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New Ulm review., 1913-02-26
Obituary.

After . protrscted illness Julius
Frank passed away at bis home or
South Washington Street last Tues
day evening st 8 O'Clock ut the ripe
old age Of nearly e3 years. Death
was due to heart trouble with which
the deceased bad been seriously y
afflicted for yea's. The spsst five
weeks he had been confined to he'd.
The deceased WAS born in Duester-
feroe, Mecklenburg. .Streli,z April Is,
1880, He lexl ned the miiler's trade
aud was In. business for himself for
leu years 10 the old country. In the
year 1871 he came TO this Country with
bis sister and his brother Ausu:t and
directly u Brown County. A lew
mUths alter his arrival here be built q
wxIermiil on the Cottonwood River u
the Town Ut Home which he conducted
successfully for period OF eight
years. Hs then removed " New Ulm
aud from The year 1885 " leoY To WAS
Wv sAO Aes ~ wv" O"ACO W w AAAOA
BUeuger IN the Town of Milford. he
tnen cxme back TO New Ulm aud for
about ~ years he wxs.s nelghbvr of
Carl Bey yer's aud for The past l3 Car.
he has lived On South Washington
oLreet. He never married and bis
sister Kept house for him for over SO
yesrs. He 10 survived by his sister
Mlnoa, his orotber August Of MliiOra
and Henry In The OLD country. The
funeral was held from bis late home
saturday afternoon Vt 2 O'Clock, E.
}. Bushrer officiating. Intermens WAS
maze In the City Ceuetery. ".5 "
< Mrs. Franz Willinger whose maiden
oame WAS Margsrs. Pecher died Sun.
usy afternoon ~ 2 2u'cluck vt her hume
vn North Jefferson Street. she had
ueen aiIlng TOR the past S years ur
mUre. Her last illness lasted about
two weeks, the ixst few days Ut which
she WAS cunhnea u bed. DoHth VAS
NoO w . SOA PAAS0SAOA Va NAoO0oC0'
foremost Uf whl1n WAS liver Irvuule:
The deceased WAS burn in Prehelscnen
August 4, 1857 aud WAS therefore only
SIS years old when she passed away.
sue caue " lhls country IL lie year
1852 aud directly u New U'm suu has
made her home here ever since.
ohvrtly after her arrival she WAS
msrrled to Franz Wllllnger who with
SIX children I'll of whom resiue IL New
UIm survive her. They are Mrs.
Charles Krelsch, Mrs. joseph Buecni,
aud Maggie, Johu, Frank anu Mlunie
living ~ home. AT tho time of her
ueAth the deceased was q member of |
the st. Elizabeth Socl.ty and the
Mother Solely. The two orxau,-
cations aLteu0ed the funeral which |
was held from the Catholic Church |
This "wednesday morning at 9 o'clock |
hev. Schlinkers officiating. l
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-13

Special report by Department OF
Labor on welfare work for employees
by Chicago starvation-wage paying
employers states: "Sears-Roebuck Is
situated in large parklike plot OF
green"
Thanks! We always were real
curious to know why girls and men
worked for the firm of RosenWald
fame at a starvation. wage-lts De-
cause God lets the green grass grow
outside.
We really had sneaking notion
that the parklike green was there to
impress customers and Investigators
of welfare workout no, it's to make
the employees happy when they arrive
at s and quit at any old time they
get through.
Oh, yes! And they got restaurant
where employees can eat If they pay
for their grub. Maybe that's why so
many of them go without their
lunches. e.e
= Nothing mentioned about their
most choice welfare work. where men
stand by the desks of girls and speed
them up. Guess they weren't doing it
while the Department of Labor was
watching. But they were doing it
while we looked on.
And Marshall Fields, who pay as
low as $3.50 wage to women. has an
"unorganized welfare system, where
practically the entire tenth floor is
devoted to their interests"
Maybe the tenth floor is where they
take the girls that faint in the base
ment.
Oh, gee, again! The Common
wealth Edison Co., which is trying SO
hard to force all the railroads to be-
come electric in order that the COM
pany profit by it, let the employees
deposit 8 to 5 per cent of their month
ly wages. Clerks drawing extrava-
CANT sum of $50 a month ought to
appreciate this. - =,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-13

And how many OF them are
bounced.
And the National Biscuit Co. is
careful to provide backs to the
benches the women sit on. My! Myi
We also would like to state that they
give employees a discount on the bis
cults they buy.
Chocolate fudge and stomach ache.
This welfare work to Offset starva-
ton wages makes us long for ipecac.
American Bug is peeved because
New York is spending so much
money in an effort to take him back
to the buggery.
Wouldn't be surprised if the tax
payers feel the same way.
Best way to convince New Hamp-
shire she has an undesirable citizen
is to turn the Bug loose for a spell.
We wouldn't feel so vicious if he
would stop writing editorials telling
us how smart he is. Why not Con
fessions of Bug?
Some women have awful mean
natures. Mrs. August C. Fromm, who
weighs 230 pounds, charged with sit
ting on husband, who weighs only 81.
Why don't she pick on a man of her
size?
Former Rep. Watson, Indiana, says
he does not believe member of Con-
gress has ever been corrupted or ever
could be corrupted. Mulhall might
say the gentleman doth protest too
much"
The rat lis the most costly pest
in the United States says the U. S.
Public Health Service Department.
He destroys $167, 900, 900 worth an
nually. Well, let's swat the rat.
A girl arrested in Detroit for dane
ing in the streets in kimona was
discharged by the judge because it
wasn't transparent. There's real goth
century justice for you.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-13

81 want some sort of present for a
young lady" eyes, sir. Sweetheart
or sister," Er-why, she hasn't
said which she win be yeti"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
Edible Locusts.

Not few commentators have stumbled
over the statement that John the Baptist
"did eat locusts." Not aware that in
the East locusts are eaten, even to this
day, they have suggested that some sort
OF bean is meant.
Locust are to-day eaten in Arabia pretty
much as they were in Biblical times.
Foreigners as we'll as native declared that
they are really an excellent article ofdiet.
They are best boiled.
The long, or "hopping," legs must be
pulled off, and the locust held by wing
and dipped into salt before it is eaten.
As to flavor, the insect is said to taste like
green wheat.
The red locust is more palatable than
the green, kind. Some say that the fe-
male is red and the male green, but others
contend that all are green at first, what
ever the sex.
Locusts must be caught in the morning
for then they are benumbed by the cold,
and their wing are damp with the dew,
so that they cannot fly. They may be
found in Arabia clustered in hundred
under the desert bushes, and they can be
literally shoveled into bag or basket.
Later the sun dries their wings, and it
is hard to catch them. When in flight
they resemble what we call may-flieS.
They fly sidewise, drifting as it were be-
fore the wind.
They devour everything vegetable, and
are devoured by everything animal; des-
ert larks and bustards, ravens, hawks,
buzzards like them. The camels MUNICH
them in with their food; the greyhoundS
run swapping after them all day long, and
eatas many as sthey catch. The Bedouins
often gave them to their horses.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28

One of the rareSt diseases known to
medical science is gradually turning the
skin OF two 18-months- -old boy babies al
the Children's Homeopathic Hospital in
Philadelphia from white TO black. This
startling change was first noted at the
beginning of this month. Already the
skin from their heads to below the chest
has turned light chocolate color and the
tinge is spreading and deepening. The
children are twins, Tony and Powell
Amato, sons of an Italian couple whose
seven other living children are normal.
"Pseuda leucamia" is the term given TO
this rare ailment. Pernicious anamia, an
extremely thin condition of the blood, is
a disease of which but few cases are on
record. Pseudo leuc9mia is said TO be
200 times rarer. Lying in adjoining cribs
in the hospital, the heads and feet OF the
children peeping from snowy garments
present remarkable contrasts in shading
Judging from the upper portion of the
bodies, the children are colored, but the
trunk and limbs are OF normal whiteness.
One of the surprising things about these
strange cases, physicians say, is the
marked increase in white corpuscleS in
the blood. In the normal human being
there are about 100000 red corpuscles;
the twins have less than one-half this
number.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
u. s. To Help Raise Foxes.

Washington, August II. - About 10
wears ago a small farmer of Prince Edward
Island, while in one OF the Nova Scotia
group, off the east coast of Canada, be-
came weary of raising potatoes and other
small garden truck and decided he would
take up some more profitable line oil
endeavor. Accordingly he trapped a pair
OF silver foxes and put them in pen.
Soon he had quite brood OF the animals
and in due course killed one OF them
and sent its pelts 10 London.
This farmer knew the pelts were val
liable but when he received returns from
the London furrier to whom he had sent
them, TO the extent OF about 81 900 he
became convinced that there was moth
ing else on Prince Edward Island which
appeared quite so alluring as fox culture.
Realizing the value of his discovery this
farmer kept his brood of foxes secret and
stealthity set about trapping more OF
them. His peculiar breed which brings
such fabulous prices, is not similar 10 the
ordinary red fox which may be seen wild
anywhere in the South and in some OF
of the Northern States. II was the Sill
yer fox, an animal the pelt OF which is OF
singulariy beautiful texture and fineness.
That little story constitutes the germ OF
what bids fair to become an important
industry in the northern half OF the North
American Continent, the success OF this
single fox raiser having interested the
United States government.
Secretary OF Commerce William {.
Redfield has had the matter OF fox raising
brought to his attention and has been so
we'll pleased with il that he has given no.
tice that the department will lease II large
islands on the coast of Alaska for terms OF
five years. 10 responsible bidders who
desire 10 cultivate the silver fox.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
Th. Dangerous Ages.

There are certain ages wherein death
is very imminent, and OF all these ages
the most perilouS is the age OF an hour OF
two. Yes, it is just after birth that we
are in most danger Of death, and the next
most perilous age to this is Seventy-one
years.
The age OF three is the next most dan
gerous age. Almost one-fourth OF all the
babies born die during the third year.
From three on to the age Of forty-five
life is comparatively safe, but fory-fVe
especily for women, is trying time, and
many are carried off.
After passing forty-five in safety men
and women may reasonably hope to
reach seventy-one. Here again they are
in great danger-the greatest save for the
first few hours after birth.
Longevity is a hereditary quality. II
passes from father TO son and from moth
er to daughter. He who had an octoge-
marian father may hope to become an
octogenarian himself, and she who had
an octogenarian mother may hope 10
become an octogenrian herself. But a
fathers longevity does not pass down
to daughter, nor does mothers pass
down to son.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
erson County, West Virginia Thursday, August 28 1918
Bed AS A Rest-cure.

In the case of serious illness, such as
typhoid fever, or pneumonia, or acute
rheumatism, the patient must have abso-
lutte rest in bed. The physician in charge
is generally able to enforce the rule, but
there are good many disorders in which
"rest" as part Of the treatment must be
left to the Judgment OF the patient, or ot
those who care for him.
Then, again, there are difficult cases,
in which the physician can only recon-
mend "more rest' in general way, and
must depend on the common sense of his
patient-when it existS-for the carrying
out OF his advice.
There are certain half-eXhausted, nerv-
ously fired, restless persons who keep
hard at work until they drop into nervous
prostration. Persons OF this temperament
are often of great intelligence; they are
perfectly aware of their own folly. but
they seem 10 be driven by some malign
force Within them, like leaves before the
wind.
No general advice can help such pa
tients they can be aided only by sub
mitting themselves TO iron-clad rules.
That is one of the reasons why the san
itarium treatment is so successful-the
insubordinate, never quiet neuraSthenic
is made over into meek and submissive
patient by the sheer weight of rule and
discipline.
For tired person who has not quite
broken down, but shows every sign oi
doing so, there is nothing like bed. The
treatment will vary in duration in differ
ent cases, but the physician should SIM
ply insist on the prescription, and refuse
TO enter upon the weariSome arguments
that worn-out people seem 10 enjoy.
He can usually persuade person who
is not too badly off TO start the treatment
by few days in bed, and then to spend
one entire day there every week. Oi
course bed will do no good if the patient
bounceS about actively and impatiently
between the covers. BY "bed, F" the ply
sician does not mean merely piece oi
chamber furniture, but long hours oi
deep breathing drowSinesS in reclining
posture in a well-ventllated but dimly
lighted room.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
NEW VOL. 4S-No. "a.
Plenty OF Time To Repair It.


One day well-dressed elderly man
called at the shop Of the local ieweler in
small Scottish town, and asked:
as my watch ready2"
As the matchmaker had at the moment
no remembrance otthe man, he asked him
in turn:
"When did you leave your watch 2"
"Oh," replied the man, 81 didn't leave
il in this shop. Ye were over by Nelson
Street when ye got IT,"
"Nelson Street ?" repeated the ieweler.
1--WE left Nelson Street seventeen years
ago."
"But left il with ye, for a that"
"Can you tell me the name and The
number of the watch 2"
They were promptly given, as well as
description OF the watch, and il was
found. Exactly twenty-five years had
passed since il was left for repairs, yet
at the end OF that time its owner had
called for il as naturally as il he had only
left il the preceding week.
"Why have you not got your property
before ?" asked the jeweler.
"Weel." responded the man, 81 went
over TO America shortly after. | kent
the watch would be safe with ye till |
cam back, but stayed a wee thocht
lanser than intended"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
Infectious Diseases.

The power OF a small glass partition to
prevent the spread of infectious diseases
has been known in the hospitals OF Eu-
rope for several years, but il is only be-
coming recognized in America. In the
contagious wards Of the Brooklyn's Chill
dren's Hospital glass partitions shout live
feet high are placed between the beds.
And the effect is really astonishing. In
one bed may be Child with pneumonia,
in the next one with scarlet fever, In the
next one with measles. Cerebfo spinal
meningitis, diptheria and other such dis
eases may be represented in the otheE
beds but since the installation OF the glass
partitions no child "catches" the disease
that his neighbor has.
And yet the air circulates freely all
around and above the glass partitions
and one would think that the germs
would spread almost as easily as it these
were not there. Yet experience has
proved that is not so.
Physicians are revising their views
about the spread OF contagious diseases
through the air. Some are even ndicul-
ing the fumigation OF rooms. The sug-
gestion is that most OF the pathogeniC
germs die very quickly in the air; that
persons must come fairly close TO the pa
tients and be in almost direct contact with
them if them if they are 10 catch the dis
ease.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
Two New Ways To Catch Rabbits.

BY the first method. "you take LOT o.
salt. mix some pepper with il, strew il
on very hard rock, then watch. The
rabbits cum and eat the salt, and the pep
per makes 'em sneeze so vilent they
bump their noses on the rock till they
fall in swound and you step up and
pop 'em in your bag"
The other method was TO "build a
Dustin fire in the woods when the snow
is plenty. Now rabbits, you must know
is mite cold blooded little critters. so
they'll cum and set around II and warm
their toes. Well, pretty soon they'll
drop off asleep and the the fire'll melt the
snow into slush. And pretty soon the
fire'll die out and the mornin' II cum on
sharp and II freeze the slush into ice and
ketch the little .ritters fast by the paws.
Then all you have 10 do is cum round
with yer axe and chop 'em out. Robert
Havea Scauher, in the August Metropoli-
tan.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
The Horrors OF War.

OF brave deeds upon the battlefield
amid the thunder of cannon and the cries
OF the wounded, of heroes of the Victoria
cross and great generals who rose from
the ranks, the teacher told her class.
"Please, MISS" cried one little girl
excitedly, "my father was in the Boer
War;"
"And did he fight in any ofthe battles p
inquired the teacher.
"Oh, yes p answered the little maid
"He was at Graspan, and Modder River,
and Paardeberg, and"
"And was he wounded in any OF them?"
pursued the teacher. The little girls
countenance fell.
"No, miss, e wasn't wounded" she
replied; then she frightened up. "But,
please, miss, e 'ad awful 'eadache /"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
Checking Up Mail Bags.

A census ofthe canvas mail bags, leath-
er pouches and locks is to be taken by
the Postoffice Department at noon, Sep
tember 20. AT that hour all the mail bags
will be checked up wherever they hap
pen TO be, and reports will be immediate
Iy sent to the department. The great
mass OF this material which is always in
transit will necessitate taking census oil
some of the bags while they are literally
"on the run."
Such equipment as is in transit from
railroad stations TO postoffices, or vice
versa, or in use by rural carriers or star
route contractors, is 10 be reported by
postmasters at the offices from which the
routes start. Supplemental reports will
received of mail in transit on ocean liners.
An inventory also will be taken OF such
equipment in use by Congress, the de-
partmentS, the government printing office
and other places fn Washington.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
No Sense I'm Either.

Two men entered train at small sta
ton out west, and took seats facing an
elderly gentleman. They fell TO telling
hunting stories with great animation and
many oaths.
Noticing that the old gentleman was an
interested listener, one OF the men spoke
to him and asked whether he, too, were
not hunter, with story or two worth
hearing.
Zone day | thought would 90 hunt
ing; so | took my tin-pan finder box gun
went up into tin-pan tindar-box woods
on the side OF tin-pan Undertook noun
tain, and | waited a tin-pan Undertook
long time; and then saw tin-pan tin
der-box fine buck coming toward me, so
put my old tin-pan Undertook gun to
my shoulder, and fired. And that tin-paE
tnder-box buck fell right in its tin-pan
Undertook tracks; and it was the finest
tln-pan Undertook duck never killed" "
After pause, he said, Chow do you
like my story?"
"Oh, the story is all right, but | don't
see what all that 'tin-pan Undertook has
TO do with it"
"Well," replied the old gentleman,
"that is just my way of swearing"
81 don't see much senese in swearing
that way" said the other, with manifest
disgust.
To which the old gentleman responded,
"There is as much sense in my way OF
swearing as there is in yours, young
man."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
In The Hands OF His Friend.

The conductor Of a Western freight train
sew tramp stealing ride on one of the
forward cars. He told brakeman in
the caboose to 20 up aud put the man off
at the first stop. An exchange tells what
happened.
When the brakeman approached, the
tramp waved big revolver, and told
him to get away.
"Did you get rid Of him2" the conductor
asked, when the train was in motion
again.
81 hadn't the heart" was the reply,
"He turned out to be an old school friend
OF mine."
"lll take care OF him." said the con-
ductor, as he started over the tops of the
cars.
When he came back, the brakeman
asked:
"Well, is he off ?"
"No, he turned out to be an old school
friend of mine, too," replied the conduc-
tor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
The Money Value OF A woodpecker.

Prof w. +. Honaday, director OF the
New York geological Park, says that II
birds were as numerous to-day as they
were sixty years ago il would mean a
saving Of many million dollars 10 American
farmers. The slaughter OF migratory
birds is surely followed by the increase
OF destructive insects. Among the best
OF the farmers bird friends are the wood
peckers, especially the redheaded men,
Der OF the species.
In proof, one careful observer says:
"a pair OF them nesied in dead cotton
wood-tree near my uncle's orchard one
year. One day watched them through
a pair OF opera-glasses. The parents
made ninety six trips in one hour, each
time with worm. II Is safe 10 say that
they saved ninety-six apples in that hour
- a box worth. say. one dollar. II the
birds worked ten hours day. they were
worth Ten dollars TO my uncle, or, In NE
three weeks the birds were In the nest,
S2l0. Can afarmer afford TO kill a wood
pecker?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
Land of the Little Faces.

wonder, Oh. wonder. where the little faces 20,
That come and smile and stay awhile and pass
like flakes OF snow
The dear. wee baby faces that the world has never
known,
But mothers hide, so tender-eyed, deep in their
hearts alone.
love to think that somewhere in the country we
call heaven
The land most fair Of anywhere will unto them
be given
A land OF little faces. very little. very fair.
And everyone shall know her own and cleave
unto il there.
grant it, loving Father TO the broken hearts tha
plead
Thy way is best-yet Oh, to rest in perfect faith
indeed
To know that we shall find them, even them, the
wee, white dead,
AT thy right hand in thy bright land, by living
waters led
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
General Lee.

Robert E Lee ,one Of the greatest soldier
Of the world, typified all that was best in
the South. A member ofone OF the most
distinguish Virginia families, he had the
fine qualities OF his class, with none Of its
weaknesses. He had courage without
bIuster, dignity without arrogance, re-
serve without haughtiness, tranquility
without sloth. A soldier in all his regal
bearing, in every fiber OF his body, his
character was far larger than is essential 10
the profession Of arms. In the great
decisions Of life he guided his action by
what seemed TO him the principle Of duty,
and by those only. Political animosity
long called him. and sometimes still calls
him, traitor; but if the word means man
who sells his conviction for price, ii was
never less deserved. For three years the
South gave him absolute trust, and no
people ever trusted more wisely.