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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Death Through q Tarantula.

One Of the quickest and most COM
plete and justifiable killings that ever
I saw came about through tarantula.
1t was at mine camp, and the camp
bully had a tarantula impaled on a
stick. A man newly arrived from the
east stood gazing, fascinated with hor-
ror, at the squirming reptile, working
it's black fangs in the effort to reach
something that it could fasten them
into. Suddenly, without warning, the
bully thrust the tarantula straight into
the tenderfoot's face. His whiskers
saved him from the fangs, but he let
out yell as if he had actually been
bitten and jumped back, fully believe,
ten feet. Then, as the fellow came polk
ing the tarantula toward him again, the
tenderfoot drew his revolver and turned
loose on his tormentor. His first shot
would have been enough, as it went
straight through the fellows body, but
the tenderfoot had his excitement to
work off, and he never stopped shooting
until his revolver had been emptied and
the man with the tarantula was sieve.
Served him right was the verdict of
the coroner's jury, and the case never
went to court for trial. New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Heroic Treatment of Patients,

The hospital physician should be a
man Of the most thorough methods and
the most extreme conservatism. He
should be chosen as much for his prac-
tical good sense as for his skill in dag
nosing disease. He should be a man
with intuitions and ought to be able to
decide almost at a glance whether pa
tient is suffering from brain trouble or
alcoholism.
There have been of late great many
instances where this mistake has been
made, and it is by no means creditable
to the hospital authorities when such
blunders are made.
One Of the latest exploits Of a hospi-
tai doctor was to order cold bath for a
consumptive patient who showed some
symptoms of hysteria. Shortly after the
bath the woman died. Just why doc
tor should order such treatment COM
mon sense as we'll as the medical pro-
fession would like very much to know.
Hospitals are in the main supported
by the people, and the people have a
right to good treatment and courtesy at
the hands Of those who are put in
charge of such institutions. Failing to
receive this, the public has also the
right to demand an investigation Of the
situation and to demand the punish
ment of those who are guilty of such
unprofessional and inhuman conduct
and that their places be filed by those
who are more Intelligent and better fit
ted for the duties and responsibilities of
such place. New York Ledger.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
A Surveying Camera.

A surveying camera, styled the
Bridges-Lee instrument, is being intro
duced in England. 1t resembles an or
binary camera, having a brass bound
box with rapid rectilinear lens and
double backs. and the usual ground
glass screen. The camera body turns on
a horizontal plate having a graduated
rim, over which slides vernier attach
ed to the camera for reading horizontal
angles. A clamping screw fixes the
camera body to the bottom plate, which
plate is mounted on a tripod head pro-
vided with leveling screws. On top of
the camera box is fixed a rotating level
and telescope mounted on horizontal
arm and fitted with rack adjustment
and scale, permitting vertical angles to
be taken. This telescope has vertical
wire, which bisects the picture on the
ground glass screen, and is coplanary
with second vertical wire inside the
camera. This wire casts shadow,
which is clearly discernible on the sensi-
tive plate or film when developed, and
thus marks the center line of the pic
ture. Behind this wire is a compass,
mounted on a rack inside the camera,
by means of which, when a photograph
is to be taken, it can be moved back
until it just fails to touch the plate.
The graduation of the compass card is
carried out on vertical strip of trans
lucent material, through which the
light passes to the plate, thus photo
graphing thereon the compass bearing.
A horizontal fiber is also placed inside
the body Of the camera, similar to the
vertical one, which, when the instru-
ment has been properly leveled, indi-
Gates the true horizon. Engineering
News,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
A Story of the Petersburg Mine.

General Horace Porter tells the fol-
lowing anecdote of the explosion of the
Petersburg mine in his Campaigning
With Grant," in The Century: A sur
geon told US story, one of the many
echoes Of the mine affair, about pris-
oner who had been dug out Of the crater
and carried to one Of our field hospitals.
Although his eyes were bunged and his
lace covered with bruises, he was in an
astonishingly amiable frame Of mind
and looked like pugilistic hero of the
prize ring coming up smiling in the
twenty seventh round. He said: "I'll
jest bet you that after this I'll be the
most unpopular man in my.regiment
You see, appeared to get started lit
tie earlier than the other boys that had
taken passage with me aboard that vol
cano, and as was comm down I met
the rest of 'em a-goin up, and they
looked as if they had kind o. soured on
me and yelled after me, Straggler!'''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
THE BES ! HAND.

TWAS Held by an Outsider, anA It Beat
4 . II II Us y m .Ace Full" #5 q.
al : Say, = said the drug clerk to his
friend at the soda water fountain, st
ran against q play last night that made
me think that was the unluckiest man
that ever drew card =
what was it?'' asked the man lat the
fountain.
why, I had an ace full beat BY an
other full. I'll tell you how it hap
pened. You know we have quiet lit
tie game over here on Dearborn street
nearly every Saturday night. Well, last
night we got into five handed game.
There were julius, a chattel mortgage
man, in whose Office we ware playing;
a real estate man, aclerk for bicycle
firm, a lawyer and mysele. Well, it
q small game cent ante and a 80
cent limit. Along about 10 O'Clock I
opened the pot on pair Of aces. The
lawyer raised me half dollar, and
Julius stood the raise. OF course had
to stand it too. was the first to draw
cards. drew three cards. I thought I
was pretty lucky when I picked up an
ace and pair Of tens, making me an
ace full. The lawyer, who had raised
me on three queens. drew down to his
hand and caught pair Of sevens, which
made him queen full. julius asked
for one card and made spade flush.
SWELL, I bet check on the go, the
lawyer raised me another half dollar,
julius called the raise and I raised
back. We raised each other till we got
about 81 in the pot Just then the jani-
tor Of the building appeared on the
scene. He had been out attending a
wedding and happened in at this rather
unreasonable hour. He was pretty we'll
loaded with some kind Of Scandinavian
wine. He was good and ugly It was a
great surprise to him to see a game Of
cards going on in the building over
which he had control, and he knew that
if the facts ever came to the ears of the
owner Of the building there would be a
janitor looking for job.
"Now, what do you suppose that fell
low did? Why, he just walked over to
that table, kicked it over and sent the
cards and chips flying in all directions.
Then he told US to get out, and to do it
quickly; that he would call the police
and have us pinohed.
- "We got out and hunted up small
room in hotel to continue the game.
When we got settled down again, T
made kick for the pot on the last
hand. 1 told the boys that had an ace
full and that there wasn't another full
could beat it, But old julius spoke up
and said: "Oh, yes, there was. Vat do
you t'ink of janitor l?''-Chicago
Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
HUMMING BIRDS.

Their Wonderfully Fashioned Diminutive
Nests and Their Tiny Eggs.
Suddenly CLINT shot from the point
where my gaze was dreamily focused.
That was all, but suspicion and savage
instincts we're aroused. For ten minutes
my eyes followed the contour of each of
the small boughs 30 feet above me, mere
twigs from higher and greater branch,
which in turn declined from a mighty,
outstretched arm Of the giant. Presently
suspicion centered in an insignificant,
lichen covered wart on the upper side
Of branch as large, perhaps, as a
lady's wrist. TWAS like dozen others,
yet not exactly like them. The lichen
seemed to me just shade grayer and
more regular, and the knot was a trife
too round. I feared to take my eyes
away, lest it were lost before I had
proved it to be only natural excres.
cence. The sudden CLINT again struck
my eye, there was strange, tuneful
hum, and-eureka! Directly above the
point I was watching there lowered,
with wings vibrating themselves into a
aAotJ POAAoS XII OAA IAAo!lO 1uUy GuIOdb.
Then it settled on the diminutive cup
of lichen, and I had found my first
humming birds nest.
By climbing far up above and then
crawling carefully down on a separate
limb, one could look over the nest,
scarcely yard away, to admire the
tiny white eggs and theeven more fairy
like nest, marvelously woven inside
with the finest and softest fiber, and
coated on the outer periphery against
the weather with delicate lichen, which
just turned the rim so as to shed any
insistent raindrop that might penetrate
the manifold roof of leaves overhead.
The whole would have fitted in circle
made by joining the index finger and
thumb. Oakdwellers, - by G. D,
Lanier, in Scribner's.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Wesley Is There.

One of the most beautiful English
church edifices is Barnet church, Herts.
In this church, according to The Meth
odist Times of London, are groined
inches in which respectively are appro-
priately placed we'll considered and
cleverly modelled statuettes of England's
six greatest preachers. The list is as fol-
lows: St. Augustin Of Canterbury, the
apostle of England; St. Alden, bishop
of Lindisfarne; st. Hugh of Lincoln;
Latimer, the martyr; John Wesley and
Canon Liddon. So far as we are aware,
this is the first time John Wesley has
been placed in an Episcopal church on a
level with such goodly company.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
THE LITTLE OLD SHOE.
It is only q tiny shoe

It is only tiny shoe
That she touches with tender care,
A cunning little bit Ola thing #
That baby used to wear.
And she gently raises it. to her lips
And lovingly holds it7there.
1t is worn and faded and,old,
But it brings up the happy past.
She sadly signs as she links of the joys
That were too sweet to last.
In fancy she sees a little child AL
As it gambols upon the floor. Ill.
An elflike creature with golden hair
Is cooling baby song once more,
And a tear drops down on the tiny shoe
That the beautiful dream child wore.
'"Ah. WE'LL" she signs to herself,
IT'S, alas, the will OF the fatesl
4 used to II able to wear this shoe, =
But now take number Fights.
Pearson Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Chances For Success In Large Cities

Chances For Success In Large Cities.
In solving Problems of Young Men"
Edward W. Box, in The Ladies' Home
Journal, replying to an inquirer, con-
tends that opportunities for promotion
Gin business) are more numerous in
large cities than in smaller communi-
ties, but they are not better. "There
are more chances in the larger cities,
but likewise there are more applicants
for the chances. Salaries may be high
er in the centers, but so, too, is the cost
Of living. Things always equalize them
selves. To my way Of thinking, mod
crate business success in small COM
munity means more to man in point
of living and absolute satisfaction than
a greater success in larger city"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
BOTTLED BACTERIA.
Fears Hitherto Expressed asto Their Dire
Effects Are Passing Away.

Fears Hitherto Expressed asto Their Dire
Effects Are Passing Away.
The average layman has long been
sustained by a secret belief that the
vast majority Of bacteria are harmless,
and, considering that he daily consumes
millions Of them in eating, drinking
and sleeping, it is consoling to find the
belief confirmed by an eminent author
ity.
Another scientist contributing to an
English review does something toward
relieving bacteria Of their evil name by
explaining how much they have to do
with7succ essful butter making. Butter,
as every one knows, is best made from
sour cream and does not keepwen un-
less the cream is soured before churn-
ing. This result is usually attained by
letting the cream stand till it sours of
it's own accord. But series of expert
ments~ carried on in Sleswick- Holstein
have proved that the souring of cream
is produced by the presence Of certain
bacteria, which can be cultivated and
Introduced in such way as to cause
artifoially the necessary souring.
A doctor named Witter has studied
the subject, and so skillfully blended
certain cultures together that when the
mixture was added in due proportion to
sterilized cream to effect souring. the
butter made therefrom was of most de-
licious flavor, pure and Of great COM
mercial value, inasmuch as it kept ad-
mirably. .:..., .--
The dried seed or powder Of the bac-
terra used in this process can now be
bought put up in bottles. A proportion
is added to a'small quantity Of skinned
milk, which lis subjected to moderate
continuous heat till the bacteria have
developed. The fermentation starter
is then added to the cream. The pure
culture is only used occasionally, enough
of the "starter'' being left over every
lay to begin operations with on the
next. The excellence of Danish butter
is attributed to the care taken in choos-
ing the fermentation starter. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
ANIMALS AND MUSIC.

4A'Strange Experiment Made In q Zoolog-
ical Garden.
A violinist was playing various all
before the cages Of the animals. The
bow, which had been passing backward
and forward half drowsily, took up a
gait that would have distanced one of
the deer in the pen by the buffaloes'
yard. Then there was a transformation
scene in the home Of the ioness as rap
id and as complete as that of the tune.
The cubs went into ecstacies. They roll
ed about, jumped, fell over one another,
raced oyer their 9mother's recumbent
body, and danced unrebuked on her
head. They ceased their tantrums only
with the ceasing Of the music.
Then they gathered at the front bars
of the cage again and silently and pa
thetically pleaded for more. Their plea
was successful, and in response to the
delicate fattery conveyed by their man.
ner the player gave the lullaby once
more. They simply sat and listened to
it as silently as they had at the first.
The transition to the jig music was
once more made speedily. The first note
of the lively air had barely left the vio-
lin before it's riotous contagion had
once more caught the cubs. They roll
licked and rolled about and stopped on
ly when the professor, fearing to tire
their little limbs, took his bow from
his fiddle and told them they had danced
enough for debutantes.
The hyena is an uncanny brute. His
very appearance goes a great way to-
ward bearing out charges Of graveyard
robbery brought against him. He has
no music in his soul nor room for any.
Sweet sounds are to him so antipodal to
everything in his nature that they in
spire him with nothing but fear, and
the most abject fear at that. When Pro-
fessor Baker tried to interest the two
skulking hyenas in his performance on
the violin, they began trembling visibly
at the first notes utterance, and then as
the music swelled they sought the far
thermost side Of their prison and tried
their best to squeeze their ungainly bod
les through the bars to escape the mel
ody.-Philadelphia Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12

An expert tells Of an instance where
4, 900 pearl shells were taken which
yielded less than $50 worth Of pearls,
while in the same locality over so
pearls were found in one day. one Of
which was sold for 8 10, 600. "a Queens
land company, on small area, got &c.
600 worth 81 pearls from eight tons of
shell.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12

Between Carthage and Stislingville,
in jefferson county, N. Y, there is Z
stretch Of country where the sand drifts
like snow, making great banks and
binding the eyes Of those who look up
wind. It is a desolate, barren region,
where the soil is only as deep as the
roots Of the grass.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Catch Fish With Wheels.

A curious plan for catching fish is
used on the Columbia river. A number
Of wheels are set up in the middle Of the
stream, which, as they turn round, catch
up the fish and cast them into troughs
by the river banks. The salmon are
then timed and sent all over the world.
As much as five tons weight Of fish a
day has thus been taken.-Kansas City
Star.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Only tho Young Dance.

The maidens who are elbowed out Of
all pleasure at dances by young matrons
will approve of the custom which OBJ
tains at the court Of Berlin, where the
emperor and empress set the fashion Of.
only looking on. Elderly ladies do not
dance at all and young married ladies
very rarely. The floor is only meant for
young people Of both sexes.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
A Cruel Cut.

! have seen better days, = began the.
mendicant VS..
so have ], said the approached
hastily.
But I don't think this rain will last
lpng Detroit Free Press
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12
Very Low Rate Excursions to the
West and South. 81 81

On March 16, April and 20, the
North Western Line will sell Home seek
.ers' EXCURSION tickets, witt favorable
time limits to numerous points in the
West Sand South at exceptionally low
rates. For tickets and full information
apply 70 agents Chicago 8 North West
ern Railway.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-05-12

Incandescent lamps increase in effect
iveness during the first 80 or 100 hours
Of use, after which they slowly fade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-11
MRS. LUETGERT In BOSTON
wife OF the Chicago Sausage Maker
Alleged to De Alive

BOSTON, Dec. 10.-T'he Globe to-day saws.
Mrs. Luetgert the supposed victim of the
sausage manufacturer murder. so-called. in
Chicago. is alive and we'll Mrs. Luetgert
was seen in this city during the month of
July, acknowledged her identity, beside
giving more or less explanation relative to
the reasons which caused her to leave her
husband, who is again to be tried for his
life"
Such was the startling declaration made
by Editor John Fl. Schofield, of ST. Louis.
TO Globe man. Mr.. Schofield supple
mented his statement further with the
positive assurance that Mrs. Luetgert was
at the house, No. Bullfinch place for a
period of three or four days during the
middle Of July last. He said he based this
assurance on the fact that Mrs Iuetgert
while in Boston, acknowledged her full
Identity, with the assertion that she left
her husband, the Chicago sausage maker
because of his actions with other women.
as. We'll as for reasons which she thought
would help him in his financial embarrass-
ment in business. He further asserted that
he believed that Mrs. Luetgert was still in
Boston and that she would yet be found.
The Globe has interviewed the Mrs. Moss.
of No. Bullfinch place who says that the
woman supposed to be Mrs Luetgert went
by the name OF Mile Barker. One day the
woman seemed distressed after reading an
account OF the trial of Luetgert and when
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-11
WIRE AND NAIL POOL.
Amount of Capital Involved VIII Ex-
coed Sixty Million Dollars.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10-Representatives Of
the steel wire and nail manufacturing firms
of the United States, who for months have
been negotiating to form a steel wire and
nail pool, are nearing conclusion of their
work. It is said that about twenty Of the
largest steel wire and nail manufacturers
will enter the pool, and that the capital
involved will exceed s60,000O 600. The legal
fcrmalities for forming the pool will prob
ably not be completed until after the holi-
days. Already many of the small wire and
rail concerns throughout the country have
been bought out and negotiations are pend
ing for the purchase of Others According
to Judge Gary, of Chicago, NJ. H. Brouck
and others interested the combine is not
for the purpose of raising the price to pur-
chasers of wire and nails, but to enable the
manufacturers to operate the plants on
more economical basis.
A meeting of representatives of nearly all
the steel companies in the United States
was also held here to-day, at which the
harmonizing of their interests and the di-
vision of territory are said to have been the
chief subject of discussion. 1t is also said
that under the new arrangement many of
the features of the old steel rail pool are
Incorporated. Another important question
said to have been settled was that of per-
centage allotment to each of the companies,
with a penalty for infraction thereof. In
addition to this it is understood that the
Maryland company is to handle the entire
exDOrt trade,