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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
FEAR RECURRENCE OF PLAGUE
Government Experts Favor Extermina:
: ton of Rats Also as War
Measure for Saving Food.

Government experts are urging that
the rat be exterminated as war meas
ure for saving food. The waste each
year due to the rodent is estimated at
$200,0O0,O00. A full-grown rat con-
sumes more food than baby In
addition, the animal is menace to
health. u,
The terrible scourge of the .bubonic
plague in Europe and Asia was spread
by rats and their parasites. When
the plague was carried by the animals
in, ships to our Pacific coast, cam.
pafgn for their determination was con.
Quoted in the seaports at much cost.
The disease was thus stamped out as
it had been in the Orient, by the pound
Of cure instead of the ounce of pre-.
vention. ..~,- ss.ss,>ss eng .sz i Is Is
The plague returns at intervals from
its breeding places in the overcrowded
and filthy cities Of Asia: War, pesti-
lence and famine travel hand in hand.
A recurrence may be expected as re-
suit Of the deprivations of war among
the impoverished eastern people.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
NOT COOLEST AT soLsTIcE
Crest Of Winter Weather Comes Much
Later Than the Accredited Be-
ginning of That Season.

Though the day as a whole begins to
iengthen December %, we have the
plzzling fact that the sun continues
to rise later for some days, a scientist
states. The earth is actually nearer,
to- the sun at this season than it is in
summer, but the suns low angle pre-
vents it from warming things up as it
otherwise would. -
I Though nomina1ly "'winter begins
December O., this is an arbitrary date,
and everybody knows from experience
that this is not the coldest part of the
year. The crest of the cold comes in
January and February. The reason for
this lag of the cold season is that in.
December the earth is still enjoying,
the heat it stored up from the sun in
the summer and it does not cool off
to it's maximum point till month or.
two later. .----'.s - %:s~
In the same way the hottest part
of summer is not at the summer SOL
stice, June Fl and %, but from a
month to two months later, for it takes
the earth that long to get warmed up.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
An Incident of Sea War.

William McFee, author of "Casuals
If the Sea-" tells in an English paper,
Land and Water, of an attack by a
submarine upon a steamer and de-
scribes this incident Of the engine
room before the boat was sunk .'For
those three men (the officers) stood
by for the better part of an hour. The
stokehold was empty, the steam was
dropping, and there was considerable.
water in the bilges, but they stood by
watching the speaking tube and the;
blind white face OF the telegraph
pointing irresolutely to Stand By (the
orders from the bridge). And present.
IL the strain OF waiting grew oppres.
sive, SO that the chief, looking up tes
ward the skylight, said to my friena
Mister, 60 up and see what's doints
It must be daylight now And I;s
went up, and came out on deck anc
found Anself face to face with 4
problem Df some completely. For tha
deck OF the ship was deserted, and far
across the dark sparkle @ the sea he
saw the boats crawling toward smear
Of smoke on the skyline. -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
0 IRON ON BAT / ILlEFlELDs
Metais That Are Supposed to Accounts.
late In Great Quantities Being Sal
vaaed and Used Again.

Considerable speculation has been
going the rounds as to the amount Of
scrap iron and steel that is accumu-
lating on the battlefields of Europe,
and how 1t is to be disposed of.
American companies which regularly
deal in such old material have for
some time been looking forward to the.
harvest to be reaped from these bat
tlefelds after the war, says London
Tit-Bits. These hopes have now been
re her rudely shocked by observers re-
Gently returned from the front, who
state that this matter is now being
handled by the respective govern
ments. -sA---~,aeA>ss,re aa<.,-s.s..
According to the systems now estab
ished in modern warfare, it is stated,
a salvage corps is daily going over all
the ground near the battle front ex-
posed to fire, and is gathering all the.
debris discarded by the contending
armies. None of the scrap is neglect
ed, with steel worth / pence to 111k
pence per pound, and copper and other
metals in proportion. All the metals
are taken to shops in the rear, and
there worked into the various NUM-
tons that modern army uses.
All the lead that is fired is practical
~ lost, as a bullet travelling at a We
locity Of 1000 feet or more per sec
ond hurles itself so deep into any OBJ
ject it hits as to be lost entirely. 9th
er metals, however, such as tangled
steel from wrecked motor cars, large
pieces of shells, bits of copper, pieces
of aluminium, etc., are carefully col
lected and later turned into disable
condition.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
IF HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Here's Grandmothcr's Recipe to
Darker and Beautify
Faded Hair.

That beautiful, even shade Of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brew
sag a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui,
}lur. Your hair Is your charm. It
axes or mars the face. When 1T
des, turns gray or streaked, just an
plication or two Of Sage and Sui
.ur enhances it's appearance hun
,dfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
re: you can get this famous old
.ipe improved by the addition OF
ler ingredients at a small cost, all
ldy for use. It is called Wyeth's
ge and Sulphur Compound. This can
ways be depended upon to bring
ok the natural color and lustre OF
ur hair.
Everybody uses '.Wyeth's''' Sage and
lphur Compound now because It
.rkens 80 naturally and evenly that
body can tell it has been applied.
,u simply dampen a sponge or SOFT
ush with it and draw this through
hair, taking one small strand at
ne: by morning the gray hair has
sappeared, and after another appA-
cation It becomes beautifully dark and
appears glossy and lustrous. This
ready-to-use preparatio on is delight
full toilet requisite for those who de-
sire dark hair and youthful appear
ance. It is not intended for the cure
mitigation or preventionE OF disease.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Turks Sought British Aid.

"A. relief from the atrocities of war
may be seen in the excerpt Of a letter
from a nephew Of mine" writes Val
entine Robinson, 40 Wall street, New
York, In the Herald, who is in the en-
gineers' corps in Palestine:
:""After the flies and sand of the des-
ert the grass and trees Of were
very grateful to the eye. We soon had
a little brush with the Turks and some
Of our men were hurt !; we drove them
off and soon after flag Of truce came
In with three Turkish officers. They
wanted to borrow doctor !; theirs had
been killed. Two of the officers, .ma-
jors," were to, remain as hostages for
his safe return. Devens volunteered
and when he came back had with him
two -- regiment wounded that
they had given him in gratitude. The
two boys had been treated well, but
were glad to be back with their own
eolk.'"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Outzof His Rance.

"A young man stepped into a sporting
goods store recently, relates the Indian.
apolis News, and asked to see some
guns. His remarks indicated that he
was q sportsman OF decidedly anna
seurfsh sort. The obilging salesman
brought forth all manner and varieties
If weapons, from a s.22-caliber rife TO
latest model 'pump" gun, but nothing
brought any response of satisfaction
into the young fellows face. Finally
The salesman handed him high-power
rife, used for big game, with the re-
mark, "This beautiful little gun, Sir, is
Just what you want, I believe. It kills
at 5000 yards" The young man shook
his head, more in doubt than eyer.
NO." he said, Il am afraid couldn't
use it at all. You see, ! have to. get
much closer than that
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
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A.. Nose Like a Hound.

Sheriff Frank Cushman says that Ii
he hadn't nose like a hound he
would have lost two of his prisoners
says Belfast (Me:) dispatch. He Is
jailer as well as sheriff, and In making
the rounds Of the Jail he smelled fresh
paint. He followed the scent to the
cell occupied by Leroy Carter. who Il
serving the last of Jail sentence be.
fore beginning two-year term in state
prison for breaking and entering. Car
ter and Winnie Croker, sentenced fol
larceny, occupied the same cell.
He found that the men had sawed
off a bar at the window and replaced
it with broom handle painted black
having found some paint in the JAN
corridor, and another bar was near1J
sawed off: They were evidently wait
ing for favorable time to make .
break. 80.
The prisoners were placed IN sep
arate cells. E s..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
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MCoal Savers"


Various preparations are extensively
advertised in this country at present
which are presumed to contribute con-
siderably to the heating power of coal
when applied in the prescribed doses,
writes Consul General Robert p. Skin
ner, London. The director Of fuel re-
search, in answer to an inquiry as to
the value of these preparations, states
that these proprietary substances have
been in the market a long time, but
that there does not appear to be any
genuine scientific evidence in support
of the claims of their manufacturers.
He concludes: "The nature of the
substances makes it highly improbable
that they have any effect whatsoever
on the combustion of coal or other
fuels when they are used in the guam.
titles prescribed"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Some Involvement.


Christopher Brown walked into the
focal recruiting station Of the United
States marine corps at Philadelphia
says the Troy Times, and after an-
nouncing that he was from Braintree.
said he wanted to enlist. The idea OF
enlisting is good one" said the re-
cruiting sergeant, "but what Is Brain
tree-a breakfast food or an educa-
tional institution ut is q town in
achusetts-the only town In the
United States that ever produced two
presidents" proudly replied Brown:
"John Adams was born there, and 90
was John Quincy Adams. John Ham
cock was born there, too, as was Col.
Charles G. Long, chief of star Of the
marine corps. If you take me into the
marine corps may be running the
thing in year or two"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
SCIENTISTS AIDING IN
Experts Have Found 4 New WorkE-ii
Which They Are Materially As
sistinq the Government.

Secretary OF the Interior Lane, In his
recent annual report, portrays the
transition Of peaceful democracy
into q nation organized for war. Pos
session of resources alone, he warns
the country, does not win wars, and
accounting the enormous progress
made on every hand, declares the phys
zeal resources of the United States are
almost completely at the command of
the worlds needs.
What can you do to serve me =
quotes the secretary, replying: The
answer of this department. is that it
has put every agency and activity
which it has at the service of those.
departments more directly concerned
with war-making.
"Our men Of scientific, knowledge
metallurgists, chemists, engineers,
found new work
at their hands.
"The patent office has been searched
for new devices that could be brought
into use to kill the submarine or limit
Its destructiveness, for the plans Of
heretofore unused lethal weapons and
for the formulate of improved or I'M.
known sources of power.
"The scientific bureau of the gov.
eminent found themselves converted
overnight into adjuncts and auxil-
iaries in the great international con-
fest. Men who had regarded them
selves as modestly useful only in the
discovering and revealing of new
sources Of material strength found
that their years of experience in the
mountains AMI on the desert, in lab
oratories and in mines, called them at
once. into the thick of the European
struggle"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Whale Made waves Quiet

The use of oil to calm troubled seas
was illustrated in an unusual way to
a skipper who recently arrived In New
York from a southern port. Every
mariner who has dripped oil from his
plunging bows In stormy weather ia
smooth down invading crests knows
how effective the trick is when done
properly. St. IS
This. particular skipper sighted q,
dead whale, which at first glance
seemed Ito be a schooner bottom mp,
when he was about $50 miles east OF
the Virginia coast. There was stiff
wind from nerth-northWests which
Kicked up ascrested sea, but there was
no disturbance within a mile to the
northwestWard Of the whale. The
skipper said in his report to the local.
photographic office that this mile was
,"smooth as glass;" or stlike q ballroom
floor, due to the effect of the oil Ooz.
ing from the carcass Of the whale and
borne on a halfkn current setting to
Aie northwest. IS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
HEALTH THAT MAKES WEALTH
Nervous Energy Which Enables One
to Think New Thoughts and Initi-
ate New Plans Important.

Probably the majority Of men do not
know what real health means. It
means more than the capacity to sit
up and eat, to walk, to board car and
to bend over a desk. Real health
means more than the real ability to do
the same thing day after day. Real
health means a degree of stirring, nerv-
GUS energy that enables one to think
new thoughts, conceive new plans and
initiate new enterprises. Superb
bundant nervous energy is back of ex-
ceptional mental activity. 1t is the
basis of all those qualities which are
most essential in the struggle for sue
cess.
1t is not sufficient to have health
that will enable you to do common
place days work, Hugo Masters writes
in Physical Culture. The right kind
:. of health should give you the energy
with which to perform far more than
"a days work, If necessary, even from
quantitative standpoint. It's COM
monty the man with an unlimited ca
pacity for work who gets on. He is
able to work long hours without firing.
Successful men invariably enjoy the
possession of this degree of nervous
endurance or working endurance. IS
But It's not this that is most Inn
portant. The possession Of energy is
essential, not SO much for the sake of
the capacity for long hours of work,
button account of the quality of work
which it enables one to perform.
Quality Of effort is more important
than quantity of work and the greatest
value Of unlimited energy lies in CIV
ing one the capacity for concentration,
the capacity for an intensity Of effort
that is beyond the average man.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
ENLISTED men MUST HELP.
Portion of Government Allowance Re.
quired to Be Allotted for Benefit
Of Their Dependents.

Every enlisted man in the military
or naval forces of the United States
must allot for the benefit of a wife or
child an amount equal to the govern
ment's family allowance, with q maxi
mum, however, Of half his pay and a
minimum Of SIS per month, according
to the American Review of Reviews.
If he has no wife or child and makes
no voluntary allotments for other de-
pendents, or for other, purposes, the
secretary of war or navy may require
him to deposit with the government at
per cent compound interest half his
pay, or so much Of half his pay as he
does not allot either for his dependents
or for other purposes. -,
This puts the man with dependents
more nearly on democratic footing
Of equality with one who has none and
the better-paid American soldier with
the poorer-paid European with whom
he Is fighting. -<ss sas4aasssas.
The family allowances are based on
a graduated scale depending on the,
humber Of dependents, and are condi.
toned on allotments Of equal amounts
up to half pay, In no case, however
does the allowance. exceed $50 for one
family. An ordinary enlisted man re.
ceiving $33 per month in foreign serv.
ice, If his family is large enough, may
be required to alot $16.5O per month
and secure thereby for his family to-.
tai income of $6650 per month. h.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Not one Came Down.

The day was dull, as days can be
tull, sometimes only in the trenches.
Suddenly, high up the sky, sailing
over the lines, was discernedN a flock
of wild geese In moment, rifles
were blazing upward from all quar-
tiers; even machine guns were requisi-
toned, while away at the other side Of
No Mans Land the German, too, was
reused to action. But the flock Of
geese sailed On, their long necks out.
stretched and their wings rising and
falling In snndi sturbed rhythm. &: And
never q one came down. Christian
Science Monitor.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Officer ignored Orders.

early in the war when Field Mar
shall John French ard General Joffre
were straining every nerve to hold
back the German advance which they
did finally at the Marine French gen
eral, SO the story goes. refused to open
orders sent by an officer who had been
promoted over his !lead- The message.
like the dispatch in the Franco-Frus-
sian war, was @lost'' and division,
which was left without support, was
almost annihilated. The story goes
that the general was ordered shot.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Camera Marks AirpIane Hits

The great aviation school at Toronto
has devised most ingenious scheme
for training ayiators in the use of the
machine gun. Two apprentice flyers
are sent up to fight under all the CON
ditions Of actual warfare. They make
every effort to aim and fire their ma
chine guns atseach other, only In place
Of bullets the gun is fitted with camera
lens and film. Every pull of the trig-
ger snaps a picture. If the shot is q
hit" a picture of the enemy" air
plane appears on the film; If miss.
the film is blank. BY examining the
strip of film afterward it is possible
to tell exactly how many hits each
man made and how accurately hs q
shooting
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Increasing Use Of Rare Metals.

/ among the remarkable industrial.
developments to which the European
war has given impetus has been the
enlarged use of the rare metals" says
Maj. William A. Mensch Of San Diego.
Cal. Tungsten, vanadium and molyb-=
lenum, used In making steel, seem to
be the leaders. OF these three perhaps
the least familiar to American steel
makers is molybde num, which, though
well-known to Europeon forge mas
tiers, has but comparatively limited
use in this country.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
TRAINING for War.

If Englishmen considered the foot
oall heid as the place TO win uieir bat
ties, Prussians have always held that
the best way to prepare for. victory Is
by training their young officers In the
hunting field, notes writer. Since
medieval times the chase, especially
on the continent of Europe, has been
by the school of warriors. In
the old days, when men were only in
terested in fighting, and when there
weren't really enough wars to keep a
healthy feudal n0bleman continuously
occupied and happy, warning upon
wild animals was discovered to be the
next best thing to warning on humans.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Record Broken.

The total value Of the mineral pro-
duction Of the country in 1915 was
more than So, 40, 600. 600. increasing
81 ,O76, zoe, 600. or As per cent over the
S2,393. 800 900 recorded for 1915, and
exceed Hing The /; former record year
,ll913) By more than 81 600 .OO0. O0o. %
icordtng TO the geologi cal survey. 81.
|partmeAtI sof the interior. .s as
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09

interstate them, the French least o1
all But only Americans who have
never lived in France will imagine that
the swarms of black-clad women indi-
cate a proporttonate number Of dead
.Poilus. The truth is, Poilus were neveL 4
so plucky as today, never SO eh1dena
and, despite heartbreaking losses
never so numerous.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09
Marriages ia England.

The war has resulted In 200, 00e.
English people being married between
August, 1914, and June, 1917, who In
the ordinary course would not have.
married. The marriage rate for 8
was the highest recorded, Is, 4 These
asutre s. are arg given 81 out by sn Bernard
aMallet, registrar general Of births
deaths and MARI ages In England '''ss
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-16
INVESTMENT SAFETY.

When farmer buys mortgage a neighboring
farm he feels pretty safe, because what the
land will produce and he knows the farmer who Is
working the land with the borrowed capital. But
there elements Of danger that no man fore
Drought may come the crop. compellinE
the borrower TO miss interest payment The Dor
rover may fall sick and fail work the land some
thing may happen depreciation of the property
so that the lender cannot ali the money he
has loaned Such things have happened and that Is
why large follow the principle OF 'disribut
ing their investments" wide pos-
sibe.
When you buy a Liberty bond you buy investment
that has d mortgage nearly 100000 miles
islands Of drought hit all America at
one time The crop may fail, but the American
iron gold coal and copper crops fail farmsf
may be unable TO meet his mortgage interest, but
Uncle Sam levies taxes big enough pay all his
interest and redeem all his mortgages. He has to do
il. he fails to do II he to be respectable
member Of the family of nations. And if that ever
should happen investment this continent would
be anything all No property except what can
be pocket would be worth anything. The
sovereign all that the value Of any
property the safety Of any individual
No matter how safe farm mortgage may look to
you, million times less safe than Liberty bond
with the constitution the Of the United
States behind il. raise enough farm produce IN a
single pay off all the authorized government
bonds enough left to rebuild from the
ground up city big Chicago
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-16
II MA 2Sf&Mz4 5M
APRIL 10, 1913.
INDUSTRIAL Stacker.

The governor Of Ohio finds the labor situation so
serious IN ne calls attention il in
public proclamation. The problem with which ne IS
men II is the failure Of workmen to work steadily
their jobs
In survey OF many representative industries
throughout the state says Gov. Cox beer found
that the number of absenting themselves from
their regular work given day nearly 10 per-
That say, the productive efficiency of the
working force only about 90 percent of what
would be if the worked steadily.
An investigation Cleveland showed that this
dition prevails where American interested in the
success Of the war would expect find tin the
munition factories. Time-check reports from seven
representative factories doine work show
ed that among S,47s employees were 5,516 days
les. in one week loss, carried through
ali Cleveland factories. entail loss OF wages
somewhere between s15OOO,OOO and $25OOO,OOO a
year and loss of war material amounting to
$1OO.OOO,OOO
Many absences unavoidable. Some due TO
sickness others TO excusabe causes, but
most OF them are said be due indifference
The hours work in Ohio the says,
are easy. The workers simply making money
than usual. and disposed to take day off whenever
they like it, The Importance Of their work the
nation and the world does them.
Something be done. in every community
where such conditions exist to wake the workers
and get them to regard their jobs possessing mill
tary Importance and dignity.