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New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
AN IMPARTIAL WOMAN.
Be Laid Beside Either One
Herself

This is the grave of the most i'm
guide in Cave Hill cemetery to party
who visited the beautiful cemetery the
other day, says the Louisville Courier
Journal Away over that second knoll
there is a lot containing only two
graves, and the headstone of each is
marked Father
THE woman who is buried here was
married twice, and the two graves in
that lot are the graves of her two hus-
bands. She tried her best to treat her
second husband as she did the first,
and even when he died she had no IDEA
OF showing any preference. But she
was sick when the funeral service of
her second husband was held. She di-
rected that the partner of her second
matrimonial venture be laid by the
side of the first, but that enough space
be left to bury her between the two
by some hook or crook, mistake
was made, and when she visited the
cemetery she found that they were
buried side by side, with no space be-
tween.
We'll, sir, she didn't know what to
do. Argued that if she should be
buried by the side of her first husband
it would not be fair to the memory of
her last spouse, and vice versa. What
did she do? Why, when she died she
left a request that she be buried in
another lot, away from both of them.
And it was heeded''
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
WATERS GET MANY TIPS.
One in Philadelphia Who Makes as
High as Fifty Dollars in
One Week.

Stories of big tips given in Chicago's
fashionable restaurants are outshone
| by the radiance of the following re
cital of a Philadelphia waiter to
Record reporter:
Sometimes, said the waiter, 81
| make as much as $50 week in tips
He stood in the palm roof of fash
ionable cafe and said this without a
blush. The lowest tip get is half a
dollar he continued. sThat is given
me by the young man who brings his
girl to luncheon, and, very properly,
buys no wine, because he is not yet
married to her. The man who buys
wine with luncheon for two has
bill to settle of eight or nine dollars,
never less. The dinner and supper
tips are the big ones. You, for in
stance, come to me and say: Henry,
| am bringing five guests to dinner
here tomorrow at seven. / wish to
spend $50. Reserve that corner table
Tor me and see that the flowers and
the candles are beautiful. I'll drop in
at noon to look over the menu you
will draw up For my trouble you tip
me, maybe, five dollars. If your dinner
party is larger one and you spend
on 1t, say $50, you may tip me ten dol
lars. Some exceedingly generous per-
sons have been known to tip me SIS
for dinner without any swooning be-
ing done by me. The biggest tip ever
got was $50, but the man was drunk.
"A percentage of my tips goes, of
course. to the head waiter. A man,
by the way, who isn't tipped half
enough is the fellow in the hall who
looks after the hats and wraps. He
gives you no check, and yet among the
hundred guests whose things are in
his charge he remembers you, and
when you come out to go he has your
wraps ready for you without any ques-
tloning or any delay. A wonderful
memory the fellow has, but he doesn't
make much money!
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
AT THE VOLCANOES CRATER.
American Tourists at Popocatapetl
Reach Its Brink and Are There
Photographed

A party of Americans touring in
Mexico recently accomplished the un-
usual feat of ascending to the edge of
the crater of Mount Popocatapetl, the
famous volcano of the North American
continent. A member of the party
in describing the trip says the crater
is a marvel and well worth hard
journey to see. "A huge and gloomy
pit it's he says, its steep sides emit
ting sulphurous smoke and fumes. and
its perpendicular walls descending, it
is said, to a depth of 1900 feet. At
the bottom is a small lake of emerald
green, surrounded by volcanic rocks
and deposits of sulphur. At the ton
there is a ledge of rock at the crater's
edge, from which we made our OBJ
servations of the crater and upon
which we were photographed I did
not observe any difficulty in breath
ing or any noticeable increase of heart
action, but several members of the
party were painting painfully and were
hardly able to speak. One of nv com
rades told me that he could feel his
heart beat through his coat and sweat
er. The temperature was very cold.
but it seemed to be modified some
what by the natural warmth of the
crater and we were protected against
the icy wind outside
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
COLONIAL SABBATH LAWS.
None More RigidIy Enforced Than
the Regulations Regarding
That Day.

q narration of the laws relating to
the Sabbath and the prosecutions due
to them would fill huge volume and
make interesting reading. The rigid
Puritan observance of the Lords day
had it's origin with the Puritans of old
England and reached it's fullest devel-
opment in Puritan New England, saws
Donahoe's Magazine.
None Of the laws were more rigidly
enforced than those intended to pre-
vent the ''prophaning of the Lords
day The old records are full of con-
victions for violation of them. Capt.
Kimble, of Boston, was in 1856 set for
two hours in the public stocks for his
sslewed and unseemly conduct which
consisted in kissing his wife publicly
on the Sabbath day upon the doorstep
of his house, when he had just re-
turned from a voyage after an alb
senee of three years. The story is
told of Robert Pike, of Amesbury,
that, having to go on a journey, he
waited patiently until the sun sank
behind the western clouds on Sunday
evening, and then mounted his horse;
but he had only gone a, short distance
when the last ray cleaned through a
break in the clouds, and the next day
he was brought before the court and
fined.
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
STANDARD TIME.
Table of the Hour Reckonings Used
by the Officials of Different
Nations

The difficulty Of appreciating the
difference in time that prevails be-
tween different countries is very gen
eral, and the following list is printed
for the purpose of a ready reference
guide by which to calculate the time
of any occurrence in another country.
All nations, except Spain, Portugal and
Russia, calculate their time from the
meridian of Greenwich, accepting as
standard some even hour meridian,
east or west, of Greenwich. For in
stance:
Western European time, or that of
the meridian of Greenwich, is legal in
England, Belgium, Holland and Lux
emburg.
Central European time, or one hour
east of Greenwich, is legal in Germany,
Austria Hungary, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, the Congo Free State, Den
mark, Italy, Servia, Sweden, Norway
and Switzerland
Eastern European time, or two
hours east of Greenwich, is adopted
by Bulgaria, Roumania, Natal and Tur-
key in Europe.
Eight hours east of Greenwich ap-
plies to the Philippines.
Nine hours east of Greenwich is
adopted by Central Australia and
Japan.
Ten hours east of Greenwich is Of
fetal in Victoria, Queensland and Tas-
mania.
Eleven and half hours east has
been adopted by New Zealand.
The United States, Canada and Mex
leo have adopted the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth hours west of
Greenwich.
The Hawaiian islands adopt the me-
ridian of 1oA hours west.
In Spain the meridian of Madrid,
IA minutes As seconds west Of Green
Wlch, is legal; in Portugal, that of Lis
bon, or SO minutes 80 seconds west, and
in Russia that of ST. Petersburg, or
hours ] minute and 13 seconds east
of Greenwich.
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
A MoNSTRoUs LAZY cRITTER.
An Aquatic Fowl That Is Too Indo1ent
to Eat the Food 1t
Catches

During a recent trip through the
lower western section of the country,
said young man who has recently re-
turned to New Orleans, says the Times
Democrat. sssI believe discovered the
LATEST and most stupid form of life to
be found anywhere on the globe. It
was an aquatic fowl, with a big. clumsy
looking beak, in form something like
the dodo, now extinct. I have spent
much time in watching this fowl,
which is found in some of the shallow
lakes, and the chief point of interest
to me was the startling stupidity dis
played. They call them shags, / be-
lieve, out west. They generally squat
on stumps or logs in the lake and
watch for the smaller fish that play
around the surface of the water. They
are fairly clever in catching what they
want, and they throw out their bills
with considerable precision when they
gig for game. But they never get to
eat what they catch until they have
fed at least one and maybe. more than
one member of another kind of water
fowl. Whenever shag begins to catch
fish. long-legged, long-necked water
hen will take a place Immediately be-
hind him. When the shag lands the
fish, the water hen simply reaches
over and gets it. Without any show
of resentment and without turning
around, the shag will continue it's
watch for fish, and this is kept up un-
til the water hen has finished it's meal,
and then, if no other enterprising
member of the same tribe comes along,
the shag is permitted to enjoy the
product of it's own sleepy efforts. I
have, on one occasion, seen one shag
feed as many as three water hens be-
fore eating single fish. 1t is certain
ly singular display of stupidity, and
after having watched the performance
number of times / am convinced that
the shag is actually too dull to even
know that the water hen stands be-
hind him to steal the fish out of his
mouth"
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
Military Advice Gratis.

The public are very fond of offer
ing me advice" Gen. French told an
interviewer. Zone. fellow wrote:
Why don't you collar your horses p
And then also have my little CORE
spondents who take me after their
own fashion My Dear French,
came from a Rugby boy, I want you
to send me your sigma ture, but mind
you don't let your secretary write it.;
and a little girl. expressing herself as
very wishful to see me back IN Lon
don, pointed out an immense number
of ink crosses she had traced on the
paper, and said she hoped I would
take them for kisses
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
EngIand's Hope Is In Tailoring.

Apparently the only trade in which
the British still retain an unques-
toned monopoly is that of tailoring,
writes a London correspondent in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. I was
informed at Messrs. Poole's, who are
supposed to be the best tailors in
London, that the trade with Amer
lean visitors is enormous, and that
although American machine sewing
excels any sartorial achievements on
the English side Of the water, the
handmade garments of a high order
of art are still practically the secret
sof English taiIors. Englishmen may,
therefore, take cold comfort that
they are still able to clothe their COM
mercial masters.
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
Busy Days in Arizona

The orchard fruit season in Arizo-
na opens about May IS with the pick
ing of apricots, which are shipped by
the carload to the northern and east
ern markets. Peaches, plums, necta-
rines and figs are also ripening in
May, and there is large increase in
the population because Mexicans. In.
dians and Cinnamon come in from
surrounding states to pick and pack
the fruit. The Navajo girls use their
native woven baskets which they bal
ance deftly on their heads as they
work.
New Ulm review., 1901-05-29
HER HUSBANDS PARTNER.
Much of D'OyIey Carte's Success Was
Due to His Wife,s
Efforts

D'Oyley Carte, the dramatist and
manager, whose recent death was sin
cerely regretted by members of the
dramatic profession, owed much of
the success he achieved to his wife,
one of the most remarkable women
in her way that ever was associated
with theaters, says the Chicago
Chronicle
Joining Mr.. Carte's company in
somewhat subordinate position, she
soon showed a grasp of everything
connected with the stage-so com
pletely astonishing, indeed, that
everybody used to say Miss Lenoir-
the Frenchified and dramatized YER
sion of her own name of Black-had
the head of a man and the shoulders
of woman. She could keep ac-
counts in bookkeeper fashion, dress
a piece in a way that French dress
thors-in short, do all sorts and con-
ditions of things in dramatic work,
until in the end she had all the
threads of Mr.. Carte's business in her
hands, and when he and she got mar
ried it was the conclusion of a great
business partnership. as well as the
joining together of two people who
had a true and abiding affection for
each other.
Inrecent years the business partner
the devoted wife-has had to per-
form the duties of the tireless nurse,
and it was to her soothing hand that
poor D'Oyley Carte owed that allevia-
ton he received during the tedious
journey which lies between constant
i'll health and welcome death.
The representative., 1901-02-21

ception of her head, she sews, embroid-
ers and paints, holding her implements
with lips, tongue and teeth. She even
threads her own needle Her little
paintings are excellent, and the sale Of
them is her sole means of livelihood.
Indeed, she is the main support Of her
family.
None of the ve-mentioned per-
sons, it should be noted. is a museum
freak or is exhibited on the stage.
Among those who exhibit themselves
for money, however, there are some yer,
curious specimens. One is the armless
archer, Warcineh Boseth, an American
Indian who recently appeared in Lon
don. Once he won first prize in pigeon
shoot at New Orleans. But the most
terrible case of all is that Of the French
man Mabieux, better known as L HON.
me Tronc, the trunk man or living
trunk. He came into the world without
arms or legs. Last year he reported
for service to a military examining
very vigorous examination. Like Miss
Tunison, he makes his mouth do drN'y
for his missing limbs. He came to
Paris during the exposition, and his
parents seem to derive a proud salts
faction as we'll as considerable profit
from exhibiting him. ."-Translations
made for The Literary Digest.
The representative., 1901-02-21

ceive even side flash. Says the writer
in closing:
1T is not judicious to stand under
trees during thunder storms, nor in the
doorway of barns, or close to cattle. or
near chimneys and fireplaces. On the
otner hand. there is not much sense In
going to bed or trying to insulate one
self in feather beds; neither are small
particles of steel SO much to be feared.
Tor they do not have the power to ue-
termine the path of discharge or to at
tract lightning, as is popularity SUD-
posed
Many people suffer greatly and some
what unnecessarily, we think from
alarm during the prevalence of thun-
DER storms Many flashes are of less
Intensity than we imagine and the nu-
man body could withstand these without
permanent serious effects. Voltaire's
caustic criticism that there are some
great lords which it does not do to an
proach too closely, and lightning is one
OF these needs a little revision in tn.se
days of high potential oscillatory our
rents Indeed, the other saying, Heaven
has more thunders to alarm than thun-
derbolts to punish has much more
point to it, as it is nearer the truth
One who lives to see the lightning hash
need not concern himself much about
the possibility of personal injury IRON
that fash.
Finally. if you should be In the VI
cinity of person who has Just been
struck by lightning, no matter whether
or not the person appears to be dead
go to work at once to restore conscious
ness. There are many cases on record
proving the wisdom Of this course; ana
there is reason for believing that light
ming often brings about suspended ami
nation rather than somatic death. Try
to stimulate the respiration and clrc,l-
lation. Do not cease in the effort to
restore animation in'less than an hour s
time''
The representative., 1901-02-21
EVOlut3On in Politics,

The evolution of public sentiment is
gradually but surely turning towards
public ownership of natural monopOlies
This is made manifest in the increasing
number OF magazine articles on tho
subject, and the larger number OF COL
lege professors who are studying up the
great subject, and taking sides with the
people favoring public ownership, but it
il seen more especially in every group
of men who discuss public questions,
either in private or in public, for their
discussions turn to that theme. Five
years ago to find man who was in ia
vor of public ownership was to find a
ranting Populist, but now they are
found in the ranks of both old parties
by the thousands in every section of the
country. If the local press had the sane
to speak their own unbiased opinions
on the subject, public ownership would
be the all dominating question in 1904.
Madison Lake New Era.
The representative., 1901-02-21
The Difference.

In reading the Industrial Revolution
by Rev. Chas. H. Vail we came to two
pertinent paragraphs which cannot be
easily reconciled to the general tenor Of
the Socialist organs. The first is more
conservative and sounds more like Pop
ulism to us than like radical Socialism
1t read (p. 27, Every industry that
has reached it's trust stage is eminently
ripe for appropriation by the commun-
ity." But the other is SO radically rad1-
cal that it should suit the most pro
nounced abolition Socialist. 1t reads
(p. 34, when the Socialists have
wrested the power of government from
the capitalist class they will at once
proceed to transform private business
into socially managed concerns. Just as
rapidly as practicable, trust after trust
and industry after industry, would pass
under public administration, the Off
Gals In charge being made responsible
to the whole people-until all produc-
tion and exchange are socialized and
the consummation Of the industrial evo-
luton completed This is just the diff
ference between Populism and Social
ism. Populism would not object to
federalizing those things which are by
their nature public utilities, railroads
telegraph lines, and the like. But it
does object to interfering with the in
alienable rights of citizens to produce
when they will, as they will, what they
will, if they can, by their individual ef-
fort from the earth, the common in
heritance of us all. Populists do not
favor Federal meddling with private
business. When the public business,
like transportation and money issue.
which is now monopolized, is socialized
and utilized in the interest OF all as
Populists demand they shall be, that
will be found to have been SO great 4
step in the direction of liberty that IL
will be unwise to crowd on to the So
cializing OF private business. and So
jeopardize the liberty gained.-Vineland
Independent On. J.)
The point above made by the lnde-
pendent is a superb one. 1t enables the
most casual reader to see the radical
difference between Populism and Social
ism. Socialism proposes to suppressed
and to centravene the established law
of the universe; to- in fact, wipe out
original and inherent liberty. On tho
other hand, Popuiism regards natural
law as highest and best. 1t recognizes
the fact that man was made in the I'M
age of God. free and independent con-
structOr.
II tell you 1t takes a socd deal Of pluck
to succeed In Wall street.
Yes, and you've got 10 Lave Q good
many TO pluck. ."-PhilacciphiE Record.
The representative., 1901-02-21
Handicapped Geniuses.

There are many people who would
seem to have been condemned by ma
ture to lives OF inaction, but who, BY
sheer force of will and perseverance,
have attained striking success in fields
of activity which ought apparently to
be closed to them. A writer in Lectures
pour Tous (Paris, November) refers to
a number of historic cases such as the
stammering Demosthenes and the blind
sculptor Govelli; and then, coming down
to our own day, furnishes descriptions
of number of equally remarkable, II
less famous, illustrations. He writes
as follows:
"A similar example Ito that of Co.
vellD in our own day afforded by the
blind sculptor Vidal. He became especi-
ally celebrated through his masterpiece
called The Roaring Lion, the studies
for which he made by entering the cage
of lion and freely handling and finger
ing the animal Among living examples
TheOphi!e Debucquoy, professor OF
music in an institution for the blind at
Lille, and an accomplished pianist, not
only became blind at the age of three,
but lost the use of his right hand four
years later. His devotion to the piano
notwithstanding this second infirmity
is an instance of the singular pervers1Jy
which so many of these unfortunate per-
sons exhibit in choosing the very pro-
fessions for which they seem least
adapted A blind but otherwise whole
man might become pianist with COM
parative ease; he prefers to be a sculp-
tor. Painting pictures is the last thing
man without arms would be likely to
attempt, one would think; it is the one
thing he insists upon doing. Such an
artist is Charles Felu. OF Belgium, whose
paintings are highly praised. He was
born without arms and remembers that
in his infancy his mother taught him
to pick flowers with his toes. When he
grew up, in the attempt to earn liv
ing he first tried literature, but soon
abandoned it for art.
Holding his brush with the toes Of
his right foot, he made many copies OF
works of the great Flemish masters
! Many OF his pictures are owned in
America. The queen regent of Spain has
| made him an officer of the Order of Isa-
bella, and the king Of Portugal has
| decorated him with the Order of Christ
1t is needless to add that at table he
handles knife, fork and spoon as wen
| as anybody.
But what shall we think Of rns..
who shaves himself with his foot. and
(, the left foot at that? The armless
! Englishman John Chambers. does tn.a
and he also jumps on moving tram
car, reads newspapers, writes letters,
and puts on his shoes without assis.
: ance. When he buys ticket at rall-
way station. he takes off one shoe and
j sock inserts his toes in his waistcoat
pocket and counts out the money as
well as any one. He Is skiiful in the
use of hammer. saw and other tools,
and plays well on the cornet.
! "The case of Miss Fannie Tunison, ..
: Long Island, is familiar to many read
ers. Completely paraiyzed. with the sy-
The representative., 1901-02-21

Pet Names Cut on the Bias.
Pet names of fond endearment please
the average loving lass,
If cut upon the bias the reverse then
comes to pass;
Her blisses and her kisses turn persim-
mon-like and sour,
Her soft eyes harden sadly as on you
they CLINT and glover;
'Tis but as ingle step from names that
thaw her into smiles
To those that make her stare at you In
scores of cutting styles.
She clucks If you call her chick, but
II you call her hen,
Her looks are like to those a wildcat
flashes from its den;
Call her lamb she softly bleats, but
just call her a sheep,
And note how incandescent daggers
from her lashes leap;
Call her kitten and she purrs but cali
her simply cat,
And you will need doctors aid to tell
you where you're at
Call her a duck and she Quacks praise,
but If you call her goose,
Though that. to, is waterfowl, Sic Ca MS
it foul abuse:
Call her a sweet canary, ana just IKE
one she will trill,
But call her crow or magpie, and you
suffer her i'll will:
She likes to be called mocking Diru
sweet oriole or lark
But call her jay, and on your hue sine
then may make her mark
Suppose you call her troutlet, she Will
nestle close and look
AS sweet as any angel ever pictured In
a book:
But just call her a mullet, tnougn lnat
lisa pretty thing,
A bullhead or a cod, and you cannot too
soon take wing:
You may call her an antelope gaze,.c, I.
mouse or deer.
But rat or fox, and yours becomes .ur1u
atmosphere.
Choose well pet names Of animals, of
insects or Of birds.
AS choice Of appellations calls for incest
choice of words;
Her humors are so changeful and her
feelings SO intense
That name cut on the bias proves an
insult most immense;
In short, In this as other things syour
popsey wOpsey pearl.
Though sweet as velvet taffy, is a most
peculiar girl.
4. Edgar Jones.