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New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
PatrOnize Home Merchants.

The eastern catalogue houses and de-
partment stores are now at work trying
! to push through congress bill so modi-
tying the U. S. mail regulations as to
allow the carrying in the mails of pack
ages of more than four pounds weight.
This bill would be- a b,g thing for these
eastern concerns, and at the same time
be Of untold damage to home industries.
II the people were to be the gamers by
this move it would he all right. But it
needs no great amount of argument TO
prove to every person of Judgment that
the ''parcels post,' as asked for, would
he a tremendous blow tO home dealers.
And it is perfectly surprising to note
the general apathy prevailing among
merchants, generally, towards this meas
ure which means so much to every deal
er The public press is, likewise, dere-
lict in its duty in not denouncing this
measure IN the strongest terms. Mer-
chants, and dealers in all kinds of mer-
chandise should be taking some concert
ed action looking to prevention of the
passage Of this bill. Board of trade,
and other organizations uf business men,
should be discussing this matter and sys
tematically cooperating for the defeat
OF this dangerous innovation. "Parcels
post means the building up of the big
eastern concerns and the deterioration
of our home enterprises. 1t means that
the immense eastern manufactures that
have grown immensely wealthy and
powerful under long years of protect
I've tariff will be enabled now to prevent
the existence Of smaller factories in the
West. We see i'll the proposed 'parcels
post" Cts English, you kpow) menace
to western factories and western whole
sale houses and their distributors, the
merchants and home dealers. There is
great danger in that proposed bill against
the passage Of which our business men
and Others should wage vigorous op-
position.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
Friend of Railroads.

Farmer Ben in the Austin Transcr in
says: Folks that are eternally kickin' at
the railroads ought to have come in here
in pioneer times when there wasn't no
railroads and when sometimes you could
not buy something to eat for the genu-
inc gold. I've seen lots of Indians in
my day right where there are some OF
the best farms in this country. What
beggars they used to be. You could Get
half a deer's carcass of 'em for a bit of
salt pork. All our stuff had to be hauled
from McGregor and all our grain was
hauled to the river hundred miles
I've seen more than one trip when had
to pack out the sacks of wheat when the
Old oxen got stuck III the sloughs and
I've had to sleep under my wagon so as
to make a little over the expense of the
trip. Letters from the old folks down
East were weeks old by the time they
got here and we were lucky to Get news
papers two or three days Old Talk
about the cost of transportation. I'd like
to have some of the kickers on the pres
ent arrangements and rates and conven-
fences put back where they had pioneers
luck of travelling after the stage with a
rail on your back and then pay five pric-
es for ride. Pm satisfied with present
conveniences on the railroads.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
Get your discount if you buy at the
j. F. Neumann January sale.
More Islands,

Denmark owns number of small
islands in the West Indies, mostly STU
ated some distance southwest of Cuba,
More than generation ago Secretary
Seward negotiated the purchase of these
islands, but the senate thought other
wise and squelched it. Since then this
question has been in the habit of pop
ping up pereEnially-w without results.
According to the latest reports the Unit
ed States government has offered to pay
to Denmark 100000 kroners ($3, 3,24O-
OOO) for her islands in the West Indies,
and it seems likely that the bargain will
go through this time.
Commercially, those islands would not
be of any great advantage. They are
too small and insignificant. But if any
canal is going to be built through Mica
ragua or Panama the islands would be
Invaluable for strategic reasons. In case
"a a. NuA SGiohS "0ulu DC 10 III
tercept any hostile fleet before it could
| get near the canal, and to do this, we
, must have strong bases for our navy
| among the West Indies which the hostile
feet would have to pass through on it's
| way to the canal. If we build the Mica.
ragua canal, 1920, 900 invested in these
islands would do more toward protect.
ing the canal than fve times that suul
spent in fortifyiDg the canal itself. II 4
neutral canal is built at Panama, every-
thing viii depend On our feet, and with.
! out such bases as these islands afford, it
| would be most seriously handicapped
In such case, therefore, the islands
would be cheap at any cost.
If the United States acquires those is.
lands, it is, however, to be hoped that i,
will mean expansion along lines, es;ab.
lished by Democratic precedent, which
have made this; country such Young
giant as it's. It is to be hoped that q,
least American liberty and self govern
ment will follow the flag, even if tn,
|supreme court should decide that til,
constitution does not, and if that is At
tained, all is we'll. Duty and destin,
could no: find better interpretation
st. Paul Globe.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

Will the republican majority in the
United States senate permit their COM
mercialism to overcome their PATRIOTISM?
Watch their actions and see if they do
not allow the ship subsidy bill to inter-
ferc with the army organization bill.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
Good Manners at Home,

Practical jokes are rarely INDUCED IN
by persons of nice perceptions, and teas
ing passes the bounds of good taste
when it ceases to be matter of pure
fun on all sides. Inquisitiveness is al
ways bad form. "Whom is your letter
from?" "What makes your eyes so red?"
are interferences with ones rightful pri-
vacy. A closed door should be respect
ed and give assurance Of seclusion.
One who is so disleyai as to repeat to
any outsider, however intimate, anything
to the discredit OF the family deserves to
forfeit all family rights and privileges.
There are no terms strong enough to
condemn the vanity Of parents who will
allow daughters charms, prospects and
advantages to he advertised in the pub
lie prints.
Society requires that, whatever their
private relations, husband and wife face
the world rs q unit, harmonious and
with interests identical.
One thing good form impsrstivelJ de.
n,ands- that by no lnischance, no loss
Of se'f-control, shall family discord be
revealed to strangers, children or ser
wants.
An uncontrolled voice is always un-
mannerly and undign,tied.
A readiness to give up in little things
is the most tactful appeal possible for a
return of courtesy ut other times when
the matter may be of Importance to us.
Personalities that are made to do duty
as family jokes are never funny to
strangers. Mrs. Burton KiDgsland in
the December Ladies' Home Journal.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
Forest Destruction.

There is strong movement in the
northwestern states for Congress to make
national park at the head-waters OF
Mississippi, in order to save from des-
truction very nearly the last virgin for.
est of pine existing in America. The
movement tinds voice IN the February
number OF The Delineator 10 descrip-
ton given Of the work undertaken by
the Women's Clubs Of Minnesota. Their
forestry work will hsve interests for the
states OF Wisconsin and Michigan; in
fact, The country At large.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
For Sale.

| have tor sale the house and lots of
Ar. Anthony Schmltt (vho il abou. to
leave New Ulml At positive bargain.
2 n. HaHR1see1s.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

al see that the Kaiser has planned to
give an exhibition Of 1000 jackasses in
Berlin on April l."
"You'll be there, of course. !" : Clevs-
land Plain Dealer.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

The suicide clause in the Modern
Woodmen's benefit certificate has been
upheld by a decision in the United
States circuit court. The widow Of a
woodman in Iowa brought suit at Coun-
Gil Bluffs to recover On policy of
$4,000, and the Jury decided the certifi-
cate voided by self murder.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

Discount your bills at the j. F. Neu-
mann January sale.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

This is the way Rev. DR.. Theodore L,
Cuyler sums up the angels song: ''What
a Christmas to end the nineteenth cen
tury! The angels song of 'speace on
earth" drowned by the roar of guns and
the walls of the wounded The fore
most Christian nation of Europe butch
ering IN South Africa fellow Christians
who are repeating the heroism of Their
mopylae! Christian America butcher
ing people to whom three years ago
we were utter strangers and who never
bad thought to harm us! This, too,
in defiance to the judgment Of Harrison,
Cleveland, Hoar, Hale, Edmund, Carlisle
and other leading statesmen whom all
the world honors. In view cf all these
things | am ready to shout, and ten
thousand will re-echo it, God bless Ben
amin Harrison!''
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

All work in country and city takeo 3
reasonable rates and satisfaction guar
anteed. Bids made on all kinds of build
ings. Cisterns specially.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09


Another evidence Of the great wave
OF prosperity that is sweeping over this
country is the recent formation of y
farm machinery trust, which includes
sixty different firms, manufacturers of
plows and cultivating machines. The
trust is being formed by G. B. Flint,
one of the most successful organizers in
the United States, and it is his plans to
have the deal closed by Jan. 18th, so
that the trust can reap the benefits of
the spring trade. The capital stock of
the concern is S35,000,O0O. AS soon as
all plans are perfected the price of plows
will be advanced 10 per cent and the
prices on other machinery to correspond.
This will be good news for our farmer
friends and prosperity spell binders.
The prices on everything used by the
farmer and labo.ing man are being con-
tinually advanced BY these trust combi-
nations, but We fail to see where it ad-
vances the prices of farm products or
the laboring mans wages. Mankato Re-
view.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09


The movement inaugurated to have
the United States senate elected directly
by the people, says the Owatonna Jour.
nal, instead of by the several state legis-
latnres, owes its inception to the feeling
that the senators elected in recent years
are generally out Of touch with the peo.
pie at large. Frequently senators are
men of wealth and on this account the
senate has been caustically referred to as
"Millionaire's Club" More often per-
haps they are so closely allied to great
corporations or are identified so fully in
one way or another with railroad or the
large manufacturing interests that it is
anticipated that they will in the dis
charge of their legislative duties neglec,
those ordinary affairs which affect only
ordinary people. The feeling at all
events is general and largely justified
that the senate is not rs strictly repre-
sentative body as the public interest de.
mands it should be.-I.anberton Star.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

The Agricultural Department at WASH
ington lays particular stress upon the
decadence of American wheat for seed
and urges the purchase by the farmers
of foreign wheat for sowing that the
grade of American wheat may be i'm
proved. Now wouldn't that krinckle
your straw2 In its particular and espec-
ial love for the farmer the Mckinley bill
puts tariff of twenty-five cents BUSH
ell on imported wheat and it is estimated
that the cost to the farmers will be not
less than s1.50 per bnshel while thanks
to this most munifcent tariff they must
sell the product of that self-same seed
for 65 cents. Great is the protect
i've tariff, in spots.
New Ulm review., 1901-01-09

If the negotiations now said to be un.
der way for the purchase by this govern
ment of the Danish West Indies islands
should be carried out the administration
may find itself in u peculiar position.
Will the inhabitants of the territory ac-
quired by such purchase be granted all
the rights and privileges of American
citizens or will they be deprived of the
liberty which they now enjoy under the
Danish government? And again, if the
constitution follows the flag in the Dan
ish West Indies how about Cuba and the
Philippines?
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25
FAST BECOMING EXTINCT.
and walrus Islands Not What It Used to He.

The secretary of the treasury has been advised that during the ensuing month of February the farming out of the seal hunting on the Con mander and Walrus islands, in the Arctic sea, will take place al Khabarovsk. in East Siberia. Russia, in which enterprise many English companies are said to be interested. It is doubtful it is said, whether the proposed disposition of this crown property will bring the price it formerly did. in view of the enormous destruction of seal life dur ing the past ten years. which has great ly decreased the catch.
 The governor of East Siberia has reported that in 1896 the number of seals caught on the Commander is- lands was 54.591; in 1922 only 3O.OOO were caught; in 1893 the total was 25,O00; in 1898 the nunber was 2.925, and last year only about l.CCO skins were secured.
 The situation is said to be the same as regards the catch on Walrus is- land. At the beginning of,he nineties the yearly catch was 4cco '. is now only about 300. The treasury officials believe the time is fast approaching when the fur seal will be almost ex- tinct in the region referred to.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25
DISTRIBUTION OF SEED.
Delayed by the Failure to Work os the Filling and Sealing
 MacExnsry.

Considerable delay is being occa- stoned in the congressional seed dis tribution by the failure of the filling and sealing machinery to work as it was expected to do. The invention is new one, and not yet in state of perfection, but it is thought that the inventor, who spends his time in the plant, will be able to have it in good working order in the next few days.
 Just now the work of filling. sealing and franking the bags is being done by hand as rapidly as possible, and some orders are being gotten out for the localities in which planting first occurs.
 It is thought by the contractors that the plant, which is conveniently To- cated near the post office. will be in full working order in the next few days, and that. even with the prese delay and the extra appropriation. work will be completed much more rapidly than ever before.
 Some fear is entertained by some congressman lest Secretary Wilson's test for germination is too high, and that he is paying too much attention to the scientific character of the sup ply, and thus materially retarding the
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25
FIND GREAT COPPER VEIN.
A Discovery in Prussia May Cut Down the Importation from
 America.

Enormous copper deposits have been found near Allendorf, in Prussia. Ex- perts estimate the size of the vein at about 71,000 square meters. An analy- SIS has shown that the freshly discov- cred ore contains one per cent. more pure copper than that mined from the Marsfe,d mines in Saxony. The vein will not be exhausted for 25 years, ac- cording to present indications, and the shaft-sinking will be far less costly than is usually the case.
 It is believed on all sides that this dis covery will seriously affect the Ameri- can copper importations.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25
Rough Riders Reunion.
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8, 1901.

Pursuant to the provisions of the constitution of the association of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, the an- nual reunion of the regiment is here- by called for the twenty fourth and twenty-fifth day of June, 1901. at Col orado Springs, Colo. The officers of the association have been assured by the representatives of the city that all preparations possible will be made for the comfort of the attending mem-
 bers of the regiment and the hope is expressed that every officer and trooper attend and experience the city's hos
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25
NEGLECT IS COSTLY.
Torpedo Boats Rapidly Deteriorate
 from Lack of Care.
Government Compelled to Expend a Great Deal of Money In Making Repairs That Might Have
 Been Saved.

Carelessness of naval officers at the Brooklyn savy yard has cost the gov ernment a good deal of money in re- pairing torpedo boats, which were hauled out of the water with the idea of preserving them from the ravages of winter. There exist no facilities for taking care of these craft during the cold weather, although for two years the navy department has had at its disposal $l5O,OCO for the construction of a torpedo boathouse at the Boston navy yard.
 The advisers of the secretary of the navy never could agree as to the means of providing protection and the meth ods of handing the boats. Chief Con- structor Hichborn prepared one scheme and other officers had other ideas, with the result that nothing has been done or is lkeiy to be done.
 When it came to hauling out the boats at Portsmouth, New York. League island. and Puget sound this winter the constructors were obliged to employ the most primitive means, such as greased blanks, and the boats are protected by such temporary GOV. ering as loose lumber affords.
 At New York, it appears, the en. gineers or the line officers, who now are acting as engineers of the navy, failed to take care of the boilers of the boats. The mechanism consequently deteriorated to such an extent and SC rapidly that it was found necessary to remove the boilers. This could only be done by cutting through the steel decks Or hull covering.
 Three or four of the torpedo boats such as the Dupont and the Ericsson were operated upon in this way at great expense. The incident has beer guarded as a departmental secret, al. though the correspondence between the office of the secretary and some oi the bureaus concerned in the matter has been tart.
 This situation, brought to light ir the session of the board on construc tion, induced the chief of the bureal of navigation, Rear Admiral Crownin shield. to recommend that line officer be detailed to the permanent duty a. inspector of torpedo boats. He further suggested that all torpedo boats be re moved from the water and placed ir storage at the Norfolk navy yard There they could be obtained as thty are wanted and could be kept in repair and in readiness for sea service.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25

distribution. The congressman frank ly confess that it is the quantity and speed of the distribution for which they care more than for the quality, and already they are making uneasy calls at the plant where the seeds are being handled and to the seed division of the agricultural department.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25
pitalit!y.

pitality.
 As a general committee on arrange ments on behalf of the regiment are appOinted: Captain Frederick Miller, of Santa Fe, N. M.; Captain J. L. B. Alexander, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Lieuten- ant H. K. Devereaux, of Colorado Springs, Colo; First Sergeant o. G. Palmer, of Ava, Okla., and Sergeant Sherman Bell, of Cripple Creek, Colo. The committee will communicate with the citizens committee of Colorado Springs and will make all necessary arrangements on behalf of the regi- ment.
 JAS. H. MCCLINToCK, President.
 CHAs. E. HUNTER, Secretary.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-25

WANTED "A case of bad health that RETAINS Will no! benefit They banish pain and proloag life. One gives accept substitute. RETAINS, 10 for cents, nay had at drug store Ten samples and thousand estmonals will be mailed to any address for five cents forwarded to the Ripans Chemical Co., No. 10 Spruce Street, New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-30
FUND TO ENCOURAGE MARRIAGES
That Left by Poydras to Be Devoted to the
Education of Poor Girls.

rhat Left by Poydras to Be Devoted to the
Education of Poor Girls.
New Orleans, LATHE police jury OF
West Baton Rouge parish. as trustees
of the Poydras fund, decided to divert
that fund from it's original purpose to
a new one. Poydras was q French
Protestant, who acquired large for
tune in New Orleans and Pointe Cou-
nee. He died in 1924, leaving large
fortune, part Of which went to the es-
tablishment Of the Poydras Girls Asy-
lum in New Orleans, still In evidence.
and 5000 600 to the local authorities or
Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge
parishes, the interest to be given as
dowers to the INDECENT white girls mar
rying during each year.
AS the French dover system has
gone out of practice in Louisiana and
as there are few claimants for the
money, and as tie fund was thought
to have a bad effect in the way of en-
couraging hasty marriages. the police
Jury has decided to divert the revenue
to the higher education Of poor girls
every year.
Poydras was q bachelor as the result
Of a disappointment in love. and as a
consequence gave large share of his
wealth to encourage marrying. Dur
ing the three-quarters Of a century the
fund has been in operation it has
brought about thousands of marriages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-30
INCREASE IN 'INEBRIETY
New York Prison Commission Says
Growth Of Drunkenness is Startling.
32,859 COMMITMENTS IN A YEAR

The Commission Believes That Habltual
Drunkenness is a Disease Quite as
Much MS q Crime-Should Be Treated
With the View of Curing Rather Than
Punishing-Crges Probationary Law.
Albany, N. Y.-Drunkenness has in
creased to an alarming extent in New
York State, according to the annual
report Of the State Commission of
Prisons. There were 1850 commit
ments to the penitentiaries, jsils and
warehouses of the State for intoxica.
tion during the year ended October 1
last
More than one-third of all the COM
mitments to jails and warehouses, and
nearly one-third of the commitments
to the penitentiaries were for this Of
fense. This makes no account of many
thousand other convictions for the
same offense punished by fine. Add
ing the probable number Of these to the
foregoing, it Is likely that one-half Of
the convictions in this State during the
year were for intoXication. And, Of
course, in addition, there were many
thousand cases Of drunkenness in
which there were no arrests and Of
which there are no records.
Under the head Of Treatment OF
Drunkenness" the report says:
whether the punishment is by fine
or Imprisonment, it usually falls more
heavily upon the family Of the offender
than upon the offender himself. The
man of means suffers no inconve.
nience. In the case Of the poor man,
whether he pays his fine or goes to
prison, his family Is punished rather
than himself. We recommend that in
the case of first offenders the sentence
should be suspended and the offender
paroledA Habitual drunkenness Is a
disease quite as much as a crime, and
should be treated by the State rather
to be cured than be punished.
"The probation law in operation
since 1891 in Massachusetts,, which has
proved advantageous in that State and
a source Of great economy (and Is also
now in operation both in Vermont and
Minnesota Is commended. Under this
law Judges of criminal courts are au-
thorized to appoint probation officers
and allow them reasonable compensa-
ton. The Judge has the discretion to
suspend sentence for offenders Of this
class and put the offender in the care
of the probationary officer, fixing a
definite period Of probation. At the
end of this period the officer appears
with his charge before the Judge and
presents a report. If favorable, the Of
fender is discharged; If adverse, SEN
tence is imposed"
The total prison population OF the
State Is 10,761.
Among other recommendations the
commission recommends the establish
ment of a State reformatory for male
misdemeanants, the erection of sepa
rate building for the confinement ano
electrocution Of condemned men, anc
the employment Of convicts IN road
building in the new Palisades Park.