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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
Skepeic and Pessimist.

Mr.. Dolan looked at his visitor with
an expression Of confirmed opposition,
and during the friends argument he
further emphasized his disagreement
by an occasional emphatic shake of the
head.
NAV, I don't hold wild loife insur-
ance companies, nor yet wild savings
banks,'' he said stubbornly. "a cousin
O. me own, he had his loife insured for
the benefit O. his wildly, an afther all
he nivver had one, for twas him lived
to be eighty, an her that doied
'3Wid banks it's just the other way
he continued. ''For there was me own
uncle, he put money in the bank and
he kept sticking it in and sticking it in
in the hopes that whin old age come he
cud take it out gradual loike and emily
himself, and instid O. that twas him
that had the wildly BEFORE he touched
sixty-two! They're wurrked on the
wrong plan, the both O. thin institu-
lions, man, and it's wonder to me to
hear you spanking a good wurrd for
'em."
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
Hands Were Shaking Already

An American actor once attended
duel in Paris for the sole purpose Of
studying the demeanor Of the duelists
He was preparing at the time to act
a duelist's role in a new play.
Discussing this combat afterward, he
said:
81 confess that I learned very little
from it, The men were too well scared
to teach me anything that would have
been Of service in serious stage duel
They reminded me, in fact, of a story
that Edwin Booth used to tell
'Thfs story concerns two principals
who, after they had exchanged shots
harmlessly, were urged by their sec
onds to shake hands. They were about
to do SO when bystander, who had
looked on at their duel despite their re-
quests that he depart, exclaimed in a
dtsgusted tone:
It's hardly necessary for them to
shake hands. Their hands have been
shaking this half hour"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
Worth Bringing to Light.

One can easily imagine that the judge
smiled, the lawyers laughed and the
spectators burst into applause when a
courtroom bore was subdued in the fol
lowing efectual way. told in the Chris
tan Endeayor World:
George B. Smith and l. s. Sloan, two
Of the greatest lawyers Of their day,
were once trying case as opponents.
Mr.. Sloan had a habit of puncturing
his address to the court with the ex-
preston, Your honor, have an idea.'
The case had been dragging its weary
length through the hours of a warm
summer day, when Mr.. Sloan, who was
making what appeared to be an in
terminable argument said:
"Your honor, have an idea''-
Mr.. Smith sprang to his feet, assum-
ed dignified position, and with all the
solemnity imaginable said:
May it please the court, move that
a writ Of habeas corpus be issued by
this court Immediately to take the
learned gentleman's idea out Of soil
tary confinement"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
Tit For Tat.

Mr.. A. was a millionaire. He was
fifty. He met Miss B. Miss B. was a
milliner. She was twenty.
Mr.. A. fell in love with Miss B. He
asked her to marry him. They were
married.
In ten years Mr.. A. was sixty. Mrs.
A. was then thirty. Mr.. A. was still in
love with his wife. But he had found
out that she was not in love with him.
that she never had been in love with
him and that she never would be in
love with him. He brooded over this.
And he died from broken heart. But
he left her all his money.
Mrs. A. was millionairess. She was
forty. She met Mr.. G. Mr.. G. was a
musician. He was twenty-five.
Mrs A. fell in love with Mr.. C. He
asked her to marry him. They were
married.
In ten years Mrs. c. was fifty. Mr.. c.
was then thirty-fve. Mrs. G. was still
in love with her husband. But she had
found out that he was not in love with
her, that he never had been in love
with her and that he never would be in
love with her. She brooded over this
And she died from broken heart. But
she left him all her money.-Town Top.
les
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
- lalz
ytARN y, GARDEN
NaS -
STEER FEEDING.

Some General Points and the Ken
tucl1y Outlook In Particular.
In feeding cattle the usual practice is
to take the animal from grass at about
eighteen months of age and to feed
heavily on concentrated rations during
several months. During this period the
framework of the animal is rounded
out and fat deposited among the organs
and tissues of the body. The tendency
for several years has been toward the
fattening of younger animals. The
iour-year-old steer is a thing of the
past, while the three-y ear-old steer is
rare. In some sections, ESPECIALLY
where the feeding period is long by
reason Of the hard winters, some cattle
are marketed as long yearlings, having
baan fed continuously and sold az
"haby beef
The source of feeding cattle is with
the general farmer and western ranch.
man. The western cattle that were for
merly marketed from grass are being
shipped more and more into the corn
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
and when the time comes I'll be on

and when the time comes I'll be on
hand
Sarah and Walter went ahead. As
he was no great fayorite of her par
ents she was not put to any great
bother. The most she had to do was
to hear him sigh and recite poetry and
apostrophize the rising and setting sun.
Backed and urged on by Uncle Ben,
he finally proposed and was inferen-
tally accepted. This was no sooner
over with than there was further
confab in the orchard.
Nov, then, for the elopementw
chuckled Uncle Ben. And here's the
500. I'll give Walter another hum
dred before the thing comes Off"
Dear old Uncle Ben, but what a
good man you areI Sarah said CRATE
fully.
Eyes, all wool and a yard wide," he
replied as he pinched her cheek.
Three nights later at IL o'clock at
night Sarah Jane Williams tiptoed
softly downstairs and left the house.
There We're horse and buggy waiting
in the road which had been ordered by
Uncle Ben. A young man followed
close on her heels and took the lines
and drove away. AS the outfit disap-
peared in the darkness the good man
waved his hat and chuckled. Then he
entered the house to sit down and
chuckle some more, when some one
came rattling downstairs. 1t was Wal
ter, the distant relative He had been
locked in his room for the last half
hour
''By gum, but let us fgger on this"
ished.
It needed no Sherlock Holmes to IN
ravel the mystery Sarah had locked
Walter in and Walter was out of it.
The man who had driven off with her
to get married before the waiting min
lister in the nearest village must be
Harry Seymour. They would see Nj
agara falls and other wonders Of the
world on that $500, and then come
back for forgiveness.
walter, my boy" said good Uncle
Ben when through with his '.fgger-
ing, ''you part your hair in the middle
and have got a gold filled tooth, and
you are fool!'
"Uncle Ben" replied the chagrined
and detected distant relative, "you
conspire and plan and chuckle and are
an idiot"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
Good Uncle
ben By c. D.
LEWIS
Copyright. 1901. by C. B. .Lepss

Sarah Jane Williams, daughter of
Farmer John Williams, was character
lied by her parents as pigheaded
girl. They said she had been pigheaded
even in her babyhood days and had
grown worse as she grew older. When
asked by her in reply to furnish bill
OF particulars, about all they could
bring forward was the fact that at
seventeen she had refused to marry
lightning rod man twice her age, that
at eighteen she had scorned a patent
hayfork agent who had fallen in love
with her at first sight. at nineteen she
had refused to receive the attentions
Of an old widowcr who owned the only.
windmill for ten miles around and at
twenty she was taken up" with Har-
ry Seymour. son of a nearby farmer in
moderate circumstances
The girl did not deny that she meant
to marry Harry. But the old folks had
other plans in view. They wanted her
to look higher even as high as the com
mission man who came through the
country every fall buying up thou
sands of bushels of apples. They first
began objecting to Harry in gen
eral way, but in the course of a few
months he had been as good as forbid
den the house.
The lovers difficulties simply in
creased their love. They had about de-
termined on an elopement when Uncle
Ben Churchill arrived on visit and
with him distant relative Uncle Ben
was Mrs. Williams brother, and the
distant relative was second cousin to
both and young man of twenty two.
The first thing that Uncle Ben did was
to discover that Sarah wanted to mar
ry and that her parents were opposed
to the match. The first thing that the
second cousin did was to fall in love
with Sarah Jane. That made three
complications on hand at once, and
Uncle Ben was in his element. If there
was one thing he liked better than an
other it was complications. When he
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
IT'LL HELP YOU PLAN AN E1oPEMENT.

TIL HELP YOU PLAN AN E1oPEMENT."
had seen that the second cousin was
smitten he took his part against the
field.
Look a-here, Sarah," he began one
day as he got the girl to sit down be-
side him in the orchard, you believe
I know folks bettern you do, don't
your"
eyes, of course
81 orter, SARAH orter. I've been to
New York and Boston and all around,
and l can spot pickpocket as far as
I can see him. That Teller Harry amt
no Teller for you to marry. l didn't
have to look at him twice to see that
he'll never make hustler
II don't see why protested Sarah.
'Natur' didn't make him that way
You'd never have second dress to
your back if you married him. Better
give him right up now, and femme
pint you out Teller who'll make a
crackin' good husband"
s'Who is it?'
"Your Cousin Walter. He's fell in
love with you and can't sleep O nights.
He's Teller who's goin' to rip up the
ground all around some day."
"But know never could love him.
Zone can do a heap Of things, my
girl, if she sets out to. You jest go
around thinkin' about Walter from
mornin' till night, and you'll be lovin'
him inside Of a week"
II don't believe father and mother
would like it."
Say now, that's the fun of the hull
thing" laughed Uncle Ben as he rub
bed his hands together. give kinder
sounded your dad and mann, and they
amt stuck on Walter. They can't cot.
ton to Teller who parts his hair in
the middle and has a gold filled tooth.
They might be opposed to a marriage,
but that marriage could come off Jest
the same"
How" asked Sarah, with consider
able interest
Lean your head down till whisper
one word in your ear-elopement. II
you and Walter make up to each other,
I'll help you plan an elopement and
put $500 in your hand for bridal dow
er. I'd jest like to show your dad and
mann that there's other folks who know
thing or two
An idea was trying to work itself
out in Sarah's mind, and she asked for
half day to think things over. AT
the end of that time she accepted IN
Gle Ben's proposition.
Good girlr' he exclaimed as he kiss
ed her and smiled like June morning.
You just go right ahead lovin' Walter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
A GOOD FORE QUARTER.

belt for finishing period The ranch
men have by the use Of good bulls
made wonderful change in the char
acter of western cattle. 1t is now posi-
BILE to buy at the principal cattle mar
kets range cattle almost pure bred and
of great uniformity Of type The farm
ers of the corn growing sections must
meet the competition of the ranches by
growing a better class Of steers, and to
do this they must breed with def
mite object in view, avoiding the cross
ing of beef and dairy cattle.
With cheap corn our methods of
feeding have been comparatively waste
full. In the rise of the price of land
and of the crops grown thereon meth
DDS of feeding must be improved. Not
only must the more common feeds be
fully utilized, but the feeder must be
on the lookout for supplementary feeds
from oil mills, factories, etc, in order
to reap the more profit. Formerly the
principal grain feed in most sections
where cattle were fattened was ear
corn, it being shoveled out to them to
their full capacity to consume it.
The cattle feeding industry is now
becoming more varied in the methods
employed in different sections In the
semiarid regions of the west they are
using alfalfa and Kaffir corn and in the
nelghborhood of sugar factories sugar
beet residues; in the corn belt corn and
corn slower and a variety of supple
mentary feeds as gluten meal, oil meal,
etc.; near the cotton states corn and
cottonseed meal in varying proportions
form the principal grain feeds, with
corn slower and clover hay for rough
ness. In Kentucky blue grass forms a
large part of the roughness, especially
In the central portion of the state, and
great many cattle are fed in the
neighborhood Of the distilleries on slop,
using wheat straw and cottonseed bulls
for roughness
Ihe fact seems warranted that in
Kentucky, with a residue of blue grass
corn fodder and hay, with some grain
and reasonable price for certain by
products, it may be profitable to feed
cattle. On the other hand, to buy the
cattle and then to buy the feeds makes
it doubtful proposition. The factors
that may be against profitable cattle
feeding under these circumstances are
the local high prices of feeds, the lack
of uniformity in the feeding cattle and
the distance from the best markets
D. w. May, Kentucky Experiment Sta
ton.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
long way off beyond the most distant

long way off beyond the most distant
trees.
Charles Augustus saw the man that
afternoon. He had come to call, but
Miss Puryis had excused herself. She
had headache, she said. Now, the
man, whose name was Mr.. Houghton,
was going down the drive with great
strides, and so intent on his own
thoughts that he did not hear Charles
Augustus call to him. It took him a
long time to catch up with the man.
Indeed it did not happen until the lat
ter had turned off into the woods and
Charles Augustus hat had been lost
on the road and his legs much scratch
ed with briers. Then Charles Angus
tus told his story-about the letter and
how she had kissed it and yet cried
and was going away.
"And she said I can't! I can'tv like
that" ended Charles Augustus. He
mustn't never know she said, and he
mustn't never come here"
What wasn't he to know, and who
was he, and did Mr.. Houghton think it
was a giant that was coming to carry
Miss Purvis off? Then Charles Angus
tus took the letter from his blouse
and then the man knew.
'I'm afraid it is a giant" said Mr.
Houghton grayely, "and it's lucky I
heard of it in time, because I was go
ing away tomorrow. But now
"But now?" said Charles Augustus
anxiously.
"Now think I'll go right back to
the house with YOU
''And you won't let her be tooken-I
mean taked-away? said Charles Au-
gustus.
mo, she isn't going away" the man
replied-"at least not very far"
They got out into the road and start
ed back, Charles Augustus hand in
that of his friend and his small shoes
blowing through the dust. And then,
at turn in the road, they came sud
denly on Miss Purvis, very white and
scared looking and carrying Charles
Augustus hat. Charlie" she cried,
II thought you were lost!'
Charles Augustus plunged toward
her. II folded himv' he cried trium-
phantly. give told him all about the
letter and how you cried because the
giant was going to carry you off, and
he says the giant shan't and that you
are going to live here happily ever aft
er, amen, like people do in fairy sto-
r1es. And you are, amt your
Miss Purvis looked at the man sec
ond, and then her face came all pink
and then she said Eyes"
1t was very happy walk back home
to Charles Augustus, except that he
for some reason could not manage to
walk between his two friends and hold
both their hands at the same time,
thing which Charles Augustus partic-
ularly wished.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06
Juvenile Lore.

A teacher was explaining to a little
girl how the trees developed their foil
age In the springtime
'Oh, yes" said the little miss, II I'M
derstand; they keep their summer
clothes In their trunks. WatchWord.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29

4 pasJorin Wilkesbarre, Penn, de-
livered stirring lecture to his church
the other day,taking stronggroundS
against raising funds Tor churches by
festivals, ice cream sociableS and slm-
liar modes resorted to 10y church
people. His officers did not endorse
his views and another pastor was
appointed against the wishes al "a
large majority OF the church. If it Is
wrong to raise money Tor religious
purposes in this way, many OF the
churches are guilty Of wrong doing
Judge Daily opened his court at
Statesboro, Georgia, Monday, which
is grand Jury term. In his charge
70 the grand Jury he was severe on
the lynchers OF Reed and Cato, whom
he said were as guilty of murder a.
We're the negroes they lynched. and
insisted that they should be indicted
# sufficient evidence could be obtain
ed. IL is said some of the best citi
zens of she county are on the grand
Jury and it is believed they will do
their duty.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29

hal been, to which McCue replied that
il was not necessary Tor her 10 knew
ANYTHING about his trip.
During Miss Crawiord's stay he wa
again away for two or three days
ARA McCnp. the witness said, got on
letter from the defendant while he wa
,hsent. aad was indignant ~ it, con
tents
\ K Nartin. the .Ier. test'nrd % "
conversation which he said he had heard
At the Jail between the Accused and hl-
son Willie Some VI the defendant =
brothers were prsseut Witt esq said be
heard the accused declare that what
Ernest Crawford said about his drawing
"A pistol ON Mrs McCue wac not sn.
The sensation Il the day came with
the testimony OF \ illiam McCue, the eld
est child ol the prisoner, who caused
spr comment 10y his absence ia wet
Virginia jusi before the trial began. II"
il slightly built youth 81 less than
seventeen. llis testimony repeated the
story that he had told before the coroner
mp TO the point OF the supper which was
Mira. McCue's last.
H. was still on the stand when court
Ifjournrd FIR the day The witness br
came greatly excited ~ Capt Woods
aimed AT him question alter question and
grew more and more emphatic in his
answers. striking his hands together ~
he said mo, cir and II did not
When court adjourned he Immediately
left the stand. made his way through the
departing crowd 20 his father, who
threw his arms about him and received
MS sons kisees The eyes OF the father
were rivetei upon the son throughout
his ordeal on the witness stand.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29
Memorisl to Confederate Dead

A monument 20 the Confederate dead
If Botetourr WAS unveiled Thursday at
tlurastle. Nearly 1000 people were
present The exercises were presided
over by Mai John " Johnson, and the
cord was pulled 10y bic daughter. Miss
Eloise Johnson. who was attended 10y
twelve young lades Attorney General
Anderson delivered the address.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29

II that amt gall from Democrat that
thinks q negro ought not TO vote, aOd
that has made the paramount, Issue
for % years in Virginia that the Repub
lcans elected a negro doOrkeeper. II he
is not fit for q doOrkeeper ls ne ht lor
notary publie?-1h he Virginia Daily Press.
The above is a criticism on our
article the other day about the APP
pointment of James \. Carter, a col
ored man, as a notary public i'll Au-
gusta county. But really it is notso
much gall as it is surprise that a lie
publican should jeer at the appoint
ment OF negro TO office by Demo-
crat when the Republicans boast that
they now have in the government
service over ten thousand negro APP
pointees. Do you object to Carter S
appointment because be is a negro?
You did not answer that question.
II the Republicans are real friends to
the negro they ought to rejoice when
one is appointed by a Democrat and
not endeavor to make political capt.
tai out OF it. Carter did not super
cede one-legged Confederate soldier
in his office, nor do his duties force
him into the homes and society OF
the whites as do the duties OF some
OF the ten thousand Federal APP
pointees the Republicans boast OF
having made. We predicted that
Carter was the best OF his race and a
competent man, and so we haveirom
his home Democratic paper, the
Staunton Dispatch, that he is agood
citizen, quiet and intelligent. Fur
thermore, he was endorsed by the
best citizens OF the community and
could have been endorsed by ten
times as many more. He is anotary
for a colored company dealing IN
real estate; they are pleased with him
and his appointment, and no one
seems to object to the appointment
because OF his color except the Re-
publicans.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29

The effort TO enioin the secretary
OF the treasury from the payment oil
the bills for labor in the Panama Ca
nal and from issuing bonds for the
payment OF it's purchase price will
hardly succeed. The suit is institu-
ted in Washington by W. S. Wilson,
OF Illinois, in the Supreme Court Of
the District OF Columbia. The case
was argued Tuesday, but the decif-
ion of the court was reserved. Is is
said the principle question involved
is whether the courts have authority
TO restrain a federal officer from a
wrongful Interpretation OF a federal
law and consequent depletion oil the
federal treasury.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29

II you have children away at school
send them The Free Lance. 20 they will
keep iniormed A. 20 hume news. - cent?
will carry the paper for six months
Don't send your own paper after it j.
several days old; the postage alone will
amount to as much ~ the subscription
Drirp
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-29
THE NJ CUE CASE.
Witness Says the Blow Prisoner Re-
eeived Would not Produce lnsensi-
bility.

Witness Says the Blow Prisoner Re-
ceiVed Would not Produce lnsensi-
bility.
In the McCue trial Wednesday at
Cl arlottesvil g the most significant testi-
nony was that of Dr.. j. T. Early. 20 the
, ifsct that the blow received 10y the de-
iendanr was rot sufficient 10 produce in
seusibiity. ana that an examination Oi
the nndershirt worn by McUue the night
4 the tragedy showed that the blood
stains had been 10 contact with water.
and the wrist bands had been wet. The
state also introduced testimony To
prove that a piece of cloth found in the
bathroom WAS torn from Mel ne = under
shirt IL j. supposed that this Is an at
.empt of the State 20 prove that McCue
wac In the bathroom where his murdered
wife was found
the defendant was obviously nervous
lnd il is evident that he il not meeting
the ordeal with the expected iirmness
Seated with him were Mrs. pinwiddie, an
aunt: Mrs Edward o. McCue, his sister
ia law. and Mrs NJ NJ. Durrett. - sister,
Al of whom he kissed when they TOOK
heir places beside him
J Tinsley Coleman. who WAS associated
with the defense after MIR Daniel hsr
mons retirement, was present for the
irst time. He Is reg 4rded "a a very able
awyer
The first witsess WAS Marshall Din
Wilde. who lives on the same street -
be- defendant. aud who BOW Ives in the
house which was The scene Of the tragedy
The witness recalled that Mr. Met
iid 40 IN &c see the body az his wifi siter
me had been placed in the coffin ami
1ok HE hjtls children in with him. At
o bis point the prisoner burst into tears,
and gave way 10 his emotion for several
minutes In fact. throughout theeNami-
lstion by MIR Lee the prisoner showed
much feeling.
Charles A. skinner, the negro who was
n his room. on the lot next 20 the MeCue
residence. when the murder occurred, was
he next witness
W. o. Dnrrerte q cousin Of the defend.
ant. testified that he and Willie McCue
fouud a piece OF cloth in the bathroom
IN the day following the shooting tie
Identified bit OF cloth which was ex-
aibited. He said it was on the floor be-
tween the bath tub and door, and in
plain view
After leaving the courtroom, Mr. McCue
asked Judge Morris TO be- permitted 10
walk to the jail yard for exercise, int
mating that there was no danger OF his
trying TO escape as he wanted TO be
convicted or July indicated The re-
quest was granted.