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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23

Half Rates to The Centennial Celebration at
Chicago and Return,
Via the North Western Line. Excursion
tickets will be sold at one fare for round
trip September %, 80 and 80, limited to
return until October 2, inclusive. For
further particulars apply to agents Chi
cago & Northwestern R'y. Sept. 80.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
naatism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23
TO cUREA COLD N ONE DAY =

ITO be continued
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23

Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name. SWamp-RoOt. DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root. and the address. Bingham
ton, NY, on every bottle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23

To Cure Rheumatism in Horses.
The idea Of curing rhematism in
horses by the means Of brine baths is
receiving the support Of veterinary
surgeons.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23
OverrWOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-23

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Ali druggists refund the money IL II fails
to cure. 3. W-Grove's sigma ture is on each
box. &c.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
A Rats Teeth.

The rat is remarkably well equipped
for the peculiar life he is ordained to
lead. He has strong weapons in the
shape of four long and very sharp
teeth-two in the upper jaw and two
in the lower. These teeth are wedge
shaped and by wonderful provision
of nature have always a fine, sharp
cutting edge. On examining them care
fully the inner part is found to be of a
soft, ivorylike composition, which can
easily be worn away, and the outside
is composed Of a glasslike enamel
which is exceedingly hard.
The upper teeth work into the under
so that the centers Of the opposed teeth
meet perfectly in the act of gnawing;
hence the soft part is being continually
worn away, while the hard part keeps
hard, chisel-like edge all the time, and
at the same time the teeth are con-
stantly growing up from the bottom, SO
that as they wear away fresh supply
is ready. Should one Of these teeth be
removed by accident or otherwise, the
opposing tooth will continue to grow,
and there being nothing to wear it
away it will project from the mouth
and be turned upon itself, and IL 1t be
an under tooth 1t will often grow so
long as to penetrate the skull.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Almost Lived There.

During a burglary epidemic in the
country an inspector Of the police force
one night made tour through the bur-
glariEed district. Considerably after
midnight he saw young man emerge
noiselessly from q substantial home
stead and made after him.
did you just come out of that cor
ner houseT the inspector asked, over
hauling him.
The young man. while Of respectable
appearance, was plainly Ill at ease and
confused.
II did," he said.
do you live thereT demanded the
inspector.
"Well, almost" was the embarrassed
answer. But can't see that it's any
Of your business as long as her father
doesn't object."-London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
INGENIOUS ToRTUREs.
Cruelties of Punfshment Indicted ON
Offenders In Morocco.

Crueltfes of Punishment Indicted on
Offenders In Morocco.
In Morocco the torture of offenders,
real and suspected, has been and is
still much practiced. Much ingenuity
is shown In the infiiction of pain-such
devices as the rubbing of red pepper in
to the eyeballs, tying up the wrists at
a height from the ground, etc.
At the death of the late sultan q pre-
tender proclaimed himself the rightful
heir to the throne and had a certain
success. When presently overcome by
the legitimate authorities, he was
seized, thrown down, when chillies
were applied TO the inside Of his mouth
till 1t swelled with pain, and he was
desired to shout out his titles and quail
tiles as much as he pleased, being Of
course unable to utter q word. After
that he was thrown into Jail to rot there
till he died.
A refinement of cruelty is the torture
Of the Iron glove" as 1t is called. A
lump Of Quicklime is placed In a mans
hand, which is closed up into a fist
Then the fist is tightly bound with
leather thongs and plunged into tub
Of cold water.
The agony soon becomes extreme.
The torture is continued for eight or
ten days until in the end modification
ensues and probably death. Again, a
form of Lying up" is to chain or fasten
a man to q wall, with his arms extend
ed so that he can only escape strangu-
lation by standing on tiptoe.-Kansas
City Independent
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
SAYINGS OF THE WISE.

The eyes Of other people are the eyes
that ruin us.-Franklin.
If you would know and not be
known, live In a city.-Colton.
The way of the world Is to make
laws, but follow customs.-Montaigne
We carry happiness into our condi-
ton, but cannot hope to find 1t there
Holmes.
Prosperity is no just scale. Adver-
sity is the. only balance to weigh
friends.-Plutarch.
Children are unconscious philoso-
piers. They refuse to pull to pieces
their enjoyments to see what they are
made of.-Henry Ward Beecher.
Energy will do anything that can hn
done in this world, and no talents, no
fei fei --.--..-------- euaIues, VIII
make two legged animal a man with.
out it.-Goerne.@r--- -
Great, ever fruitful, profitable for re-
proof, for encouragement, for building
up in manful purposes and works, are
the words of those that in their day
were men,-Carlyle.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
ALerena Ahnut Cats.

The ancient Greeks thought that all
creatures except cats had souls and
that that animal lost its soul through a
bargain made between a bridge archi-
tect and the devil. The architect had
besought the devil to get his help in
constructing an exceedingly dangerous
bridge structure, and his Satanic maj
esty only consented to lend aid ON con-
dition that the first creature to cross 1t
should lose its soul.
This was agreed upon, the bridge
finished in due time and the devil sent
to the opposite side to await his prey.
The shrewd architect took good care to
send cat over before any human be-
ing was allowed to cross. On learning
of the bargain the cat recrossed the
bridge and scratched the architects
eyes out.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Pedigree. Of Arabian Horses.

The Arabs have no written pedi-
grees. 1t is all an affair of memory
and of notoriety in the tribe. Certain
alleged pedigrees of Arabian horses,
couched in romantic language and rep
resented as carried in a small bag and
hung by a cord around the animals
neck, have been published, but these
are forgeries got up probably by horse
dealers, Egyptian, Syrian or Persian.
The breeding of every horse is a mat
ter of common knowledge, and It
would be impossible for his owner to
fabricate pedigree 50 as to deceive the
natives, even II he were SO inclined.
The Bedouins, 1t seems necessary to
admit, are in general great liars, and
they will lie Ito strangely about the
age, the qualities or the ownership of
a horse, but they will not lie about his
pedigree, even when they can do SO
with impunity. To be truthful on this
subject is almost matter of religion,
certainly a point Of honor in the des-
ert-Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
3 Gems

Eight cents a pound IS
what a young woman paid for
twelve pounds of flesh. :
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by TAX
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weight before
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound IS
cheap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you buy
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you little
.ree.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
4o9 Pearl Street, New York
soc, and $500; all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Undertakera.

In England in 1914 undertakers were
mon of influence who undertook for a
consideration -eotsnch nersons re-
turned to parliament as would prove
submissive to the royal will of King
James 1. The three chief undertakers
of 1914 were Lords Bacon, Somerset
and Neville. They undertook to bribe
the chief speakers and men of infiu-
ence in parliament that year over to
the side Of the king, with but partial
success. Then there were undertakers
in Ireland in 1908. They were English
and Scotch colonists sent to north Ire
land and were each allotted 1000 acres
Of land. They were men Of capital and
undertook to pay a mark a year for
every six acres and to admit no recu.
SAINT for tenants. Hence the name as
applied to them. But neither the his
tories nor the dictionaries give any rea-
son for calling the men who bury our
dead undertakers.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
CHARLOTTE .CUsHMAN.
Bitter Ending Of the One Love AFFAIR
of the Famous Actress,

Bitter Ending of the One Love Affair
of the Fsmous Actress.
Charlotte Cushman, the actress. was
In love but once ID her life. She met in
Cincinnati, where ahe was playing, an
actor named Clark. with whom she fell
In love- Through her efforts Clark was
advanced to leading man in the com
pany. and the course Of true love ran
smoothly.
One night the actress met a strange
woman behind the scenes between the
acts.
The woman came up to her and ad-
dressed her thus:
You are Charlotte Cushman, the
great actroes. Haven't you got enough
men to admire you without coming be-
tween man and wife and robbing me
Of my husbandT
Your husbandr' cried Miss Cush-
man, getting excited.
'f"fes, and you have taken or you are
trying to take him from me-" contin-
ued the ragged woman, looking Miss
Cushman full in the face.
"Who is your husbandT
Conrad Clark" replied the woman,
"the father Of this child,'' pointing to a
half starved, thin little child in her
arms.
Miss Cushman started as IL she had
been shot.
She went through her part that night
as usual-acted 1t splendidly-brought
down the house; then, after the per-
formance, she sent for Clark to come to
her dressing room. Clark knocked and
then opened the door. She brought for
ward to him his wife and baby, who
had been waiting in the dressing room
to receive him.
Such a reception! Charlotte Cushman
never looked or acted so grandly on the
stage in all her life as she did that
night In her dressing room. She waved
Clark away with a greater majesty
than ever as Queen Catherine she
waved away Cardinal Wolsey, and then
going to her hotel probably she had
good crying spell.
But she never loved again.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
BoER LANGUAGES.
The Different Kinds of Dutch Spoken
In South Africa. ---.-

In South Africa.
1t seems q strange thing to say, but
there are three Dutch languages In
South Africa. The earliest Dutch set
tiers at the Cape were largely Dutch
sailors and others belonging to the low
er orders of Amsterdam, Rotterdam
and other Dutch seaports. Their Ian
guage was low Dutch dialect to be-
gin with, and although the sprinkling
Of Dutch officers at the Cape did their
best to preserve the Language of the
Netherlands they could not prevent
the dialect of the settlers from still
further degenerating into a mere COLO
quial patois. Its degeneration was
doubtless largely brought about by do
nestle servants and slaves-Hotten-
tots, Malays and Mozambique Kaffirs-
who spoke it very imperfectly and in
troduced into 1t maay strange words
and idioms. This, then, is the genesis
Of what Is variously known as Cape
Dutch" "Kitchen Dutch" Patriot
Dutch" "Afrikaans' and "Afrikander
Taal." It's basis is Dutch, but the
nouns have lost their declensions and
the verbs their conjugations while
grammatical gender and syntax gener-
ally have gone by the board. To the
educated Hollander of today it is lit
erary atrocity, and he cannot away
with 1t, but to the Afrikander 1t Is his
mother tongue, the language of his
home and his childhood, the exponent
of all that he knows of humor and
pathos. 1t is full of expressive idioms,
pithy proverbs and pawky expressions,
like those so dear to the lowland Scot,
and yet 1t is not language, for it has
no literature.
The second of the three Dutch Ian
guages referred to might be called "ec-
clesiastical Dutch" or, If you like, At
rican Dutch. 1t is the language of Hol-
land as that language was written
about 200 years ago. 1t is the language
Of the Dutch Bible and very much re-
sembles our own authorized version in
Its simplicity and directness of style.
1t is the language of the Dutch psalm
and Gesang books and of the devotion
al works of old Dutch divines, which
make up the balance of the Dutch
farmers literature. In it are also writ
ten many tracts and few devotional
works by living ministers of the Dutch
Reformed church. To the Boer wherev-
er you find him it is the language of
his church and of his religion. This is
the Dutch language which the leaders
of the Dutch Afrikander party are de-
termined to preserve. 1t is never spo-
ken by Afrikanders among themselves,
however, and 1t is never written gram
matically by them in their correspond
ence. The Boer has no fear that his
"Huis-taal," Cape Dutch, will die out,
but fears that his children will forget
or neglect to learn the language of his
church and Of his forefathers.
The third Dutch language might be
called modern literary or "high Dutch"
that @ti.--i.-----..----
spoken by educated Hollanders of to-
day. 1t is fiorid, involved in construc-
ton and very artificial in style as COM
pared with the language of the Dutch
Bible. Its pronunciation has also
changed considerably In the interval,
and even an educated Dutch speaking
Afrikander listening to q voluble Hol-
lander can hardly make head or tail
of what he is saying.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
WHEN STARCH WAS NEW.
It Used to he Made In Colors So as to
Tint the Fabric.

Tint the Fabric.
"a package Of starchf' asked the in
telligent and learned grocer, and as he
wrapped the package up he talked.
Starch originated" he said, 'in
Flanders. 1t was introduced into Eng
land, with the big ruiz. in the time of
Queen Elizabeth. 1t was like our starch
of today, except that It was made in
colors-red, yellow, green, blue. The
effect of this was to tint delicately the
white linen to which the starch might
be applied.
Before Queen Elizabeth's time ruff
hes and ruffs were made Of fine hol-
land, which required no stiffening.
Then the ruffs Of cambric came, and
these must Of necessity be starched."
The grocer, consulting his memoran-
dunn book, resumed:
'It is recorded that when the queen
had ruffs made Of lawn and cambrie
for her own princely wearing there was
none In England could tell how to
starch them; but the queen made spe-
cial means for some women that could
starch, and Mrs. Gullham, wife Of the
royal coachman, was the first starch
err
'In 1854 a Flanders woman, Frau
Van der Plasse, came to London and
established there a school for the
teaching of starching. The school sue
ceeded. The Flanders frau got rich.
She charged f5 lesson and an extra
20 shillings for a recipe for the making
Of starch out Of wheat -four, bran and
roots.
yellow was the most fashionable
color in starch among the nobility. The
Puritans used blue starch, though at
first they had been against the stuff al.
together, clubbing it a certaine hnde OF
nquide matter which they call starch
wherein, the devil hath willed them to
wash and dive their ruffes, which,
when they be dry, will then stand stiffe
and infiexible about their necks.'
Starch is made from wheat, corn
and potatoes, and starving men have
often subsisted on 1t, finding 1t nour
ishing. though not tasty."-Londor
Graphic.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
IN BORROWED PLUMAGE,
Well Dressed Women Who wea
Goods Sent on Approval

Well Dressed Women Who Wear
Goods Sent on Approval.
When the ways of some women are
considered, it Is less remarkable that
such numbers of women dwelling In
the large cities dress extravagantly
than before their methods of securing
rich costumes for all occasions have
been serutinized.
There are women, and many Of them
very wealthy, who make a regular
practice of having elegant garments
sent to their homes on approval, wear
Ing them once and then returning them
to stores or costumers. Some women
Will wear dress or q cloak to the
opera and send It back next morning.
Or they will get hat or wrap and 20
driving or visiting In 1t. The average
person would be astonished to know all
the things, from handsome umbrellas
and fans of great beauty to jewelry
and clothes, that some women Dor.
row from the shops.
OF course all of these women are not
well of, but they all dress well and
go out great deal, and although the
shopkeepers often discover the manner
In which they are being deceived, ther
do not always like to make a fuss for
fear of losing good customer Besides
they know that If they incur the enmi-
V Of such 1mpostors the women are
quite capable Of abusing their goods
and robbing them Of other and more
honest customers. Strange as 1t may
seem, these women generally mingle In
pretty good society, or the fringes of It,
and have some influence In the matter
Of dress, since they have won the repu-
tation Of always dressing elegantly and
In the newest things
This sort of imposition had been car
ried on so often by a customer of GER
tain large firm that its members deter
mined to put stop to her Haunting
about In borrowed plumage, at least
when the plumage belonged to them.
One Saturday this woman had a spIen-
did wrap sent home on approval, and
on Sunday one Of the head clerks of
the firm who knew Mrs. Blank as the
offender stationed himself near her
pew In the fashionable church which
she attended. When she sailed down
the aisle after service, resplendent in
the borrowed cloak, this man stepped
up to her and said:
How do you do, Mrs. Blank? I am
delighted to see that you like our cloak
well enough to keep it."
or course after that she could not re-
turn the cloak
Still, with all the efforts put forward
by shops and costumers to break ND |
the pernicious habit Of forcible borrow |
Ing on the part Of sundry feminine cus-
toners, the practice goes merrily on,
and many fair dame with an envi- |
able reputation for exquisite dressing |
appears but once in garments and hats |
that when next seen are bedecking an
otner woman or hanging in the show
room Of some smart shop.-Washington
Star. WI
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Naming q Town.

According to local tradition, proba-
bly, invented, Sayville, N. Y, received
its name in peculiar fashion. The
settlers were gathered in debate upon
the shore, trying to agree upon G name
for the place. and one after another
proposed his suggestion with, "Say,
how III this dof" After many sugges-
tons had been rejected some one bar
rem of imagination but sensitive of ear
proposed that the oft repeated word
Say" be made the first syllable of the
name and that willie" be added as the
second syllable. The idea took, and,
says the legend, then and there the
settlement was christened Sayville.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Barred Out ImmIgranfs.

Uncle Sam has a black list of birds
and quadrupeds which 1t is absolutely
prohibited to introduce into this coun-
try, says the Chattanooga Times. The
mongoose, the flying fox and the star
ling are on the list. The mongoose Is a
species Of ferret, a native Of India,
where 1t Is domesticated as a sort of
animal rat trap and snake destroyer.
1t was introduced into Jamaica to get
rid of the sugar cane rats. These ex-
terminated, however, the mongoose
went on to diet of the insect destroy
ing birds, with the result that the crops
have been devastated by insects in
some sections of the island. The ami
NAL is exceedingly crafty, nocturnal in
its habits and evades traps with ease.
The flying fox, known also as the fruit
bat, is vOracious harvester of fruits
and vegetables. The startling belongs
to the crow family.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
New York sherin..

The reason why the sheriff of New
York cannot be elected to two success
sive terms Is this: 1t is the sheriff's
duty to carry out the process of courts
against official deltnquents during trial
and after conviction. Should a sheriff
endeavor forcibly to hold over for a
second time after having been defeated
for reelection he. would be the instru-
ment Of the courts process against
himself, paradoxical position which
the law avoids by making him ineligi-
BILE for reelection.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Sure.

'How did the doctor tell you to take
the medicine, Larry-internally or ex-
ternally?"
''Nayther wan, sor."
'But 1t must have been one or the
other"
'Divil bit sor. Nayther wan"
"But look here, Larry; that's absurd.
1t must have been one or the other, you
know"
'Nayther wan, tell We. He tould me
to snuff 1t up me nose."-St. Louis Re.
public.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
The Coldness OF Space.

Away out in space is cold SO intense
that we fairly fail to grasp its mean
ing. Perhaps 300 or 400 degrees below
the freezing point of water, some phi
losophers think, are the dark recesses
beyond our atmosphere. And night and
day, summer and winter, this insati-
ate space is robbing us of our heat and
fighting with demoniac power to re-
duce our globe to It's own bitter chill.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Animal. That pel,sht to p,ax,

In animals the faculty of amusement
awakes very early. Our four footed
friends seem to be aware of this and
make 1t part Of their parental duties
to amuse their young. A ferret will
play with her kittens, a cat with hers,
dog with her puppies. A mare win
play with her foal, though the writer
has never seen a cow try to amuse her
calf nor any birds their young. If their
mothers do not amuse them, the young
ones invent games Of their own.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Favored the Clarinet.

$50 ye're goin' ty make yer by mu-
sician," said Mr.. Rafferty,.
II am" answered Mr.. Dolan. I'm
goin' ty have i'm learn ty play the
clarinet"
why don't yez learn I'm the vi'lin2"
Because 1 want i'm ty have every
advantage. A vi'lin makes fine music,
but clarinet is heap more ty be de-
pinded on in scrimmage." ."-Washing-
ton Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Nhere Horse Destinies Are Shuttle

Where Horse Desttn1es Are Shumeu.
A sales stable is place where horse
destinies are shuffled by reckless and
unthinking hands; also its doors open
on the four corners of the worlds
crossed highways. You might go from
there to find your work waiting be-
tween the shafts of bakers cart just
around the. corner, or you might be
sent across seas to die miserably Of
tsetse stings on the South African
veldt.-Sewell Ford in Horses Nine"
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Where Gannets Swarm.

One of the most remarkable sights in
the world is Bird island, In South Afri-
ca, for the reason that during some
months Of the year it is literally COW
cred with gannets. Not foot of ground
is to be seen anywhere. Day after day
thousands of gannets strut around, and
they are so close to each other that the
whole island seems actually alive.
Those who have seen this sight say
that 1t is one which can never be for
gotten.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Animals and Alcohol.

Many animals yield to the seduction
Of rum drinking, especially elephants.
horses, COWS and swine. Poultry, espe-
cially turkeys. will absorb the tempting
drink till they tumble over in leaden
sleep, lying around as If dead and ut
terry ignoring their accustomed roost.
On awakening they stagger for few
moments and soon recover, but 1t Is
hours before they renew their cheerful
cacking.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
Two Coursea Omen.

"V OV]HS ORCHH'
Bonaventure de Fourcroy, a clever
society poet of the seventeenth CEN
tury, splendid orator, an eminent ad-
vocate and an intimate friend Of No
liere to boot, on being asked one day
by magistrate what he meant to dc
with his son replied, 'If there is any.
thing in him I'll make him a barrister
II not I'll make him judge"
Amador ledger., 1903-05-01
An Engaging Young Person.

Father-So Filmy Luhring is engaged
to young Rattles2 Let me see; wasn't
she engaged to somebody else a little
while ago?
Daughter - Somebody else, father2
Why, in our set no engagement is con-
sidered complete without her.-Brook-
lyn Life.