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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19
THE OLD BOWL AT "MT. AIRY"


been preserved in O. rare, prlValeIy -piI'-
cd book, ul Nlcu'ii7 81. Jo-'' 'N''' .'
English diplomatist who was in this coun-
try iu May lS2. The writer tells us now
lc yielded To- the earnest invitation OF
Colonel John Tayloc to Visit lhe cn''t
family seat i'm Virginia, called Ml Any
sc.u1ted Jon what is known aa ,"t NoilA-
ern Neck. about lli miles SCUM OF VI 's"-
iugt0n and occupied ny lht 7e-oHd So''
William, who farms llus e7-iit-N N,.'
extensive one of more IMAM h."O acres
Mr. Baker reached Mt. Any ~ a1'ul
o'clock I'm the afternoon OF "a soil Ma|
day, and 'met with q very KIND reception
from Mrs William IdNloe ana iHt I"'i'a
there" AIr. Tayloe was absent ai
race.' but joined his guest ana lHe
ladies' while stro-ins over INC 6l'ueu
before toa.' The mex, morning ne iouhd
Ca large number az breakfast. 1ha meal
over. the presence OF the gentlemen was
required at the club on the course $50
the entertainment of tho stranger was
gam turned over I'D 90.
ha,f-past twelve. after taking luncheon.
all repaired TO the race-couiAe-iH " I..-
on the MT. AIRY estate lhe'o '"g w.
met Major Joseph Lewis OF l%'u'o""
county. whose horse. Id'ler son OF ut.
Thornton's. was matched against greg
or Air' lay, -.S t,o No. botb heats. two
,.,,i-. o.,
The writer was evidently much I'M
pressed with the Virginia laAiea' nc PC.
marks upon the beauty OF NOSE ne say"
at the race, and does not lal TO I',o'-
the fact that 'that evening ne lo 'o,N. "
walk with the ladies' 10 me p'uA, "'l-.-i
was 'thickly wooded ana VIZ . ilo c.I
many me ue,'' i-. ,t. 49,. s.,7
lowing notes descriptive OF 'He nous .,. " NV.
grounds. MT. Airy mouse was o"ll' %.
Mr. William Tayloes SrahdidlieI' OF
sandstone FOUND In the nelenDornooo.
Handsome elevation, with Two square
wings connected boy covered ways Large
han in centre. through the house up-
stairs. a long gallery with iamly p'i-
uaits-thc C0rbins, Platers, ETC. me con-
servatory large. with orange an" ieN.'I
trees put ont I'm the grass. An EXTENSIVE
garden, IN squares ana terraces az, cue
20 the custom OF the perlol' III lIoIl1
lawn planted, and terrace win mowers h
pcdestals."
The collection Of OLD PORTRAITS mentioned
bv the visitor. SIS an exceedingly interest
lng one. Among tho personages 20 be
found I'm this company Of "courtly ladies'
OF brocade" who have long since ceased
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19
pcIIrhtfuI Excur.ion PROMISED.

Thu Ladies Auxiliary OF the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers vii give
An excursion 20 Oid Point ard BUCK Rec
geash Oh Thursday. June ma. The ,Fsin
will leave the y. & o. Depot ~ seven
tenth aud Broad s.rsss AZ tS s'oloex
returning leaves Buck Roe Bsseh ct
o'clock.
A day Of rare enjoynsas 10 susSAstssA
T1ckess will 10 Cor sale az the train.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

Sims Reeves. the veteran tenor. who
reaches tho age OF eighty years In Sep
tember next, Is 10 have testimonial BEN
eft In London. supplemented In ncnest
British fashion by a special subscription
OF oouads. ahli.inss anS pence.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
Saved by q Cat.

Sir Edward Osborne, lord mayor of
London in his time, bought an ancient
house in Yorkshire, and sent his chill
dren thither. There were two boys. The
elder dutifully obeyed when summoned
to his lessons one morning in turret,
but the younger, lettering, ''happed to
light upon a cat which he delighted to
pray with and crept after her to catch
her under table in the room, which
was covered over with carpet hanging
down to the floor" Thus he disappear
ed, and next instant terrible rush Of
wind overthrow the turret, in which
his brother and the tutor sat at work,
crushing them to death. Surprising that
both her sons were there, the mother
fell into commissions, and we imagine
the scene. One Of the maids, running
in q distracted manner from room to
room, caught sight Of the small boy
peeping from under the table, with the
cat in his arms, snatched him up and
bore him in ecstasy to his mother, he
only crying, IT pray thee, pray thee,
do not whip me!'' So it may be said
that the Duke of Leeds now owes his
existence to a cat.-Pall Mall Gazette.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
A Thrifty Scotchrnan.

swell, James, how are you feeling
today?" said the minister to one of his
parishioners, an old man suffering from
chronic rheumatism. 75"You are not
looking as brisk as usual - &
~ ''Na, sir, - replied the old fellow sad
~, "I've been gey unfortinit the day"
elbow. James?" ~.
"Weel, sir, got a letter fra Glas-
ca lawyer body this mornin, tellin me
tina ma cousin Jock was .deid, an that
he had left me twa hummer poun'.''
1.-TWO hundred pounds r. repeated the
minister. "And you call that hard luck?
Why, it is quite fortune for You,
James. -
s}'r'Ay,''' said the old man sorrowfully,
but the ssipid lawyer body dinna pit
eneuch stamps on his letter, an ! had q
hale saxpeEce to pey for extra postage. =
Lewiston journal.
From His Point OF View.
But you confess, father, > protested
the beautiful girl, when the father
showed Indications Of desire to with
hold his consent, that you do not know
Of single solitary thing that is in the
least derogatory to his reputation. =
That's just it, +" replied the old gem
tleman / don t like the idea Of bring
| ing any one into my family who is SO
Internally sly as all that. - Chicago
Post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
zo1a's Proposed Lecture Tour.

1t is reported that NJ. lola has agreed
to come to the United States and deliver
about Is lectures, relating probably to
anti Semitism in France and to the trials
of Dreyfus and himself The arrange
ment is asserted to have been made with
Mr.. Edmund Gerson Of New York and
to have followed Immediately upon the
decision of the French government to
grant M. lola an appeal from the SEN
tence Of imprisonment lately pronouno-
ed upon him. An interesting detail Of
this report is that q sum approaching
$50, 900 is promised to NJ. lola for his
visit. One could wish perhaps that that
detail had been omitted. M. lola would
undoubtedly excite great interest here
and would draw full houses, but he
most interests Americans at present in
his character, lately assumed, Of patriot
and protestant against prejudice and in
Justice, and interest based on grounds
of that sort is hardly suitable for con-
version into cash. 1t is possible, how
ever, that his recent experiences have
been costly, and that he has more than
ordinary need Of money. Harper's
Weekly. ST. 3sssSs 4 ST. III, & ssss,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
NEW YORK 1 AMI ORDS..
Let Their Houses Remain Vacant While
Demanding HiRh Rentals.

] Rev
Let Their Houses Remain vacant Whiie
Demanding High Rentals. .s
"A newcomer who has been looking
for a home nest large senough to accom-
modate out Of town furniture remarked
today !: \. w hats the matter with rents
in this town anyway? I see thousands
of fats atd Offices tenantless, but as
most of them are beyond my means I'm
curious to know why the landlords
don t come down peg or two and give
q poor fellow a chance to locate within
reasonable reach of his business. = And
SO are others. A friend of mine up in;
Harlem is one Of three occupants Of a
flat house built for ten. The seven apart
ments have been empty a year, but the
agent refuses to lower the rent when
any one of the three threatens to change
his address, nor will he scale down the
monthly figure in order to fill the va
can't and proftless rooms. And this
isn't a solitary case of this sort, by any
means. Another real estate agent has
been holding a row of fine flats for
nearly three years because nobody feels
like squandering $1,000 on any one Of
them. If he had knocked off $500, he
could have rented every one Of them.
just WY the metropolitan landlord
prefers loss to gain is one Of the secrets
Of the real estate business that outsid-
ers can only juggle with mentally.
Another peculiar feature of the bust
ness is the way in which the tenants
who can put up good bluff manage to
enjoy all the comforts Of an up to date
home without paying scarcely anything
for the privilege. know one man here
who doesn't pay over $500 year for a
5000 fiat. He got behind in his rent,
and then he jollied the janitor, who did
the collecting. The janitor, in turn,
smoothed down the landlord, and as a
result the tenant got in deeper and deep.
er. Now he pays a months rent once
in while and puts up such bold front
that he gets receipt on his promises.
In the same house is another tenant
who pays $65 month, but he shuts up
his apartments for two months every
summer and goes seward. He fatty re-
fuses to pay rent while doing the grand.
and the landlord hasn't as yet done
thing to him. Still another high flier
puts up $75 month for the pick of the
premises. He's in about four months
now, but as yet care hasn't carved any
wrinkles on his broad brow. All of
which leads to the conclusion that rents
are high here in order to cover losses of
the sort cited.-New York Letter in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
BRITISH IN AMERICA.

It Is Estimated That They Own Twenty
Million Acres Here.
How much property do British sub
jects own in America? The aggregate,
based on absolute facts, is known to be
at least 30, 600, 600 acres, asserts Tit
Bits q 81. IS ISL ~ d 4
The largest Of all is probably the Tex
as possession of the syndicate which
includes in its membership the Dukes
of Beaufort and Rutland, Earl Cad
and the Baroness Burdett- Coutts. Ii.
The total amount of land held by this
association is 8, 500, 900 acres. It is, as
Is the case with most Of the Texas land,
largely composed of what is called
range country that is, land that is
better adapted for cattle raising than
anything else. s1:aSfE
Cattle and wheat are what the Brit
tsh investor seems to think money
should be made on in the United States.
That is why the syndicate represented
by the British capitalist Vincent Soully
owns 3, 900, 900 acres Of land in Nebras-
ka, Iowa and Illinois. This property is
situated in the heart of the wheat grow
Ing section. 49, =$$z.* T z. Z - eialf T..
Two American girls, who now wear,
by virtue Of their marriage with Eng.
lish peers, two Of the highest British
titles-the Duchess of Marlborough and
Lady Randolph Churchill interest
ed with Sir Edward Reed in syndi-
cate that owns 2,OO0,O 900 acres situated
in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mex
leo. This is purely a cattle country, and
on it range thousands of head Of live
stock.
There is another syndicate which in
cludes among it's membe the Earl of
Dalhousie, as we'll as Viscountess Cross,
Lady Hamilton Gordon, the Marquis
Cholmondeley and several others.
There is a holding in still different
part of the country, for the lands of the
syndicate comprise 10000 acres in
Mississippi, including cotton planta-
lions, acres and acres of sugar cane and
enough swine to stock 1000 farms. +
Lord Tweeddale is a syndicate in
himself and owns 100000 acres.
Like most individual land owners with
large holdings, his property includes
vast territory which, like that of the
syndicate spoken of, includes immense
tracts of grazing lands. Nearly all of
this immense possession is devoted to
stock.-St. Louis Republic.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
THE CLERKS MISTAKE.
Thought She Was q Hayseed Because Sh
Ordered Kerosene Lamp.

Thought She Was q Hayseed Because She
Ordered Kerosene Lamp.
Just after the night clerk had come
on at the hotel and curled his mustache
to his liking his attention was called to
business 81. Il
"Kerosene lamp for 237," requested
bellboy.
"Kerosene lamp?" echoed the clerk
as he whirled the register about. "Let
me see. Blondly and wife of Plunker-
vile in 237. thought so. Never been
in first class hotel before. Go back and
show them how to use the electric light.
Wonder they didn't send for tallow
CANDLE" and the clerk took several of
the corridor loungers into his confidence.
LADY says if this hotel can't afford
a lamp to send up gas stove and send
it quick" said the bellboy, who had
made the round trip in phenomenal
time. "she acts pretty hot"
"Pretty cold, should think. Go back
there and open the register, show the
lady how to use the water faucets and
how to turn off the electricity. Thank
the Lord, she can't blow it out
The next word from 237 came with a
rush. It was brought by vision Ct
loneliness, dressed in bewitching STYLE
her face flushed and her blue eyes throw
ing off sparks. "Make out our bill and
receipt it at once, she said as her dain-
ty foot beat time on the marble thing.
''But, Mrs. Blondly''- ~...~.. 1922,
"Attend to my order, sir IncAnde in
your bill a carriage and an express wag-
on to transfer us and our things and
tell Mr.. Blondly when he comes in that
he will find US at the other house, where
we will spend the rest of tn season.
| Understand, we must go at once. ]
want to go to hotel where it will be
possible to warm some milk for baby
before the little angel starves to death. -
Then the loungers had fun with the
clerk, and the best he could muster was
a sickly grin.-Buffalo News. ~. 2, =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11

n Paris one person IN is lives On
charity.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
RICHES IN TRIPLES.

Some Big Fortunes That Have Come From
Little Inventions. >r~S.-~... .
It has become almost an axiom with
the majority that larger fortunes are to
be raised from some simple invention
than from difficult and expensive inyen-
tions that involve great outlay of
money to manufacture. This is, to a
sertain extent true A certain Ameri-
can patent for fastening kid gloves has
yielded a fortune of several hundred
thousand dollars for it's fortunate owner,
and the inventor of a collar clasp enjoys
$40, 1000 royalty year as the reward
for his endeavor. A new kind of sleeve
button has made $4,000 in five years
for it's patentee, and the simple twisting
of safety pins in such way that there
is no possible danger of the point stick
ing in the child promises to enrich it's
owner beyond any of his early dreams
of wealth. A man one day turned
piece of wire SO as to hold a cork more
securely in bottle and forthwith some
body saw brilliant idea and patented
the modern wire stopper holder, which
is now used annually on several million
bottles. The accidental bending of a
hairpin by woman to prevent it from
sliding out Of her hair so easily produc-
ed fortune for her husband, who i'm
mediately saw the possibilities of a
crinkled hairpin for women.
Instances could be multiplied indef-
nitely of large fortunes being made from
small inventions, but fortunately for
those inventors who make life study
Of intricate problems of mechanics and
disdain to waste their talents upon
trivial, popular articles of the day
there is often also ample reward held
in store for the products that take years
to produce and which 11ovolutionize ex-
listing methods Of industry and me-
chanics.
Edison has reaped honors and riches
of a princely character from his discov-
cries; Mccormick has realized in his
reaper the fortunes of millionaire; the
Corliss engine brought honors and dec
orations to it's inventor and enabled
him to amass great fortune in few
years; Professor Bell found in his tele.
phone not only the contamination of his
early hopes and ambitions, but sub
stantial pecuniary reward; harveyized
steel armor has become synonymous
with the inventors name, and it brings
an annual income of huge proportions
to it's discoverer; Elias Howe, the in
ventor Of the sewing machine, realized
over $4,000, 900 from his inventions,
and Nikola Tesla, though still young
and rich in promises, finds an abun-
dance of money in his work. George
Ethelbert Walsh in Casters Magazine.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
SARCASM BY WHISTLER.
Word Sketch Which Scored q Member of
the Hogarth Club.

Word Sketch Which Scored q Member of
the HOgarth Club.
There is in London an institution
called the Hogarth club, the member
ship of which is restricted to artists and
litterateurs. It is something on the lines
of the old Bohemian club, and both
business men and American millionaires
are strictly interdicted, Whistler is
member, and, of course, shines by his
witticisms. The lines being strictly
drawn there is always an effort being
made by some outsider to force an en-
trance, and in the case Of Baron Grant
it met with success. Grant was treble
millionaire who had made his fortune
in Turkish contracts and had invested
in an Italian title on his way back to
London. He was particularly notori.
Gus person and quite the last man whom
the Hogarths should have admitted.
However, by dint of buying pictures he
got in and proceeded to make his friends
happy. =. =
One night big dinner was organized
in his honor and Whistler invited.
Though the great artist had refused, he
happened into the club on the important
evening and a deputation Of his friends
finally persuaded him into the supper
room. He appeared, was wildly cheered
and was at once asked to make speech.
"Gentlemen," he said, 1T is on the
subject of titles I should like to speak.
There are several kinds of titles. Some
men are born into them-these are in
herited titles; others are conferred by
the sovereign and have been earned by
distinguished service; few are attrib;
utes Of the government, of the law or
of the church. All this you know,
most Of you. But a title which is not
inherited, nor yet bestowed for merit,
nor even the sign of a position, is but a
barren grant. San Francisco Wave.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
Justification.

His weakness was prevarication. His
wife detested lying and constantly urged
him to mend his ways. One morning
she said: "Will, see if you can't be per.
fectly truthful today. Don't tell lie.
Now, promised He promised and went
away to work. When he came home to
dinner, she said: y: .@.# 49, NJ
'tDear, did you keep your promise?''
Il did," he replied soberly. D.
Then he caught her in his arms.
'tDarling,'' he cried, II will not lie
to you. When I said I had kept my
promise to you, I did not tell the. truth
but, believe me. that was the only lie ]
told all day.
For % seconds she was lost in per-
plexity. Then she gave it up; the. prob.
lemswas too deep for her. New York
World. Ez# Va y af,z5 E-s .Ssi5.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
$3.50
sTHERipDLE oF5THlNGS THAT ARE

We walk in world where no man reads
The riddle Of things that are,
From tiny fern in the valleys heart
ITO the light of the largest star,
Yet we know that the pressure Of life is
hard 81 & as & & (.
And the silence Of death is deep
As we fall and rise onthe tangled way
That leads to the gate Of Sleep .s.}F, sl
We know that the problems of sin and pain
And the passions that lead to crime
Are the mysteries locked from age to age
In the awful vault of Time,
Yet we lift our weary feet and strive z5<
Through the mire and mist to grope i
And find ledge on the mount of Faith
In the morning land of Hope. (
t4&@. -Harper's Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
Knew 1t All.

by the way, Tom," said Mr.. Man
ming to his son, fresh from academic
groves, ST have been thinking the mat
ter over, and have come to the conolu-
sion that I had better go to school some-
where and that you had better take the
business and run it. IL cannot help inns
proving under the eye Of one SO gifted
as yourself. = Boston Transcript. 8
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
s33-- q II Sst7F l93i8I9 % l.I.-7- - -.
From His Point OF View.

Many Of the fruits and vegetables
now eaten in England were almost I'M
known to onr forefathars. Not until
Henry VIII s time were either raspber-
ries or Strawberries or cherries grown
in England, and we do not read Of the
turnip, caulidower and ounce being
cultivated before the sixteenth century
or the carrot before the seyente CEN
turv
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
Small Tommy's wish.

Small Tommy was very fond Of candy.
and asked. 4. Mamma, can God make
anything he wants top
''Of course he can, was the reply.
well, !" exclaimed the little llow,'
IT'D just like to see him make b stick
of candy with only one end to ut. - -
Memphis Scimitar.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11
Not Used to Frsgil, Pieces.

Mrs. Housewife Bridget, that is the
seventh piece of china that you have
broken within the last two days. .s
#s Bridget know. mum. At the last
place where worked the folks never
ate of Of amy thing but goold and sill
yer. Somerville Mass. Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-11

A Bible is now in the possession Of
the Forty sixth regiment Of Massachu-
setts upon which Washington once took.
an oath of Masonry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-17
GRAND CIRCUIT TROTS.
A Change of Jockeys Produced Good
Results.

Buffalo, Aug. 1.-THE Grand Circuit
trotters came to Buffalo today after an
absence of three years, performing on
the Fort Erie, Ontario, track, across the
river. where pool selling is permitted. The
meeting opened with two races in the
presence of about 900 persons. After
Cupran sneaked the opening heat in the
pa trot, Spinalong. the favorite, came on
and took three heats in uneventful fin
isles
The FPS pace was we'll contested. Teddy
B won the first two heats, Wilson being
cautioned by the judges for the poor
showing of the favorite, Split Silk. The
favorite came to the front in the third
heat. Split Silk broke badly in the
fourth heat, the outsider, Arbuleskan
getting it. The time was 2:20 and the
judges, suspicious of a job pulled Wilson
out of Split Silks sulkey, Burgess from
behind Teddy B and H. James from be-
hind Arbuleskan. putting up Andrews.
Mcdonald and Scott Quintin, respectively.
That the change was justified was shown
when Split Silk won the first heat in
2:151a, following with another good heat,
taking the race. Results:
2:24 Glass Trot. purse 81. 509-Spinalong
won second. third and fourth heats. Time
-2:191H, 2:1Slz. 2:20. Cupram won first
heat in PISA Wilkes Ross third. Angelina
and Lady Allerton also started.
2:2S Glass. Pacing, purse $1,5OG-Split
Silk won third, fifth and sixth heats. Time
-2:14%, 2:1513, PIG. Teddy won first
and second heats. Time-2:15A, 2:1f5
Arbuleskan won fourth heat in 2:20 and
Edward o and Fire Guilt also started.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-17
CUNNING MURDER MYSTERY.
State Chemist Will Analyze the
Poisoned Candy.

Dover. Del, Aug. 16.-There were no
additional developments today in the
direction of clearing of the mystery
surrounding the deaths of ex-COngress-
man Pennington's two daughters. Mrs.
]. p. Dunning, formerly of San Fran
cisco, and Mrs. J. d. Deane of this city
The first steps in obtaining an analy-
sis of the candy were taken today,
when a portion was placed in the
hands of State Chemist Kolfe at New
ark, Del.
A report was in circulation that there
was a doubt about the candy having
been mailed in San Francisco. This
is erroneous. There is no doubt what
ever. The package bears the postmark
of that office. The box did not come
as third-class matter, but was mailed
at letter rate postage. hence the use of
the postoffice mark, which. it is under
stood, is not usually placed on mail
matter stamped with the lower rates
At the coroner's inquest this morning
DIR. T. r. Wolfe. state chemist OF Della
three pieces of the candy sent TO Mrs.
Dunning and found it contained large
quantities Eof arsenic. One piece of the
arsenic. he stated, was as large as a pea.
and he added that there was enough of
the poison in the three pieces of candy to
kill four persons. The jury rendered a
verdict of death from poison at the hands
of persons unknown. The state authOri-
ties will begin an investigation tomorrow.