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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Story Of the Perfumes.

Persia saw the earliest development
of the perfume industry The priests
In Egypt. who were the sole deposita-
ries Of science, knew the secret OF arc
matte substances and prepared them.
Egyptian perfumes acquired great
cele brity, especially those made in
Alexandria. The Israelites during their
sojourn III Egypt adopted the use Of
aromatic substances. All these per-
fumes were extracted from essences Of
trees and various plants. The Greeks.
who loved elegance, were especially
addicted to the use of perfumes, and
they taught their secrets and usage to
the Romans. The latter, in the days
of their decadence, went so far as to
scent the coats Of their dogs. In the
middle ages the Arabs, Venetians,
Genoese and Florentines became IA.
nous for the preparation Of sweet
smelling essences. France did not be
come acquainted with perfumes until
after the crusades, and it was Maria
de- Medici who especially brought them
into favor.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Grand Sport.

"Awfully sorry, old chap" said the
host, greeting his guest. who had ar
rived for a week end with the guns,
but I shan't be able to come out to-
day. However, sportsman like you'll
be able to get on by yourself. 'Ere's
gun and 'ere's a bag O. ferrets. Keep
well in the wood, and you ought to
ave plenty Of sport
So away went the cockney sports
man, gloriously arrayed in glaring leg
gings, deer stalker and Norfolk Jacket.
{ At about umpty -um p. m the mighty
hunter returned.
'.Well, 'ow'd you get on. ole chap?''
asked his host.
"Oh, grand! Capital sport. Got any
more?''
"Any more what?"
Why, any more of those squirrel
things you gave me in that bag. FVe
shot that lot" London Mail.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
.F0RTy-SIX PERISH
in ASYLUM BLAZE

Montreal, Que, Jan. Am appall-
ing tragedy closed the old year in the
little French Canadian village st. Fer
dinand de Halifax, near Lake William
in Megantic county, Que, where for.
ty-five insane girls, inmates of con-
vent asylum, persisted in the fire which
destroyed that institution.
One Of the sisters who tried to res.
cue the inmates suffered martyrdom
in the attempt, making the death toll
forty-six
Far away from any town large
enough to have an effective fire bri.
gade, the. asylum had to depend on
the slender resources of the village
and it's own staff for protection from
fire.
The institution accommodated 1SG
girls, but beside the inmates there
also were thirty girls from the local
ity studying at the convent adjoining.
lAl these escaped. s 4
fassiNo more terrible conditions could
be imagined than those connected
with this holocaust The blazing CON
vent, the insane inmates and outside
the bitter cold of 20 below zero
night. Attempts at rescue were
doomed to failure from the first.
The scene was one of horror. The
screaming girls were beyond control.
Some leaped from high windows and
escaped with slight hurts
Others met death in the same. way
and some poor, bewtldered creatures
]crouched in terror until the flames
engulfed them
The material damage is placed at
| $1,000
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Tho Tslsphons - rouble Man.

tuo sbOtep0onOo Jr0uoto MAR
Every telephone company has ..
trouble department. where all COM
plants OF bad service and defective
equipment go. The men who make
the repairs and adjustments are known
as trouble men,. and they have to be
not only expert Workmen. but chaps
Of intelligence and common sense. for
they meet many problems that are not
set down in the books. NThoughtless
people can do many things to put
telephone out of commission, and some
OF them are simple-w wet umbrella lean
ed up against the wiring in such a
way that it grounds the current and.
of course. makes the phone useless.
In this particular case the umbrella
remained where it ought not to have
been while the owner of the phone fret
ted and fumed because he could not
get central and then went to neigh
bor's and called up the telephone COM,
pany. When the trouble man. ar
rived he saw at once what the matter
was and picked up the umbrella.
Now call central" he suggested, and
the irate patron got an immediate re-
sponse.-teslie's.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
A Venetian Fashion.


Fashions were no less eccentric four
centuries ago than they are today
Before \ the streets of Venice were
paved Tin the thirteenth century,"
says Mr.. William Boulting in woman
In Italy," ladies went through the
mud and filth on pattens. The custom
was retained. and in spite Of sumptu-
airy laws the patten became heightened
until women of rank stood on false
feet half yard high In the sixteenth
century. They were unable to walk
without the support Of one or two gen
tlemen or servants
A curiosity in ban9uets is mentioned
by the same writer. 1t was wed
ding feast at Milan and consisted Of
fifteen courses. leach being introduced
by living specimens of the animals
that composed it..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Cat Mint COURAGE.

The peculiar virtue of cat mint, one
Of the ten varieties of mint, is prob
ably unknown to town bred folk. 1.-THE
root, when chewed," says Mrs. F. A.
Bardswell in the Herb Garden, sis
said to make the most gentle person
fierce and quarrelsome, and legend
is extant of a certain hangman who
could never screw up his courage to
the point of hanging till he had par
taken Of it,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
start q che onnibu..

The invention Of omnibuses is due
to the philosopher Pascal. Who, ii
February. 1867. obtained .'privilese''
or patent for public carriages 10
travel through certain streets Of Paris.
They held eight passengers. who paid
six sous each, and We're very success,
full. although an act of parliament OF
Paris forbade them being used by lack
eys soldiers and other humble folk.
Pascal died in 1861. and his useful In
vention did not long survive. him. The
omnibus reaPpeared in London about
the beginning. of the last century and
was adopted in several French provin-
csal towns before Paris accepted it
again.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Two MORE TOWNS
TAKEN BY TEUToNS

Berlin, Jan 2.-On the Moldavian
front the Austro-German forces, con-
tinuing their heavy attacks, captured
several height positions and two
towns in the Zabala valley. Violent
Russian and Roumanian counter at
tacks were repulsed.
In Wallachia the Russians were
again defeated, being driven back 10
positions half way between Rimnik-
Sarat and at Fokshani. The Danube
army has driven the Russions to the
Braila bridgehead.
In Dobrudja the Teutonic allies can
tured 1000 men, four cannon ana
eight machine guns.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Pointer For the Preacher.

Among the stories related by the late
Rev. DR.. A. r. Pierson was one of a
marble cutter. with chisel and ham
mer. working block of stone into
statue. A preacher who was looking
on said. Il wish l could. on hearts OF
stone. deal such Transforming blows!''
Perhaps you might was the work
mans quiet answer. ''if, like me. you
worked on your knees.'f- Philadelphia
Record
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Workings Of Pennsylvania compen
sation Act Affect Thousands.

49, Sdk'on ACt Affect y thousands.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. "A sum
mary of the results of the workmen S
compensation act during the first
year of the operation of the system in
Pennsylvania, which ended Dec. 81,
shows that $4,000 agreements have
been approved carrying $i:224,S75.
During the year $147,2S1 was paid to
dependents of persons killed, who
have $2.S17,974 still to be paid to
them under the terms of the act.
Workers disabled for more than
fourteen days were paid $1,259, 619,
but this sum does not represent pay
ments for medical services or what
was required to carry claims to ma
turity.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Hop war Will /
END THIS YEAR
French and British Soldiers
Celebrate.
USE ALL CALDER GUNS

I + Z. s ~ . Q ~ rs
Artillery, Fires Salute to Greet New
Year on Western Front-Allied Sol.
+ diers Have Different Views Regard.
ing How Great Conflict Will Ter
inmate.
With the British Armies in, France,
Jan. 2-The arrival of 1917 was well
coined on the Western front by the
British and French soldiers as a be-
ginning of the end of the great world
war.
There are varying views and theo-
ries as to- how the end is to be
brought about, but there is no ques-
ton that throughout the British ar.
my there is conviction that the next
twelve months will bring victorious
peace to the allies
Opinion among the British and
French fighters as to how the war
will end is divided into two schools.
One belAes that Germany will be
willing to grant extreme concessions
and the other that only military pres
sure will bring them the fruits of vic
tory. Both schools are, however,
agreed that this is the decisive year.
On most sectors of the British
front the new year made its bow with
little ceremony.
So many flares and rockets are
sent up from the trenches on these
long dark winter nights that it is
impossible to. say how many of these
were in honor of 1917.
Guns of All caiiber.
There is one sector, however, where
the. British artillery followed the
practice adopted last year of welcom-
ing Jan. with salvos against their
enemy from guns of all calibers, along
this front, everything from machine
guns to the biggest of the heaviest
joining in firing, first one round, then
nine, then one and finally seven. 4.
I'VE do DOT know whether the Ger
mans recognized it or not, but we
will try them again. said an artil-
lery captain, as he started for a dis
tant part of the line to give the nee
essary instructions. :
In sending this fiery greetings to
the Germans there was a further
complication of difference of time, the
Germans observing continental time.
which IS one hour ahead Of the British
and French clocks. To avoid all
doubt the British artillery fired sig
nal salvos at both II o'clock and mid
guns.
Low black clouds scudded over the
battle area. the last night of the old
year and its successor was borne on
a bowling wind, which caught up and
carried away the thunder of the
guns
The grim booming was swept far
beyond the battle lines until it min
gled with the church bell, summoning
the people to prayer in the war
bound villages of France.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
KINGS Birthplace Burns.

London, Jan. PA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Amsterdam says the Vienna Neue
Free PPesse announces that the house
where King Nicholas of Montenegro
was born, near Cettinja, has been de-
stroyed by fire. and that only few
curios were saved.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Plan Eiaht to Finish.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 2.Plans for
carrying their respective fights to a
finish were considered here by both
employers and union leaders involved
in the shipbuilding strike. The strike
was called as the result of the en-
ployers rejecting the demands for the
closed shop principle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Speedy CRATES.

The kangaroo. supposedly a feet
beast. covers but ten to fourteen feet
a second. while the giraffe dashes
along over fifty feet in the same time,
and an OK attached to wagon goes
two feet second. Some species OF
hare run sixty feet second. others NOT
more than half so fast.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
REPUBLICAN, NOT TO VOTE
Washington EIector to Allow Demo
crat to Take His Place

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. Warren H.
Lewis OF Seattle, who received 49,
600 more votes as Republican can
didate for the electoral college than
Edwin NJ. Connor, the lowest Demo
cratic elector, will permit the Demo-
Gratis to choose one of their party to
vote in his place, he announced here.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Definitions of Man.

Man has been defined by Aristotle
as "a reasoning ANIMAL by Plato as
"a political animal by Dante as "a
ridiculous animal" by Varchi and by
John Fiske as IAN improbable ANIMAL
Boerhave calls men mud worked up
by the hand Of God.''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Too Close.

why are you asking me for help?
Haven't you any close relatives?''
Eyes. That's the reason why I'm
appealing to you" Birmingham Age
Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Former Scion Frozen 10 Death.

Seattle, Jan. 2.-The body Of Con-
rad Preceding, former territorial SEN
ator from Nome. Alaska, who was
lost in a blizzard on the trail near
kougarok Hot Springs, Seward pen
insula, Dec. s, was found two days
later. Freeding had been frozen to
death, 5s... . s.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
The Mean Man.

When can i buy that dream Of a
bonnet. hubby"
When you go shopping while you're
walking In yodr sleep. dear Balti-
more American.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
When Baby Begin. Walkina.

When 6aDy 6e9ins Walking,
Do not make the. mistake of
i. trying to force your little baby
i. to walk. If Il baby is well it
i. usually makes an attempt to s
4. stand on its feet at nine or ten
!. months of age. and at eleven or
4. twelve months 1t usually stands
+ with slight assistance
The first attempts at walking
are commonly seen In the twelfth
or thirteenth month. The aver
age age. as rule. at which chill
+ dren walk is the fourteenth or Z
fifteenth month. If the baby
1. passes that age without trying
4. to walk then consult a physician.
However. verr marked differ
!. ence is seen in different families
4. with respect to the time Of walk
= Ing. General malnutrition. Sc
I. we're or prolonged illness may
+ postpone walking for several
= months.
r
Z. - q. q. q
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Contingent.

Caller-So the cashier is absent!
VIII he be away long? Office Boy
That depends on the jury. sir.-Boston
Transcript.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
Gana,rous Rox,,.

.Oh. Efie. ate your orange by mis-.
take! But never mind; I'll give you
half OF mine. Life.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
cLERGYMEN ISSUE WARN
ING ON PEACE.

Washington, Jan. Pin
second document addressed to
the nation more than fifty pre-
lates and laymen of various \
denominations representing a
large section of the country
have united in a warming
against what they declare may
be a premature peace in Eu-
rope which may bring a curse
instead Of blessing
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
BRITISH CASUALTIES 1s,247
List Covering Month Shows 1865 Of
Total Were Killed.

London, Jan. 2.-The monthly cas-.
ualty list issued by the British war
office stated that $50 officers and 10y
235 men were killed, 624 officers and
2,546 men wounded and 1892 missing.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03

We bear our own burdens more easi.
y when we help others to bear theirs
Mary A. Livermore. sss IS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
MILLIONS II ARE PAID OUT

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03

Agitation fostered by the Industrial
Workers of the World among men en-
ployed in the sawmills of the Virginia
and Rainy River Lumber company at
Virginia, said to be one of the largest
of it's kind IN the world, employing
LOO men, may cause the suspension
of the plant for the winter.
= The high prices of coal in Duluth
have drawn the attention of the fed
eral government and the department
Of justice will send special investiga-
tors to that city to probe conditions
and to learn if there has been collu-
sion of dealers to hold up prices in
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Representatives from nearly every
city in the Red River and Minnesota
valleys, in the Dakotas and Mime
sofa, are expected to attend the meet
ing of the Tri-State Flood Control as
sociation at New Ulm on Jan 10. It
is expected the delegates will decide
upon some plan of flood control to be
presented to the legislatures of the
three states.
While holiday crowds thronged the
streets of st. Paul an unknown nan
was shot and killed. Four arrests have
been made in connection with the
killing, but the police are at sea in
fixing motive for the deed. It is be-
Heved to be- the elimination Of feud
originating In the West, as two OF the
four men under arrest recently came
from the Pacific coast.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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The Washington times., 1917-04-29
Epenfno Services in the CHURCHES

First Congregational Church.
the Island OF
Flag and Cavarys
Rev E
Holder,
Henry Ranckpa p
FirstS
Houses" p
the
Public Schools Prof W.
B. Patterson, p m
NJ Church. Howard
Vernon E X. Hardin.
Prayer" m.
Alliance
for Enforcing Peace" m.
Of
m.
p. m
Church. avenue
Wallace
Old Fashioned Religion" m
Reformation
Patriotism of Universal Military Training" m.
NJ.
womanhood Public Life" s D.
the m.
THE Fir st skyscraper,"
The Washington times., 1917-04-29
PLANT ONCE, IS
ADVICE OF BENSON
Government Expert Declares
Work Is Needed Instead
of Talk.

o. H. Benson, expert from the De
partment of Agriculture, has written
the following article for The Times,
in which he advises the people to
talk no longer about planting their
gs<dens, but to get out the hoe and
the rake and "get busy" at once.
Mr.. Benson is a practical gardner.
He has Travelled more than any other
man in the Department of Agricul-
ture, advising farmers in all parts of
the United States as to the proper
kind of crops to plant for the emer-
gency brought about by war.
Mr.. Benson writes: "ln addition to
war and naval forces, America needs,
at this very moment, ships, Drawn,
and food. The need of the moment
is summed up in President Wilson's
recent message, and in the following:
We must supply abundant food for
ourselves and for our armies and for
our seamen, not only, but also for
large part of the nations with whom
we have now made common cause, in
whose support and by whose sides
we shall be fighting.' Without abund-
ant food alike for the armies and the
peoples now t,war, the whole great
enterprise upon which we have EN-
barked will break down and fail. The
worlds food supply reserves are low.
Not only during the present emer-
gency but for some time after peace
shall have come both our own people
and a large proportion of the people
of Europe must rely upon the har-
vests in America.
Put every idle man to work in
some definite form of productive
service. Make us all feed or fight.
Loafers on street corners and the
idle rich should be put to work-by
.conscription, If necessary. to the COM
missary army. Establish in every
city at once a farm labor bureau and
connect all available labor of the
city up with the farms, idle land, and
vacant lotsZ but see to it that
practical farmer is available to direct
the would-be farmers. Help produc-
ers get farm machinery. fertilizers,
seed, and correct instructions on till
lage and crop management. Help
them by proper distribution and mar
kets to get a fair price for their
products"
The Washington times., 1917-04-29
HELP WANTED-MAlE
SHOPMEN

Wanted IL experienced shop
men (white) for general repair
work on electric surface road in
New York; S2.25, $3.50 per day,
depending on ability. 'Perma-
nent. Union connections or af-
filiations no bar to employment.
No labor trouble of any kind.
Transportation advanced if de-
sired. Apply Tuesday morning
9 O'Clock ready to 60, at 9th and
Missouri avenue N. w. q. E.
STEPHENSON.
The Washington times., 1917-04-29
BULLETIN 818 POPULAR
Advice on Small Vegetable Gardens
Requested BY More Than 100000.

Requested BY More Than 500, 900.
Have you secured your copy Of BulIe-
tin. SIS?
Nearly 10000 people throughout the
United States have secured theirs. and
the end is not yet, says Joseph A.
Arnold. chief Of the Division of Publi-
cations Of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Bulletin SIS is entitled The Small
Vegetable Garden" and is being fur
nished by the department to the hun
dreds Of thousands of Americans who
are taking part in the national garden
movement
Congressman. who are allowed a quota
Of. 1000 publications from. the depart
ment annually have practically ex-
hausted their allotment, and by far the
greater portion of their demand has
been for this bulletin. There was an
original publication Of 10000 copies of
the bulletin. Within the last month
the department has been forced to req
uisition the printing Of $4,000 addi-
tional copies.
The widespread demand for the book
indicates the extent to which the gar
dent movement has spread around the
country. Washington has presented a
heavy demand for the book which con-
tains a great deal of information for
the man who is growing a back yard
garden.
The Washington times., 1917-04-29
EAGER FOR LIBERTY LOAN"
Publie's Inquiries Indicate LikeIi-
hood of over-subscription.

Terms of the Liberty Loan of
1917" the five-billion-dollar bond
issue devised by the Government to
crush prussianism, probably will be
announced by Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo tomorrow. Thousands nf
inquiries have been received. and The
issue is expected to be taken ND al
most Immediately.
The issue was officially christened
the Liberty Loan OF 1917" by Secre-
tary McAdoo last night. Fe selected
the name because il characterizes the
purpose to which the money will be
put, and typifies the spirit which
caused the United States to enter the
war.
A second bond issue, probably eN-
ceeding S25O.OOO. 900, is expected soon
TO be offered by the Government, in
order to raise funds for Italy and
France.
The Washington times., 1917-04-29
DEATHS

BRYAN-On saturday. April y, lylI. al
lO:ts a. m, at his residence. 1897 Fairmonl
street northwest. CHARLES CLARK
BRYAN, In the seventy-nfth year Of his
age. beloved husband Of Agnes s. b.
Bryan.
Funeral from his late residence. Tuesday
May /, 1911. At 1870 a. m.
LoUGHRAN-On Thursday. April IS. 1911,
at his residence. 1901 Sixteenth street
northwest, after a brief illness, DAN
1EL, husband OF Mary Loughran.
Due notice Of the funeral will be given.
MELLON Saturday morning, April q. 1871.
at his residence, Em New Hampshire ave
nue., WILLIAM @. NELL. husband Of the
late Alberta Nell. IN his eighty second year.
Funeral service at his late residence. 3Soi
New Hampshire avenue. Monday at p. m.
Friends invited kntermeut private.
RICHARDSON Saturday, April =, 1871.
ANNIE CHASE RICHARDS, wife Of n. v.
Richards and daughter of the late Col. A.
II. Chase.
Services at the residence 2e34 Fifteenth
street northwest. Tuesday afternoon. May
i, at o'clock. Friends invited Interment
private.
The Washington times., 1917-04-29
GIRLS LEAD BUSINESS HIGH.

A compilation of the graduates of
Business High School just completed
BY members OF the alumni association
shows that of a total OF 3.6i4 alumni.
beginning in 1855 and ending with the
last class, 2,266 are female and 1878
male.
During the past year. II Is reported
that the alumni association found
positions for 81 graduates. 4 num-
ber of students were aided by means
of the loan fund.
The annual excursion to Marshall
Hall will be held June ].