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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
FRANKLlN's GARB.
Tho Philosopher Often Taken For =
Quaker. Though He Was Not One.

Tho Philosopher Often Taken For
Quaker. Though He Was Not One.
Benjamin Franklin was often taken
for a Quaker, but the philosopher did
not belong to the Society of Friends.
Franklin, being simple citizen of
Philadelphia, wore clothes of fashion
set by the Qnakers, plain gray or
drab suit. He continued to wear this
costume while he was in France Once
when bis court suit was not ready he
appeared in his republican" garb be-
fore Louis XVI. He became the fash
Europe, and it was at one time the
proper thing for young republicans and
I litterateurs to dress a la Franklin. The
German historian, Schlosser, describing
Franklin's appearance in the French
drawing rooms, speaks of sthe simple
ity of his external appearance, the
friendly meekness of the old man and
the apparent humility Of the Quaker"
In truth, the humility and the meekness
We're mostly matters Of appearance.
and the Quaker aspect was only an as
pect. Franklin was brought up by his
parents in Boston in the Congregation
! al church and was intended by them
for the ministry. When he went to
Philadelphia, he says in his autobiog
raphy, he paid his annual subscription
to the only Presbyterian minister or
meeting we had in Philadelphia" But
he distinctly .avows his disagreement
with Presbyterian doctrine and later
was quite as ready to welcome and as
sist Whitefeld, the Methodist, with
whom he also openly disagreed. Later
still, he took a pew in an Episcopal
church, but he was never a commu-
meant Episcopalian. He says much
about religion in his autobiography, ex-
plains how he became a deist iii MS
youth, but abandoned the doctrine be-
cause it was not useful in making men
good. His own creed he declares to be
belief in God and in the immortality of
the soul. Though my scheme was not
wholly without religion" he writes,
'there was no mark of any of the dis
tinguishing tenets Of any particular
! sect. Youths Companion.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
FAMOUS ARCHERs.
Stories of Wonderful Skill With Bow
and Arrow

Stories of Wonderful Skill With Bow
and Arrow.
The expression drawing a long bow
does not of necessity mean the telling
of falsehood. 1t sometimes refers to
a wonderful story, which may be true
enough, but which is so marvellous as
to require a firm trust in the veracity
of the narrator to enable the hearer to
believe it. Some of the longest bows
of this sort have been drawn about
bows and arrows.
These stories began long ago. Virgil
in the "Kneid" tells of four archers
who were shooting for a prize, the
mark being pigeon tied by a cord to
the mast of a ship. The first man hit
the mast, the second cut the cord, and
the third shot the pigeon as it flew
away. The fourth archer, having moth
ing left to shoot, drew his bow and
sent his arrow flying toward the sky
with such speed that the friction of the
air set the feathers on fire, and it
swept on, like meteor, to disappear
in the clouds.
The stories told of Robin Hoods
archery, Illustrated by his wonderful
performance as Locksley in SCOTS
sIvanhoe,'' are also decided strain
upon sensible. persons credulity. The
famous story of William Tell, doubted
by many persons, is believed by others
to have foundation of fact. There
was Dane named Foke of whom the
same story is told, and William of
Cloudesley, an Englishman, is said to
have shot an apple from his sons head
merely to show his expertness.
Most stories of bows and arrows re-
late to the accurate aim of the archers,
but Frenchman, Blaise de Vigenere,
tells one that shows the tremendous
force with which an arrow may be
propelled If the bow be strong and long
enough. According to his own ac-
count Of the matter, he saw Barbaros-
sa, a Turk, admiral of ship called the
Grand Solyman, send an arrow from
his bow right through cannon ball.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
WEIGHT OF PLANETS.
II Is the Mass of the Body That Counts
With the Astronomer.

II Is the Mass of the Body That Counts
With the Astronomer.
If ham weighing thirty pounds
were taken up to the moon and weigh
ed there, the ''pulr-the attractive
force of the moon upon the ham
would amount to only five pounds.
There would be another weight Of the
ham for the planet Mars and vet an
other on the sun. A ham weighing
thirty pounds at New York ought to
weigh some 800 pounds on the SUMS
surface; hence the astronomer does not
speak of the weight of a planet, be-
cause that would depend upon the
place where it was weighed. But he
speaks Of the mass Of the planet,
which means how much planet there is,
no matter where it might be weighed.
At the same time we might, without
any ineXactness, agree that the weight
Of heavenly body should be fixed by
the weight it would have in New
York. AS we could not imagine a
planet in New York, because it may
be larger than the earth itself, what
we are to imagine is this: Suppose the
planet could be divided into million
million million equal parts and one of
these parts brought to New York and
weighed. We could easily find it's
weight in pounds or tons. Then null
tiply this by million million million,
and we shall have a weight of the plan
ct. This would be equivalent to what
astronomers might take as the mass of
the planet Current Literature.
The Word idiot"
"Idiot" is a word with a curious his
tory. In Greek 'idiotes'' began by
meaning private Individual, as ap-
posed to the state or to state official;
then it meant nonexpert or layman
and finally an ignorant man or an
awkward fellow. 1t was left for Eng
lish to carry the meaning further to
mental deficiency. In ''Piers Plow-
man" an idiot is an ignorant per-
son, and as late as 1893 it could mean
a person who knew only one language
Wyclif and Jeremy Taylor used it in
the sense Of .'layman," and the latter
also in that Of private person" And
professional ''fooP' or jester was at
one time an .'idiot" too.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
The Bosnian Roasting Jack.

A curious variety Of the old fash
Toned roasting jack is used by the
peasants of Bosnia and herzegovina
when roasting sheep whole, as on the
occasion Of a wedding ceremony One
often sees near a running stream a
long pole having one end revolving
freely in a socketed peg, while the
other, overhanging the water, is equip
ped with miniature paddles. This is
the Bosnian roasting jack. The sheep
to be cooked is impaled on the log,
a fire is lit underneath, and while
the current spins the paddles and the
pole merrily round the big joint is
cooked literally to a turn,-Wide World
Magazine.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Where Snow Falls.

If you are not a lover of snow, 20 to
Malta, which is the nearest spot where
you are certain of complete immunity.
If you are fond of it, the suburbs of St.
Petersburg will furnish all you need to
ask, for there you may be sure of it
for ITO days in the year. The happy
medium is supplied by Copenhagen,
with thirty days, while Palermo, Rome
and Venice, with one, two and five days
respectively, may be recommended to
those who merely care for snow as a
casual and feeting guest.-London
Chronicle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
IMITATION PEARLS.
They May BE Detected by the Hois
Drilled THROUGH Thorn.

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The means Of ascertaining the genu-
tneness of pearls, which are frequently
Initiated with marvellous skill, is es-
pecially important to the layman, even
though the jeweler may quickly detect
them. limitations are. usually lighter
than real pearls and generally are brit
tie, although some are made solid of
fish scales and do not break so easily.
while the holes, which in the real pearl
are drilled very small and have sharp
edge, are in the false larger and have a
blunt edge. AS rule, the imitation
pearls are like hollow spheres Of glass
colored internally with a coating imi-
tating the orient Of natural pearl.
The manufacture of these articles
embraces two series of operations-the
production of the sphere and the intro
duction of coating. The spheres are
produced by the glassblower, who by
AID of an enameler's lamp soldiers the
extremity of tube when the sub
stance is of the right consistency. In
this way are obtained very regular lit
tie spheres that serve for the compost
ton Of the ordinary quality Of false
pearls
In the more beautiful limitations the
tube employed is slightly opalescent,
and the glassblower, besides, gives to
the little spheres while they are yet
malleable certain slight perceptible in
equalities of surface by gently tapping
them with a small iron bar. This gives
them a still greater resemblance to
natural pearls, which are very seldom
absolutely regular-Exchange
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
THE SPANISH EscURIAL.
Il Is Marvellous Specimen Of Ancient
Architecture.

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The Escurial, the palace of the Span
lsh king, an architectural marvel, for
mer1y described as the sseighth wonder
Of the world is now seldom spoken
Of even by those who are ready to go
wild over much less pretentious struc-
lures. The cornerstone of this Span
ish st. Peters was laid by Philip II.
in 1868, but it was 800 years 1850 be-
fore the monsrous building was pro-
nOunced finished. 1t was built by Phil
lp in fulfllment of vow to s.erect the
finest monastery in the world should
bis forces be successful in their great
battle with the French That battle
was fought at st. Quentin on Aug. 10,
1867, st Lawrence day, and in order
to honor that saint as well as to fulfill
his vow the king had the foundation
of his great memorial laid off in the
shape of a gridiron, the implement of
torture upon which the goodly Law
renee is reputed to have suffered mar
tyrdom.
To those who have never visited the
Escurial the size of the gigantic struc-
ture is beyond comprehension It is
40 feet from north to south and 5SO1h
feet from east to west, the square tow
ers at each corner rising to height of
over 200 feet. Within this monstrous
building are the kings palace, a eathe-
dral, monastery Of 200 cells, two col
leges, three chapter houses, three Ii
brary buildings, five large halls, six
dormitories, three hospitals and over
5000 other rooms. In order to make
st. Lawrence's gridiron complete, the
building is built in quadrangular form,
with seventeen rows or ranges of mon
strous stone structures crossing each
other at right angles, these forming the
.gridirons ribs, the handle being a
wing 40 feet in length. The church,
which is part of this vast pile Of ma
sonry, is 1854 feet long, $50 feet wide,
with a dome $50 feet in height. 1t is
estimated that the building cost $780,
100000.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Treating Wrong Disease.

Many times women call on their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine.
one from dyspepsia, another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney
disease, another from nervous exhaustion
or prostration, another with pain here and
there, and in this way they all present
alike to themselves and their easy-going
and Indifferent, or over busy doctor. sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he.
assuming S, them to be such, prescribes his
pms and potlons. In reality. they are all
only symptoms caused by some uterine
disease. The physician, ignorant of the
cause OF suffering, encourages this prac-
tlce until large bills are made. The suf-1
ferlng patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason of the delay, wrong
treatment and consequent complications.
A proper medicine like DR.. Pierce's Pa
vorite Prescription, directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease.
thereby dispelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead Of prolonged misery. It has been
we'll said, that "a disease known is half
cured"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is >
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician.
and adapted to woman's delicate system.
1t is made of native medicinal roots and
is perfectly harmless in it's effects IN, ana
condition of the system
AS powerful lnVlgOratlng tonic VIA
vorlte prescription imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly, feminine in particular. For over
worked, WORKOUT rundown" debili-
tated teachers, milliners dressmakers.
seamstresses, vshop girls" house-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gen
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is the greatest earthly boon, being un-
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
stOrative tonic
AS soothing and strengthening nerv-
Inc 'Favorite Prescription is unequaled
and is invaluable in allaying and sub
DUNG nervous excitability, irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, st.
Vltus's dance, and other distressing, nerv-
Gus symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease of the
uterus. It induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three dose. Easy to take as candy.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
doneseekef's


On the firss and third Tuesdays OF
each month, the Minneapolis s. ST.
Louis Railroad will sell round trip
excursion tickets to points in the North,
Northwest, South, Southwest and
Southeast. The rate is only one fare
Plus $500 and less, with liberal stop
over privileges.J
Tickets sold to points in the follow
ing states: Minnesota, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Arizona, Arkansas,
colorado, Idaho, Indian Territory
Iowa. Kansas, louisiana, Mexico,
missouri, Montana. Nebraska, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wis
consln, Northern Michigan, Wyoming
e1c; For rates and full particulars
call on Agents, or address,
a. b. QUITS, G. P. & T. A.,
50 Minneapolis MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Talking Through a Human Body.

70 talk through human body or a
row Of human bodies, for the matter
Of that, is one of the weirdest of the
electricians feats. If a telephone wire
be severed and the two ends be held
BY a person, one in each hand, but far
apart, it is quite possible for two indi-
vlduals to carry on conversation
through the body Of the medium as
readily and as distinctly as if the line
had been properly connected.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
His Suggestion.

'"That young woman is not intelli-
gent, amiable or even decently courte-
GUS"
"Oh, but her father is worth million
dollars"
"Then think she should be required
to display notice to that eject
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Why She Was pleased.

Tess-Did MI. Borem ever call on
you? Jess Yes; he called last even
Ing. / was quite delighted when the
girl brought up his card. Tess oh,
come now. You weren't really delight
ed? Jess Certainly You see, if she
hadn't brought up his card 1 might
have gone down to him, thinking it
was some one Philadelphia Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Those Wicked Clubs.

Doctor Ito wife whose husband is lid
lis not your husband hypochon-
driac? Wife Oh, doctor, he doesn't
belong to any society at all!-Meggen-
dorfer Batter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Johnny,s Horrid Finish.

IF you don't quit eating so much,
Johnny" exclaimed Mrs. Lapsling, hor-
riied at the gluttonous propensities of
her youngest, "the first thing you know
you'll be regular filibusterT- Chicago
Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
A Question.

MY wife thinks she will never find
better cook than the one we now
have"
"Humph! Uh-er-say, what would
you call your wife, a pessimist or an
optimist pc Cleveland Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Feminine Bravery.

Tom Do you think women are
Drawer thar men? Dick-yes. / do. Il
never saw one yet that wouldn't take u
chance at marriage. Detroit Fres'
Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13

It is better to lose all in the search
for good than to be content with the
worst.-Van Dyke.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13

The largest grasshoppers are found
In South America, where some speci-
mems reach length Of five inches,
with spread Of wings OF ten inches.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13

For SALE-The Frank Spoerhase res
idence property on South German
Street. A desirable home in one of
the finest sections of the city. Apply
to FRED SETTER. 4Stf
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13
Suited For Something.

SYour little boy may become presi-
dent some day.
i 8 hardly think so. Archibald is too
modest and retiring"
"Oh, we'll, he may get to be vice
president" Philadelphia Bulletin.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-13

Mind is the partial side Of man. The
heart is every thing. Rivarol.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN CATH.
oLlc CHURCH PASSES AWAY
LIKE KING IN EXILE.
ONLY TWO FAITHFUL
SERVANTS AT SIDE
Last Night of the Deposed Leader Of
Famdus Religious Colony Spent in
DeIirium-story Of His Rise and
Fall as prophet"

Chicago, March 11-John Alexander
Dowie, the venerable founder of the
Christian Catholic church is dead. Pen
niless, and like king in exile shorn
of all his temporal power, the white
haired prophet went to his last rest
at TAO o'clock Saturday morning. At
the bedside when he passed away
were two personal attendants for
mer coachman, Freeman Hachnel, and
the other was his negro body serv-
ant, John Hershfeld.
The death of the deposed leader OF
the north shore religious colony caus-
ed a great sensation throughout Zion
City. His end was not entirely unex-
pected. Bright's disease is the sup
posed cause of death.
Gladstone Dowie and Mrs. Dowie,
who for six months have been forbid
den entrance to Shiloh House, were at
their lodge, Ben McDhui, near White
hall, Mich, and were Immediately no
titled, They left at once for Zion
City.
Deacon V. V. Barnes, who after
wavering in his devotion to the aged
leader and falling in with Voliva's CO.
herts, believed through all that DR.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
"Leayes.O


To him who is penetrated by true
principles even the briefest precept Is
sufficient, and common precept, to re-
mind him that he should be free from
grief and fear. For example, says
Homer:
Leaves-some the wind scatters on the
ground
So is the race Of men.
Leaves also are thy children, and
leaves, too, are they who cry out as if
they were worthy Of credit and bestow
their praise or, on the contrary, curse
or secretly blame and sheer, and leaves
in like manner are those who shall re
ceive and transmit mans fame to
aftertimes, for all such things as these
''are produced in the season of spring."
as the poet says. Then the wind casts
them down. Then the forest produces
other leaves in their places. But a
brief existence is common to all things,
and yet thou avoidest and pursuest all
things as If they would be eternal. A
little time, and thou shalt close thy
eyes, and him who has attended thee
to thy grave another soon will lament.
Marcus Aurelius.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
THE UNEMPLOYED.
Many Regions Of the Earth Still Re-
main a Mystery.

Many Regions OF the Earth Still Re-
main a Mystery.
Many years will elapse before any
other continent is as we'll mapped as
Europe, and perhaps the era Of per-
fected mapping all over the world may
never come, because surveys are very
expensive and the five other continents
have far greater expanses than Europe
Of comparatively worthless lands that
do not call for the most detailed and
refined cartography. But large
amount of pioneer work still invites
the explorer, for many of the unknown
areas have much territorial extent.
In the Amazon basin, for example,
three Of these regions are each much
larger than all of our. New England
states. One unknown area in north
west Alaska is nearly as large as New
England, and the Sahara has two
areas In black that are each twice as
large and another three times as large
as New England.
Asia still has several Of these vast
mysterious spaces, and the solid chunk
Of the unknown in New Guinea, the
largest island in the world excepting
Greenland, would swallow up New
England and leave black border all
around it.-Cyrus G. Adams in Har-
per's.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
Sour
,tOralaC

No appetite, loss Of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings. and catarrh
of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves indigestion. This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices of diges-
tion as they exist in a healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball. Of Ravenswood. w. Va. says
was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
kodol cured me and we are now using it In milk
soe baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
eottles only. Relieves indigestion. sour stomach.
" belckng of gas, etc.
Prepared by E. 9. Dewitt & CO., CHICAGO.
ID. A. PFEFFERLE
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
Curious NESTING Habits.

Many birds in their nesting habits
have accommodated themselves to the
advance of civilization. Thus the barn
and cliff swallows, which once built
under overhanging cliffs and in caves,
now place their nests on the rafters
and beneath the caves Of our barns.
The chimney swift, which originally
placed its nest on the inside Of hollow
trees, now uses our chimneys for that
purpose. The purple martin, once nest
ing exclusively in holes in trees, will
now in many sections Of the country
use nothing but the bird boxes which
kind hearted men have erected.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
AN INDIAN MYSTERY.
The White Woman Who Fought With
the Tonic Apaehes. Z.

the e onto Apaches.
The following story was told by one
Of Arizona's early pioneers:
In 1864 Dr. Alsap and Lord Duppa,
well known pioneers, were prospecting
with a party in the Bradshaw noun
tains on the Hassayampa creek. One
morning the party separated for the
purpose Of hunting. In going up a
canyon, in which they were separated
from their companions by high noun
tains, Duppa's detachment was attack
ed by large band Of Tonic Apaches.
The whites gradually fought their way
across the ridge with the hope Of re-
joining their companions During the
advance Duppa, who was stationed be-
hind a rock, noticed that he was the
particular mark of an Indian with q
bow. Several arrows had fallen at his
feet, and one struck him in the arm.
Raising his rifle, he took aim, and just
as he was touching the trigger the sup
posed Indian cried, Don't shoot" in
good English, but it was too late, and
the body fell over with life extinct.
Soon after the two parties succeeded in
forming junction, and the Indians re-
treated, leaving their dead.
Out Of curiosity the party returned to
the place where Duppa killed the sup
posed Indian and found that it was a
white woman, evidently about thirty
years OF age and dressed in all the
paraphernalia Of the Apaches. Investi.
cation was made, but no trace Of hel
former whereabouts could ever be OBJ
tanned.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-13
Prominent Peorians Indicted.

Peoria, ILL.,, March 11.-After eight
weeks deliberation the grand jury re-
ported Saturday and returned indict-
ments against many prominent citi-
zens, including ex-Sheriff Daniel r.
Potter, Deputies w b. Peters, Robert
Conkey and Sherman Hunt; City
Clerk Robert Joos, the latter being
charged with embezzlement of city
funds and malfeasance in Office. Ex-
Sheriff Potter and his deputies, it is
said. have misused the county funds
to the extent Of $4,000.