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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
QUEER We'd DIN BAN DUET
Where tho Unbidden Gnests scr.mhled
For Bits From the Table.

Srhere tho Uubidden Gnests scramsled
Rer Bits From the Table.
i was married in India, writes Phil
Robinson, the author and traveller. / en-
gagged for our honeymoon . little house
Ii miles or SO from any other habita-
ton Of white man-that stood on the
steep white cliff sof the Nebndda river.
which here flows through canyon Of
pure white marble. Close beside our
house was a little hut, where holy
man lived in charge Of an adjoining
shrine, earning money fol. himself and
for the shrine by polishing little pieces
OF marble as mementos for visitors It
was a wonderful place altogether, and
while my wife went into change her
dress the servants laid breakfast on the
veranda overlooking the river At the
first clatter Of the plates there began to
come down from the big tree that over
Swallowed the house, and up the trees
that grew in the ravine behind it, from
the house roof itself-from everywhere
"a multitude of solemn monkeys. They
came up singly and in couples and in
families and took their places without
noise or fuss on the veranda. and sat
there, like an audience waiting for an:
entertainment to commence. And when
everything was ready, the breakfast all
laid, the monkeys all seated, I went in.
to call my wife.
Breakfast is ready, and they are all
waiting I said.
Who are waiting?'' she asked in dis
may. II thought we were going to be
alone, and was just coming out in my
dressing gown. -. i. s.
Never mind, = I said. 'tThe people
about here are not very fashionably
dressed themselves. They wear pretty
much the same things all the year
round.''
And so my wife came out. Imagine,
then, her establishment. In the middle
of the veranda stood her breakfast table,
and all the rest Of the space, as well as
the ratings and the steps, was covered
with monkeys, as grave as possible and
as motionless and silent as if they were
stuffed. Only their eyes kept blinking
and their little round ears kept witch
ing. Laughing heartily-at which the
monkeys only looked all the graver-|
my wife sat down.
will they eat anything?' asked She
Try them,'' said. .f..5..
So she picked up biscuit and threw
it among the company. And the result!
About 800 monkeys jumped up in the
air like one, and just for one instant
there was riot that defies description.
The next instant every monkey was sit
ting in it's place as solemn and serious
as If it had never moved. Only their
eyes winked and their ears twitched.
My wife threw them another biscuit,
and again the riot, and then another
and another and another. But at length |
we had given all that we had to give
and got up to go. The monkeys at once
rose, every monkey on the veranda, and
advancing gravely to the steps walked
down them in a solemn procession, old !
and young together, and dispersed for
the day occupaticns,-St Louis Globe !
Democrat.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
HE HAS MOVED.

Gradually Acquiring Information Concern.
ing Methods of Collecting Bill.
"When we moved into the country,
said Mr.. Changoofair, IT almost won
.dered at the absolute confidence Of the
boss of the moving party. IT was long
haul, two or three vans, and the bill a
matter Of $40 or $50, but they moved
everything out of the vans inte,the house
clean before the boss driver presented
the bill wondered what they would
do if somebody should say then that he
would call at the Office and seattle OF
something of that sort. But, tken,
knew was going to pay; that it had
been perfectly safe to get the stuff in
and collect the bill afterward of me, and
I made up my mind that they were
keen men, who knew people when they
met them, whom they could trust and
whom not. -''
"Well, after some years we moved
back. Same concern moved US in, but
they didn't know us at the Office any
more than if they had never heard OF
us. Arrived in the city, the men with
the vans-it was a different crew from
that that took us out-began Juggling in
the things just as the men that moved
us out had done in the country. Nobody
said anything about pay, and wondered
again what would happen if they got
the stuff all in and then the owner
didn't pay. But they kept on hustling
the things in just as if they felt perfectly
easy and secure about that.
"After awhile the stuff was pretty
much all Theoretically all but the
piano-and I wondered why they hadn't
brought that in before, because I had
seen it loaded, and I knew it was one OF
the last things loaded on at the very
rear end of one of the vans. So went
out to see, and there was the piano,
right where had seen it when it was
put aboard, at the extreme rear end OF
the van, while all the stuff in front had
been taken out, carried around the end
OF the piano and on into the house. l.
front of it the van was empty.
Passing through the hall, met the
head driver, the boss of the party, and
he, just casually meeting me in that
way in the hall, handed over the bill fo1
the moving, and paid it on the spot.
Then, everything else having been
moved in, the whole gang tailed Oh tc
the piano and walked it right into the
house. -
49, "Qf course it may have only just hap
pened that the piano wasn't moved in
until had paid the bill, but this didn't
give me quite such fattering opinion
OF myself as the other way had, but it
more than confirmed my original opin.
ion of the shrewdness and ability Of tie
van folks. They made few mistakes and
took even fewer risks. New York
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
In Doubt.

A certain minister, who is not always
SO careful as he ought,to be in making
his teaching and his practice correspond,
was lately telling some friends a story
Of adventure. Twas a pretty tall''
story, and the minister's 10 year old lit
tie girl was observed to be listening to
it very intently: When he finished, she
fastened her wide open eyes upon her
father s face and said very gravely, Is
that true, or are you preaching now,
papa ?'' Household Words.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
THE RAINBOW IN THE SPRAY.

The tide is foul that sweeps about the town
A yellow. turbid, disenchanting flood
OF city refuse mixed, and oil and mud.
But when q ferry boat, big, ugly, brown.
Against the gale of March copes numbering
down,
The waves she flingstn either side are bright
With spray dazzling in the SUMS keen
. light,
As white. as fair, pure as snow at dawn
And in the spindrift from each chopping crest
The colors of the rainbow meet and play.
So in each life, however dull and gray,
There comes some breeze Of fortune at its best,
Cheering the heart with love or hope or rest
And shining like the rainbow in the spray.
j. L. Heaton in s'The Quilting Bee. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
MEN WANTED D

s Farmers, Mechanics, School teachers,
Machine Agents, any zone honest and win :
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 9 paying
position with rs. Apply quick, stating
age. !. :. Nay s. Co, g@Ss
NurserymeD, SeedsmeR 8 Florists.
st, Paul Mimi.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
A SLIGHT Contrast.

hat a sty lish dress. Y
.3s. Yes; It cost me $50 Il had it made
TO wear to the last charity card party 3,
What does it cost to go to one Of the
parties?'' 5.2
twenty five cents. 4. Cleveland
Plain Dealer
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
The Oak.

The Druids considered the oak as the
emblem, or rather. the peculiar resi-
dence, Of the Almighty, and according
" chaplets Of it were worn both by the
Druids and people in their religious
ceremonies. The fruit of it, the mistle-
toe, was thought to contain a divine
virtue and to be the peculiar gift Of
heaven.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07

It is asserted by aphical au-
.thorities that the first Bible printed in.
America was John Eliot's Indian BIZ
bic, & in 1868. The Language into which
this Bible was translated is extinct, and
It is said only one Or two persons are
able to read it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-07
Insect Conuuerors.

A recent bulletin of the department Of
agriculture points out the fact that
within the past IS years there has been
complete change in the chief insect
foe of the cotton plant. Previous to
1881 the cotton worm was not only the
principal, but almost the sole, insect
depredator dreaded on the cotton planta-
tions. Since that year the cotton worm
has gradually disappeared, and a new
enemy to the cotton plant, the boil
worm, has taken its place. Such revo-
buttons in the insect world not infre-
quently occur, and sometimes they take
on the appearance of actual conquests
effected by one species over others. In.
the Sandwich Islands, for instance, a
species Of ant introduced from abroad
is driving out all other insects, the only
native species that seems able to with
stand it. being the earwig.
Test Cashmere :# Isl
Cashmere, that unobtrusive, graceful,
hanging material, conspicuously the
gentlewoman' S fabric, is with us again,
and word of warning as to the puppies
and blues may not be out Of place. "a
late purchase at reliable shop after
being made up somewhat extensively
was found after one wearing to be stain
ed down the front breadth with some
drops Of water that had accidentally
fallen upon it. Moral, apply water tests
to samples of the cashmere before pur-
chase
OrnithOlogy as 'S3s3
Tommy Is bat's a bird, ain it, ma?
Ma Yes, Tommy. sz.
Tommy An it s great deal bigger'n
/ q eagle, min T it, ma?
Ma hat makes You think 90. my
boy?
Tommy Cause ! heard Pc say he an
Mr.. Jinkins was on ones last night.
Richmond Dispatch.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
BULLET PROOF.

A Chicagoan claims to have woven a
pllant Fabric the chief merit OF which
lies in its power to prevent the pas
sage of bullet through it's web The
inventor is certain that he has sue
ceeded with his bullet-proof cloth He
has placed 1t upon dummy and fred
bullets at close range and they have
either been ilattened or have dropped
the fabric having been impervious.
once upon time an inventor, elud-
ing all the guards that surrounded the
headquarters of the British army
made his way into the presence OF the
duke OF Wellington, then in London
at the horse guards. He boldly al.
dressed MS grace, asserting yolubly
that he had brought with him A
cuirass absolutely bullet proof and
asked its adoption by the army az a
means OF preserving life in battle.
Annoyed at the intrusion of the
busybCdy, the duke CURLY asked his
visitor II he had the curass with him.
and, hnding that he had ordered him
to put It on. This having been &C
complished, the duke directed the in
yentor to take his place at The other
end OF the room. We will shortly see Z"
he said, whether there is real IA, Ri
in your invention Orderly, aim your
piece at this fellow in the corner and
when ! count three fire. One" There
was no need to 90 further. L0ng le-
fore IL would have been possible to
announce three the inventor and his
.bullct-proof cuirass were tar from
any possibility Of harm from that or
derly's bullet
Which only goes To prove the truth
of the old adage that the proof u, the
budding Is in the eating.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.

Frederick Pleusser, the pioneer jew
eler of Milwaukee, died Sunday night
frCm stroke of paralysis, aged SO
years He settled in Milwaukee in
1910. He was wealthy and eccentric
George s. Kaime who has been in
Jail at Mauston since September,
charged with manslaughter, was ad.
mitted to bail on his own recognizance
in obedience to the mandate of the
supreme court made on the 18th inst,
The funeral of Danie Tiedeman
took place in Mauston. Tiedeman was
the police officer recently shot by burg
lars whom he was attempting 10 arrest
at Omaha Neb. His parents are
omong the Oldest settlers of Juneau
county. For the last nine years he
has been on the police force at Omaha.
A memorial chapel in honor of Rev.
Joseph Boehm, who died four years
ago, was dedicated in Eau Claire, A
procession of 1900 members IF Catho-
| lie societies, escorted Bishop Schwe-
bach to the chapel, where 5000 wit
messed the ceremonies The remains
were placed in the vault with solemn
ceremonies,
August, the 20-year-old son of Bates
Bechaud, the wealthy brewer, dropped
dead while playing bail in Fond du
Lac. When he did not rise, other
| players ran to his side and found him
unconscious. A physician was called.
I tut life was extinct. He was popular
and a member of the Fond du Lac
/ turnVerein. He was also captain OF
! the hall team in which he was play
( ing
! Capt j. II. Marston was honored by
/ the trustees of the Wisconsin veterans
home at Waupaca Friday Capt. Mars
ton retired from the board of trustees
after ten years of service rs member
and as president After making his
farewell speech one of the members
in speech thanked Capt. Marston for
! his courteous work as their presiding
officer and presented him with a gold
headed cane,
1 ne pOpullStS or MILWAUKEE, are
making a vigorous protest against the
use of Professor Fislk's text book on
civil government in the Milwaukee
Public schools. The passages particu-
larly objected to in the book are those
referring to the issuance of green
backs during the civil war, wherein
the professor says civilized nations
have come to look upon the issuance
of paper money as a crime Robert
Schilling, secretary of the state cen
trail committee of the peoples party
and fusion nominee fer congress 1T
the last general election, says the
school directors ought to kick Mr..
Fisks false teachings out Of the
school"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
GLEANINGS FROM SCIENCE.

Shooting stars are supposed to be
small meteors encountered by the
earth in the progress OF their circula-
ticn round the sun
Winds occurring in the vicinity Of
large rivers partake Of the good
quality Of sea-breczes. but do not con-
tain 50 much ozone or salin5 matter
These brcczes are said 10 be rarely
higher than four hundred feet above
the surface
The progress Of stellar phf Biography
ls well eXemplifed in the case Of the
timer satellites Of Uranus. which, al
though they are among the most diff
cult Of an nave during the past year
been successfully photographed
Experiments with q new explosive
called ocraste. which Is 70 dynamite
as 100 70 70 have recently been made
IN Austria, and are said 70 have sue
caeded so wei that the invention has
been purchased for military purposes
exclusively
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
TOBACCO.
The Situation as 1t Exists in Oar
Nicotine Belt

Milton, Wis, June l5.-This locality
is now being favored with better
weather for tobacco plants than at
any time during the season. Recent
showers, coupled with the rays of sun
light, that have no Arctic zephyrs up
the sleeves" are pushing plants along
rapidly. In this immediate vicinity
transplantng will begin a eek hence
but in other parts of the tobacco
region, where the soil is lighter and
quicker, growers have begun setting
and the coming week will see a large
acreage planted With the advent of
machinery for transplanting came
81 eat change in tobacco setting. Prior
to that time shower and an army of
men and boys were a necessity in set
ting out Wisconsin's tobacco crop,
as the plants had to be put in while the
ground was yet moist, but now the
grower bitches team to his machine,
two men ride and drop the plants
with great rapidity. There is no wait
ing for rain, in fact, machine trans
planting cannot be successfully done
VI here the soil is wet However some
growers still do the work by hand
but ii is conceded to be more expensive
and in the opinion of most tobacco
men, does not give any better salts
faction nor produce in any way bet
ter crop.
There are no transactions report ed
from any of the local markets that are
worthy of note and the trade seems to
De at a standstill with little prospect
for immediate improvement. The New
York market reports few transactions
in domestic leaf, but the demand for
binders is strong and values remain
firm. This is to the interest of Wis
cCnsin holders of leaf. If it be true as
the buyers all claim, that this state
produces only binder crops. An in
CURRY is reported in that market for
% Wisconsin, but there is but little
prospect OF many sales being made
until the crop goes through the sweat
and is sampled and its quality and con
diticn determined, except to specula-
tors, who are few and far between
just at present and not In financial
condition to make investments. The
only sale of Wisconsin noted is that Of
400 cases of SO at cents, the
price indicating that the goods
were either filters of low grade
ste ok probably the former.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
WHAT HART DID.
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL PROB
ING AT WAUKESHA.
w. F. Angevine Is the First Witness
for the ion-Superintend-
ent Furnishes Severely.

Waukesha, June 10 Monday the
state board of control began its inyes-
tigation of the charges against Supt.
}. g. Hart of the Wisconsin industrial
school for boys. Judge Lyon presided.
President Heg explaining that he him
self would not be able to attend every
meeting of the board during the inves-
tigation. The persons petitionIng for
the investigation are represented by
Attorneys f. w. Chain of Waukesha
and Lynn s. Pease of Milwaukee.
Supt Hart is represented by Attorney
Ernst Merton. A stenographer takes
down all the testimony. The inyesti-
CATION began at II a. m, w f. Ang4,
vine being the first witness. Attorney
Pease conducted the direct examina-
tiCn.
Angevine swore that he served as
assistant steward of the institution
from August /, to November 10. 1895.
He told of seeing several boys horse
whipped by perintendent Hart in
his office One was a boy who had
been out of the hospital only few
days. On another occasion he said he
saw Hart kick a boy sever,. times in
the back and side, the boy being
q ouched down in a corner of the Of
fee at the time. He afterward Kicked
the boy as he showed him through the
door, He told of the barrel punish
ment and OF the boys being confined
in badly ventilated cells
The barrel punishment consisted of
forcing boy to carry around barrel
on his shoulders for hours at a time.
One end Of the barrel was knocked out
and hole cut through the other end
large enough TO allow the head to go
through. This was placed on the boy
in such a way that his hands and arms
We're imprisoned and he could do moth
ing to ease the weight from his shout
ders, which became sore after carrying
the instrument of cruelty for any
length of time.
Angevine testified that the whipping
was done on some occasions with a
carriage whip, and on others with n
blacksnake whip with a plated lash.
The whipping was severe in each in
stance. The witness testified that from
fifteen to twenty-five blows We're
struck.
When the witness told the story of
the kicking he said that Mrs Hart and
other women were present, and that
Mrs Hart begged her husbar d to stop
kicking the boy. The witress said that
on one occasion, W., Sept. 49, 1895, d
boy came to him III the Office and re-
ported that while he had been st work
in a cornfield, one of the employees
made indecent proposals to him, and
he (the witness) made an immediate
report to Supt Hart Hart said he
did not believe the story and 50 far as
the witness knows, no investigation
was made. Three other boys after
wards confirmed the report to the wit
ness. The employee against whom the
charge was made remained at the i1,-
stitution until the witness left there
two months later
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
OSHKOSH MAN HONORED.
Is Chosen Professor IN the Nebraska
University.

Lincoln. Neb June 1.-THE board
of regents Of the University OF Nebras-
ka has adhered to it's action last
April in dismissng Prof. Herbert X.
Wolfe from the chair Of philosophy,
At the April meeting such action was
decided upon and notice given, but it
raised such an upfoar among students
and supporters of the college and So
many protests were filed that the or
der, il was announced by his friends
would be rescinded The ability Of
Prof Wolfe was not In question, but
Il was charged he was a disturbing
element in the university. advising
students TO abandon studies under
other professors and teaching doctrines
opposed by the chancellor and regents.
He had been warned TO dasist. bat was
rebellious and defiant Supporters Of
the dismissed professor charge that
politics played a part This 81 denied
by Chancellor Maclean and the re-
gents. Prof A Ross fIill Of G'hkos D.
Wis. has been elected 10 the chair Of
philosophy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
THE BATTLE OF THE SKIRTS.
VIII You Wear Plain or Trimmed
One on the Wheel?

The battle OF the skirts has taken the
was fought out TO tho bitter end some
months ago. and opinions are divided
80 to which will attain the supremacy
the plain or the trimmed skirt
In the meantime however, the skirt
has gained decisive victory over tho
cycling boomers and all the smartest
wheelwomen now are wearing plain
skirts. cut short enough to display TIE
neatest pair Of shoes
Such gown has perfectly hanging
skirt and smartly cut coat Of gray
alapaea. narrowly bound with blue
SILK while there is a fascinating
glimpse afforded Of blue striped silk
skirt. with a little. rufTed frill while
Of course the inevitable celnture puts
in an appearance
Opinions are divided and though
some Of our eleganteg are bedecking
their skirts with many little foamy
fTills others there are who remain
faithful TO the old Iavorite. a typical
skirt has on a background Of soft pink
glace silk .wo little frills outlined by
black velvet baby ribbon, and needed
by putting Of chiffon caught IN here
and there BY sundry little bows Of
velvet which are connected with the
waist by line strips again Of velvet
The bodice is trimmed IN the Same
way. and the prettiest Of effects can
he secured BY using chiffon in two
shades Of pink while an even more
rose-leaf appearance could be effected
by utilizing leaf-green velvet Black
velvet though Is more strictly FASH
ionable
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17
THE SUMMER GIRLS SOUVENIRS.
How She Can Dispose Of Them to
Artistic Advantage in the Home.

The girl who comes back to town
laden with souvenirs need not despair
They need not be piled upon the closet
shelf, not bit Of It. II she Is an
II genious young person each and
every one of them may be utilized In
decorating her rooms.
II she has spent her vacation at the
seashore then let her FIT mp one corner
of her room in a manner Suggestive or
| the sea. Let the corner be divided
! from the rest Of the room by fish net
draperies. and let the pole from which
they hang be either an oar or paddle
which she has used herself. or one
made to order for this special purpose.
Cover the walls of the corner with
pictures of the place where her vaca-
ton was spent-special hooks of her
own finding and snap shots of the
views which she loved best. These
may be framed with shells. or just
mounted on green water-color paper,
decorated with beautiful bits Of sea-
weed
The corner must have n couch, COW
cred with denim the color of the sea,
and banked with pillows in the shape
Of large shells and anchors In this
corner all her souvenirs may find
mace. and great will be her enjoyment
In arranging 1t.
II she has been among the mountains
or In the North Woods during her va
cation she may still have summer
souvenir corner. which will possess
throughout the winter many possibili-
ties Of sweet reyeries and happy day
dreams.