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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07
RE IIC OF BA RBARISM
Prot. Frederick Starr So Declares
Regarding the Wedding Ring.


The romantic ideals Of. rs s.sco-edss
in q class Of anthrop ology at the Uni
versity Of Chicago received a rude
shock at eshands Of Prof. Frederick,
Starr the other afternoon. The cyni-
cal professor bluntly declared that the
wedding ring was a relic Of barbarism,
an abs lutely useless survival Of the
culture of primitive people, and every
young woman in the class raised her
voice in dissent. 81
.sIJnd oubtedl II, \ q replied q the pro-
Rfessor, the wedding ring is a beauti-
full example of barbaric tradition, .liy-s
& ing in this modern wentieth century,
and filling no function whatsoever.
Perhaps one of you can tell me the
origin of the use of the wedding ring?''
He received no answer from the Is
young women.
The wedding ring represents the
nose ring, ankle or manacle by which
in past ages the sold slave was led
away from the mart by his new mas
ter" he continued, while his audience
shivered with feminine disgust But
everyone to-day knows that a woman,
when she is given ring to symbol
ize the wedding sacrament, is by no
meansa slave, he added. 81 5 6ta
The dress coat was also included in
Prof. Starts crusade against 1relics
of barbarism." Turning to the men
Of his class, he added: what is the
origin of that absurd garment, the
dress, coat? Nothing less than the
hunting coats of our ancestors, who
divided the tails of the long frock
coats, cut away the front, sewed but
tons in the back to hold up the tails,
and used the coat for a hunting jacket.
The funniest thing about this dress
coat folly is the fact that whenever
La gentleman goes to an evening party
in his dress clothes, as soon as he gets
inside the door, he meets man dressed
just like him, who opens the door for
him and helps him off with his over
coat. Now, why is the servant dressed
in the conventional evening stume
also? Just because he formerly had
to wear out the old hunting coats of
his master. SO, you see, the dress
coat in all its uses, is merely survival
of barbarism" #t,.S*$ =. 7 .@EE
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07
Warming against Forest
and Prairie Fires.
Office Of State Forest Commissioner.


St. Paul, Mimi, March q 1909.
Chapter 1876 Of the General Laws Of
the State of Minnesota for 1895 (Act8of
April 18TH constitutes Supervisors Of
towns, Mayors of cities and Presidents
OF village councils Fire Wardens, and it
is made their duly to take precautions
to prevent forest and prairie fires, and if
they occur, to go and extinguish or con-
troll them; anu in. emergencies to call
upon any able bodied male person, over
eighteen years Of age, to assist. Reports
OF such fires with particulars tending to
fix responsibility therefor shall be made
within reasonable time usually within
9 week. The forest commissioner is re-
CURED to provide and sign an abstract
(as herein Of the penalties under said
law, and it is made the duty of the Coln-
|sty Commissioners Of each county to
cause said abstract to be published in at
least three issues Of the official paper in
their respective counties each year, be-
tween the 18th day of April and 1st of
November, and they are hereby instruct
l$OuttItto puUAlSus Ills suOliCt seuiiI0. CHutT
said law b.
The following are liable to q penalty not ex-
! ceeding $500 or imprisonment In the state
prison not over ten years or both: ~ &s
Any person who maliciously sets OF
causes to be set on fire any woods, prai-
RE or other combustible material where
BY the property OF another is destroyed
! and lifesis sacrificed.
The following are liable to a penalty not ex.
ceedlng $500 Or imprisonment not exceeding
three months: r. Y .s -
Any person refusing, without cause,
TO assist fire wardens in extinguishing
forest or prairie fires. s5
Any fire warden who neglects to per.
form his duties.
Any person who willfully, negligent.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07

~ or carelesslr sets on firs,s or causes to
be set on fire, any woods, pfairies or
other combnstible material thereby caus-
ing injury to another.
Any person who shall kindle fire ON
or dangerously near to forest OF prairie
land and leave it unquenched, or who
shall be 9 party thereto.
Any person who shall use other than
incombnstible fire wads for firearms OF
Garry naked torch, frebrand or other
exposed light in or dangerously near to
forest land.
Any person who shall wilfully or
heedlessly deface, destroy or remove
this or any other warning placard post
ed under the requirements of the above
mentioned Act.
Any railroad company wilfully neglect
ing to provide efficient spark arresters on
its engines; or to keep lis right of way
to the width of 100 feet cleared of COM
bustible material; or which shall fail to
comply with other provisions of Section
10 of the above mentioned Act.
The following are liable to penalty Of not less
than SIS nor more than $50:
Any railroad employee who Wilfully
violates the provisions of Section IL of
the above mentioned Act.
Any owner Of threshing OF other port
able steam engine who neglects to have
efficient spark arresters, or who shall de-
post live Goals or hot ashes without ex-
ltlnguishing the same. .
$5e ~ a. "a NppEuc Chief Fire Warden ?
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07
To the Pole BY Afrship.

Sergt. Julius Fredericks, attached
to the weather bureau in indianapolis
Ind and one Of the survivors of the
Greedy expedition to the north pole, has
entered into q contract to accompany
William Med onnell, Of Chicago, on q
similar expedit ion, only that an airship
will be used after reaching the arctic
regions. Fredericks has always held
TO the belief that he would have
reached the pole had the pedition not
waited till the men were exhausted be-
fore making the final attsmpt, and he
4 has entered into the new venture with
much enthusiasm. He says he and Nc
Donnen will start il the spring, and
will use the airship that Med onnell has
peri ected. s.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07

store for the mailbag he loftily inform
ed the crowd of loungers that Ridge
vale was preparing an intellectual treat
that would cause such a commonplace
thing as a circus parade to resemble a
stranded, minstrel troupe counting the
ties toward home.
The secret was pretty well kept, but
toward the end all Harrison knew that
Gregory Kinsman, the schoolmaster
had written a little play to be perform.
ed in the schoolhouse yard. George
Haskins, Seth's youngest son, was to
impersonate the Father of His Country,
while Dan Smith was to- be the elder
Washington. sas.s +. ~ =. ~*l@ ~ p
For this reason they were not surpris-
ed on the morning Of the 22d when they
trooped into the schoolhouse yard to
find the benches and some extra chairs
arranged in rows in front of the build
ing. At the farther end the snow had
been shoveled from the frozen earth,
forming sort Of stage. Branches Of
cut evergreens masked the bare brown
fence boards, and in the geometrical
small evergreen was firmly planted.
Around the lower part Of the tree a
band Of bark, wired on, showed where
the shrub had been nearly chopped
through. 1t had been demonstrated
when the boys were over in Haskins'
lot for the evergreens that, with the toy
Ratchet furnished young Haskins, the
demolition of the tree would require
something like an hour and a half.
This would have greatly retarded the
crispness Of the performance. A piece
of white cloth fastened on the side far
| thest from the audience showed the
little fellow where to make the initial
| attack.
Most Of the Ridgevale people had al
| ready gathered in the Enclosure when
the guests from Harrison began to ar
| rive. But, seats had been saved for the
visitors. When the last sleighload had
driven up, Kinsman, who was called
professor in Ridgevale and plain
Greg" over in Harrison, opened the
| proceedings with an Grafton which had
originally appeared as an editorial in
a New York paper two years before.
Silas Hopkins followed with an extern
poraneous address punctuated by ..er'''
and "as ! was saying" The First
Reader class sang an ode to Washing
ton composed by Mnsman and set to
the tune Of Bringing In the Sheaves.D
Ella Garrison. who was known to fame
as child eloc utionist, recited q poem
on Washington from Spellman's Fourth
Reader. There was q quartet by the
choir Of the First NJ. b. church, and
then the stage was cleared for the
event Of the afternoon. ~ ls.5
Around the corner OF the woodshed
strolled Master Haskins il a gorgeous
Contine costume a bag wig OF
cotton batting was surmonted by his
Sunday hat Of black felt, carefully pin
ned into an imitation OF cooked head
gear, while he wore the patent leather
pumps that the previous June had been
the admiration Of all on the occasion
Of the annual school Commencement
and exhibit ion. Z, s
Fully conscious Of his Importance as
q historical parsonage, Master George
strutted forward and III a childish
treble informed the audience that this
was his birthday and that great joy
had been brought to his heart through
the bestowaI Of many gifts. His joy
was not in that he valued the intrinsic
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-07

Stops the Cough and works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No Cure, no pay.
Price IS cents. a..
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Settlers Rates to California and
the Northwest.

II you are thinking Of going to
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washing
ton, Oregon, California, New Mexi-
co, Arizona, during September or
October, it would be greatly to
your interest to communicate with
me, advising your objective point.
The number OF persons in your
,,urry and the time you expect to
tart, as the Missouri Pacific rail
way have authorized during men
Toned period unusual low one-way
colonist rates to the dessibtd terri
ory which are lower than ever.
Maps and illustrated printed mat
ier free.
A. A. GALLAGHER, D. P. A.,
419 Walnut ST., Cincinnati, o.
6 Ct.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
GOT HIS WATCH BACK.


Ihe snauness OF the world was
once more illustrated to me, said q
prominent treasury official, "by an in
cident which occurred on the train
which bore my father from Detroit to
Washington on a visit theother day.
"Back in the SOS my father was en-
gineer of one of the old stern-wheel
Mississippi river steamboats, plying
between Illinois towns and ST. Louis.
Some pretty exciting games of poker
were played on the old Mississippi
river boats, and the one on which the
old gentleman was engineer was no
exception. The professional gam
blers who made the trips to st. Loo
for the purpose Of fleeing sometimes
unwary travellers usually got the coin,
but not always, and the point Of the
incident | am telling you about was
one of the exceptions.
My father was sitting thesmok-
ing room of the train the other even
ing chatting with an acquaintance,
also en- route to Washington from the
City of Straits. Casually pulling out
his watch to see how time wagged, the
acquaintance commented on the
rather odd appearance of the watch,
which led to a closer examination.
The watch was an old one, unlike the
ones in use these days, hada gold face,
wound with key, and bore the name.
and date Of German maker.
An elderly gentleman with long
whiskers occupying the seat opposite
the Detroiters had been, up to the
time Of the talk about the watch, at
tentively reading newspaper. He
cast his eye at the watch, however, and
butted into the conversation with the
observation: odd watch that! Never
saw but one likeit before
"The owner of the watch thereupon
permitted the bewhiskered old gentle
man to examine the timepiece more
closely. The latter gaveit a thorough
looking over, inside and out, and sur
prised the other two by his comments
upon its points After this scrutiny
and sundry and divers remarks which
had the owner of the watch and the
other man guessing, the old man held
the watch affectionately in his grasp.
Seeing this particular ticker
said the old man, carries me back to
the year 1857, to the cabin of an old
Mississippi river steamboat. / was
a victim of the poker habit in those
days, and regularly played my way
down from my home town in Illinois |
to st. Louis and back. Luck had been
against me for a couple of trips, and
my check-buying roll was sadly de.
pleted. l hated to do it, but it came |
% pass when the watch I carried, |
which had been handed down from |
lire to son for three generations, had |
70 be pledged for the price of sitting
nto poker game just beginning. ]
vent to the engineer of the boat, with
whom / was slightly acquainted, and
bespoke the loan of $50, offering the
precious watch as security and prom
sing to redeem it the next morning,
)ut-
"T am that engineer said my fa-
her.
"'And am that gambler said the
'ld'man with the whiskers.
"And it was thus that my father
,arted with the watch he had carried
or nearly half a century, for theerst-
While Mississippi river steamboat
amber, since grown wealthy, there
lpon redeemed the pledge, as my IA
her had not the heart to take back
he timepiece and the old man urged
IS restoration" = Washington
Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
A TERROR TO RANcHMEN.
"Bigfoot," the Giant Grizzly, and BIT
Costly Depredations.

"Bigfoot," according to recent
dispatch to the New York World ID
on the rampage again and the cat
tlemen of West Idaho county, Idaho,
from the Snake to the Salmon river
are up in arms against him.
"Bigfoot" is the famous giant griz-
zly who has been the terror Of cattle
owners throughout all that country
for years.
Nearly twice the size of an ordinary
grizzly, "Bigfoot" for years has levied
his tribute Of prime steers and no one
has been found brave enough or clever
enough TO catch or Kill him.
With single blow of his giant paw
he kills the largest and best animal
he can find and he usually takes the
pick of herd. He makes a single
meal Of the animal, and it is usually
a meal that would provide a camp
full Of men for a week, and disap-
pears, never to return TO that locality
again that season.
A standing offer of 81, 500 was once
placed upon "Bigfoot's" head and
there is still big money for the man
that kills him. Yet so ferocious is this
great creature that the bravest hunt
ers hesitate to show themselves when
"Bigfoot" is about. He is as cunning
in the handling Of men as he is in the
picking Of steer for dinner, and
many narrow escape is recorded by
those who have had the ill-luck TO get
into the same neighborhood with
him.
"BigfoOt'y" depredationsin the sew
eral years that he has been operating
in the Salmon river country amount
to many thousands of dollars His
presence in the vicinity of a ranch is
sufficient to set the herds in a state
OF excitement bordering on panic and
the cattlemen themselves hear CT his
with dismal countenances
and assurances of days and nights of
trouble.
The grizzly's last appearance was
near the little cattle town of White
bird, where he kept the entire popu-
lation on tenterhooks for days, tooka
couple of expensive meals and then
departed with half dozen desperate
but terrified hunters on his trail.
Even the Indians of the region,
usually fearless hunters, are afraid of
"Bigfoot5" and many superstition
as to his supernatural powers is cur
rent among them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
#. g Duerson, druggist.

AN Atlanta (Ga.) bank has
opened 8 department exclusively
for its women clients. The paying
vfeller is a woman, who pays all
checks presented to her in brand
new currency. Depositors in the
wOmen's department are furnished
with dainty combination check
and pass books bound in Russian
leather.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Beware OF the knife.

No profession has advanced more
rapidly of late than surgery, but
1t shoU6 not be used except where
aH sglutely necessary. In cases of
piles for example, it is seldom
needed. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cures quickly and perma-
zeHGy. Dnequalled for cuts, burns,
.zr9ises, wounds, skin diseases. Ac
sept no counterfits. 81 was so
troubled with bleeding piles that
lost much blood and strength, "
says j, c. Phillips, Paris, Ill. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured me
in a short time" SoOthes and
Ecals.
N ~ n..ounNx, 5-,n.s-A
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
dwelling.

AT the unveiling of the confed
crate monument at Harrodsburg
the addresses will be delivered by
veterans Col. Bennett H. Young,
OF Louisville, and Robert Breckin.
ridge, of Danville.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

Platunimnm has long been mined
IN 1he Simikameen, about 15O
OK iss east of Vancouver. 1t is
sNi& that Cinnamon have been
earning living wages for the past
fifteen gears by recoving platuni-
NUN iron the placer deposits of
q the Tulameen river, and also of
CfS canite creek.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

II Is reported that an oil spring
of good quality has been discov-
cred in the Southeastern district
.ot South Australia. The spring is
neat the lakes which exist at the
mo nth of the murray river, in the
-'Eicinity of the little town of Ben
si4gie, on the eastern shore of Lake
nATOsrt.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Did He Forget?

President Roosevelt's failure to
mention tariff reduction as a possi-
BILE remedy for the trust evil is
looked upon by Democratic leaders
in Washington as the fatal defect
in his series of New York speeches.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

Boats instead of wagons are used
BY the rural free delivery carrier
at New Suffolk, L. /. The route
there lines along the shores of a
protected bay, and in ordinary
weather he can sail over his course
more easily than than he can go in
2 wagon.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Just SO.

A man by the name of George
Carva elopes with, and was mar
ried to a Barren county girl and be-
fore they could settle down the
'iear husband was arrested for
house breaking in Bowling Green.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
GA - TT DIR Ia.
Bears the 4, The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature "a A<HHglZx

Brakeman William Purden, of
Lancaster, Ky, was instantly kill
ed and twenty-one cars of freight
destroyed in wreck on the South
ern railway at Busey, KY, last
week Two tramps were injured.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

All the energies of the health
authorities at Manila are being
centered on preventing cholera
from being transported to the Unit
ed st tes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

II had a running sore on my leg
for seven years, writes Mrs. Jas.
Forest, of Chippewa Falls, Wis,
and spent hundred of dollars in
trying to get it healed. Two boxes
of Banner Salve entirely cured it,
Beware of substitutes.
F. G. Duerson, Druggist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

Statistics from the Census Bu-
reau give the percentage of litter
acy among males of voting age in
the country as 13 per cent. as
against 8 per cent among the city
men.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Pipe Line.
F. G. Duerson, Druqqi!

Surveyors are to begin work inn
mediately on a pipe line from Som
erset, KY, to Parkersburg, w. Va.
The Standard Oil Company is be-
hind the project.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

sAss many of the Paris hospitals
sore net up to modern requirements,
i1 rs proposed to pull them down
and build new ones. The cost
will be $15, 100000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
F. @. Duerson. Druggist.

Three hundred and fifteen shoals
in various parts of the world were
declared dangerous to navigation
last year by British admiralty sur
veyors.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

Some reels of a thread in fac
tory at Braunton, Devonshire,
have been chosen as a home by a
solitary bee, which is now actually
engaged filling them with honey.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Increase.

The late statement of the busi-
ness of the L. & N. railroad shows
a decided increase of business.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
Incorporated.

The Ragland Oil Company has
filed articles of incorporation.
Capital stock $4,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

The Coroner of New Albany is
investigating the murder of Mrs.
Mastison. Thereis strong circum-
stantial evidence against the hus-
band, who is under arrest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
WEST BOUND.
EAST BOUND.

No. II will connect at Winches-
ter with train on l.. " n. for
Cincinnati, o.
In connection with this 1t is well
to note the hours at which mail
viii be- collected from the boxes on
the street. Mail deposited before
these hours will be sent out on the
next mail tram.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

Lectures on the editing and pub
fishing of newspapers will be given
at the high school for Journalists,
which is to be opened in the
autumn at the university of Berne.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

Chas. Replogle, of Atwater, O.,
was unable to work on account of
kidney trouble. After using
Foley's Kidney Cure four days he
was cured.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
COLLECTIONS.

There is honor among thieves,
according to the thief's standard
of honor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
. a = IN . RIA.
Bears the ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature oi &WlzIZx

International President Noshang,
of the BARRIERS Union, warns the
local BARRIERS union to have moth
ing to do with political labor
schemes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02

new time table on the Chesa'
peake Il Ohio railroad on Sunday
went into effect as follows:
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-09-02
The Problem is,

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election, o be held Tuesday, November
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of 900 for a estimate.
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distributed such of readers who in intel
will mize them with the
population voting power and of the State Ohio
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-24

prison guards. While the men seen
were probably hunters, Sheriff Goliath
believes It possible that one Of them is
Tracy,
SPENT SUNDAY AT. CAMP CREEK.
Roslyn, WASH, July g3.--A man re-
ported to be Harry Tracy spent Sun
day and Monday at Comp Creek, TWEEN.
~ miles from here, In Kittltas country
IL is stated that Tracy went over the
mountains on freight train Saturday
evening
The story Of Tracy's arrival at Camp
Creek was brought here by a miner
named Elser. II Is corrob0rated by
another miner, Tracy, Elsner states,
was met by friends and they went to
Cleeum lake, where they cam ri for
the night. Thence they went to Camp
Creek and there Tracy was given food
and his wound dressed, Elsner says his
wound Is rather deep. Tracy however,
went fishing Monday and caught IS
trout. The miners at the creek, ac-
cording to Elsner are in sympathy
with the outlaw
Sheriff Brown Of Kitttas and the
marshal Of Roslyn refuse to believe
the story, The sheriff reached hero
however after Elsner had left for
Camp Creek,
The report states that Tracy and his
friends are heavily armed and the out
law is still carrying a white sack filled
with ammunition Elsner declared that
the murderer claimed his wife was at
Palmer Junction, but that he was on
his way east to see his mother, After
he has seen her, he said, he would be
ready to give himself up.