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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Carlyle Hears Dickens Read.

April 20, 1868, Carlyle wrote thus Of
one of Dickens readings, says 9. T..
Copeland in The Atlantic: II had to 20
yesterday to Dickens reading p. NJ,
Hanover rooms, to the complete upset.
ting of my evening habitudes and spir-
itual composure. Dickens does do it
capitally, such as it is; acts better than
any Macready in the world; I. whole
tragic, comic, heroic theater visible,
performing under one hat and keeping
US laughing-in sorry way, some of US
thought-the whole night. He isa good
creature, too, and makes 600 or $50 by
each of the READINGS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
AMERICAN FLAG FLYING,

two of the Suburbs of Havana Evacuated
by the Spanish.
HAVANA. Dec. 20 The Spanish com.
missioners have informed the American.
that the suburbs of Cererc and Jesu del
Monte have been evacuated. The
Spanish troops left Jesu del Monte at i
o'clock, Immediately after the Amer,
lean and Cuban flags were hoisted.
crackers fired and the usual demonstra-
ton made by the large crowds on the
occasion.
At the hour Of filing this dispatch it
is reported that Cuban troops at Mario
Menocal are entering Jesu del Monte.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
CELEBRATED THE EVENT
Woods Confirmation as Major General
PleaSeS SANTIAGO Peanle

Woods Confirmation as Major General
Pleases Santiago People.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 20.-The news that
the United States senate had confrme ed
the nomination Of General was received
with great satisfaction here. General
Wood was at Moro inspecting the forti
fcations and got his first intimation by
the Punta Gorda battery firing majo,
generals salute. The church bells
rang, the civil band played martial airs
and in the clubs and cafes were recep
tions ard toasts to the military COVER
nor. Arrangements have been made
for a general celebration and a public
banquet planned ..~.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Prominent Chicago Lawyer Dead.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. - Edward ]. G..
Mason, one Of Chicago's most promi.
nent and successful lawyers, died at his
home here, aged SO years. The cause
Of his death was Brights disease, aided
by an injurJ to the head which Mr..
Mason received a short time ago.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
DIALECT.
Critics. pray do not reject
What is writ in dialect.

Critics, pray do not reject
What is writ in dialect,
For the common PEG: les thought
Should in common speech be wrought,
And the crude but pungent word
Should be written as it's heard
Wise or foolish, if tits true,
That should be enough for you!
With mans speech is something blent
Caught from his environment
Strong, rebellious and the schools
Only scotch it with their rules.
Man may fashion a disguise
Battling to his neighbors' eyes,
But upon his tongue will be
Stamped his true identity.
Therefore, critics, pray reject
Nothing writ in dialect
Which in story or in rhyme
Is a record of the time,
Vital, fresh and fit to be
Found in honest company.
Meredith Nicholson in New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Charged With Wholesale Murder.

WINNIPEG, Dec 20. A Dominion
City, Man. dispatch to The Free Press
says: Simon Cuseby was arrested here
charged with the murder of Wasyl
Bohoke and FIVE children. six weeks ago
at the Stuartburn Galician settlement
The pris2ne~ will be brought to Winni
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21

The gradual cooling Of France is
proved by its vegetation. The Italian
poplar, common in early French etch-
ings, is now seldom seen in the coun-
try, while the lemon has disappeared
from Languedoc and the orange from
ROussillOn.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Putting In the Sting.

Clara-I understand that Mr.. Featn-
erley paid me very pretty compliment
today?
Ethel-Yes. What was it?
Clara-He said that among the most
beautiful young ladies at the party was
Miss Clara Smith,
Ethel with cough)-Yes. I noticed
you among them.-London Fun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Castine Sails for Havana,

BosTos, Dec. 90. The gunboat Cas-
tine, resplerdent in new coat Of white
paint, left the harbor during the day fol
Havana. She should arrive there in
about five days.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
Few Class Distinctions In Siberia

z Z" S1dSS StlnCt1OnS IN SIBERIA.
There is not much caste or class dis
tinction in Siberia, and the few social
rules are lax. The Russian Siberians
mingle freely with the native tribes,
and their customs and habits have, in
consequence, been considerably modi-
fed. I have often seen groups of boys
playing on the street where the. Kirghiz
OR Buriat boys were mixed indiscri1n-
inately with the Russians. From their
dress or language it was impossible to
distinguish them, for both costume and
language were a strange mixture. Only
the peculiar features Of the native or
the more slovenly appearance of the
Russian would betray the slightest diff
ference. 1t is an old saying that you
"scratch Russian and find Tartar. -
1t might be more appropriately said
at least, of the Russian peasant-that
you scrape the dirt off a Russian and
find a clean Tartar, for the latter are
decidedly the more cleanly.-St. Mich
olas.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
A False Alarm.

"Oh, John, DEAR" said Mrs. Nerv-
Gus, "I'm SO glad you've come homo! I
want you to go right out and have that
new neighbor of ours arrested. He has
been beating his wife and family all
the morning, and the way they moan
is too horrible for anything! 1t has
thrown me into Mysteries and nervous
headache, and-there, there! Do you
hear that? Isn't it awful?''
But John, dear, looked out the Win
dow and only smiled.
"Why, what do you mean?' scream
ed bis wife. Are you as heartless as
he? Will you, too look on and hear a
poor woman and her innocent children
beaten to-
''There, there, my dear, calm your
self It's only the pulley on the new
building that's going up on the next
corner. It needs little oil. ''-Detroit
Free Press
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21

It is intimated that the incandescent
lamps in use in all parts of the world
have over 400, 900, 900 candle power. .
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21
A Reason.

The Sweet Young Thing-But why
should not women enter politics?
The Savage Bachelor Too many
bosses there now. Indianapolis Jour
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-21

Soap was first manufactured in Brit
ain in 1894
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

wheel of government should sufficiently
revolVe to give the necessary authority
10 destroy the menace to navigation.
Sunday morning was the day set for this
duty, but either the wind or the tide or
the waves prevented the consummation
Of the ng-contempiated and long-de-
ferred action
Yesterday morning, however, everything
was ready the elements were favorable
and the light house tender Madrone, with
Lieut.. Beattle of the Monterey, and
squad of blue jackets went out to blow
to atoms the waterlogged hulk. But that
Providence (which sits up aloft and
watches for Jack had tired of waiting
and when the tolling bell had guided the
tender through the fog TO the spot where
the wreck had swung so many days there
was CONSERVATION and disappointment
among those on board the Madrone for
not sign of wreck was to be seen, and
il was only through an item in the Call
that any clew was had 20 the disappear
ance. That item told of a captain who
had seen what he supposed to be the
wreck of the Almy drifting along about
two miles off Point Pedro.
Satisfied that the wreck had left its
moorings, search was made through the
fog along the coast down toward where
ii was supposed some trace might be
found. Nor was the quest in vain, for
as the Madrone steamed slowly along
there were seen abundant signs of the de-
struction of some vessel for the sea was
strewn with floating timbers, from all
parts of a ship, but no sign of the hun
was to be found. Ordering out two small
boats, Lieut.. Beattle began a systematic
search of the rock and surf beaten coast.
and for ten miles every cove inlet and reef
was carefully inspected with the result
that IN one little cove guarded by jagged
rocks and sheltered by high, frowning
cliffs, were found tangled spars, cordage.
timbers and other debris. showing that
here the iil-faied bark had struck and
pounded TO pieces still holding her secret
from the prying eyes of man.
That the wreck no longer menaces navl-
cation there is no doubt, for the wreck
age along the coast and the floating debris
showed only too plainly that the waves
had completed their work. and left moth
ing for man TO do except to report that
his Intervention was unnecessary.
Lieut.. Beattie had taken six heavy
charges of gun cotton, and all the neces-
sary supplies for working with the
wreck but there was nothing for him TO
do but return to the bell buoy and have il
removed This was done, and the Madrone
returned TO the city with her passengers.
relieved that the obstruction was removed
bat sorry thai they had not witnessed IFS
obstruction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

mass of ruins Six workmen were killed
and four others seriously injured some
probably fatally The bodies of the dead
have not yet been recovered.
Only a few days before, this newspaper
was called upon to chronicle this brief tele-
graph
The California Powder Mills five miles
from Santa Cruz, Cal, which had been
working night and day to supply the gov
crnmcnt demand, We're blown up on the
night Of April g. Eleven men were killed
by the explosion.
The country knew that United States
powder works had been blown up and
columns were devoted to description of
dynamite and other high explosives, but
very little was said about the heroes of
the explosion, the men who were killed
in the service of their country, as truly as
those who went to sea.
The people who work in the powder
mills are the greatest heroes this country
knows. They are buried in a secluded viii
lage at least mile away from any other
settlement and they live a secluded life.
They have their own churches to be sure,
their own entertainment halls, their own
pleasures and their excursions; but from
the nature of their occupation they never
mingle with the world. They seldom live
10 be over 80 years old and when they
die tho world is none the wiser.
The heroes who go to war get good
pay, and if killed, great pensions are paid
10 their families for life and those who
come after them, but the heroes of the
powder mills do well if they get 81 day
and when they are gone, that Is all there
is of them as far as acknowledgment of
their work is concerned.
For months at a time they are out of
employment and must lie idle in the little
cottages of the powder mill towns. When
there is need for their services, as now,
they must work night and day, and though
they receive double pay for their labor,
they also take twice the risk with DEATH
No soldier in war ever bad costume
more complete than the powder mill
worker When dressed to go to work you
would scarcely recognize him as a MEM
Der of a civilized community. Even his
shoes are different from those worn In the
streets and he has about him not par
tiCle of metal Of any description.
His shoes are of leather made with
wooden tacks for there must be no met
a. that will strike a spark as he works.
He cannot carry watch-chain for this
might fail and cause an explosion. He
cannot have even a shirt stud or a metal
button on his trousers. He must be Dress
ed with non-intiammable materials and
were he to have a match in his pocket,
he would be instantly dismissed
The little colony of houses In which
these heroes live are situated apart from
the works. 1t would not be wise to
ieopodize the powder of a whole war by
the presence Of dwellings that might catch
1re. The houses are half a mile away
and should they be burned down no spark
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

could reach the powder works.
When the workman sets out in the
morning he carries with him a tin pail and
a pipe, for he is an lncessant smoker.
When he reaches the borders of the pow
der works he finds a place for his tin pail
and his pipe and secrets both where he
viii know where to find them. He then
enters the building and takes his place
along with the other workmen.
All day long he handles materials the Sc
crets of which he scarcely knows, while
he must treat all as though made of wax.
yes, and even more tenderly, for wax viii
endure some heat, but powder will not.
There are men who work among the chem
icals where the formula for making gun
powder Is carried out day after day. These
men stir together the ingredients and care
fully form the powder. They work with
wood, and no matter how great the hur-
ry they must be careful never 10 stir too
vigorously or TO drop a particle of any
thing upon the floor where 1t could be step
ped upon.
Then there are others of these heroes
who work in the preservative department
where the gunpowder is packed into cans.
An even more dangerous occupation than
any Of these Is the process of heating the
cans so that they can be sealed and ship
ped across the country. Here hot metal
is brought almost in contact with the pow
der, yet so skllfully that it win not ig-
mite.
The dynamite and nitro-glycerine works
are managed by men who do so at the
constant risk of their lives Frequently
the owners themselves are blown up in the
attempt to make a difficult combinations
and for every new explosive which is sent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29
POWDER AND POWDER MAKERS
DANGER FACED BY AN EXCLUSIVE
COLONY OF WORKERS.

The Difference between BLACK Pow
der and BrOwn-High and Low Ex-
pIOsives-GreRt secrecy of Pro-
eesses Maintained by the Mil
Owners.
Washington, May 27.-There is an army
Of heroes whose daily walk of life takes
them across the threshold of death.
They are the heroes of the powder mills.
the men and women who make the powder
used in our rifles and big guns They deal
every day with death and spend their lives
face to face with It. No life insurance com
peny will take their risk; no fire insurance
will guarantee the building in which they
work; no community OF people will dwell
with them They live alone, a colony Of
laborers, working ever with grim destroy
or, death. a few days ago this brief teie-
gram appeared:
Dover. n 1.-THE town of Dover and the
country within a radius of twenty miles
was startled this afternoon by series Of
terrific explosions, the first of which oc-
CURED at 2:10 o'clock. The explosions oc-
Cured in the Atlantic Powder ComDanys
works. and the plant is now a complete
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

the right side of the corsage where It
fastened. Tie ceInure was of the white
satin laid in Eat plaits.
A wedding gown made of white glace
taffeta and studded with strass was de-
ligh0ully "Shimmery." The skirt that was
close ftuug over the hips had rather a
moderate' Strain. IT was trimmed around
the front and sides with narrow ruches
that formed diamonds.
The corsage of the taffeta was close
fitting and fastened at The left shoulder
and under-arm seam. ii had a yoke Of
white gauze laid in horizontal plaits The
silk bordering the yoke was cut I'm irreg-
ular scauops and bordored with the tiny
rUches of the white gauze. An all over
pattern of embroidery studded with strass
covered the corsage and tiny ruches of the
gauze were appliqued on in swirling de-
signs.
The long close-ftting sleeves Of the taft
feta were trimmed with the gauze ruches
that formed diamonds.
one of the simplest wedding gowns I saw
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

out to the warning world, a life has been
sacrificed in the>main powder works.
No one can have any idea Of the explo-
siveness of these materials. Heat, cold
force and friction equally ignite them and
there is scarcely any choice in this re-
spect between high and low explosives
There are two kinds Of explosiVes-low
ana nigh. The term explosive is one ap-
piled to those substances, solid or LIQUID
which upon application of heat or shock
are converted either by combustion or de-
composition into gases having many times
| the volume of the original substance A
low explosive, like gunpoWder is one
which can be exploded by ignition. Fur
Their the rate of this combustion can be
regulated by mechanical treatment Thus,
! black gun powder goes off quickly. like
flash, whereas brown gunpowder burns
slowly. Gun powder is a mechanical mix
ture, are all low explosives; but high
explosives, with which this article has to
deal, are chemical compounds.
Gunpowder is the Best known represen-
tation of the former, nitro glycerine Of
the latter. High explosives are used where
shattering and rending effects are TO be
produced. and they can be packed so as to
explode only by what is called detonation
that is, by so suddenly shocking or heat
ing the surrounding high explosive that
the mass is instantly chemically changed
into gases many times greater than the
original volume of the explosive and this
gas in its efforts to escape rips. tears. des
troys, annlhilates anything and everything
around or about 1t. The havoc it can work
is terrific and is Irresistible
The owners of the powder works do NOT
want their men to become too friendly
with the outside world, for this would
interfere with the careful performance of
their work. Visitors are never allowed in
their powder factories and were the men
TO be subjected to callers it would inter-
fere with the discipline of their work.
When the men are killed or when ac-
cident happens TO them the matter is kent
very secret.
If a man is injured the companv's own
physician takes care of him; If he is kill
ed his body is carried outside
for the coroner to decide u1on.
when he Is buried, the work of caring for
MIN is done by the company's own under
taker. The families are doctored by the
companys own physician and repairs to
the houses are carried on by the worItmen
employed by the powder company. People
who enter this army of heroes must shut
themselves up from the world as com
pletely as monk from his fellows. The
men live In away a life of great self-sac-
rlhee' made happy only by their own con-
tentment.
The black prsmatc powder. the brovvn
prismatic powder, the pebble powder ana
the me grained powder for rifles must he
handled by him daily as other men handle
pricks, and back of him stands another
man making another kind of powder with
each grain ready to explode and send tba
worker into eternity.
me men who make the 100 pound pro
JectAes for the 1S-inch guns know mat
they mold IN their hands a bursting charge
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

A wedding among the aristocratic fami-
lies of Paris is an event that calls forth
a display of the smartest costumes and
jewels imaginable; and there is always an
appreciative crowd gathered at the church
door to witness the affair.
To have the bridesmaids dressed in
chosen color is much favored-plnlx being
the most popular color.
A certain modlste has just completed
eight pink taneta gowns yelled in the
same shade of mousseline de sole for the
bridesmaids of the Duchess Alexandrine
of Mecklenburg Schwein. They have been
boxed for Cannes, where the wedding
will be celebrated. The brides wedding
gown is generally of satin. though one
does see from time to time a gown Of
bengaline, glace taffeta and even silk
poplin.
simple wedding gown that was very
rich was made of Duchess satin. The
skirt was absolutely plain and close fit
ting with the fullness at the back merging
into long ample train.
The corsage was a blouse yelled in
white mousselne de sole that was covered
WIN tAp|liltt5 VI IoIuSSGlS idG0. i ne cages
of the patterns were traced with seed
pearls. From the left shoulder there was
a drapery Of the satin caught with a chou
of mousseline de sole and bunch of
orange blossoms
1t crossed over to the right side of the
bodice, where il was finished at the waist
band with a trailing bunch of the orange
blossoms The close fitting sleeves We're
trimmed around with two bands Of the
Brussels lace and were mounted by epan-
lettes of mousseline de sole bordered with
appliques of the lace.
Another satin wedding gown though
more elaborate. was hardly as pretty in
line. The skirt that was close fitting
over the hips had a train that was ex-
ceedingly long and full. 1t was trimmed
around the foot with a border Of Eng
lish applique lace Above this there was
trimming of mousseline de sole ruches
forming a band of circles. Another band
OF the English applique lace started from
the waist band at the right seam Of the
apron and continued around the skirt tc
give the effect of a tunic. The corsage
was blouse Of the satin. 1t had a Ions
yoke and sleeves of white mousseliue dc
sole laid IN fine horizontal piaits Re
veres of satin covered with applques OF
the lace gave finish to the yoke aud 10
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29
AmYsTERY OF THE SEA.

From the san FrancIsco Can.

From the San Francisco Call
One more maritime mystery lies hidden
in the oceans cavernous depths one
more ship has her bones strewn along the
beach and one more story of human agony
In enguldng wave viii remain untold until
the sea gives up its dead
Since that awful night, three weeks ago,
when thirty-nne souls were hurried into
the presence Of their maker by the found
cring OF the bark Helen w. Amy, no word,
no sign, no hotsam or jetsam has come
70 mortal ken that would give any c.ew
either 10 the manner of the catastrophe
or 70 the fate of those who left with such
nigh hopes of wealth to be wrested from
the ice-bouud sands of Alaska. Nothing
remained to tell the awful tale but the
CHASTITY hulk which hoated down with tides
and currents until held fast by its drag
ging chains In the path of other vessels,
as If not satisfied with its terrible
tragedy, IL desired to add further horror
by lying in wait for some other ship and
dragging 81 down to the depths in awful
companionship.
For almost two weeks the mournful
sound of a tolling bell about six miles off
from the Golden Gate, has warmed pass
ing vessels that danger lurked In their
path. 1t was the death kneH rung by
the buoy placed 40 mark the spot where
the rotten hulk swung to and fro with
wind and wave, until such time as the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

Paris, May 19.-Everything suggests
weddings and brides just now. Nearly ey-
cry morning there is a swell wedding at
that most aristocratic church "Pierre
Chaillot."
The smaller churches that dot the boule-
wards and streets are treated 10 several
wedding professions during a single day.
They are alluded to IN the fraakest way
here as first, second and third class we'd
dings, according to the amount spent in
the outlay and no one feels hurt at the
classification.
The woods around Paris are fun of the
jolliest bourgeois wedding parties who
come out in great wagons 20 celebrate the
wedding feast in the woods, The bride in
her white slippers and light costume, trips
airily along in the tall grass and is the
moving spirit in all the romping games