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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-04
We don't change much

human nature. We don't change much
in this respect even when we grow older.
That, perhaps, is, why it is so hard to
completely enforce certain laws against
habits, such as cigarette smoking or the.
use of liquor. Shortly after the anti
cigarette law was passed in Indiana
many persons began smoking cigarettes
Just because the states command don't
do that lent a certain piquancy to the
satisfaction of smoking. And everyone
has heard OF the persons who, when
liqour is easily obtainable, never really
feel that they want drink, but who,
the moment they come into dry territory
become seized with parching thirst.
But parents are learning. So are
governments and lawmaking bodies.
The world moves and the part that is
moving fastest is the rural district. The
young man on the farm is being given
his chance. The Federal government
Old Uncle Sam, himself lis looking out
for the farmer boys and girls and paying
big salaries to experts and specialists who
know how to make country life in
teresting as we'll as profitable. Nova
days the farmer boy seldom hears the
command Don't do that. He is told
to DO and shown how to do it. His
education is being turned into a game
which he plays with almost the same
ardor as he used to play hockey IN the old
don't -do-that days. In the last genera
ton boy who might want to build
bird-house, for instance, would be hidden
to exercise his budding architectural
genius in constructing the woodpile Now
the federal government encourages him
to build bird-houses and will show him
how. The Department of Agriculture's
farmers bulletin 600 is entitled BIRD
Houses and How to Build Them" It is
as fasc;: ing as any of the how-to-do-
things articles we used to read in Golden
Days, The Boys Own Book, st. Nicko-
las or Harper's Young People when we
were youngsters. Send for it better
yet-let your boy send for tits free
and let him build bird houses this winter.
The Importance of birds as insect
destroyers is supreme, And there is a
decided movement to make neighbors of
them. Many birds, if furnished with a
safe retreat, will more than pay their
rent to their landlords.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-04

families would find habitable. It should
be remembered that families coming
here are pretty generally those who have
some settled means Of livelihood and are
able to pay their way. The very poor
and shiftless do not ordinarily find any
advantage in moving to community
like New Ulm and they avoid us. It is
too bad to let the thrifty citizens 60 away
disappointed in finding home here.
The population Of New Ulm has stood
at the 5000 mark for more than ten
years. Building homes for ourselves is
not enough. Let this winter see the
perfecting of some plan that will take
care of the would-be citizens who will
again be at our doors next summer.
In another portion Of the Review this
week will be found an article stating that
auto owners are becoming more careful
about following the regulations con-
corning the use of their cars. This
article was written for last seeks issue
and was true at the time it was prepared.
1t was crowded out at that time and was
used this week because it is still true SO
far as large number of the autoists are
concerned. However, the last few days
great many people have again become
careless. One accident occurred last
week because of disobedience to the rules
which have been agreed upon as being
good for all to follow and that there were
not dozens of just such accidents is due
wholly and solely to good luck. For
there were many who disregarded the
regulations as conscientiously as they
should have followed them. One of
New Ulm's most prominent business
men was seen to deliberately turn his car
Immediately in front Of the Review Office
and cross the street. If he had right
to do this, the children who were driving
by in car at the moment had every
right to do the same thing, which they
did. If there had been an accident
then, whose would have been the fault?
~ % Wp ~ Htc ONoCfGCoS UCoN " oCt " yVON
example and to see that erery one follows
1t. The police can not possibly watch
every motor vehicle on the streets and
see that it follows the regulations. Until
the grown ups realize their responsibilities
and cease to be children in their disregard
of the rights of others, there is absolutely
no use in spending the money Of the
people making regulations. How would
it be if we should have ''Roll of Dis
honor and publish the names of the
needless ones? It should be disgrace
to be seen doing anything in violation Of
the traffic ordinances, not because they
are rules and regulations but because they
are plainly designed for the good of every
one living in or being in the community,
the one who violates them being protected
by the observance as well as any one
else. Let's be little more decent in
this matter. No one can plead ignorance
of the regulations after all the agitation
there has been in the matter the past
few weeks. When the regulations are
disregarded it is done wilfully.i:7; !.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-04

:. New Ulm is to have another business
firm in spite of the fact that it furnishes
almost no inducement to any one to
come in. By that we mean that there
are scarcely any empty buildings for
business purposes and absolutely none
for living purposes. Never week goes
by that the Review office does not have
one or two callers asking for rooms for
light housekeeping or houses for rent.
We believe that as many as fifty to
hundred families have been turned away
from New Ulm during the past year
because they could not find house room.
The city evidently needs few men of
capital to put up such homes as incoming
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-04
THE GERMANS.

From the Kansas City Star.
What wonderful people the Germans
have shown themselves in the last
century and particularly since the
establishment of peace and security with
the empire!
Here is country with an area only
slightly larger than that Of Missouri,
Kansas and Iowa combined, with .scanty
resources, and with much poor soil.
Yet such has been the genius. of the
German people for organization, and
SO great their industry and. thrift, that
in little more than a generation they have
come to the front as one of the great
industrial peoples. of the world. On
this small area, much of it sandy soil,
they raise agricultural products valued
at almost third of the value of the
entire agricultural output of this rich
United States. Their success as manu-
facturers and traders is no less as
founding. In 1889 Germany produced
Il 100000 tons of pig iron, to little
more than Z 500. 900 tons by the United
States. Last year the German pro-
duction had risen to H,50O,000 tons,
and that of the United States to q, 727,-.
900 tons a tenfold increase for Germany,
to a fourfold increase for this country.
In the same quarter OF a century
German foreign trade increased 100
per cent, and while American foreign
trade increased slightly more, 1856 per
cent, the American trade was still nearly
81 ,OOO, 900, 900 less than the German,
which had reached the enormous total
of more than $4,000, 100000!
! The way in which German science
has worked for the development Of
German industry has been one of the
marvels of the world. The great chemi-
cal industry, which has reached huge
proportions, is entirely the product of
applied science. Up to 1897, for IN
stance, the Germans had been importing
vegetable indigo. In that year a Munich
chemist, DR.. Bayer, devised an artificial
indigo. The imports of $4,000, 100000
worth of indigo year almost immediate
lily turned into exports Of $4,000, 900
worth Of artificial indigo. Useless by
products of gas and coke manufacture
have been turned by German skill into
dye stuffs Of which $3O,0OO,00O worth
are exported in a year. The COM
panies manufacturing chemicals a few
years ago had combined capital Of
$l25, 100000.
II From 1910 to 1860 Great Britain
had double the railway mileage Of
/ Germany. In 1870 it was still 1000
miles ahead. But in the next seventeen
years Germany added $4,000 miles and
doubled its mileage, and ten years later
it had nearly double the mileage of Great
Britain. It was as if Germany had
been lying fallow until Bismarck made
possible the realization of it's nationality,
and the enormous Industrial develop
ment set in, with railroads, electricity
and chemicals.
This brief survey of the remarkable
achievements Of industrial Germany
passes by entirely its great work in
music, in literature, in philosophy, in
history, and in every department Of re-
search. The facts are here cited merely
to emphasize the profound regret that
must everywhere exist that such achieve
ments should be in danger Of being il
part, at least, swept away in the de
lvastation Of q hurriedly undertaken
world war.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-04
DON'T DO THAT.

How many times have you heard a
father or a mother command boy in
the words quoted above? How often
our fathers and mothers prohibited lis
from doing this and that? And right
away the desire to do the prohibited
thing grew stronger than ever. It's
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
81 Will Be A King"

When BalZac's father tried TO dis
courage his son from the pursuit of
literature, he said to him, do you
know that, in literature, man must
be either a king or a begger?" Every
well," replied the boy, II will be a
king" His Disguised parents left him
to his fate in a garnet. For ten years
he fought terrible battles with hard
ship and poverty, but at length won
a great victory.
Every man who has accomplished
anything great in this world has said
to himself, many times, 81 will be
a king" A young French officer was
heard to exclaim, while pacing his
room, 81 will be marshall of France
and a great general" He not only
became a great commander, but ac-
tually died a marshall of France.
Some one told the elder Pitt that GER
tain project was impossible. "Impos-
sible," said he, II trample upon i'm
possibilities" Pitt determined, when
but a youth, that he would be a king
I'm his line. His power in parliament
seemed almost superhuman; so mighty
was the force of his will that il over
whelmed that of the proudest peers.
Great men have ever been strong
I'm their resolution TO be kings in their
line; their wills have been unconquer-
able. and their grip like that OF destiny
itself. Many times Napoleon said to
himself: mo power on earth shall
keep me back. / will stand at the
head of my country, no matter who
opposes. impossible. is word found
only in the dictionary of fools" He
would have melted the rocks of st.
Helena before he would have remain
ed a captive there, had not he lost
that imperious will, that indomitable
determination to be leader of the
world, before which all Europe trem-
bled.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Strawberry shortcake

Put into a bowl half a pound OF
powdered sugar and a half pound OF
well washed butter, CRATE in the rind
of half of a sound lemon, and with
the hand mix well for ten minutes.
Break in five whole eggs, one at a
time. mixing for ten minutes longer.
Then add gradually half a pound Of
well-sifted -four and mix for three
minutes Divide the preparation
equally into three shallow bake tins
about 9 inches in diameter, each lined
with buttered paper. Bake for thirty
minutes and cool for thirty minutes.
Pick and clean thoroughly three pints
of sound, ripe berries. Cover the cake
platter with fancy doiley, lay cake
upon this and spread with whipped
cream, then cover with half the straw
berries evenly; place on this a second
cake, cover with whipped cream and
add the other half of berries; cover
with third cake and decorate with
whipped cream, favored with vanilla.
BY pressing the cream for the top
through a paper cone the cake may
be tastefully decorated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
The
Triumph of Mediocrity

Unusual achievements in art or lit
erature are reserved for genius, while
most OF the worlds workers are med
iocre in ability and possibilities. But
we must remember, the greatest work
of the world has not been done by
genius, nor by ten-talent men, but by
one-talent men Of grit, purpose and
force.
1t is as unfortunate for q boy TO be
convinced that he IS q genius as TO
have the consciousness of being a mill
lioniare's son; for, from the moment
he becomes possessed OF the idea that
he can do great things without great
effort. his future success will be Grip
pied. One OF the greatest drawbacks
to youths success is the absence OF
all incentive to struggle and strive, TO
exert himself TO the utmost to get on
and up in the world.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27

Can give him Of praise and Of love,
Who has helped us to look out Of
trouble
To the peace of the blue skies above;
And to feel that no matter what hap
pens
Wen do all we can to.go on
With our hope and our faith on the
promise
OF o. better day surely to dawn.
He may not put pence in our purses,
Nor help us grow wealthy and grand
But he teaches us all our reverses
Are lessons that help us to stand
In the face of the blight and the battle
And go forth again to the fray
With a spirit OF sunshine and laughter
That will chase every trouble away.
Oh, here's to the king and the captain,
And here's TO the soldiers in line;
And here's to the man in the paper
think 1 can see his eyes shine
The actor, the artist, the genius,
Whoever he is, with his chaff-
Ny wreath OF roses I.want to send
To the fellow who makes us Taught
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Today's Poem
The Thinker.

The Thinker.
Back of the beating hammer
BY which the steel is wrought,
Back of the workshops clamor,
The seeker may find the Thought
The Thought that is ever master
OF iron and steam and steel,
That rises above disaster
And tramples it under heel
The drudge may fret and tinker
Or labor with lusty blows,
But back of him Stands the Thinker
The clear-eyed man who knows;
For into each pillow or sabre,
Each piece and part and whole.
Must go the brains of labor,
Which gives the work soul.
Back of the motors humming,
Back of the bell that sings,
Back of the hammers drumming,
Back of the crane that swings,
There is the eye which scans them,
Watching through stress and strain,
There is the Mind which plans them
Back of the Drawn, the Brain.
Might of the roaring boiler,
Force of the engines thrust.
Strength of the sweating toiler,
Greatly in these we trust;
But back of them stands the Schemer,
The Thinker who drives things through
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Indian Meal Doughnuts

Three-fourths cup milk, II cups
very fine white cornmeal, l IA cups
wheat flour, IA cups wheat flour IA
cup butter, "a cup sugar, eggs well
beaten, teaspoon cinnamon, teas
spoons baking powder, 1 level teas
pooh salt.
Put milk and meal into a double
boiler and heat together for about ten
minutes. Add the butter and sugar
to the meal. Sift together the wheat
-four, baking powder. cinnamon and
salt. Add these and the eggs to the
meal Roll out on a well-fioured
board, cut into the desired shapes, fry
in deep fat; drain and roll in powder
ed sugar.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
RIRDS Their ch.r.eteri.-
OAA\A0 tics and Their Habits
The Ninth of a Series of Articles
Written by Mrs. M. w. Hicks.

The meadow lark, or Virginia field
lark as il is sometimes called, is about
ten inches long; color above, varied
chestnut, brown and black, neck and
breast bright yellow with black cravat.
II is migratory, coming north in summer
as far as Canada. 1t builds its nest on
the ground, has five white spotted eggs,
and two broods i'm a season. Ii has a
sweet song during the mating season,
which is heard morning and evening. In
natural history these birds are classed
with the American starings.
Another class of American StarlingS
are the orioles, the most interesting specie
being the Baltimore oriole. Ii is about
eight inches long, a golden yellow color,
with the head, neck, wings and tail black.
Ii derives its name from its resemblance
to the yellow and black livery of Lord
Baltimore, the founder of the Maryland
colony. In their migrations of several
thousand miles from their southern win
ter home, the males travel alone, reach-
ing their destination several days before
the female arrives. This is usually when
the orchards are in bloom, and they take
possession of this perfumed, fiowcry
bower, as If ii had been created for their
especial use. Their vivid beauty, and
enchanting song make them as ever well
come visitor. They build their nests in
trees, and some of them are very elab-
crate, and are several inches deep. The
oriole is easily tanned, and is quite apt i'm
initiating the songs of other birds.
When American writers awoke to the
beauty and attractiveness of our native
birds, among the first to be enShrined in
song and story was the bobolink. He is
to American what the skylark is to the
European. The full costume of the male
in spring is, body black, head and rump
whitish yellow. In autumn he greatly
resembles the female, who are brownsh
black and yellow color on upper part.
and dingy yellow on lower part of body.
These birds migrate north in spring, fly
ing by night, and return south in fall,
travelling by day. They build their nests
on the ground, and while that is build
ing, and while his mate is setting, life
seems all sunshine to bobolink. Perched
on the topmost twig of tree or bush he
rises and sinks with the breeze and sings
his happy, rollicking refrain, seemingly
intoxicated with the joys of life, and the
melody of song. As summer fades into
autumn he changes his glossy coat of
black for a dingy garb, ceases his en-
chanting song, and begins his journey
south. feeding greedily on fruits, grain
! and seeds as he goes, commonplace
gourmand. Finally he reaches the rpen-
ing fields of rice, where he is known as
the "rice bird of the Carolinas." Last
! stage of his career. Behold him spitted,
with other of his corpulent companions.
Wanted dish, served on the table of
some southern gaStronOme"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27

The lid of cheese box can be con-
verted into a very dainty tea tray in the
following manner: Sandpaper the wood
until it is quite smooth and stain il
mahogany color. The prepared stain is
SO inexpensive that it is best to buy it
this way. After the stain has dried pol
ish the wood with turpentine and linseed
oil Brass handles. which can he pur-
chased at a 5 and 10 cent store, or at
the upholsterers, are then to be attached
to the tray. BE sure and get these on
directly opposite each other. With a
dantily-embroidered round dolly placed
in the bottom of the tray you have a
piece of craftsmanship of which you can
he proud.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Pellasra and Stable Flies.

1t is now generally supposed that pei
lagra is carried by some biting insect,
and the buffalo gnat. among others, has
been suspected. Investigation recently
carried on in Spartanburg county, South
Carolina, by the United States Bureau
of Entomology and the Thompson Nc
Fadden Commission of the New York
POSTGRADUATE Medical School. practical
~ exclude the transmission by the buff
falo gnat, but tend strongly to show the
possibility of transmission by the stable
fly, already known to be the carrier OF
several other diseases.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Epicurean Eggs.

Make cupful of white sauce, and
when it is thick and smooth add to 1t
foHr tablespoonfuls of grated cheese. Stir
until this is melted. and then pour a
quarter of it into a buttered nappy, and
thus fiji four naples. Into each one of
these break an egg. sprinkle with salt and
pepper and put into the oven until the
eggs are set Sprinkle little minced
parsley over the top and serve at once.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
To Clean Furs

To clean white furs, mouffion,
swansdown and ermine, first beat out
all the dust, gently but thoroughly
then lay the article upon a table
covered with a clean white cloth and
saturate 1t with a mixture OF grain
alcohol-three parts-and ether. one
part. With clean whisk- broom
work the fluid into every hair and
down to the skin. Next sift into the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Baked Eggs, Madrid Style.

Make a cup of thick tomato sauce, or
chop the canned or stewed tomato fine
without straining it, seasoning it with
onion juice, salt and pepper. Mix with
this a couple of link sausages that have
been cooked and chopped into small
pieces; pour the mixture into dish and
break upon it as many eggs as the space
will allow without crowding; set in the
oven and cook until the whites of the
eggs are firm.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
A Lemon-Yellow Complexion.

Apropos pale lemon-yellow, one must
not neglect to signal the introduction of
this shade into the world of face pow
ders. OF recent times the Parisiennes
seem to have gone mad over tinted face
powders and tinted wigs just now the
very latest idea is a pale lemon-yellow
face powder, which is supposed to give
an extraordinary softness to the skin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27

fur all the boracic talcum IL will hold,
lifting the fur so that the powder
reaches the roots. Put into a closed
box and leave IL for three days. Take
out the furs and shake the powder
from them. removing that which can
not be easily dislodged by brushing
with clean whisk broom. Pat the
furs well on the wrong side TO raise
the nap.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
For the Brain Worker.

a suitable breakfast menu for the
brain worker said doctor on the staff
Of a great London hospital, would he
something on these lines: 4 little fresh
fruit. One or two soft-boiled eggs. Some
hard, thoroughly cooked toast with but
ter. One large or two small cups of tea"
"Very light breakfasts are latter-day
fad which have no scientific juStilca-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Potatoes an Gratin.

Take six or seven baked or boiled po-
tatoes and cut them in slices, and slice
two hard-boiled eggs. Place them in
layers in baking dish, sprinkle each
layer with grated cheese. Pour over -four
ounces Of melted butter or white sauce
and put into slow oven until hot
Brown on top.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Cat of Ancient Mexico.

The Mexican himself firmly believes in
the nine stages of heaven and hell; and
the curious cat of the Aztecs began ex-
istence with its full quota of nine lives.
This feline of ancient Mexico, today al
most extinct, was u peculiar, even repul-
sive creature, being absolutely naked,
save for the few sparse hairs which APP
peared along the ridge of its tain and
back at the beginning of winter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Asparagus Omelet.

Parboil about eight or ten stalks of
asparagus with little salt and cut the
eatable parts into rather small pieces;
beat the eggs and mix the asparagus
with them Make the omelet in the usual
way. Omelet with parsley is made by
adding a little chopped parsley to the
beaten yolkS
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
Fish Toast.

Pick a cup or more. as desired, of salt
have the toast made as desired; heat a
cup of rich cream and when the fish is
soaked put it into a saucepan with the
cream; add pepper and little butter,
pour over the toast; serve hot. II no
cream is available use milk, and thickcn
it little and use more butter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-27
ApprehensIve.

A customer had ordered lunch in a
restaurant at o'clock. He waited
half On hour without result.
"Waiterr' he called out. what time
DO you closer
Half past q, sir"
With deep concern I'm his voice the
customer said, you are not going to
lock me In, are you ?"-Brooklyn Eagle.