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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
SAM.PL CORPSE.
Scheme Of an Ohio Undertaker For Ad-
yertising Embalning.

Scheme Of an Ohio Undertaker For Ad.
vertisinR Etnbalming.
An Ohio undertaken named Pearce
doesn't allow sentiment to interfere
with business He can't see why the
shoemaker djoining his establishment
should advertise his skill by displaying
his samples, OF the tailor across the
street hang his latest sartorial confec-
tion in his front window, while the en-
balmer's good work has to find a lodg-
ment beneath six feet Of earth almost as
soon as it has been accomplished II
Mark Twain, when he was shown the
mummy Of a Pharaoh who lived in the
time of Moses, shrugged his shoulders
with contemptuous Indifference and re-
marked to the curator Of the museum
Haven't you got q corpse that is a
little fresher?'' S#s.
All Mark has to do is to visit the fu-
neral direction establishments Of Mr..
Pearce at Ardmore. There he will prob
ably find something more to his fastidi-
GUS fancy in the shape Of q sample of
embalming, kept on view by Mr. Pearce
for Inspection by his customers. The
''subject" has now done service for a
period Of three years, and the proprietor
confidently expects that it will last as
long as he remains in business
The body in question has been in the
very warmest workroom of his estab-
lishment all this while, and the leather
like flesh Of the corpse is totally free
from odor or putrefaction. Some say
the hair on q body will grow after
death. This probably originated in the
mind Of dramatist or novelist, who
wanted to questionable his readers to
sell his books, for there lies MI. Pearce's
dead man, with his very last hair cut
the same as it was two or three years
ago Then some say that the hair will
fall out, but you couldn't pull the hair
out Of that body with tweezers. Each
hair seems to be particularly riveted in
to the hardening leather and bono.
Even the fuzzy, lighter hairs Of all
other parts Of the body remain the same
as they were at death.
Formaldeheyde, a, product of wood
alcohol, and comparatively recent
product, is the fluid with which the
body was embalmed, and Mr.. Pearce
says that there is now a fluid, with 9TH
or elements added, that is far better
than the 40 ounces, or little over one
gallon-$3 worth-of the formaldeheyde
used for the dessication Of the body in
question. New York Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
Cement pipes.

Cement pipes are made cheaply by
an ingenious process devised by . French
inventor. a trench is dug and the bot
tom filled with cement mort On this
is placed q rubber tube covered with
canvas and inflated. The trench is then
filed up with cement. As soon as this
is set the air IS let ont Of the rubber
tube, which is then removed and used
again in another section. BY this method
8 inch pipes have been made at . cost of
90 cents . yard
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
A YOUTHFUL ExEGETE.

His Interpretation Of the Scriptures Was
Not Orthodox.
Strange are the workings of the in
FAINT mind. The little son Of q well
known naval officer stationed here has
advanced a new version of an old text.
The wife's mother, who makes her
home with her daughter, is of the old
school, dear creature, with puffs and
caps, who reads her Bible from prefer
ence. It is custom for her to teach her
little grandson every day verse from
the Bible, and on Saturday of last week
the verse selected was: - = ~ .
Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy.''
The child had unusual difficulty in
committing the verse, but, once mas
tered, it must have settled deep into
the very largest brain cell possessed by
the little fellow. ,r-llsE"
Sunday morning the youngster came,
fresh, white and starched, from his
nurses hands and was deposited on the
front porch until the family assembled
for church. Emerging at the last mo-
ment, the mother was Mortified at the
sight Of her small offspring seated upon
the terrace, digging with all his might
into the moist ground, r. l.,zs
"Baby, baby, come here this minute.
Don't you know it is naughty to play
on Sunday and get yourself all dirt?''
cried the mother d. s4s.::s'.s.>...-
The little fellow looked up with a
puzzled air and made answer, "Why,
muvver, dear, is digging holes for
Sunday" .~-.-.s...zz'*s:ssss*
Digging holes for Sunday? What
nonsense! You bad, bad little son." re-
turned the mother, none too gently,
trying to rescue the once immaculate
suit.
"Now, muvver, dear, did learn We
verse from grandma, and it was Re-
member We Sabbath day to keep it
holy, and I is only digging We holes for
Sunday to make it holy, and I isn't a
bad little son at all. -
There was a suspicious trembling
about the mouth, but it is needless to
relate that the little philosopher was
caught in his mothers arms and kissed
before the cry developed and that he
was given two plates Of dessert for his
Sunday dinner, all because of his orig
inal theory. -Washington Star
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
Diamonds.

Professor Crookes, in his recent re-
markable lecture on diamonds, men,
toned some interesting facts concerning
that always popular subject When in
examining diamonds under polarized
light the black cross Of the polarizer re-
wolves around a particular spot in the in
side of the crystal and the point is exam
ined with a high power, aslight flaw and
more rarely a minute cavity are some
times seen. This cavity is filled with gas
at an enormous pressure, and the strain
which is set up in the stone by the ef-
fort Of the gas to escape is not infre-
quently removed only by the explosion
Of the gen.. It is not at all uncommon
for a diamond to explode soon after it
reaches the surface, and some have been
known to burst in the pockets of the
miners or when held in the warm hand.
Large crystals are more liable to burst
than smaller pieces. Valuable stones
have been destroyed in this way, and it
is whispered that cunning dealers have
often done handsome stroke of bust
ness by allowing responsible clients to
AnAOA0 VI S1IIy Ill tuc1E WARM pOCkoGS
large crystals fresh from the mine. By
way of safeguard against explosion some
dealers embed large diamonds in raw
potatoes to insure safe transit on the
ocean voyage.
Professor Crookes showed that dia-
mond could actually be too hard. From
a rich yield of beautifully white dia-
monds in New South Wales great things
were expected. When parcel Of many
hundred carats came to England, it was
found they were SO hard as to be prac-
tically unavoidable as gems, and they
were ultimately sold for rock boring
purposes. The intense hardness of the
diamond was illustrated by-an expert
ment. The diamond was placed on the
flattened apex Of conical block of steel,
and on it was brought down second
cone of steel. AS these cones were forced
together by hydraulic power the image
of the diamond and the steel faces of
the cones were projected on the screen
with an electric lantern. The stone was
seen to be squeezed right into the steel
blocks without being injured in the
slightest degree. ~. -. -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
j OHNsON'B BOSWELL
The Alleged original source Of Our
knowledge Of English Literature.

The Alleged original source OF Our
knowledge Vt English Literature.
To some Of usI suspect, indeed, to
q good many Boswell represents the
original source not only Of knowledge
about johnson, but Of our knowledge Of
English literature in general. He was
our introducer to the great anonymous
club formed by English men Of letters
from the days when Shakespeare met
Ben Jpnson to the days when Carlyle
discoursed to Froude We became mem
bers of the craftsin spirit under Bos-
wells guidance, whether we have or
have not become actually identified
with it in the flesh. It therefore be-
comes next to impossible to abstract
from Boswell-al our later knowledge
has been more or less migrated upon
him, however far we may have travelled
from the source. Boswell gave the nu-
cleus, and more or less consciously we
have used his world as standard inev-
itably taken into account in all later
judgments. To suppose Boswell nonex-
istent is for such readers to suppose q
kind Of organic change in our whole es-
innate of literary characteristics.
When reading, especially about some
Of the other famous takers, Coleridge's
monologues or Sydney Smiths explo-
sions Of fun, I find myself thinking how
they would have sounded at the Miter
or the Turk Head. Thanks to Boswell,
I take the Johnsonian article to be q
fixed datum like the official yard at the
Tower, and to be asked to put that out
OF my head is to be invited to deprive
myself Of my only measuring rod. It is
exceedingly difficult, at any rate, to put
oneself outside Of Boswell and to con-
strue portrait Of Johnson simply ont
of such other materials as are here put
together. lg OF 3
I have read Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi
and the rest, but always with the help
OF the preconceived notions Where
they could be fitted into, Boswell have
accepted them as corroborations, but
when they differed\1 have probably re-
jected the uncongenial elements with
perhaps careless assumption that they
must be inaccurate, and yet it seems
only justice to these respectable persons
to consider whether we ought not to re-
open the point If Nine. D'Arblay saw
something Of johnson which was not
revealed to Boswell, may we not discov-
or similar supplementary hints in the
other attempts at portraiture?-Leslie
Stephen in National Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
Cottage Orgaps.

ceo. Dayton sells the Celebrated Cot
II tage Organ with the largest and,
best Organ Co. in the World to back.
their warranted goods. Sold on east;
terms and cheap for cash or on shor-
time. Pianos sold on the monthly inv
stallment plan. The Conover, the Worlds,
Favorite, is made by theChicago Cottage
Organ Go. and built by Conover Bros.
het best piano builders in America.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-10
s Knts,

Between $50, 900 and 900, 900 kits
are made every year. The killed regi-
mepts Of regulars, militia and volun-
teers number some II battalions As
the military kilt is only provided bien-
nially this represents q supply Of. 1000
year. s.
Among the many devices to assist the
blind one Of the best Is . typewriter in
which the keys have raised letters and
which punctuates the paper with either
letters or the dots contained in one Of
the blind alphabeta
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
RUN ON REGATTA REEF.
steamer willapa Became Wreck and
Passengers Established a Camp.

Seattle, Wash, March ga Nanimo,
b. c., dispatch says; The steamer Bar
barry Boscowtz has arrived from North
ern ports with Is of the passengers and
crew of the steamer Willapa, which sailed
from Seattle for Diea, March III, but ran
aground and became n total wreck on
Regatta Reef opposite the lower end of
Queen Charlotte Island, last Friday
morning, during binding snow storm
and heavy gale. The women passengers
were taken in boats to Campbell Island,
"A distance of two miles, and afterward
the men, dogs and baggage were conveyed
TO the samo place, A camp was formed
and the go or more passengers were made
as comfortable rs possible Ing deserted
shacks on shore. The Boscowitz reached
the wreck on her way South Sunday and
brought all the passengers to Bella Bella.
The Boscowitz also reports that the
steamer Dora, which left here several days
before the Willapa went on the rocks on
Green Island near Port Simpson, last
week, but got off again in a few hours,
and was run ON the beach. ssfne passengers
and crew were safely landed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
TALKED ABOUT.

John Edwards was arrested at his home at
the North End last evening ON n warrant
charging him with non-support of his wife
and child. He was taken before Judge Sweet
land, pleaded not guilty and was held until
Friday April 9, for trial.
Margaret Mulholand was adiudged insane
in the Sixth District Court this morning and
was committed to the state asylum.
In the police court this morning James Bag
ley and John Ashton were each fined ss and
costs for reveling ON Amherst street last
evening.
Superintendent of Health Chaplin and Over
seer of Poor Cummings were tho lecturers at
Bell Street Chapel last evening, and the les
son of the evening in the municipal govern
ment series was on public health and chari'
ties.
The woman's auxiliary of the Roger vii
liams Eye. Ear and Throat lnfrmary will
hold a social and entertainment at Mrs.
Browns, l23 Sutton street. Monday evening,
March 20. at : 30 p. M. All interested are in
vited to attend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
A NEW TRUSTEE.
Appellate Court Appointed Mr..
Charles Morris Smith.
VIII Administer III. Estate Bequeathed 10
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Allen.

The petition of Sarah nj. Hall and Mary
r. Allen beneficiaries of IA trust estab-
lished by codicil to the last will and
testament of Matthew Watson, who died n
number Of years ago, for the appointment
of new trustee was heard In the Appel
late Court this morning and granted.
The new trustee is Charles Norris Smith
and he succeeds the previous trustee,
Matthew Watson, who was grandson of
the testator
The property left by the testator was u
large one and there were generous be-
quests to his wife, his children and grand
children in the will and in addition one
third of the residue of the estate was
given To his daughter, Sarah Nj. Hall and
another third TO his daughter, Mary X.
Allen, wife of Philip Allen, Jr by u
codicil To the will, which was made in
1857 the bequests of the one third of the
residue of the estate to each Of the daugh-
tcrs was revoked and IA trust established
i'm regard to this portion. of the property.
Francis T.. Hoppin was appointed trustee
by the codicil and he was To pay the i'm
come of the trust property To the two
daughters OF the testators.
Joseph G. Ely and Herbert Almy were
attorneys for the petitioner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
Sneak Thief Arraigned.

Lynn. Mass, March 27-Edgar +. EN-
merson alias G. III. Vincent was arrested
mt his boarding house here today on sus
picion of being implicated I'm the breaking
and entering of "A number of dental estab-
lishmcnts here and In Salem the past two
months, and also with stealing clothing
from the yestibules Of various places of
worship during that period. A search Of
his room disclosed % largo number Of teeth
which had been stolen and several vials
containing gold filling. Several overcoats
and capcs wcfc also found which were
identified as those stolen from the Second
Congregational church last Thursday.
When arraigned he pleaded not guilty and
was held until next "Wednesday In 500.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
TO BUILD A MILL.
Chauncey M. Dspew and Other New
Workers Interested.
Plant to be Established at Depew, N.
", with 10000 Spindles.

Fall River, March 27.-Joseph McCrecry
formerly superintendent of the Shove
mills, after more than IA years cores
pondence and frequent personal inter
views with Chauncey NJ. Depew, W. ;.
Webb, j. :. Morgan, III. Mckay Twombly,
III. Walter Webb, John Jacob Astor and
j. A. Spoor of New York, has now COM
pleted plans for "a cotton mill to be built
Vt Depew, n. Y, about 10 miles from
Buffalo.
Two of the gentlemen above named will
undoubtedly be among the directors of
the new corporation. The proposed mill
will be one story in height. The floor
space will be lS5 feet wide and $50 feet
long and there will be monitor of glass
running the entire length of the roof and
W feet in width, SD as To give ample light
In the interior. The capacity will be
$4,000 spindles and the mill will be
equipped with 1880 Kilburn and Lincoln
print-cloth looms. The amount of capital
stock of the new plant has not been made
Oublic, neither has it been determined
what will be the motive power. The
proximity of Niagara Falls has led to the
expectation that electric power might be
used, but the system is not yet 50 far
developed as to make this an absolute
certainty.
Mr. McCreery leaves for Depew next
"Wednesday TO definitely determine the
location of the proposed mill.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
TROUBLE OVER GREEN RIBBON.
Bayonne Children Who Wore Them to
School March ~ Punished.

Bayonne, n. j., March 27.--The wear
ing of green ribbons by pupils St Pat
rick's day in public school No. 8 of
Bayonne is causing disturbance, and an
investigation by the board of education is
threatened.
Among the pupils who wore ribbons in
the morning wero Charles Mettam. son of
Thomas B. Mettam chairman of the
Bayonne city Democratic committee, and
Frank and Jennie Fox, children of Daniel
B. Fox, an assistant superintendent in
the Tidewater Oil Company works here.
Teachers directed that the green ribbons
be removed, and the order was obcyed.
Returning for the afternoon session, the
children appeared wearing the ribbons
again. Certain teachers ordered that the
green be removed, but to no purpose.
Failing to secure obedience the teachers
sent the children to Principal Ebenezer G.
Earl. 1t Is said that he made them sit
alone as punishment Mr.. Earl main
tains the whole affair is insignificant, and
that he approved the order 10 remove rib
bons for the sole purpose OF maintai ming
order, some of the other children having
persisted in poking fun at the ribbon
wearers.
Mr.. Mettam complained to President
Charles Mcbride Of the board of educa-
tion, both of whom waited upon Princi-
pal Earl.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
THE COTTON AND GRAIN MARKET

The cotton market was very dull at the
opening, and there was absolutely no outside
business The statistical position of cotton as
reported TO weeden, Kendall 81 Co. by Price,
Mccormick a Co. is: Visible supply this
week, 3,475, ,36l; last week, 3552,2s6 last year,
3394.7i0. Crop in sight, this week, 7,772,2I3;
last week, 1896, ,522; last year, 63i2,S $50. In
sight during the week, 6l,11l last week, ~
SOii last year, 81, 3i6 The total port receipts
for the week were 81, ,032 against 65,459 last
week and 10, ,237 last year. The plantation re-
ceipts were 81, 4S1, against 1920 last week
and 5s,54S last year. The net port stocks are
644 I2S against 6s j6 last week and 5O5, 4l6 last
year. The interior stocks are S6,59i, against
3Oi, l3s last week and 3l6 i94 last year.
In Liverpool today spot cotton was frmer at
unchanged prices Futures were steady and
closed at lS.64 to l64 yesterdays close. The
port receipts were about 1000 bales, against l5,-
2s3 last week and 66gs last year.
The wheat market opened quiet with very
little doing. The higher cables from Liver
pool had the effect of changing the sentiment
little, AMI with good buying there Is no rea-
son why the market should not do better.
The reports Of wheat this week amount TO
Lao, 4lo bushels, against l,629,0oO last week
and l,fi4,OO0 last year The worlds shipments
OF wheat indicate 1900, 900 bushels.
Corn was held firmly today, but there was
very little business in II. The exports for
the week have been 5.682, ,6s7, against $3.50, 600
last eek and 1,727. .O0J last year.
The foreign cables today showed that both
wheat and corn, while quiet, were higher.
The selling of provisions by outside holders
ms well as by the Cudahy brokers' due to "A
heavier receipt of hogs than was expected,
caused this market 10 open weak at lower
| ,rif.egn -"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27
FINANCIALNEWS

The stock market opened strong on better
cables from London. The buying was not
heavy. however, and those who desired TO
purchase were soon satisfied an6 allowed the
market to continue its decline. During the
first hour Sugar went from ll2 3-s to liiA;
Jersey Central dropped TO S5l9; Tobacco TO
72l6. and Leather preferred to 55s4. - 'ct
other stocks were eeortespondingiy weak. ~
In London today American securities closed
steady showing gains of a TO ~, with Erie
and Louisville in the lead. The closing was
almost aggressively strong and tho gains OF
the day were anywhere from 8-s to rs per
cent. and the New York foreign houses pur'
chased about 10000 shares OF the most active
stocks for London account
Joseph today states that ii has transpired
that the statement purporting to be the bal.
ance sheet Of the Sugar company, published
as the official report TO the state authorities
OF Massachusetts,. was simply an unauthoriz-
ed, bogus and misleading report. This VIII
cause the shorts some uneasinoss.
Heavy selling and lack of support broke To-
bacco this morning and the rally that fol-
lowed was caused by the execution OF two
orders to buy at the market. There was sur
prisiDgly little of the stock for sale.
The statement that st. Paul for February
would show net increase Of $4,000 was well
received, and was taken as good evidence
that the railroad earnings are improving.
The news from Washington during the past
two days has had but little effect ON the mar
ket, although it il the tenor of all the advices
that II is the intention to injure the business
of the Sugar company as far as the tarin bill
can do il.
The bank statement today was: Reserve,
increase. s26775: loans, decrease, si,s9l'sOo; {;
specie, increase, s462, 200; legal tenders, de-
crease, S3S7. 100; deposits, decrease. s2,eO55oo
circulation, decrease, sl26,lOo. statement
that demands no comment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-27

ARE DRIVEN OUT
Flood Forces Many People
From Their Homes.
Others are Living In Upper
Stories Of Dwellings.
Lone Tree Prairie Vast Inland
Sea--Debris Carried Down.

Quincy, H., March 27-The Mississippi
river continues to rise here The water
has risen seven inches and the gauge now
shows IA feet above low-water mark. With
tho bottoms all under water, the river is
seven miles wide and thousands of acres
of land are submerged People have been
driven from their homes TO the hills and
those who have stayed I'm their houses are
living i'm the upper stories and are COM
PEELED to use boats instead of wagons. On
what Is known as Lone Tree Prairie, be-
tween Quincy and the town of La Grange,
the only land In sight for four miles in
any direction Is the narrow embankment
of the ST. Louis keokuk & Northwest
crn Railroad. The water Is almost up TO
the ties, and from the river channel
mile away the trains look like steam boats
ploughing through the water. The wild
rush of muddy waters Is carrying down
all kinds of debris, logs, pieces of wrecked
houses, sections of fences and dead stock.