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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04
After which He Departed

Augustus Aubrey you know. i
much prefer the society Of ladies' to
any other.
Miss Cutting So dc Pittsburg
Press
Chrtstmas snpers.Iticns.
70 be born on Christmas day is, accord
Ing to an old superstition, to be lucky all
ene's life.
The great event Of the Christmas Gin.
ner 400 or 500 years ago was the entr,
& Of the chief cook bearing the boar's head,
garnished with rosemary.
In Cornwall Christmas eve is special
holiday with children, who are allowed to
sit up till midnight and drink to the
Mock as the Yule log is called there.
The Twelfth cake was formerly mazda
full Of plums and with bean and a pea.
Whoever got the former was king and
whoever found the latter was queen 81
she ceremonies. New York Herald
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04

& TWAS contested will case, and one
Of the witnesses in the course Of giving
his evidence described the testator mi
nutely.
Now, sir, said counsel for the de-.
Tense, I suppose we may take it, from
the fattering description you have
given Of the testator, his good points
and his personal appearance generally,
that you were intimately acquainted.
with him 2"
''Him!' exclaimed the witness. He
was no acquaintance of mine.
Indeed! Well then, you must have
observed him very carefully whenever
you saw him? y pursued the examining
counsel.
Il never saw him in my life, !" was
the reply.
Now, now, don't trife with the
court, please. How, ask you, could
you, in the name Of goodness. describe
him so infinitely if you never saw him
and never knew him ~
"Well," replied the witness, and the
smile which oYerspread his features
eventually passed over the court, you
see. / married his widow
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04

i The Loss rOk q, H0Eneshoe. r
The loss OF horseshoe Iexerted,
tremendous influence, In the. history, and
reign Of Henry VIII. of England: Att
:er. the fall OF Anne Boleyn the papacy
prepared overtures Of reconciliation so
favorable to the king that he concluded
to accept them. 4 representative was
sent from Rome with the dispatches,
and when only a days journey from
Calais the horse cast aIshoe and fell
lame. AS the horse was a fayor1te
animal. the messenger. determined to
wait for day rather than take the
chances Of losing. the horse. The next
day the journey was resumed and Lon
don was reached. to find that Henry
that day had been married to Jane
Seymour, Protestant, that Anne had
been beheaded the day before, and all
hope Of reconciliation was lost. The
messenger was day too late, and the
horseshoe had changed the bent, Of the
nations history. rs
Water Birds.
Water birds, singular as it seems, are
the only ones whose skins never by any
chance get touched by water. i. SO long
as they are alive and long after they
are dead they float with an air cham
Der all round their bodies, cunningly
,contrived Of waterproof feathers close.
IL overlapping each other. Thus, in
sense, water birds may be distinguish
ed from all others by the fact that they
never wash, though. we can hardly
blame them for that, because il water
could penetrate between their feathers
the poor things would never be dry.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04
The state OF Names

AA~ 0sSSsS ~ AZ sAAAAS0s
Names rivers, lakes and mountains
have names that could not be forgot
ten. These are some. ,Cupsuptac, Po-
hennegamook, Sagadhoc, Chimmenti-
cook, Chimpasaoc, Chinquassabam-
took. ssquilsagook, Schoodic, Umsas-
ks, Ripogenis, .Wassatoquoit, Mata-
gomon, Pangokomook, Wallagosquego-
nook, Moosetocmaguntic. Apmonjene-
gamook, Wetokenebacook, Syslad obs,
Millenkikuk, Cosbosecontic, Umbazook-
skus, Damariscotta, Notch and Pema-
dumOok. 80
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04
Lost inheritance

Suitor Permit me to say, Miss Flash,
that in suing for your hand am re-
specting the wish Of my late father
Miss Flash-Beg your pardon, sir.
but in this instance you have inherited
your fathers lateness. accepted Mr..
Foreman last evening Richmond Dis
patch.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04
OLD IDEAS ABouT.sG GEMS.

-
drops CauEht by the shsll. 1
The Indians called, rock. crystal an
-unripe diamond, and until the begin
ming Of the eighteenth century India
Was thought e. be the only land which
produced that. precious stone. It wan
not, therefore, until the discovery of
India that the diamond was known to
us. Yet as far back as 500 B. g. q
.edidactic history OF precious. stones
was written, and in Pliny''s time the
supply must have. been plentiful. as he
wrote, eve drink out of; mass OF
gems, and our. drinking vessels are
formed Of emeralds." We are also, told
that Nero aided his weak sight by
spectacles made Of emeralds.
But is very difficult to- determine
whence all the gems came, as discov-
erers took care to leave, no record. The
nations who traded in them were
afraid Of their :whereabout being
known, and even the most ancient mer-
chants would not disclose any definite
locale. All sorts OF myths have ac-
cordingly sprung up concerning the
origin Of gems. Diamond" was tho
name given to a youth who was turned
into the hardest and most brilliant Of
substances to preserve him from s.'the
Ills that flesh is heir to- Amethyst
was q beautiful nymph beloved by
Bacchus, but saved from him by Di-
ana, who changed Amethyst into. q
gem, whereupon Bacehus turned the
gem into wine color and endowed the
Wearer with the gift Of preservation
From intoxication. 53#..
! The pearl was thought to be dew.
drop the shell had opened to receive.
Amber was said to be honey melted by
the sun, dropped into the sea and con,
gealed. According to the Talmud, Noah
had no light in the ark but that which
came from precious, stones Gentle.
mans Magazine.
& How High Can 4 Balloon Riser
The altitude that may, be attained
by a balloon depends, first, upon ita
size; secondly, upon the filling Of gaA
and, thirdly, upon the weight being
carried. A balloon Of ordinary size,
$4,000 cubic feet, carrying the smallest
weight that is; one person when filled
with Illuminating gas may reach. &c, 0O0
1900 feet In order to ascend higher
we first of alf need bigger balloon.
One may say it was q happy chance
that the Royal Meteorolog ical institute
Of Berlin was provided with balloon
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04
A. IIsnaI.

AS Usual. "a
Husband-W here do you want to oo2
WifeOh, don't know - anvuh ts
Rhere can spend money.
But thought you wanted 4 chan 5. -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04
The Limit.

OF does it mean ~ asked Penniless
PerciYaI, where de song says Drink
to me only wit your eyes 2? 2?
.fIIt means, z announced Wise Wilfred,
'dat de loidy kim read de wine list,
s-aAak'. far as it goes
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-04

"a good epitaph is all right in its
place, but it comes SO late Galveston
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Of poetic genius and world moving
rank of imagination, I have to confess
that l have not heard of him. 1t is
doubtful whether we have as yet any
one man of actual first place in the sec
ond rank; maybe hardly in the third.
Our younger men give great promise"
There is some consolation in that But
Mr.. Mathews, after all is not so dis
couraging as an eastern critic who not
long ago Informed an ignorant world
that there are no great composers,
even in Europe. today, with the pos
sible exception OF Richard Strauss.
Grieg, Dvorak Saint-Saens, Masseuet.
Goldmark. Paderewsxi, are, of course,
mere nobOdies. As a matter of fact,
there never have been any great com
pOsers at all. nor is music a fine art.
1t is an absolute humbug. The only
grand thing il has ever produced are
the musical critics. Those are simply
sublime, in way.
The greatest deed of the late Theo-
dore Reichmann, the popular baritone,
was the creating of the part of Arm
fortas at the "ParsifaI' performances
in Bayreuth in 1882. His Hans Sachs
was also famous in Europe, but in New
York it was eclipsed by Emil Fischer
Incompatible representation. Reich
mann began his career as a cigar deal
err. His ambition was to become an
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

slightly inferior violins. but which are
extremely valuable. His enSire collec-
ton Of twelve or fourteen instruments
is valued at something like 100000.
Judge CloptOn has been an enthusi-
astic collector of rare and valuable
violins for nearly thirty years. His
New York home has been visited by
the greatest masters of recent, years,
including Ysaye. Ondricek, Marteau
and Rivardi. all OF whom have been
charmed by the wonderful viOlins.
In the Gentleman's Magazine J. G.
Haddon once more discusses the ques-
ton of women composers. He declares
that the reason why women cannot
compose great music is because they
have not been and are even yet not al
lowed TO devote to the study of music
the time that is indispensable, But
this is nonsense. Clara Schumann, Au-
gusta Holmes. Chaminade and other
women have had all possible Opportuni-
ties, but their work has remained me
diocre. The real reason why women
cannot compose is because they are
women. That's why. Men are intended
to be the creative, women the beautiful
sex. Mr.. Haddon himself accepts
beauty as wOman's sphere when he
says that it is not easy for one to mag
inc woman struggling with the bas-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

great Francis Wilson hit. He Ought
TO Have a Tablet in the Hall Of Fame
-
In q minstrel show which will be
given by the newspaper men Of Bos-
ton in the near future. the chief song
features viii be While the Moon
Shines Bright" by Maurice Stonehill.
and I Don't Want Nothing But Sally"
John Rogers and Tom Christy are
two well known funny men who are
singing When You've Got Time and
Money" a unique topical song.
Walter Roy is singing two descrip-
tive songs, My Rose of Yesterday
and Place a Light to Guide Me
Home"
Reidy and Currier have recently
added to their repertoire the beautiful
love song. Autumn Thoughts" by r.
Melville Ellis and Rida johnson
Young.
The Carletons are making a hit with
the new song, "MademoiseHe New
York"
"A Lucky Duck" Howard Whitney
latest novelty, with it's striking
"Quack' effect, is one of the hits OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Steinbach of Cologne, Of Handles sell
dom heard oratorio, Deborah" The
edition used was that of Chrysander,
who. although the most fanatic Of the
Handel enthusiasts, saw that the only
way to make this work paiatable to a
modern audience was to use the prun-
ing knife freely. He omitted one chorus,
one duo and thirteen arias.
Joe Blamphin and Thomas Whit
bread, two well-knOwn entertainers,
are taking a number Of the Witmark
popular hits away with them on their
summer vacation to rehearse for next
season. Among them are Star of My
Life" My Cosy Corner Girl, I
Never Knew How Much 1 Loved You
Until Now" and Shes Ny Girl the
Whole Year Round"
The Zibney sisters are singing two
charming story songs. Just a Chain of
Daisies" and Taking d Picture of
Baby.
Miss Eta Cummins is singing a tune
full song entitled The Angel With the
Rag-time Harp"
Rose Lubon. the talented leading lady
of Mason and Mason's company, is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

soon. or the ophicleide, or the saxo-
phone adding: "A woman must look
very charming indeed to look nice when
she is throwing the whole strength Of
her lungs into a wind instrument
When a man blows, no one cares how
he looks as long as he plays well. String
instruments are all right for women.
as they are not Incompatible with grace
and beauty. It is therefore not surpris-
ing to find that at the Guildhall School
of Music. not long ago, there We're 1000
lady students of the violin. while at
the Royal College of Music, last session.
there was not single male student or
the violoncello, all the students being
ladies.
Stuttgart's May music festival was
opened ysitlsss,P performance, under Fritz
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

singing a number of attractive new
songs. the most popular among which
are My COsey Corner Girl. by John
W. Bratton; "A Garden of Faded Flow
ers." and My Little Belle of Japan"
Daisy Boulais is one among the many
distinguished singers who are using the
beautiful love song, Star of Ny Life, -
by Edward Corliss.
J. J. ClaxtOn is delighted with John
w. Bratton's My Cosey Corner Girl, %
which he has now in rehearsal,
Z The Edison sisters are singing Fred
Fhapin's martial song, soldiers" and
also the catchy darby song, MA
Rainbow Coon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12
MISS NELLIE MCDOWELL

TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE.
Pupil Of W. G. f. Seeboeck of Chicago
Studio. lS5 Fifth East Street,
Salt Lake City. Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12
MISS NORA GLEASON,

Teacher Of
PIANO. MANDOLIN AND GUITAR
Studio, 13l East First South. Tel. 1883
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12
ANTON PETERSEN.

Teacher of VIOLIN. PIANO AND HAIR
MONY. Studio Calder's Music Palace
As w LIST South. Res. 81 Sd St
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

W. S. b. Mathews of Chicago has
made great discovery, which he ex-
ploits in the columns Of the Philadel-
phia Musician. when we inquire he
says, whether we have among our
(Alnerican) composers any one person
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

One of the busiest piano teachers
this summer is Miss Nora Gleason.
Her classes nave increased ever since
the vacation season. and with her jour
naIistic work she has had all she could
attend to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Organ Expert Linus b Clark Of
Portland. ore, spent a couple of days
IN the city the past week. He says the
tabernacle organ surpasses the Yale
organ, the largest in America. The in
.strument was very recently installed
and dedicated. Especially excellent
are the diapasons," said Mr. Clark
"and the strings are very fine"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Professor Radcliffe is a very busy
man. His studio is the home of many
bright musical spirits. and the genial
old man is much sought.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

The Friday recital was largely at
tended. The qUartette composed of the
Misses Grimsdell and Duryer and
Messrs. Graham and SQuires made y
fine immersion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

one of the recent additions to mu-
steal circles of Salt Lake is Miss Hattie
NJ. WiShard. She is perhaps one of The
most skilled pianistes in the city and
during the past week she has added
several pupils to her classes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Miss Nellie Mcdowell has several pu-
pills who are showing marked ability
and who promise to be heard from the
coming season. Miss Mcdowell has
had an unusually Large class this
summer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Walter Poulton is studying the pipe
organ with Organist Mcclellan. who
reports the young man talented and
earnest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Among the pupils who took part in
the recent piano recital given by Miss
BERTHE Dersham Snodgrass were Kate
Nelson, Florence Winders, Lyle Cahoon,
Evelyn Newc0mb, ClOie Engelhard
Evelyn Gartside. Bertha CahOon, Helen
Copeland, Clara Cahoon, Emma Kill
ingsworth. Andrew ClaUsen, Marie
Warburton. Jean Winders, Elgin
Cranes. Vera Utter, Vala Meeker,
Carms Jones Nora Barricklow, Hazel
Smith. Virginia shannon. Erma Smith
and Mrs. Snodgrass, who appeared in
duet with her little pupils.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

Professor Anton Petersen is presid-
ing over the Tabernacle organ during
Organist McClellan's absence from the
city. Mr.. and Mrs Mcclellan are
spending a few days at Upper Falls,
Provo canyon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
A Most Liberal Offer.

~
All our farmer readers should take
advantage OF the unprecedented club
bling offer wa this year make, which
includes with this paper the Live
Stock Indicator, itsSpecial Farmers
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add, for local, county and general
news, our own paper, and make the
price OF the four one year only $1.25.
Never before was so much superior
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an amount of money. The three
papers named, which we club with
our own, are well known throughout
the west, and commend themselves
to the readers favorable attention
upon mere mention. The Live Stock
Indicator is the great agricultural
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The Special Farmers Institute Edi-
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Samples OF these papers may be ex-
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
CoNvIC1S SEEK REVENGE.
Plan Hatched In the Nebraska Peniten-
tiary to kidnap the Eight-Xear-Old
Daughter Of Gov. Mickey.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept 27.-An attempt
was made last night TO kidnap the
eight-year-old daughter OF Gov.
Mickey. While four Of the governors
children were playing in front Of the
mansion an unknown man came along
and tried TO carry the Oldest girl away.
The other children chung To his clothes
and screamed. The man was SO badly
frightened when he saw neighbors
coming that he dropped the child and
ran.
Gov. Mickey says that the warden of
the penitentiary, Mr., Beemer, reported
TO him twice that kidnapping at
tempt had been prophesied by convicts.
One convict said some time ago that
such a plan had been formed as way
of getting revenge upon the governor
for his refusal TO interfere when Will
liam Rhea was hanged last summer
Tor murder. A convict who had been
in the plot says a convict soon to be
released had been assigned 10 kidnap
Oae of the children to teach the gov
ernor lesson
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
lis SENSATIONAL SUI.
senator ". j. Stone Seeks to Recover S10s-
QUO from &. l. Chrisman on an Old
KANSAS City Times Deal.


Kansas City, No. Sept. 27.-Alleging
that he was maliciOusly deceived.
William J. Stone, United States SEN
GtOr from Missouri, has brought suit
il the Circuit count fer siG,o1J Against
George-Lee Chrisman. presiding Judge
OF the county court, president OF the
cid Kansas City Times company. The
deception took place. according to Sem
ator Stone. in 1890 when Judge Chris
man and others bought the Times and
induced Mr.. Stone, then a candidate for
senatorial honors, 10 subscribe for
stock in the newly organized company.
The chief grievance Of the senator is.
that he was told. when he subscribed
for his stock. Judge Chrisman, A. A.
Lesueur and II. J. Groves were to con-
troll the paper, but that after he 1.-THE
senatorl had parted with his money,
he discovered that the Metropolitan
Street Railway company, the Missouri
g. Kansas Telephone company. the
Kansas City Stock Yards company and
the Burlington railway company owned
he majority OF the stock and controlled
the papers policy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
A Woman's Complexion.

1t is rank ioolishness to attempt
to remove sallowness or greasiness
of the skin by the use of cosmetics. or
'local treatment, as advocated by
the beauty doctors" The only safe
and sure way that woman can i'm
prove her complexion is by purifying
and enriehing the blood, which can
only be accomplished by keeping the
liver healthy and active. The liver
is the seat of disease and blood pol
luton. Green's August flower acts
directly on the liver, cleanses and EN-.
riches the blood, purifes the com.
plexion. 1t also cures constipation.
biliousness, nervousness, andinduces
refreshing sleep. A single bottle Of
August Flower has been known to
cure the most pronouncipg and dis
tressing cases OF dyspepsia and in.
digestion. New trial size bottle, 25
cents; regular size, 10 cents At all
druggists. g. G. Green, Woodbury.,
New Jersey.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
Do You Want to Yawn?

Feel cold shiverings, aching in the
bones, lack Of energy. headache, On |
great depression? These symptoms
may be followed by violent headache,
high lever, extreme nervousness, q
condition known as malaria. Her
binp cures it. Take il before the dis
ease gets fair hold, though it will
work a cure in any stage. j, A.
Hopkins, Manchester, Kan, writes:
81 have used your great medicine,
Herbine, for several years. There
is nothing better for malaria, chiils
aud fever, headache, biliousness, and
for blood.puri'ying tonic, there is
nothing as good" 50c at H. l.
fuckers Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
CHARGED WITH BIG FRAUD.
Ex-CoIlector OF Wright County. Mo. and
Others Used the United states Malls
to Defraui.

ST. Louis, Sept PIN. f. Nail and
NJ. b. Raney. charged with using the
mails To deiraud. are in the custody Of
United States Marshal William Morsey,
Nail was brought from Norwood,
Raney was arrested on his farm near
Hartville. 1t is claimed that Nail and
Raney are members of gang which
has been Systematically robbing
large wholesale firms in ST. Louis,
Kansas City and Chicago, Raney was
formerly the collector of Wright
county, and had good commercial
standing. II is claimed that upon the
strength of his reputation he would
order goods from different firms, and,
receiving them, would distribute them
among members of the gang, who
would take the booty to other cities
and dispose Of 1t.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-10-01
Millionare's Daughter Asphyxiates
Herself.

San Francisco, Cal. Sept 11.-Miss
Isabella Duncan Clark, daughter OF
the late Vim. Squire Clark, San Jose
millionaire, committed suicide in her
apartments at the McNutt hospital
early today. On stool by her side
she placed a small gas stove, from
which the steadily escaping gas
caused death. There is no doubt
thedeed had been planned deliberately
The dead woman was one OF the
four handsome Clark sisters, well
known In this city and San Jose, and
was 80 years OF age. Miss Clark SUI
Tered frequent spells OF melsncholia
and had twice before attempted sui
eide. sa; Hr5G Esa