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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-23

They are SO small that the most sem
sitive persons take them, they are 80
effective that the most obstinate cases
Of constipation. headache and torpid
liver yield to them. That is why De
Wits Little Early Risers are known as
as the famous little pills R. j. Criss,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-23

Don't allow the lungs to be impaired
by the continuous irritation Of q cough.
II is easier to prevent consumption than
10 cure it. One Minute Cough Cure
taken early will ward of any fatal lung
trouble. II. j. Criss.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-23

When a cold is contracted, cure It Ut
once. One Minute Cough Cure will set
you on the road to recovery in 9 min
ute. twill cure pne umonia, bronchi-
tis. Group and all forms OF lung and
throat troubles. RI Crisis.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-04-23

TITS a freak to fit the foot. Try
the Holmes Shoe Co. for nice
fitting shoes. l9.tf.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
Wanted to Be Called q Gentleman.

!
T There was sleight of hand perform
ance in the opera house that night, and
way down on one of the front seats
there sat man holding shiny silk hat
ostentatiously before him with an ex-
preston of deep anxiety and watchful-
ness upon his face.
Before the performance began a friend
who sat Immediately behind him and
had noticed his manner leaned over and
asked him what the trouble was.
"Well, you see, Tom,' said the man
with the hat confdentially, "it's this
way: I've been in politics now for ten
years, and I've been cussed and abused
and called all sorts of hard names until
I'm just longing to hear somebody ad-
dress me in decent manner one more
time. When this magician comes on the
stage, he's going to say, will some
gentleman kindly loan me his hat?' and
I'm going to jump up and give him
mine. It'll make me feel good for a
month to be spoken to that way. I've
been looking forward to this occasion
for two weeks. You'll excuse me now,
for I'll have to jump quick when he
speaks for see one of our aldermen sit
ting Oh the front row with his old
brown derby in his hand, and I'll bet a
dollar he's up to the same game. DE.
troit Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
!. THE LITTLE WHITE WAGON.

The little white wagon was passing by.
Can it be but an hOur-an hour ago En-
Since Edith's prattle nurt me SO
When it caught her wondering baby eye? ?
PITY wife wadon! Oh, see!' she said.
''Yook Ponies too! Oh, how I wis
tOuld Diet up an wide on a wadon lite
isl" ~ z&,l% I'd ss4 Il ..s5i l5 .&a
And my heart stopped, SO, as I though of
her, dead!
The little white wagon was passing by,
A sight that is common enough, you
say. 80 .&s
No! No! No! No! Not till today
Had I known how it looks to mother s
=. eye, - r .s-. s-..4-1 '..f.rt.& = e.
With its white, false face to her black
grief wed,
Crushing her heart with it's jugger-
naut wheels tF.' a.1z ls.l.#Sts I
Not till today had I thought how it
feels IS .5f. - -
TO be stabbed by the hush where a babe
lies dead. .s j.. *2-s
The little white wagon was passing by, i
Ny God! Can it be bur an hour ago?
How would the age long seconds flow
into minutes unending were she to die?
So clasp and love her as never before
One thought, one hope, is my frighted
That the little white wagons may still
r., go by t'-l.-.- -. =. n ...:.>
And never stop at my darkened door.
". L. Heaton in 1.-THE Quilting Bee
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
The Clock Came Back.

A Louisville man has COW with a
peculiar appetite. A housekeeping serv-
ant left a small silver clock on the
kitchen steps for few moments, and
on her return the timepiece was miss
ing. Later in the evening the small boy
of the household was in the yard. Sud-
denly a silvery chime foated on his ear.
He listened. Another and another, un.
til five times the chime had sounded,
and he recognized it as coming from
the lost clock. There was nothing near
but the COW. The boy searched all
around the yard and then concluded
that the clock was in the COW. For
awhile there was a sort Of pand emonium
At 6 O'Clock the family heard the hour
tolled from the cows inside A power
full emetic did the work. The clock was
a little discolored, butwas still ticking.
San Francisco Argonaut. . ss
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
Evolution of Gunpowder.

The invention of gunpowder is shown
by Mr.. Oscar Guttmann, in his book on
the manufacture Of explosives, to have
been most probably an evolution. The
Greek fire of naphtha, mentioned by
early European and Arabian writer's, is
believed to have been a composition
containing inter, sulphur and charcoal.
Marcus Gr8cus, who wrote in the tenth
century, gives composition for charg-
ing rockets and crackers closely ap-
preaching that of modern blasting pow.
der This recipe is quoted by Albertus
Magnus, and another one, not so clear,
is given by Roger Bacon. None of these
writers, however, speaks of the use of
such substances in any way like the fir
ing Of projectiles from guns. On the
contrary, they all describe crackers and
bombs or maroons, and say that these
were discharged into towns from bal
listae or catapults or mangonels for the
purpose Of setting fire to them.
Mr.. Guttmann has found, however, in
the wardrobe accounts of King Edward
III Of England an entry between A. D.
1916 and 1349 giving credit to one
Thomas Of Roldeston for the king s work
for his guns, for 912 pounds of saltpeter
and 686 pounds Of live sulphur. This
seems to confirm the tradition that guns
were used by the English at the battle
Of Crecy in 1346. Mr.. Guttmann decides
that Berthold Schwartz invented this
use of gunpowder about 1913. If so,
Schwartz must have been very young at
the time or else have lived to a very
great age, for the date Of his death is
given as 1384.-Popular Science Month
In - = -. - \. -. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
AN OCEAN. VOYAGE.

The Proper Fees to Pay on Board an
@-+ Atlantic Liner.
Fees are too indefinite to be regulated
by rule, but certain amounts are Gus
tomary at sea. The voyager, if he is
not seasick, is dependent for comfort
first on the table steward. To this man
it seems to be the rule to give So. SO for
one, or SIS for two or three persons in a
party, whether one is served in regular
courses or orders what he pleases from
the bill. Late suppers might increase
the fee. -. -sa....
Ones next best friend is the deck
steward, if he is attentive and has fol-
lowed out suggestions about the steam
er chair and rugs Sometimes one can
eat on deck when it is fatal to 20 below,
and then, if the deck steward is oblig-
ing, he deserves the larger part Of what
would 60 to the table steward in reg
ular course. II the weather is at all
fair, it is most agreeable to find ones
chair we'll placed and the rugs dry ev-
cry morning, especially if one is in
cl1ned to seasickness. Moreover, this
steward is the one who continuously
brings sandwiches and broth on deck,
and, as he is obliged himself to fee the
cooks assistant to get these articles pre-
pared, it is clear that he should be we'll
remembered at parting, if any one is.
On many lines his pay, like that of
most of the stewards, is not higher than
$40 month, and the company, on gen.
eral principles, keeps back one third to
pay for breakage. Another third goes to
the cooks in fees. Where, therefore,
would he be without tips?- Lewis Nor
ris Iddings in Scribner's
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
rIAckERAY Nd GOETHE.

The Novelist's First Interview with the
Great Poet.
In The Ce=tury there is an article by
Walter Vulpius, entitled 6 Thackeray at
Weimar. !" The following is Thackeray's
account Of his first meeting with
Goethe:
u course i remember very well the
pertnrb baton Of spirit. with which as q
lad Of 10 received the long expected
invitation that. the Herr Geheimerath
would see me. This notable audience
took place in a little antechambe Of
his private partments, covered all
round with antique casts and bas-reliefs.
He was habited in a long gray drab red
ingote, with white neckcloth and a
red ribbon in his huttonhole. He kept
his hands behind his back, just as in
Rauch s statuette His complexion was
very bright, clear and rosy, his eyes ex-
traordiharily dark, piercing and bril-
liant. = : fancied Goethe must have
been still more handsome as an old man
than even in the days Of his youth. His
voice was very rich and sweet. He ask
ed me questions about myself, which I
answered as best could
Vidi tantum-I saw him but three
times once walking in the garden Of
his house in the Frauenplan, once going
to step into his chariot on sunshiny
day, wearing cap and a cloak with
red collar. He was caressing at the
time a beautiful little golden haired
granddaughter, over whose sweet, fair
face the earth has long since closed.
[Alma Won Goethe died at the age Of II
years while on visit in Vienna in
1844.]
Though his sun was setting, the sky
round about was calm and bright, and
that little Weimar was illumined by it.
In every one Of those kind salons the talk
was still Of art and letters. At the court
the conversation was exceedingly friend
~, simple and polished. The grand
duchess, a lady Of very remarkable en-
dowments, would kindly borrow our
books from us and graciously talk to
US young men about our literary tastes
and pursuits. In the respect paid by
this court to the patriarch of letters
there was something ennobling, think,
alike to the subject and sovereign.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
CUSTOMS IN BELGIUM.

Oddities In Home Life and Dress That
Startled an English Woman.
Breakfast in Belgium proceeds in
courses, with a change of plates at each
service, but not change of knives and
forks. These implements must be used
through successive courses, however
dissimilar, resting between whites on
glass or silver holders, placed beside
each cover. The holders, alas, I often
forgot to employ, sending my knife and
fork out on my plate, to the maids con-
fusion and my own dismay. An English
woman, long resident in Brussels, in
vited me to dinner with the cheering
assurance: "We are English, not Bel
gian, in our ways. We change the
knives and forks. - Meats and the fruits
TO which we are accustomed are dear in
Belgium, but Yankee products grace
many tables. II don't know what we
should do without your beef extracts for
sauces and your California timed
FRUITS" observed my hostess at charm
ing breakfast. "Feel at home,' said
another lady pleasantly. ''Here is some
AAoAoO POcs' 40 ACA PAOuuuC4dc1Ou duCl
the dish itself-a so called mince pie
resembled nothing familiar to my ear
or vision I was baffled for the moment
as to the nature of her kind intentions.
If I visited weaving school at s in
the morning, when all the men were
yet in that startling home u1dress
which prevails in some households be-
fore the formal dejeuner, the wife of
the weaving master would press me,
''Prenez quelque chose, je vous en- prize,
mademoiselle. called early one day
on secretary at Charleroi, with whom
I had business, hearing that he was
about to leave town. He was out on the
street. ''But he can't have gone far, -
protested his son, "for he hasn't dress:
ed himself yet. - Which alarming state
ment proved too true, as I soon discov-
cred when an apparition appeared on
the Threshold, qnwashed, uncombed,
with overcoat and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by
no means concealing the unmistakable
loose nightrobe beneath. So suggestive
was the spectacle that, declining the
unembarrassed entreaties of monsieur's
spouse, pray take something, made
moiselle," I dispatched my inquiries
and fed.-Clare de Graffenried in Har-
per's Magazine.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
ANCiENT STRUc TLJREs.
Something About the Architecture 81
EARLY New England ss$a

Something About the Architecture Of
EARLY New England. s ss 81
Hardly 30 houses in all New Eng
land dating back Of / 700 are yet in ex-
istence, unless in materially trans
formed condition. At best the most Of
them were very rough, box shaped, with
door in one side and a high pitched
roof, to make the snow slide off easily,
and chimney of prodigious size. "a
few years ago the great chimney Of the
house at Boscawen, where General
John a.. Dix was born, was torn down
and found to contain $50, 900 Of brick.
The chimney Of the Darling house in
this town, destroyed about the same
time. was about as large. It's removal
provided the house with good sized
additional ROOM Almost all the seven
teenth century houses were wooden,
though about the oldest structure in
New England was built Of stone at
Guilford, Conn.,, in or near 1888. Exc
ter's Oldest, the Darling house, is about
10 or years younger. Exeter had on
~ three brick houses dating far back
into the eighteenth century, and now
has only two, if they still can be called
brick after being covered with wood
and receiving large wooden extensions.
These are the Peavy house, on the New
market road, and the old house off Wa
ter street built by Nathaniel Laid.
Both were erected between 1920 and
1870, the Peavy house, Of which James
Gilman was the builder, replacing an
older structure which had been burned.
The very picturesque bennett Gilman
house, brick structure with gambrel
roof, which stood about where the Amos
Tuck house now stands, was torn down
about 60 years ago. The block near the
great bridge is of nineteenth century
origin, having been built by Major Sim
con Folsom about 1873 ,:>t'=
Dwelling house architecture first be-
came a really fine art in New England
during the flush times which interviewed
between Wolfe's ca ture of Quebec in
1859 and the Revolutionary outbreak of
1875. It was then that the older of the
stately mansions of Portsmouth and
Newburyport were erected. The war
R~ooov C@A0ooAV0Ay otOppCur uOuS0 Uu41u-
ing, but l9y 1900 prosperity had returned,
and New England shipowners became
very rich. The house building mania
broke out again in the form of those
great, square, three story houses of
which Exeter has few and Of which
Salem, Newburyport and Portsmouth
are full.
The magnates of 1S00-10 disliked
gambrel roofs and had no patience with
hooks and passages. They were plain.
downright and utilitarian men, and
they built houses as square as them
selves, with no nonsense about them,
except perhaps the usually superduous
third story. Were these worthless to re-
turn to earth they might appreciate the
many modern improvements which
have been introduced in architecture,
bpt they would be pretty sure to repu-
diate with scorn the adornments for
which poor Queen Anne has been held
responsible So Exeter IN. H.) News
Letter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
He Got Out.

It is related Of the late General Pleas
onton that one night while he was in q
Washington saloon a man entered and
began to attack the character and cour-
age Of the Confederate soldiers. Pleas
anton gave start Of surprise as he rec !.
ognized the man and asked if he: remem.
bered him. The stranger said he did
not, whereupon the general said: q am
Alfred Pleasonton. had you drummed
ont Of my camp for cowardice before.
Antietam. Get out Of this place, sir!'
The man hung his head and hurried
out. s
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
Mark Antony's Debt.

Mark Antony held aloft the blood
stained toga of his murdered friend,
Caesar.
THAT rent''-he pointed toward the
reeking garment" is due to Brutus. 2
A voice from the gallery broke the
.breathless silence:
Why under the sun don't you pay It
to him then?'' ri !,
And the thrower out put in his dead
" work. Pick Me Up. ,.s4 it
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
: ROYAL Trades.

The Prince of Wales is said to have
learned in his youth to make stockings.
His son, the Duke Of York, learned the
trade of ropemaking. His cousin, the
Gar Nicholas II, can pillow, sow and
reap The Emperor William is. q practi-
cal typesetter. King Humb bert is not on-s
5ly an excellent shoemaker, but cobbles7
also to perfection. Oscar Of Sweden
handles the AK with dexterity.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
MEN WANTED,

Il Farmers, Mechanics, School teachers,
Machine Agents, anyone honest and will :
ing to hustle, we will pay. good wages
from now to April. With our facilities
and personal help any man fully alive
and willing to work can win paying
position with MS. Apply quick, stating
age. 4. =. May s CO.,
Nurserymen, Seedsmen 8 Florists.
st, Paul MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21

Destitute Eng shmen abroad can de-
mand to be sent home. They apply to.
their consul J, who gives notice accord i
ingly to captains OF ships about to sail.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
Very Low Rate Excursions to the
eStsaniI South.

On March IS, April s and 90, the
North Western Line will sell Home seek
Iers excursion tickets, witt favorable
time limits to numerous points in the
West and South at eptionally low.
rates. For tickets and full information
apply 70 agents Chicago s North, West
ern Railway.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21

The brain Of an idiot obtains much
less phosphorous than that of . person
OF average mental powers
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21

Strawberries are often served with
orange Juices. Cover the berries with
sugar and juice Of several oranges Let
them chill III the refrig erator for half
an hour and serve with powdered ice. s.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21

Is Vine, tasters eat q small piece Of.
bread, with scrap Of cheese, between,
samples, toinsure an jjudiced taste.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21
The scotchwoman's Bank Notes.

A poor old widow living in the Scot
fish highlands was called upon one day
by gentleman who had heard that she
was in need. The old lady complained
of her condition and remarked that her
son was in Australia and doing we'll.
But does he do nothing to help your"
inquired the visitor. '.No, nothing, was
the reply. He writes me regularly
once month, but only sends me lit
tie picture with his letter. The gentle
man asked to see one Of the pictures
that she had received and found each
one Of them to be draft for $40.
That is the condition Of many Of
Gods children. He has given US many
Exceeding great and precious prom
ises'' which we either are ignorant Of
or fail to appropriate Many Of them
seem to be pretty pictures Of an ideal
peace and rest, but are not appropriated
as practical helps in daily life And not
one of these promises is more neglected
than the assurance Of salvation An
open Bible places them within reach of
all, and we may appropriate the bless
ing which such knowledge brings 20
Dwight l.. Moody in Ladies Home
Journal 45..5 81.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21

a French autograph collector says
the signature Of Christopher Columbus
can always find q buyer at 81, 900. B
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-21

Mignonette and vel lows pink or white
tulips combine beauti for an oval
IN the center Of q dinner table.
The times., 1897-11-29
MIR. MckIHI.EY's CLOSE CALL.

Presidents Carriage Almost Fun
Into by an Electric Car.
The President Is reported TO have had a
narrow escape from a serious accident While
out driving Saturday afternoon. The in
cident occurred at the intersection OF Con
necticut avenue and K street, where one
electric car stopped to take on d pas
senger, and tie other slackened spec ! ON
that account. Thinking that both cars
would stop, the coachman of the Executive
carriage tried to Cross the street bet yeen
the two cars, but the motorman OF the
CAL. which had only slowed down, turned
the current on, and the car sta rted at fun
speed.
Taking in the situation at a glance, with
great presence of mind the motorIndn p
piled the brakes and brought the ear TO a
standstill only about three feet from the
Presidents carriage. Evidently ne was
not cognizant of the Individuality - the
occupants of the carriage, for he wore, loud
enough TO he heard, a the driver for Icing
So reck less.
The PRESIDENT did not regard the &c
currence at any time as having been ote-
worthy or serious. The secretary To the
President said last night that Mr.. McKn "
had not even mentioned the matter In
fact, he said, the stories about hair-hreadth
escapes aIe 50 common and 50 frequently
untTue or exaggerated, that little ;tten-
tion is paid to them.
The times., 1897-11-29
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 1897.
Omen The Iih,nrr naiIr.

In days not 50 very long gone by the
free lecture bureau pla ved an important
part in tie development of the youth of
ourlaud. Oratory was an important branch
Of education-thIs was before the days Of
the speech written out and given TO the
newspapers tie day before its deliyery-and
as books were few and magazines fewer,
much useful Information was disseminated
from the platform.
Now, however, the lecture system is
more or less done away with. 1t is not
enough no wadays for a man to have 5e-n
To Egypt, or China, or even The polar
regions. 70 hold the attention OF his audi
ence- He must be something ia himself.
The public mas begun to understand that
stick nay go al round the world and
stH be a stick, and that man Who
makes Of himself an animated travelling
dictionary is apt To apprehend the real
character OF the people among whom he
goes in a most ludicrous manner. The
place of the lecture is taken by the cheap
nagaziI e, the newspaper, and, 70 some ex-
tent, the theater.
But II ere as money, which philanthropic
people used % spend in establishing cour.es
OF ffreelectures. This money could be used
e just as great advantage now as it ever
could. one Of the ways in which 1t could
he used is in putting n library ana reading
room in every small town. The library
need not he free. but the tax necd not
be any greater than is needed for Tire
keeping up Of the rooms ana the salary
of tie Librarian 1t cannot be too foicibly
impressed on this American people that
books. and good books, are tc be our chief
means Of civilization for some time 10
come. And, in this connection, ii ls.lt
be suggested that The big library cstaD-
Hshed for the use Of tie nation in W4sh-
ington should be thrown open for the use
Of the nation, SO far as it can he reached,
al "a tirle when the privilege can be utnlacd
At present it is benentmg chiefly those
who are not absolutely obliged to depend
OF it for their culture.