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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
A Shrewd Surnise.

The professor, who by the way was
Of Irish extraction, was presiding over
the class in English literature.
"What are the meaning and deriva-
ton of the word 'impediment?'
p. impeachment from the Latin pc
des, meaning feet is something in
the way; literally in the way Of the
feet. -
Every well. Some one give me sen.
tence using the word correctly
'He had an impediment in his
speech.
That quickly retorted the profess.
or, with the flash on his face which al
ways heraleed his wit, Unjust have
been the man who never opened his
mouth without putting his foot in it. q
Pearson Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
A SELFISH SHAH.
The High Prices of Persian Lamb Capes
Accounted For.

The High Prices of Persian Lamb Capes
Accounted For.
The shah of Persia may be only in
the $50 class in matters of diplomacy
and he does not dare exactly to slap
Queen Victoria or Kaiser Wilhelm on
the back when the potentates chance to
meet, but, so far as matters in Persia
are concerned, when the shah makes
law it is generally enforced to the letter.
A case in point may be cited in the
matter of Persian lambskin Persian
lambskins are and have long been all
article Of staple demand in the COM
mercial world. They have commanded
such good prices that the supply was
hardly equal to the demand Conse-
quently, when the shah one day ordered
spring lamb with mint sauce, the cook
was obliged to confess that the dish was
beyond the command Of the Persian
treasury. Of course the cook was
promptly beheaded, but the shah could
not find another cook who would agree
to furnish spring lamb whenever his
majesty desired to indulge in that deli
cacy.
This naturally irritated the shah.
After consulting with three or four of
his most trusted advisers, who could see
no way out of the difficulty and who
consequently disappeared from their
homes and society in mysterious man
ner, the shah finally decided that the
commerce Of Persia was threatened by
the extinction Of Persian sheep and Per-
sian lambs Consequently he made a
decree that any person found with lamb
skins in his possession for purposes of
trade or commerce would be fined heav-
lily. Since then the export trade in Per-
sian lanbskins has stopped with a
blunt and nauseating jar.-Boston Ad-
Yertiser --.---. -.---- -.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
]. A Dutch Ironclad.

It is of interest to note that according
to some authorities the Dutch were the
first in the modern period Of history to
build an ironclad and that during the
siege Of Antwerp by the Spaniards in
1886 the people of that city built an
enormous fiat bottomed vessel, armored
it with heavy iron plates and thus con-
structed what they regarded as an i'm
pregnable battery. This they named
Finis Bell. Unfortunately the vessel
got aground before coming into action
and fell into the hands of the enemy. It
was held by Alexander Of Parma to the
end Of the siege as curiosity, but was
never employed by either side in any
action. Casters Magazine.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
OUR STORED UP POWER
MI. staybolt Considers Man as Built Upon
Compartment Plan.

MI. Stsybolt Considers Man as Built Upon
= Compartment Plan.
Man is, as one might say, = said Mr..
staybolt, built in series Of compart-
ments, though he may not know this
fact at the outset, and he may indeed
go through life and die without know
ing it, taking with him unused stocks
Of ability and strength that he had
never known he possessed, simply be-
cause they were never brought into
play. IA 10 what will bring their quail
titles into play men differ. There are
some few men who command them
selves, and some who open at a touch.
and then there are many who respond
only to the most urgent call. But there
are few men who cannot in some way
be moved to action.
"This brings me, for illustration, to
Ia brief consideration Of the personal
quality commonly denominated as sand.
OF which, l imagine, most of us possess
far more than we suspect, for there are
few men who finally run away-mighty
few who will not stand up and fight
when they feel that they are really call
ed upon. But our sand is in compart-
ments, and most of us, I fancy, open
only one and make that last through
life, and we die without knowing how
brave we are unless some great occa-
sion, independent of ourselves, opens
another compartment and shows us
what we really have in reserve. might
add that there are few if any revela-
lions that come to US in life that give
us greater pleasure or more enlarge our
horizon. ....... .a4~.-.....s.
''The moral of all this is that in our
good qualities we should trust ourselves
without hesitation. There are qualities,
which will easily suggest themselves,
which it would be, better to leave I'M
used, better for ourselves and for every
body else if the compartments contain
ing them were never opened, but as to
such qualities as pluck, endurance, en-
ergy, capacity and moral strength we
should call upon ourselves freely. We
should not take down with us, as other
wise we are almost certain to do, store
OF these valuable qualities untouched,
but rather we should draw upon them
now and constantly and confidently, and
SO doing we shall be gratifed with our
constant growth in strength and more
than gratified with the attending SUBJ
stantial rewards. New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22

A bar Of lead cooled to about 800 de-
grees below zero, according to an ex-
pertinent Of NJ Pietet, gives out when
struck a pure musical tone.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
THINK NOT .,GAlN OF NE.

Dark sorrows wings brood DER my soul,
And meath their baneful power
Ny hopes have withered like the dews
Upon a blooming flower.
No more I roam the realms of bliss,
From pangs of anguish free.
Thy love must meier, ne'er be mine.
Think not again of me.
When in the halls of revelry,
OF music and of mirth,
Oh, would have thee to forget
That e'er we meet on earthl
would not wreck thy bark of life
Upon an unknown sea.
Go share thy love with some fond heart
Andwaste it not on me.
The shell that is by ocean cast
Upon the sandy shore q .,.szs.
Still in its secret, deep recess s''1 - : =
Keeps echoing its roar.
So in my heart, which fate has thrown
Upon loves hidden reef,
Still echoes my lost loved ones tones
Amid my tears Of grief.
.E + 1 New York Ledger.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
THE OLD CLERK.

sented In the Business World.
He is familiar figure in almost ev-
cry business house-the old clerk.
White haired, thin, with clothes that
are always Of decent black and scrupu-
lousy brushed, he has sat behind the
same desk or stood behind the same
counter for dear knows how many
years, growing thinner and older and
MUSTER as the time went by. Some
times we meet him in the early morn
ing going down to Office or store, walk
ing the same route he has trod for 30 or
30 years with a regularity so perfect
that the very policeman on the beat
might set his watch by his movements.
Often, late at night, when we are 60
ing home from the theater we see him
through the iron grated window, still
bending over his ledger, for he works
slowly nowadays and must work over
time to make up his accounts. His eyes
are growing dim and he fumbles with his
glasses, his hands are losing their trick
Of deft Penmanship and his brain it's
swiftness. He does not understand it,
but the fly boys all about him, young
enough to be his sons, rush through
their tasks and are out and gone while
ne is still laboring over his. Slowly but
surely it is being borne in on him that
he cannot compete with them.
In the managers Office he is already
becoming problem. Customers have
begun to complain Of his slowness. A
man, not Intentionally cruel, called out
that he wanted somebody who was alive
to wait on him; not that old fossil. A
woman complained that he had not
matched sample and asked why they
kept blind people, The old clerk heard
them, and it sounded like the knell of
his own foreboding thoughts. He knows
that the time is coming when he must
go. He has seen it happen before with
others. First he will be retired to some
other department., with less work and
less pay. They will remember for a
time the many years of faithful service
in which he has seen the firm grow from
small beginnings to present wealth.
Then after time they will forget
even that and one day when he has
been slower than usual or some mis-
take has passed unnoticed by his dim
eyes they will send for him to come to
the presidents room, and he will be
told that they think it best to put a boy
in that department-somebody who is
young and quick and can get about
swiftly. Sometimes they give him a
little pension, oftener not, but in Ell
Their case he goes out poor, heart bro
ken old man. They talk to him of en-
joying leisure, but he has never learned
the art of idling, and so he hangs about
the store after he is dismissed, walk
ing by it through sheer force Of habit.
To others it is a commonplace enough
store or Office. To him it is the mauso-
leum where lies buried his youth, with
all it's dreams and hopes and ambitions,
. and there is a tear under the smile on
his wintry old face as he says that he
has left Blank & Blanks and has got
too old to work,vNew Orleans Plea
VI1na
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
Surrounding the Obstacle.

Her Papa I'm afraid, young man,
that you and my daughter would not be
happy together. You might get along
all right for long time and agree on
important matters, but what would hap.
pen when the little things came TO Wor-
~? ss
Her Lover Veil -er-we could hire q
nurse. New York journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22
What She Heard at Church.

He-I suppose your thoughts were all
on your new bonnet during the sermon
this morning?
She No, indeed, they were not.
II don't believe you can repeat any
thing that was said during the service. ;"
Eyes, I can. I heard lady behind
me say, .Isn tit stunning?' - New Or
leans Times Democrat
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22

Opinion is light, vain, crude and
imperfect thing settled in the magma.
ton, but never arriving at the under
standing, there to obtain the tincture
Of reason. Ben Jonson.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-22

Underground London contains 8, 900
miles Of sewers, 81, 900 miles Of tele-i
graph wires, 4, $50 miles Of water
mains, $500 miles Of gas pipes, all def
nitely fixed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27

by midnight on February Sd the steamer
had on board 53S head of reindeer 4l8
sleds, and oil sets of reindeer harness,
together with 40 Lapp, 10 Finn, and Is
Norwegian reindeer herders and drivers,
making, with their families, 1l3 emil
grants.
SIX BRIDAL COUPLES.
Among the Lapps were six bridal cou-
pies, who had been married a few days
before leaving home. one Of these
couples was of the mature age Of 40 and
80 years. The youngest couple was 26
and % years. The couple with the
great disparity of ages was IL and q.
The youngest bride was % years Of age.
Among the Laps was man OF p mar
ried to a woman of 90. In the COM
pany was a Samuel Johannesen BALTIC, a
Lapp, who crossed Greenland with Nam
sen, for which he received q silver medal
from Oscar H., King Of Sweden and Nor
way. There was also Johan Peter Stalo-
Cargo, Finn, who has the distinction
of being the northernmost mail-carrier
in the world. having for eight years car
ried the mail on his back to North Cape,
Norway, travelling on Skees or Norwe-
eian snow shoes. There are twelve
others in the company who have had ex-
perlence IN carrying the mail with REIN
deer teams across the mountains, cam
ons. and tundra of Arctic Lapland. The
distinguished man of the company among
the Norwegians was Mr.. OLAF Paulsen.
who has received three prizes. two
medals. and silver pitcher. from King
Oscar III. for skill In rifle shooting.
AT a. NJ, February 4th, the anchor
was hove and the Manitoban steamed
out 20 sea. Off the cost Of Iceland nine
DAYS gale was encountered during the
continuance of which but little progress
was made. In the storm one OF the
boats was wrenched from the davits.
stove In. and broken I'D. The reindeer
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27

proved good sailors. During the storm
100 head that were in pens on the hurri-
cane deck were constantly wet with salt
spray. One day. with sea after sea
sweeping the deck, they could not be
reached TO be fed. But one out OF the
53S died during the passage, and he died
from injuries received in fighting. The
health of the emigrants was good. saving
the usual sea-sickness.
The usual method OF reindeer freiShting
is 10 fasten ten reindeer and ten sleds
tandem, each deer being tied TO the rear
end of the sled in front OF him. These
ten are placed in charge of one driver.
who occupied the front sled with his
sleeping bag. provisions, and clothing.
The nine sleds behind him are loaded
with freight. The usual load for each
sled is from 200 to 400 pounds weight
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
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Spread of the Patriotic Spirit.

Chicago Tribune)
How do you pronounce Don Quixote'?'
"Don Quicks-oat'i not Don Keehotay.'
If you have a spark of American blood
I'm your yeinsI
The times., 1898-02-06
LAFAYETTE.

Thomas W. Keene. the eminent
American tragedian, who appears at the
Lafayette Square Opera House all of
next week in a round of legitimate
plays. made his debut as a Shakespear-
ian star at the Boston Theater about
twenty years ago, appearing as Rich
ard III. He achieved great success as
the crooked-back tyrant and has been
identified with the character ever since.
He has not reached his present position
on the stage without hard work and the
incidental crosses which mark a sue
cessful career. 1t is only necessary to
scan his varied repertoire to show his
dramatic genius. Few men on the
stage have had the experience of Mr..
Keene. AS a member of the old Wood
Museum Company in New York and the
California Stock Company, of San
Francisco, he played everything in
progressive order from pantomime TO
the plays of Shakespeare. AS a young
man no one was more favorably known
in the two cities. The first great hit
of his life was in a dramatiZation of
Zola's Drink" In the character of a
The times., 1898-02-06

ent, her arch ways and manners, her
personal magnetism, and reasonable
vocal attainments, added to her histri-
onic abilities, make pleasing memor-
andum to those who pay and appreci-
ate their moneys worth.
Beautiful Marie Stuart, one of the
foremost of our condolences, will also
be one of the big headlines during the
week. Miss Stuart is too we'll known
to need comment Suffice it to say
that her successful three months in
New York, this season, has added ad-
ditto nal laurels to her credit. Two other
top-liners are VIM. E. Hines and Miss
Earl Remington, portrayers of Coster
life. This pair of artists are we'll
known stars in the farce comedy line.
McMahon and King, in their scene of
negro life, singing, dancing and COM
edy, are also of the front rank; George
E. Austin, comedy slack-wire walker;
Harry and May Odell, in bright COM
edy sketch; Mile. Dair, in feats on the
flying trapeze; Collins and Collins, q
pair of singing and talking comedi-
ans. and several others of equal note
are on the bill. Sam. j. Adams, the
popular comedian; Keno and WEIGH,
and Billy Madden have been re-engag-
ed for the Bijou stock and. in conjunc-
ton with the full company, produce
two new local burlesquers.
The times., 1898-02-06
National.

There will probably be succession
of big audiences at the New National
Theater this week TO see MIR. Sol Smith
Bachelors Romance" and his new
. triple bill. There is an air of pure
ness and freshness about the 'Bache-
lor'' which is most charming, and
which is seldom met with on the
stage The story of the piece is a most
ingenious one but in its working out
more than in the story itself is the
merit centered. Mr.. Russell and his
feIlow-players have given their best
efforts TO the production. and the re-
suit is charming entertainment. Mr.
Russell. as is his wont, has quaint
character in David Holmes, the editor
and critic of the Review, and his love
for his ward forms the theme of the
narrative. The ideas of stage effect
and settings are most changed from
what we are accustomed to see. the
element of naturalism entering largely
into everything. The actors do not
appear as stage folks. but are part
of the surroundings in which they are
placed. and into which they fit natu-
rally Mr.. Russelis 5 work is a charm
ing mixture of the elements of comedy
and pathos.
"A Bachelors Romance" will be Civ
en- on Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day. and at the Wednesday matinee.
On Thursday and Friday evenings Mr..
Russell will appear in q new bill con-
siSting of tire one-act gem Mr.. Nalen-
tines Christmas" in which Mr. Rus
The times., 1898-02-06

edy, drama. farce or what not. have
an abiding faith in the ability Of Man
ager AfonSon's leading lady She has
all the precision of a true artist the
drollery of a careful student of comedy
and a certain quick wit that could on
~ be perfectly natural. We did not ap-
preciate Miss HasIam when she was
with Frederic Bond, at the National.
and now we are glad to have chance
to tell her what we think of her.
Having devoted some time and space
to praising our Friends OF Last
Week" / come to the unpleasant neces-
sity of criticiZing the work Of Isabelle
irving, who was with John Drew al the
Lafayette There is no malice in the
review, and if it is said with unbecOm-
ing frankness, in places. let me urge in
extenuatfon that | was forced to watch
her acting for three whole hours the
other night There is no doubt of the
faet that Miss irving has in her the
qualities that go to make an admir-
able actress. but she certainly does not
snow them in "A Marriage OF Convent
ence- The extreme shaIlOHness Of the
play is reflected uupleasantly in her
Characterization and portrayal of the
part OF the Comtesse de CandaIe and
her occasional ingenuity hardly made
up Tor the long lapses into stiffness and
1eints at emotional acting Isabelle
irving taking lesson in flirting from
her maid was delightful: Isabelle Try
ing making arrangements to follow har
husband to the ball was artificial and
absurd. Many of her stronger lines
were merely burlesqued: and yet-and
yet. Miss Irving has shown US that she
can be wiDsCms actress. Was her
pad work last week caused by the
bllshting effect of the play? 1t is pos
sible: but still the fact remains that
both were very bad indeed
The times., 1898-02-06
Academy

Sydney Grundy's Sowing the Wind"
will be the attraction at the Academy
of Music all this week.
This play, which is in the third year
of its career, has been talked about and
written about more than any other dra-
matte composition of recent years. Its
story is one Of marvellous interest. is
told in most fascinating way and the
plot is developed so skillfully that the
audience is kept eager and alert from
the opening scene TO the fall of the
curtain.
Ned Annesley, a dashing and attract
i've young man OF high social position,
falls in love with a London concert
singer, at the height of her professional
triumph. BrabaZon, his adopted faith
er, takes exception to the young wo-
man, whose parentage is involved in
doubt. He forbids the marriage. but
Ned manfullv remains steadfast to the
girl. A crisis arrives and Ned defies
Brabazon ana is cast off. At this juno
ture Rosamond appeals to the old man,
who hints at the cloud of her birth as
an insurmountable objection. She
pleads the injustice of holding her to
account for the sins of her parents.
She puts the designing cruelty and sell
fishness of man in the balance AGAINST
the NedkIleSS 0I NOiJdII- sSth dSdltlSl
SEX is her theme and 1t is the theme of
the play. The audience has already
discovered that BrabaZon, himself is
Rosamond's father, he having betray-
ed and deserted her mother before the
girl was born.
Brabazon, however, does not know
that Rosamond is the child of Helen
Gray his sweetheart of long ago, and
of course. Rosamond is not aware of
her relationship to BrabaZon.
The old man, recalling his own guilty
youth, tries to excuse his sex from the
charges brought against it by Rosa
mond. but the proud and talented girl
meets him at every turn with her ir-
resistible logic and drives him from
every position. IT is a splendid contest
on both sides. The battle ends with
a splendid charge and counter-charge,
and then follows the denouement, in
which father and daughter are made
aware of the whole terrible truth. No
more thrilling scene of this kind could
be imagined. This play produces
great effect, the audience laughs when |
the dramatist desires to awaken laugh |
ter: Weeps when he wishes them to |
weep: sorrows with the unfortunate |
personages he has created for sorrow; |
exlIlts over the defeat of those he lash |
es, and rejoiceS in the joy of those he |
careSSeS.
The times., 1898-02-06

drunken maniac he seemed to electrify
his audience and it brought him at once
to the first rank of American actors
Mr.. Keene is accompanied by, and un-
der the management of, that we'll
known and talented young Washington
actor, Charles b. Hanford, who occu-
pies a prominent place among the
younger American tragedians. He was
formerly with Booth and Barrett.
Madam Modjeslla and other distin-
euished stars. and later was at the
head of his own company. The other
members Of Mr.. Keene's cast are we'll
known artists of acknowledged ability
who are familiar with Shakespearean
and other classical roles. Among the
most prominent are Mrs. 5. A. Baker,
Lucia Moore, Mary Timbermann, Ma
iie Drofnah. George Morton, Carl
Ahrendt. Lawrence Lowell, Arthur
Stanford and Paul @. Taylor.
The repertoire chosen for Mr.. Keene's
engagement win be given in the follow
ing order: Monday. "Richelieu;" Tues
day and Saturday evening Richard
III:" Wednesday matinee, Louis XII
Wednesday evening. "Othello;" Thurs
day. ''Hamlet:" Friday, "The Merchant
of Venice" and Saturday matinee,
Julius Caesar" Special attention will
be given to the production of each play
to be presented, Mr.. keene carrying
with him special scenery and cos
tunes for their elaborate and correct
mounting. No more popular actor Wis
its Washington. His business in this
city has always been large, and from
present indications his coming engage
ment Will prove no exception to that
rule.