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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
Spirit Of Suicide.

The following taken from the Mime
apolis journal, the belief of DR.. D. L.
Kiehle, is evidently from text furnish
ed by the tragic death of Ora siegel:
'.The spirit of suicide is in the air. Its
contagion is just like that of, measles or
smallpox-the sentimental temperament,
exposed to Injection, takes it on and
away goes the individual; good people
and ba q people alike. When that
happens we call the victim crazy
That, In brief, is the view held by DR..
David L.. Kiehle, Professor of pedagogy
at the University of Minnesota. He was
asked to- day if, in his opinion, the suicide
of school boy at New Ulm and a recent
similar case inthe east indicated too high
pressure in educational methods. His
answer shows that he finds the causes IN
another direction. Continuing is discus
sion of the subject, DR.. Kiehle said:
Suicide is by no means uncommon,
even when there is little apparent excuse
for it. 1t seems o have become a
characteristic of American civilization
and freedom; and, in many cases, may
have its origin in a reaction against the
restraints of society, the discipline of the
school or of the home. The tendency is
| IN the atmosphere. The fageliantes of
history. if alive to-day, would become
suicides. T his rebellion against the
| restraints of authority, whether those re-
| strs,nts be unreasonable or not, may lead
even young children to suicide. Children
act on impulse, and with them, as with
adults, there is always present tenden-
cy to. do what they have in their minds.
When man is learning to ride wheel
and sees ditch in his path, he centers
his mind upon that ditch and consequent
ly runs into it. Persons who experience
fear wheE on a high bridge and who
think of jumping off are liable to follow
that suggestion. Ii the idea of suicide
once finds lodgmentin your brain there
| is alwaysa predisposing motor tendency
| to follow that Idea up with execution.
| Evils melting to suicide are those
which appeal to the feelings. Love issa
| potent cause. Probably the cure must
be5Ileft to history. Times change and
impulses change witt them. Men no
longer scourge themselves. Self-torture
is not practiced in civilized communities.
In its stead has come self-dest1uction.
know of no way to successfully combat
the tendency. 1t will pass as others have
passed before it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
LAFAYETTE.

tSpecial Correspondence.)
The ball game between Lafayette and
Brighton Sunday afternoon resulted in
9 victory for the former, the score being
IA to 10. u
Mr.. and Mrs. j. "a. Carlson spent last
Thursday IN st. Paul.
Carl Llndquist who has been suffering
with 9 sore toe is again able to be about.
Axel Olson has sold his residence to
8. s. 5WensOn, cOnsid ersti0n $1,000.
Ed. Olson has severed his connections
with s. Sorenson. y.
The dance which was to have taken
place Saturday, was postponed 10 IN IN
definite time.
Our regular Sunday visitor was il
town again, making .'someb !" happy.
Fl. Gobllrsch and family sundayed il
the country.
Judge Goblirsch tied the matrimonial
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
SPRINGF!ELD.
from the Advanced


Miss Carrie Friedman of New UIm
visited Mis-. K. E. Mo, Thursday.
Mrs. M. Wagner with her three children
was down from Seaforth Saturday visit
ing at S. Wagner's.
Mrs. L. Frederickson of Kenmare, N.
D., arrived Saturday for visit with her
son, Attorney Frederickson.
Rev. c. 81. Heuer has received and ac-
cepted call t o he pasterate Of the
Lutheran churches q t Rose Hill and
Westbrook.
Miss Susie Foy left Wednesday morn
ing for Harrington, Wash, for visit of
several weeks with relatives. .ss.-.ss
Mrs. Martin Foy gave pleasant after
noon party last Thursday to company
of her lady friends. A most delicious
lunch was enjoyed. -. :.
A party of twelve from Walnut Grove
and Tracy went over to Lake Shetek to
fish, and just as they were landing q
good haul from their 800 foot seine, q
deputy game warden came along and
landed them all in Cur.ie, where they
pleaded guilty to illegal fishing and were
fined $156.40, besides having their net
confscated. #
zs DANGEROUS If NEGLEcTEED.
Burns, cuts and other wounds often
fail to heal properly if neglected and be-
come troublesome sores. DeWitt,s Witch
Hazel salYe prevents such consequences.
Even where delay has aggravated the in.
jury DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve effects
q cure. 81 had running sore on my
leg thirty years, says a. G. Hartly,
Yankeetown, Ind. aAfter using manY
remedies, | tried DyWitt's Witch Hazel
ESalve. a few boxes healed the sore.''
Cures all skin diseases. Piles yield to
it at once. Beware Of counterfeity. Eng.
Pfeferle. 81
/ Ono llnut . Couq III Cure
For Coughs, Colds and Group.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
Real Estate Transfers.

Gust. Swanson and wlfssto Martin
Erickson lot Is bl. rs. Sly Eye, 5 265
Gerhard Neemann and W. to Their
esa Krippner acres l1-11O-31. 80
Anna Zeug to August Schroeder
lots II and IL bl l Allis & DAY.
toms add to Sleepy Eye. 1l25
Eva Black to Joseph G. Frantz lot
II bl 6 Brack. Sd add sl'py Eye 1916
Louis C. Romberg to 3Wm. Dietz
pt. of Sc + of 80 HOBO. A4O
Harry L. Jenkins to ". j. Ouren
lot SO bl Hanska ..... $50
VIM. Pfaender to Henrietta Caro-
line Saur lot 2 bl 1l2 and lot
bl 113 New Ulm So
Jacob Hauser t 0 Ernst Rolloff
500 acres 36-1lO-32. $50
Gustav Schultz and wife to John :
J. Schultz 50 acres 49, t10-33.. 1850
Aug. Schroeder to John Ebenhoeh ~
lot 5 bl 6 Bracb. 1st add S. E.. 1875
Helen George Mo and husband to
Edward E. Johnson so acres IN
16 1OS. 81. 1000
W. & St. P. lard Co. to VIM. JON
son 40 acres 25-1OS-34 400
A. W. spehr and wife to VIM. G.
Krahmer n ! of lot 2 and lot 3
bi Schwarz. 4th add to Sprg. $50
Western Town Lot Co. to School
District No. so bl ID Comfrey 400
Reginald H. Bingham to John L.
Kiefer and John P. Graft lot Is
bl "a Sleepy Eye. -. $500
Haouah E. Thompson to John M.
Johnson 40 acres 22-1O3- 80. SOC
W. & St. P. Land Co. to Chas. and
Geo. Kundson 32.325 acres 10
1852. . 1923
Bertha Met zen and b to N.
Henningsen lot 10 bl 105 N New
UIm. ........ ............ 1900
John Manderfeld Jr. and to Geo.
G. Eckstein 4.88 acres 31-11O-
| 80. ....... 1926
Oscar Erickson and to Emil
Swanbeck pit of lots 4, 5 and 6
bl 8 Springfield ........... 5000
Henry c. Ohlsen ct al to Morris
johnson lots 8 and 10 bl W.
& St. d. Land Co.'S 1st add
Springfield. csc
Joseph NJ. Schiller to W. Schiller
100 acres 2-1OS 80. 72O(
| Soren G. Frederickson to William
G.. Schroeder bl Frederickson
| Golden add. 27t
| w. g.. St. P. Land Co.'S to L. G. &
! E. P. Davis $50 acres 3l-1OS-35. 22O(
W. & St. P. Land Co.'S to David
| Fessmann 100 acres 15-10S-35.. $500
| W. g.. st. P. Land Co.'S to Ernest
| Thor 100 acres 35-1OS "a 16Ol
Margaretha Eichmann to Carl
Kaiser lot 7 bl 1870 S. New Ulm. ID
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW. i
KLOSSNER.
Especial correspondence


r A public dance was given in Henry
Plagge's barn Saturday evening and
good time is reported by all who at
tended.
Eddy Grussendorf who recently had
his hand injured by blasting rock is
now able to WORK again.
Herman Scheckel who for the past
two months has been working for G. A.
Swanson has gone to Alexandria to dis
pose of some farm land which he owns
there.
VIM. Wjllmert who has beer sick with
typhoid fever for about six weeks is rap
idly improving and 1t is hoped that he
will fully recover in short time.
Streesman & Swensnp Of Winthrop are
sinking a tubular we'll TOR J. P. Hagberg
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Swanson and son
Claus on Monday last made flying trip
to Tracy to visit their daughter and SIS
ter, Mrs. Setter, who is i'll.
Is GOLF CATCHING
on to popular favor? 1t seems to be. A
noticeable increase in sales Of Painkiller
comes from golf districts. The reason for
this is clerr, as Perry Davis Painkiller Is
the oldest and best remedy extant for
sprains, strains, bruises and soreness, all
of which are Of common occurrence.
either in vigorous play or through &C.
cident. Every where the standard linz
ment and balm.
Klossner station again has new op-
orator by the name Of Richards.
John Youngblom recently hauled in
wheat and loaded o car and shipped it
himself to WEIGH & Co., Minneapolis.
Anton Youngblom our township as
SCISSOR has nearly completed his job Of
assessing the pro perty Of the Town. II
{ The recent rains and warm weather
have made everything grow wonderfully.
The writer has never seen grass and all
kinds of grain grow so rapidly as it has
done during the past two weeks. Corn
is also coming out nicely and looks very
promising. H. ~
Atthe home of the BRIDES. parents in
Bernadotte last Thursday occurred the
wedding Of Miss Ella Larson to Emil
Swenson5of Lafayette township. Rev.
Hultgren of Clear Lake ohciated in the
presence of large number of friends
and relatives. The happy couple were
the recipients Of many handsome and
useful presents and the best wishes Of
all. They will go to houses keeping on
| the Jonas Swenson farm which Sven
son has leased for term Of five years.
The Review reporter extends cengratu.
lationss s.
A young peoples invitation party was
given on Sunday evening at the home eff
E. D. Grussendorf.
81. +. Schrader recently made visit
to relatives sat Springfield, MINI.
Erwin He'd aud wife have moved to
Gibbon where Mr.. He'd has accepted .
position as butter maker at that place. #
AT NO TIME Is MAN SEcURE FROM An
TACKg sss
IofE such disorders Of the stomach q
lcholera morbus, cramps and diarrhoea;
hut these complaints are common during
1.-THE heated term, when 1t il dangerous "a
neglect them. Painkiller ) . remedy
that has never failed and the severest at
ltacks have been cured by it. Avoid
Isubstitutes, there il but one Painkiller,
Perry Davis. 25c. and SOC.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
Happenings of the week
clipped from our exchanges
4 and as reported by our
\ special correspondents.
ESSlG AND MILFORD.

Especial Correspon dence.) ..=.ss*-. !.
Mr.. Fred Heymann visited SleepysEye
Monday on business. ~ . :.Sz
Mr.. A. Neumann of Wood Lake is here
calling on old friends and neighbors.
Mrs. M. Mueller and Mrs. G. c.. Smith
were New Ulm visitors Saturday evening,
they are al o thinking of starting
petit Jon in Essig to get another train ito
arrive in Essig some earlier in the even
ing, from New Ulm.
The New Essig Creamery began its
first work Tuesday May Goth, and is
running in first class shape, they shipped
the first shipment of butter Saturday,
which was the largest amount ev er
shipped from this point. Ill.,
Miss Carrie Scar entertained a number
of friends at tea, at her Milford home
last Sunday afternoon.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
|of Miss Lizzie Sachs to MIR. William
Geske both highly esteemed young people
of Milford, to take place June 9TH.
Mrs.. VIM. Heymann was surprised
Sunday evening by number of friends
calling, in honor of her birthday: The
guests were entertained by dancing and
o h t amusements. A luncheon was
served at II 80 P. NJ.
II any of the farmers wish to purchase
any new machinery this season it would
be we'll for them to call on Mueller and
Scar, corner Broadway and Center streets
Essig and examine the new, the Nc
Cormicks.
Mrs. Mary Ortiz who has been spend
ing the winter with her daughter at
Brainerd, MIMI, returned to her old
home here Thursday, accompanied by her
Grand daughter Miss Bertha Orth, who
will spend few weeks of her school
vacation here. 49,. '
/ Last but not Least The Grand open.
ing Of the Heymann Brothers saloon will
be held next Sunday, June 1st, 1902.
They will give a free dance and lunch
Good music will be furnished and every
body is cordially invited to attend. For
days outing and enjoyment you will
find Essig up to date. NJ ~
LIKE A DRowNInG MAN.
"Five years ago disease the doctors
called dyspepsia took such hold IF me
that could scarcely go," writes Geo. S.
Marsh, well-known attorney Of Nocona,
Tex. II took quantities of pepsin and
other medicines but nothing helped me.
As drowning man grabs at straw ]
grabbed at Kodol. I felt an improve
ment at once and after a few bottles am
sound and we'll" Kodol is the only pre-
paration which exactly reproduces the
natural digestive juices and consequently
is the only one which digests any good
food and cures any form of stomach
Trouble. Eugene Pfefferle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
knot for A. Kemp and Anna Olson last

& & Z -l e. . .l-. n.
knot for A. Kemp and Anna Olson last
Thursday evening.
The 81. e. Walker Lumber Co. receiv-
ed carload of furniture last week. Il
Pat Cassidy, book keeper for the II. E..
". Lumber Co., is here during the pres
sent busy time taking care. of the books.
=; IL. WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW. r.. ~.
+ 81 have used DeWitt's Little Early
Rlsers for constipation aud torpid liver
and they are all right. 7 am glad to in
dorse them for l think when we find a
good thing we ought to let others know
it, writes Alfred Helnze, Quincy. III.
They never grippe or distress. Sure, safe
pills Eugene Pfeffelfe. ~..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28

Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver,
Colo,
Via the North Western Line. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold June %, %,
"a and IS, with final return limit until
Oct. 81, inclusive, account International
S. s. Convention. Apply to agents
Chicago & North Western R'y. IS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28
Turner Theatre.
Special Engagement for Three
Nights Of the Popular54ss u -
DaDst Gbeatre
Company Il milvausss.
Friday, May 3Oth,
Sunday, June 1st,
Sunday, june 9Th.

All new plays. Company strong
CT and more evenly balanced than
ever. - - - * ~ e -
Season tickets can be had at the fol
lowing prices: Three. 75c tickets, So !;
three SOC tickets, $1.25; three 35c tick
cts, 81.
Reserved seats at the City Drug Store
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-05-28

| Y y. NEWS 20
HANSKA.

HANSKA.
from the Hera1d.)
Mrs. Almer Ouren who has been visit
ing her mother IN minneapolis, returned
Friday.
At special meeting of the village
council last week Thursday three ap.
plications for license were accepted and
a hearing ordered.
John Sward who has been at work
here in town for about two years, moved
to Winthrop yesterday, where he will
tend bar for Robert Smith.
A Olein, who had charge of the Great
Western elevator during H. v. Ander-
sons absence, returned to his home in
Clarkheld last Friday. He was very
genial m and made many friends
among those who had chance to meet
him.
J. N. Nelson has packed up his stock
and on Monday morning he had them
taken across country to Sleepy Eye, from
which point 1t is understood they will he
shipped to the new town of Ivanhoe, the
county seat of Lincoln Co. His friends
wish him success in bis new location
and hope he will find pleasant sarreuud-
ings and attain success. -
DON'T START WRONG
Don't start the summer with q llnger-
ing cough or cold. We all know what
''summer cold" is. It's the hardest
kind to cure Often it "hangs on" through
the entire season. Take it in hand night
now. A few doses of One Minute Cough
Cure will set you right. Sure cure for
coughs, colds, Group, grip, bronchitis,
all throat and lung troubles. Absolutely
safe. Acts at once. Children like it.
"One Minute Cough Cure is the best
cough medicine I ever used" says J. II.
Bowles, Groveton, N. H. Il never found
anything else that acted So safely and
quickly" Eugene Pfeffer)e,
The Washington bee., 1902-08-23

ter Sowash and he sent them to the
postal department. From there they
reached the secret service operators.
At the New York end they east
about for a woman to impersOnate
Miss Saunders and one for the task
was found in a department store.
She was instructed how to meet the
confidence man and all was ready.
From Harrisburg Montgomery got
the "come-on" message signed by
the Irwin woman and at the ap-
pointed time a woman was sitting
in the Broadway hotel parlor, while
a pair of secret service men were
near by. Outside a dapper young man
was walking back and forth. The
next moment the young woman
arose and walked to the sidewalk.
As she approached the strange man
turned, raised his hat and said:
did You rest well last night?"
ooh, yes, considering my long
journey from Irwin"
This was the prearranged greeting
anu LAlN hblh VI NNAl-- ilil num- tiA VI u
ing to instructions. The couple en-
tered the hotel and there is where
the arrest was made. The man was
taken to the Tombs and the fictitious
Miss Saunders went back to the
store, glad that it was all over.
Miss Saunders was summoned -
New York TO appear against Mont
gomery. He waived a hearing and
was placed under $4,000 bail for trial
Secret service men say that he is
an old offender. He was arrested
some years ago, but skipped his bail
of $500. He ceased operations for
awhile. but got back into the same
old business and had eluded all at
tempts TO run him down.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-23

thing with figures" as he tells his fond
mamma, and this keeps him in prae-
tice.
Arthur is the baby of a family of
four boys, and was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. William Moser at Maroa, H.,
June II, 1894. Mr.. Moser lived in
Maroa y years. operating a general
store. He moved his family to Chicago
three years ago, and is a travelling
salesman for the Michigan Leather
company. of Detroit, Mich.
When five years of age his playmates
noticed his wonderful aptitude for fig
ures. easily answering all sorts of
questions. They believed him max
ing believe" with his answers. and not
until his parents became attracted to
the gift was it believed the child cor
rectly answered the questions given
him in mathematics and history. His
father would take the lad to the bar
Der shop Saturday evenings While
getting shaved be would ask the child
what day Of the week a certain period
fell upon. The quick reply secured
the admiration of all within the lit
tie shop, and the gift was enlarged
upon in the neighborhood.
Now, says the Chicago Tribune, he
knows the names of the presidents,
the dates of their births and deaths,
can tell the day of the week any date
came on. and can add imposing sums
by mental arithmetic. He has at his
tongues end a mass of geographical
and historical information and never
stumbIes in his answers.
His parents say that outside of two
short spells Of sickness the child has
always been in perfect health, living
outdoors on his tiny bicycle most Of
the time He is an incessant reader
Of the Bible. historical works and the
daily newspapers. and oftentimes has
to be literally driven from reading to
his bed.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-23
SPARROW JACKS HOUSE.
English SparrOWs TO Kill Amer
lean CaterpiIIars.

The an1ualwarIare of early summer
against the troublesome English spar
rows that persist in destroying GER
tain seed planting and in feasting on
the cherries and berries is now on.
Even the friends of the sparrOws prob
ably know but little Of the man who
introduced them into Pennsylvania, or
of his quaint little home still standing
on Main street. Germantown.
This curious little old stone building,
whose crumbled walls face Main street
at the corner Of UpsaII, with the Up
sail street side protected by frame
work that is in turn rotting away with
the crumbling stone, was standing at
the time Of the revolution, and has
been but little changed since. 1t was
here that the EngIishman, John Bards-
lev, made his home after the civil war;
he was a painter by trade, quite sue
cessful in his chosen line, and eager
TO visit his native home at the time
that William F. Smith was councilman
of Germantown.
This was about 80 years ago, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, and at that
time the caterpillars were infesting
the trees Of the city-probably to an
even greater extent than the trees
were raided by the pest last summer
and fall. In despair over the destruc-
tive inroads made by the caterpillars,
Councilman Smith used his influence
in sending John Bardsley to England
10 bring over a lot of English sParrows
TO destroy the American pest. In
order to show his appreciation of the
opportunity to visit his old home in
England, Mr.. Bardsley brought back
with him great number Of the spar
rows, and it is believed that this was
the first introduction of the sparrow
into this country on any great scale,
and certainly the first introduction
into Pennsylvania. The old house has
long been known as sparrow Jack
house" and the name of John or
Jack" Bardsley Will long be asso-
ciated with the little English sparrow.