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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
FIVE RE.MARkAB LIE FREES.
Which Rank Among the Curiosities Of
Plant Life. @55 SIzf3.s S$5 8E2$55tE

Which Rank Among the Curiosities Of
Plant Life.
The whistling tree, or Acacia fistula,
Is found in Nubia and the Sudan.
The Arabs call it sofar, or piper, be-
cause Of the whistling sound that it pro-
duces, and the specific name Of fstula,
q word also meaning pipe or flute, has
been given it. for the same reason.
Insects infest the tree and deposit
their eggs in it's shoots. A gall like ex-
crescence about an inch and half in
diameter is produced at the base Of the
shoots and when the larvae have
emerged from circular holes in the sides
of the shoots the holes, played upon by
equal to that produced by sweet toned
flute.
The COW tree is so called because
ityields an abundant supply of milk. 70
obtain the milk deep incisions are made
in the tree, from which the fluid flows
into vessels placed ready to receive it,
This vegetable milk is white, somewhat
viscid and has an agreeable flavor, aud
an analysis of it shows that it is veTs
much like the milk Of COW in its com.
position. The COW tree grows Oh the
slope Of the mountain chain bordering
on Venezuela.
The cloth tree is found at Otaheite, in
the south sea. The bark is taken off in
long strips and put to soak overnight
in running water. The soaking softens
it, SO that the inner fiber may be easily
separated from the rest of the bark.
The fibers are put together in lengths of
about II or 10 yards, and the lengths
are placed side by side until they are at
least 10 inches in width, and two or
three layers of fbers are put one upon
another.
The fbers adhere together in one
piece, and the material thus formed is
beaten upon smooth piece Of wood until
it becomes as thin as muslin. It is then
bleached in the air for time, when it
is ready to be made up into clothing.
The. singing tree Of Queensland is
pleasing to the eye, but dangerous to the
touch. Its effects are curious. It causes
great pain to the person or animal that
has the misfortune to get stung by it,
Ouo ~ Aoo'oo III Wouuu, uo mdIh VI any
kind, and for months afterward the part
stung is painful in rainy weather or
when in any way it gets wet Frequent
~ it is necessary to shoot horses and
dogs that have been stung by the tree,
SO maddening is it's effect upon them.
The angry tree grows in Nevada, east
ern California and Arizona. When
in the least disturbed, this highly sensi-
tive tree shows it's anger by ruf1ing up
its leaves and emitting disagreeable
odor. ID. V. F. in PHILADELPHIA Times,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED.

Second Week Sees No Change in the New
England Strike Situation.
BOSTON, Jan. 25.-The second week
of the big cotton mills strike opened at
the principal centers with both sides
apparently as determined to hold out as
at the inauguration of the contest. No
attempt was made to open the gates of
the big corporation mills at New Bed.
ford, Biddeford or Lewiston.
At New Bedford and Biddeford, the
business men appear to be more anxious
regarding the future than either mill
owners or operatives, and many small
dealers are feeling the loss of trade
severely. Many operatives are leaving,
some Of their homes in the previous
and others to seek employment in other
mill centers.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
Chinaman For Coxswain.

ITHACA, n. Y, jan 25.-A Chinaman
for coxswain in the great international
boat race is what the Cornell freshmen
crew may present this year. Sas Re
SEE, Or S. Alfred SEE, as he is known
in this country, has registered with
Coach Courtney as candidate for the
x'xswain's seat in the 1901 boat Until
someone else proves superior there is a
probability that this Celestial will be
the first Chinaman to turn the rudder
of racing shell.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
Second Reduction in q Year.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. IS. The
employees of the Wheeling steel plant
in Benwood, about 500 in number, have
been notified of a second reduction in
wages in: IL months. The present re-
duction in wages affects. all employees
of the company, including the laborers,
and runs from 10 to IS per cent.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
Boycott Groceries With Bars.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The Catholic
Total Abstinence societies of Chicago
have declared boycott on all grocers
who operate bars where liquor is sold
in connection with their esta blishments.
A resolution calling upon all friends of
temperance to refuse to patronize gro.
ceries having liquor departments was
passed unanimously at a meeting in
Handel's hall. ~ d
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
OF Honest Parents.

: Ny opponent, Is shouted the orator,
has seen ft to refer to the fact that
my mother took in washing. She did,
and what is more to the point she al
ways sent it back. =
After that there was nothing to do
but cast majority vote for the man
whose parent showed such evidence Of
perfect honesty and attention to duty.
Indianapolis Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
A Lucky Find.

Two men walking on Campbell street
toward Twelfth one night were accosted
by a negro woman who was excited.
Kin either one Of you mems give me
q match?' she said.
What tfor?'' &,
Il lost quahtah down there, an l
want to. hunt fur it. y ).
She was given several matches and
ran ahead and began striking matches
and looking along the sidewalk. When
the two, men zen came mp, she had stopped
hunting and had apparently found the
coin. al sss
Well. did you find it?'' inquired one
Of thesmen. 3s.3
s. No, but done find this horseshoe,
an that's better'n two quahtahs, = she
said. kansas City Star. q.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
what Jones Did.

s What did Jones do after he insulted
the judge?''
Sixty days, I understand. = Chica-
90 Record.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
theatrical.

Brette i never saw such cold au7
dience in my life. 5I.,=
Light Didn t they warm up a bit?
Brette Well, when they spoke Of
bringing out the author believe some
Of the audience got hot, onkers
Statesman.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26

A contemporary mentions that there
are schools in Belgium where the girls
are not only taught housekeeping in all
its branches, but the management of
children as well. s.585i 81
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
italy Reduces the Cereal Tar q.

ROME. Jan. IS. King Humberl, has
signed decree reducing the customs
tariff on cereals from 10 lire until
April 30.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26

Seven British regiments have been
given permission to add the word Chit
tral TO their colrTs.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15

She was, in the words of Jefferson, the
"leviathan of the ocean," France under
Napoleon being the mammoth of the
land" According to figures on file at
Washington the "leviathan" had impressed
5000 American sailors In the years imme-
diately preceding the war Twenty five
hundred of them patriotically refused to
serve against their country and had been
thrown into Dartmoor and other English
prisons when hostilties were commenced.
The achievements of the American navy
In the war won for 1t the love OF the country
and the admiration OF the world. The loss
OF life in battle and from disease was about
10000 men; the expenditure of money $780,
100000. And though in the treaty of peace
nothing was said about the cause for which
the war was waged Great Britain afterward
refrained frty0 exercising her theoretic right
OF search and impressment During the war,
which lasted three years, the regular army,
at one period, was as high as So 600 officers
and men. while the militia and volunteer
forces amounted to $1,000 officers and All ,62o
men, making total of 576,622
The Mexican War.
When President Polk, in May, 1916. noti-
fed congress that Mexico had invaded our
territory and shed the blood of our citizens
on our own soil," there were twenty eight
stars in the flag and the population had
grown to be 20,0OOOOo people These fig
ures mark an imperial march in Industrial
development. The lone star of Texas in the
flag meant the acquisition of an empire in
itself. True, she brought war with her,
but she was worth it, and the same war
closed with another vast extension of the
boundaries of the republic by the acquire.
ment OF California and New Mexico But
preceding Texas there were added to the
sisterhood OF states Louisiana, Indiana Mis-
ssslppi. Illinois, Alabama, Maine Missouri
Arkansas, Michigan and Florida. And what
did their incoming mean? Well, among other
things, that we grew the magnificent crop of
2,1O0,537 bales Of cotton in that history maxi
ing year Of 1896, and exported products
worth within fraction of S11O 100000 All
| other industries fiourished in proportionate
degree. The youngest of the nations was
beginning to enter the lists with the Oldest
and the greatest Of old monarchies; indeed
II had said to them years before that they
would be relieved of the burden of attend
ing to the political concerns OF this con-
tinent. almost as emphatically as we have
notified Spain to pack her trunk and get out
OF Cuba. The expenditure that year of s26.-
4lS,459 for the purpose OF national govern
ment was heavy. but to offset It there was
an income OF nearly $50 900. 900, which left n
comfortable surplus of over So, 900. 900 to put
up fight with misguided Mexico.
Congress responded to the Polk call to
arms by placing slo.eoo.o00 at his disposal
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15

tia. making total in rounl numbers OF
81, ,0C0 pen.
According to other returns. however the
nuntcr ct the revolutionary forces is much
larger. The cost of the war D the Colonies
was ever $135. 1000, 900.
what the Flag Covered in 1912.
Wien he war Of 1912 began there were
on'y fifteen stars in the flag although The
Union comprised eighteen States. The MN
Der of stripes was fifteen. The principles
for which the flag then stood were tersely
embodied in the five words: "J'ree Trade
and Sailors Rights" which meant the sur
render by Great Britain Of her assumed
power on the ocean and the abandonment of
doctrines on the questions Of allegiance and
citizenship to which she resolutely adhered.
In the thirty-six years since the Declara-
tion of Independence the country had grown
Enormously. The national debt lad been re-
duced to $i5000,000. The population was
over eight millions. In material wealth the
increase had surpassed all expectations. But
still the nation was only In Its in
fancy. 1t was the era of the stage
coach; the first locomotive had not
yet been made by Stephenson in England.
Agriculture and navigation were the two
leading industries; manufactures, in a small
way, having barely started INTO existence.
second war with England was tremend-
Gus risk; but its insults and injuries had
become intolerable and resistance was a
duty. The first step toward war was the
authorization of a loan of Sll,000, 900, an
insignificant sum now, but in those Gays
one of almost startling proportions. The
regular army, which consisted of not more
| than 5000 men, was increased TO $1,000 and
,,;o,op do far thA Nf
| SO, 900 volunteers. In the way of navy
there were about twenty frigates and sloops
| of war, together with $50 contrivances
called gunboats, which, it was supposed,
would be fairly adequate for harbor defense
Measures were taken to increase this force,
but little hope was entertained that the
country would be able to win any advan-
| tages on the sea. Great Britain at the
time had 900 ships of war of all classes
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15

form part of the heraldic emblazoning Of
the Washington coat Of arms does not ap-
pear to have had anything to do with their
adoption for the flag.
Curious Flags Before 1770.
Before the adoption of the Stars and
Stripes. however, Americans fought under
many different flags. At Lexington, the en-
hattled farmers had neither flag nor uni
form. but at Bunker Hill several ensigns
made their appearance. They were of diff
ferent patterns. One of them was entirely
blue, bearing the motto Come II You
Dare" Another was blue with a white rib
bon, quartered by red st. Georges cross
and pine tree in the inner corner at the
top. When Washington was beseiging the
British forces at Boston his floating batter
les flew white banner bearing a green pine
tree and the words: ''The Appeal to
Heaven" A famous flag of 1776 was the blue
ensign OF South Carolina with white cres-
cent in the upper corner. Sometimes it
bore the word Liberty" in white letters.
While the basic principles of nationhood
which the flag represented one hundred and
twenty-five years ago,-Independence, Lib
erty and Union-and those which it typiHes
today are Identical the material resources
essential to the maintenance and preserva-
they are the marvel of the world. 1t was
Mr.. Gladstone who said ''The United
States have a national base for the greatest
continuous empire ever established by man"
and he added. "The distinction between
continuous empire severed and dispersed
over sea Is vital" That Continuous"
empire is today a reality. When Washing
ton led "The Old Continentals in their
ragged regimentals" the treasury was often
without means to buy the poor food that
fed them. The slender pay Of men and off,
GERS was far in arrears Desperate expedi-
ents were required to maintain the public
credit. Our diplomatic representatives were
suppliants for advances of money wherever
there was the faintest hope of obtaining it.
They were petitioners for clothes and arms
and ammunition, for almost everything re-
quired by an army In the field. But the
courage Of the people never faltered through
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15
WHITTIER TO A TORMENT.

Lines He Wrote in the Album of q
Young Woman Who leased Him.
When Whittier was 80 years old, some
what trained in newspaper work by editing
the Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette, he was
elected secretary of the American Anti
Slavery society, relates the New York Sun.
The next year he removed to Philadelphia
where he edited the Pennsylvania Freeman
during the years 1889. While living in q
boarding house in Philadelphia a young
woman fellow boarder was great torment
to him, because he was possessed of an ex-
ceedingly shy and sensitive temperament
When she went away Whittier complied
with the request to write in her album. A
friend of the woman who owned the album
has transcribed the lines from memory:
Thou art going hence, God bless thee!
Thou art going hence farewell.
May the devil ne'er distress thee,
May the wide world use thee well.
Thou art going hence forever,
An thou sheddeSt not n tear;
'Tis well, for tears shall never
Lament thy leaving here.
Yet some will not forget thee,
A torment as thou art;
And some will cen regret thee
Who do not weep to part.
They will miss thy merry laughter.
AS the schoolboy does his rod,
And the jokes which followed after
Thy visiting abroad.
Farewell; the Lord be with thee
In thy future goings on,
And the pious shun and fear thee
AS thy Quaker friend hath done!
Thy life, may nothing vex it,
Thy years be not few,
And at thy final exit,
May the devil miss his due.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15


written tariff and finds out what the cost is
In francs. Then he takes another slip of
paper, finds out what the rate of exchange
Is at the moment, and reduces the francs to
Spanish pesetas. Finally, he reads out the
result-say, 597 pesetas 80 centimes
&119.fO You engrave these figures on
your memory, and, leaving the hail. go out
there await your turn, repeating always the
to another window in passage outside. and
number 597.35 till the clerk asks you what
you want. Then you explain that you are
come to purchase Spanish stamps for the
sum of 597 pesetas 35 centimes, and you
take out note for 1000 pesetas. The pas
sage is dark on the brightest day, and you
accept the stamps and your change in a
spirit OF true religious faith, for you see not
even darkly as In a glass. When you re-
turn to the inner sanctuary and help to
make queue, awaiting your turn again. the
chances are that you will find yourself
short of stamps, in consequence Of a mis-
take on the part of the clerk outside. This
happened twice to me, but I am bound to
say the individual discovered 'and rectified
his error, so that my only loss was of about
thirty minutes more.
But the most curious thing OF all Is the
process Of recovering your money II the tel
egram be suppressed. There Is no way Of
obtaining 1t speedily. You must wait. Mes
sages Of mine to the value of several hun
dred pesetas were stopped and l called at
the Office for the money. In Russia, Ger
many, Turkey, Austria-everywhere in fact
the money is refunded at once. But not
so in Spain. Here you have to make various
pilgrimages. from post to pillar, interview
ing officials, digntaries, clerks, porters. All
shake their heads, shrug their shoulders,
purse their lips and assure you that the gov
ernment allows them no special funds for
the purpose. "Yes but If you do not for
ward my message, for which I paid you in
advance, you have no right to keep my
money" 'Oh, of course not. We are not
to blame, you know. You had better see
our chief He is very busy now, but II you
call tomorrow am sure you can see him"
spent four days journeying from chief to
subordinate and from subordinate to chief
and at last received the following satisfac-
tory promise: III you write a petition to
the chief of the telegraph asking that the
money be refunded you for the suppressed
messages, he will deal with it in due time"
"What is due time?" ! ventured to inquire.
"Well, we cannot promise anything" said
my informant Senor Perez, except that,
when the funds allow 1t, you shall have
your money back" "But could you, per-
haps, say approximately when?' He could
not, but another official could and did
"Any time between two and four months"
Such Is the specimen-a tame. humdrum
specimen-of the methods of procedure in
the constitutional kingdom of Spain, under
the most liberal of liberal governments, in
the cultured capital of Madrid. Spain has
truly fallen upon evil days.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15
GETTING NEWS OUT OF MADRID
ExasperRting Delays and the Uncer
tain Whims of CenaOrs.

ExasperRting Delays and the Uncer-
tain Whims of CenSOrs.
Snain's remarkable success in cOncealing
the movements of her navy Is not so sur
prising in view Of the censorship maintained
ON newspapers and all avenues of news The
details of this system, given by Madrid
correspondent Of the London Telegraph, are
Of particular interest just now and will en-
tighten American readers on the difficulty
of tracing the Cape Verde armada. The
correspondent says:
There Is but one post daily both ways to
and from Madrid. 1t leaves at p. m. and
a letter confided to the letter box stands no
better chance of reaching the addressee than
does one posted in Constantinople, Erzer-
oum or Trebizond. Indeed, the odds are
strongly in favor Of the latter. am speak
ing in the light of numerous and significant
facts. OF course one may register ones cor
respondence and then the letter may arrive
or it may not. II II does not you enjoy the
right of demanding compensation; but be-
fore you have done with petitioning. de-
mandipg. visiting, explaining, calling again,
etc., you will havei worn out more boots,
spent more money in pens ink and paper
and sacrificed more of your time than the
damages fixed for the lost letters would
compensate, and you give up the enterprise
N despair long before you see the color Of
the money Of thol administration. Besides
you cannot register letter after p. m
so that from that hour your correspondence
is practically at an end. II a packet is
sent to you by npOst you do not receive 1t
at your house. nut are favored with an in
voice instead, which informs you that there
is but one houpdSfe the twenty four during
which you may claims the package and-wait
till you get it, a GIG
But by far the mast interesting process
is that of telegraphipg political news to a
foreign journal. Here you pick up original
and quaint ideas as to the WAY How Not
to Do 1t" which are bracing and refresh
ing to English speaking people. First Of
all, of course. you must get your informa-
tion, then write your telegram, and, lastly.
hand 1t in. The mere act of forwarding 1t
seems a trife, inasmuch as Spain and Eng
land are connected by a direct cable. Now
1t is extremely difficult to obtain any in
formation worth having before or 4 o clock
in the afternoon; for the Spaniards-those
at least who make history-are by no means
early risers, and ministerial councils and
other state gatherings occur generally be-
tween and p m. Yet telegraphic mes
sage to London, handed In at the head Of
flee in Madrid at $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon, frequently reaches London at the
same hour next morning, when 1t is abso-
lutely worthless. And the direct cable be-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15

hostile fleets on their seaboard. aid savage
Indians in the rear. they never quailed.
How they cxulted when victory came! Sara
toga inspired the rude chant
Success unto the congress OF these United
states
who glory In the conquests of Washington
and Gates.
To all. both land and seamen, who glory
in the day
when we shall all be freemen In North
A.-crica."
Another popular ballad Of the day was
pitched on this lofty key which was almost
prophetic:
proud France should view with terror
and naughty Spain revere,
While every warlikc nation should court
alliance here;
And George, his minions trembling round.
descending from his throne
Pay homage TO America and glorious
Washington
During the war upwards OF sixty i'm
portsnt battles and engagements were
fought The number Of soldiers and sail
ors e,af., yed by Great Britain w,s nbo Il
1s5, ,c6v To them the Colonsts opposed 15c.
III rrgI srs and 1G4.0sO volunteers and mil
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15

the awful ordeal and in the blackest hours
Of the struggle they defantly sang:
Vain Britons, boast no longer with proud
indignity,
BY land your conquering legions. your
matchless strength at sea-"
Poverty of the Colonies.
At the outbreak Of the revolutionary war
the population Of the colonies was about
100000 whites and 5dV.0OO negroes. Agri-
culture and commerce were the two leading
industries. Third In impo, tence were the
fisheries. Despite the haIsh restrictions i'm
posed on all the articles Of export and the
absolute prohibition Of manufactures, the
colonists were doing fairly we'll. Allowed
fair play, they would have become the most
prosperous, as they were undoubtedly at
the time the most virtuous. people in the
world In all the colonies there were only
six cities having population OF over 5000.
Pauperism, as 1t is understood today, was
unknown; so also was vice. This is mainly
why. when the struggle came, they were
enabled to make SO desperate a resistance
against the best soldiers and sailors OF the
old world With their trade practically an
affiliated. their agriculture nearly destroyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-15

Young women who assume the title OF
bachelor are considered especially modern
Yet, says the Chicago Times Herald, the
term was applied customarily to them in
the time OF rare Ben Jonson." The poet
himself so used 1t in his plays. Bachelor is
derived from the Welsh word bach, which
means small, little, young. The kindred
Welsh word baches means pretty little
woman. Therefore the brisk bachelor
maids of today do not ape their brothers,
hut go daintily tripping down the centuries
in the footprints OF those fair bachelors
who coquetted with the gallants OF the
Elzabethan court.