recommend Be allowed and 90
order drawn oe the treasurer for the
amount
We would also ask yoa to inves,:-
rate o. TO the I'd vssability Of plscise
lightning rods on the see building.
All. Of which zee respectfully suS-
mis this lss day Of October. A. D.
1896.
A. J"uxsrp. 9 !. 1sxsstl.
w. r. QuAsLs. Nsls flss r.
w.Ec.ssr. J4sss q. B.r.ros.
Supervisor vioton moved that the
matter Of In estigating the sdvisab bill.
ity Of putting lightning rods on the
new coart house Be deferred ill next
meeting Of the board. Supervisor
Kendall moved - . substitute that
no lightning rods he used on the ue~
court house. Substitute carried.
Supervisor Kiunsr moved that the
contract Of putting in an elevator in
the new court house be given TO the
Moline Elevator company. and tbas
said company b required 70 give 9
toad Of 5000 for the isitbfai per.
torrance Of its contract with shs
county aud that the building CON
cittee be authorized to approve said
bond and enter into contract with
said elevator company according e
plans and specifications. Carried.
The committee on ways and meant
submitted the following report,
which upon motion was received and
adoptAd:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06
AN OLD LADY oEMENTeD.
Mr. johanna Sensible. ~ Port DyIsa
OraSeOd - J~aOhOo0v1lse.

Mrs. Johaass sebasbls. ss Port Dyisa.
Oraseed - J~aohsoavslle.
Mrs. johanna schaible, Of Port
Byron. was adjudged insane In the
county court before Jury CON.
posed Of Dr.. J. ?. Myers. VILLAS
Rsmskill, h. P. Hampton. L. X.
Sykss, ]. II. Ransom and W. l..
Nichols yesterday '~sitssnoon. The
patient, who is 65 years Of age. has
been to the Jacksonville asylum be-
fore. But her condition gave prom
use VI ultimate recovery aud Sue wss
allowed to return home. But for the
past several weeks IL was apparent
that the old affection was returning.
Mrs. Scbaible's latest Naturalization
was that danger vas in store for pco-
pie passing along the highways.
whom she would implore not ~ pro-
coed further lest they might encoun-
ter a fatality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06
he Sure Toe Are RsgAs

And then 90 ahead. II your blood
Is impure. your appetite failing.
your nerves weak. you may be are
that Hoods SarsaParilla Is what you
need. Then take nc substitute. In
sist upon Hoods and only Hood's.
This is the medicine which has the
largest sale In the world. Hoods
Sarsaparilla 10 the One True Blood
Purifier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06

The old story of Promesheus 10 Q
PAYABLE. Prometbers was ON terms
Of istimsey with The gods. From
them be stole IRE aud gave IL g. men.
For this Elm be Vas bound 60 The
rocks Of Mount Caucassus. aud sul.
tures we're set upon him. They only
ate his liver. This grew again %
fast ~ 10 WAS pecked away. Ate Lis
suderipgs Ia he imagiseds
Take . modern interpretation of
the parable. There 10 no eook ing
without ire. Ia cooking aud eating
the mischief lies. The stomach is
o~vertasked. the bowels become
elcgged. they cannot dispose Of the
food that 10 given them. The I'm.
purities back OPP on the liver. DIR.
Piercs's Golden Medical Discovery 10
more than equal Ia tho vultures oi
dyspepsia and lie Kindred diseases.
There 10 NO more need OF 90 fIcripg
from dyspepsia than there is Of hang
ing oue's self. Sold by all medicips
dealers the world over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06

j. w. Befrr.
HHSay ktSSGR.
5. L. WooprrHS.
cosmitt-e.
Supervisor Wilson moved that the
board adjourn until 2 o'clock p. m,
Nov. 9. 1896. Carried and board ad-
j0urned. HJALNAR KoHLyR,
County Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06

Hoods Pills are prompt. efficient
always reliable. easy to take. easy e
operate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-06

What you need 10 something to
cure you. Get Dr. Kay's Renovstor.