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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
SPIDERS Il THREAD HAS VALUE
Practically indispensable in the Con.
struction Of Telescopes for the
j Astronomer. Ah!3 E @

The threads of the garden spider
are fixed by astronomers in their tele-
scopes for the purpose Of giving fine
lines to the field of view, by which
the relative positions Of stars may be
accurately measured.
For a century astronomers desired
to make use of such lines Of the great
est possible fineness, and procured at
first silver wire drawn out to the ex-
IRENE limit of tenuity attainable with
that metal. They also tried hairs
t(1-500th of an inch thick, and threads
Of the silkworln's cocoon, which are
split into two component threads,
each only 1-2O0tl, of an inch thick. But
in 1920 an English instrument-lnaker
named Throughton introduced the
SPIDERS line. This can be readily OBJ
tanned three or four times smaller
than the silkworn's thread, and has
also advantages in it's strength and
freedom from twist. 81 -
In order to obtain the thread the
spider is carefully fixed on a minia-
ture rack" and the thread, which at
the moment of issue from the body is
a viscid liquid, is made to adhere to
winder, by turning which the desired
length of firm but elastic thread can
be procured.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
BIow-Resisting Paper Caps.

Astonishingly. strong paper caps. Ca
pable Of withstanding powerful blows,
though extremely light in weight, have
been invented by a shipyard employee,
and are intended to be worn by work.
men whose duties expose them to dan
ger from falling objects. The process
by which the novel headgear is pro-
duced has not been divulged, says
Popular Mechanics, but it is known
that chemicals are employed to hard
en- the material, without adding to it's
weight. Several styles have been
made, the lightest weighing about sew
en- ounces. and others only slightly
more. In recent test, one-pound
bolt was dropped on one of them
from a height Of 40 feet, with the re-
suit that a barely preceptible dent
was made, in the paper. = The novel
head coverings are proof against wa
ter and acids, and are poor conductors
Of electricity. .....
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Highland Superstitions,

Did YOU know that if you lived in
Scotland all salt cellars in the house
must be full on New Years day, else
the household will suffer want during
the, year, il uf
That is not the only superstition
peculiar to Scotland. The country is
full of them. For instance, the High
land nurses believe that if an infants
feet are put in snow he will neyer'have
colds during his life. A regular prac-
tice among the farmers used to be the
placing Of honeysucklc branches in
their COW houses on May 2 to keep
: their cattle from being witched.
a bad storm is prophesied when
cat trolics about room. If the cat
washes it's face with it's paws before
the fire, the coming day will be rainy.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
NEW IN THE ANIMAL WORLD
"okapi" AstonisFed Explorers, and
Only a Few Specimens Have
A " Ever Beer Obtained. :

Some time before 1890, Stanley, the
explorer. had word from the spigmy
negroes of a new beast in the impene-
trable depths Of the virgin forest
which borders the Semliki; river;in the
Belgian Congo. The aWambatti natives
described it as a species Of donkey
and called it "Atti"S From their fur
Their description, it seemed to be q
hoofed animal Of considerable size,
which lived upon leaves. In 1899 Sir
Harry Johnston himself saw the pig
mics, who fully confirmed what Stan
ley had already told him, but added
that the strange beast was striped like
a zebra - s
In 1901 Swedish officer, M. Karl
Erikson, obtained a complete skin and
two skulls, which he sent TO Sir Harry
Johnston, who then believed the beast
to be Of the giraffe itribe, previously
found in fossil state ia Greece. Il
was, however, proved cone1usiyely that
although of the giraffe familyait was
not the animal of ancient Greece, but
a new beast altogether. It was sui.
sequently. given the name. Of !" okapi."
No more, than a dozen specimens. Of
this wonderful beast have been #se-
cured. l.,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10

SALAMANDERS OF. GREAT SIZE
Proof That Species Long Extinct,
Sometimes Attained a Length Of.
5s5S ss 49, Five Fee: tsas (

In Europe. some time ago, bones
were dug up of4some; nevis which in
life. had been about Eve feet long.
Every boy is familiar with nevis,
which he calls .ssal amanders, y com.
monty found in brooks and ponds. a
specimen five inches long is a big one.
But five feet they must have been
monsters.
OF course these giant nevis we're OF
tong-extinct species. IT would have
been interesting to live in those days,
when so many queer monsters (mostly
Z of aquatic habits) swarmed the earth.
They seem to have been among ma
lures earliest experiments, abandoned
later. 81. 1t - 3sssi.i=.
There were no mammals then: and
the supposition is that all mammals
of today, including man. were origin
ally derived from a Teptilian ancestry.
we cannot say for certain that this
queer reptile (Which lived about 1000
900 years ago) was not actually an an
cestor Of our own. zfs asa'ii ",
1T was dug up in Texas, and has
been named Dimetrodon. About eight
feet long, the most curious thing about
1t was the enormous fin it carried on
Its sback-the ribs Of the fin being a
series of bones extending from thever-
tebrae.
Or what use was this fin? Perhaps
1t was merely ornamental. Or itmay
be that it was a means Of defense.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Advice to Teachers.

Let your scholar be never afraid
to ask you any, doubt, but use dis
creetly the best allurements you can
to encourage them to the same; lest
his overmuch fearing Of you drive
him to seek some misorderly shift ;
as to seek to be helped by some other
book, ito be prompted by some other
scholar; and so go about to beguile
you much, and himself more. IS
With this good way of understand
ing the matter, plain constituting, dill
gent parsing, daily translating, cheer
full admonishing,, and heedful amend
ing Of faults, never leaving behind
just praise for! well doing, I would
have the scholar brought up withal,
till he: had read and translated over
the firstpbook Of Epistles chosen out
by Sturmius, with good piece of
a comedy Of Terrence also. From
1.-THE Schoolmaster," by Roger As
cham. @stsff.fs - I.y,s+--
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
.s-E. = s'ar-ri.-
Moros Skilled Iron Workers.

Bolos,s huge, heavy and keen-edged
knives that are swung with both
hands or may be used, for thrusting,
We're effective weapons used by Fill.
ipino soldiers in their rebellion against
the United States at the expense OF
American lives. gaz III. H
Their merits were appreciated by
the Americans, and, at the advice
of Gen. Leonard Wood, were adopted
and are in use today as supplement-
airy arm for the United States troops
in the Philippines. ss.. 4 u. "a st..ff
The finest and most elaborate
bolos, Of many different patterns and
shapes. are used by the Moros of Min
danao and the Sulu islands, who make
them themselves, The Moros are
skilled workers in iron, although saw
ages. They know how to get the metal
from it's ores, and the production Of
good steelsEis no mystery to them
They are said to have learned these
arts originally from the Arabs.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Heiuht ofSea Waves.

The records Of average height in
feet observed. at sea are approximate
.lys equal to half. 1.-THE velocity of the
wind in statute miles per hour. For
those occasions on which the wind has
had as full opportunity as it ever en-
joys of doing its work, direct proper
tionality sti1l holds good, but the CON
stant is higher. It has been found
that seyen-tenths best satisfies tile
available observations between a
strong breeze and a Whole gale. The
same simple proportion,s however, does
mot hold when dealing with the heights
5correspo nding to the gentlest breezes.
The highest waves finally formed sare
those travelling ct a velocity which is
equal within: the error Of obseryat ton,
iQ that Of the win Broo klyn Eagle.
sd ..f 1879 n .~.@ ~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Diet (, and Energy

The Salvation Army acquires new
merit, just as we Thought iallshad been
said, when we learn that half Of a
doughnut VIII provide Lifting power to
carry man to the tepSof the Washing
ton monument Ga climb Of. t55555 feet,
and six walnuts will. do the same,
while three amedium7sized olives will
see you comfortably half mile on
your way. A single caramel, says a
discouraging article in the American
Journal of Medicine, supplies energy
for miles constitutional Think Of
the mistaken picnic luncheons that
have been laborious,y carried in the
past. Reflect that six olives and six
caramels are all you need to supply
steam for eseven-nile walk, and think
how casually these man be eaten sit.
ting over q supper table.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
JUST DISAPPEAR, THAT'S ALL
English Newspaper Points Out How
? II Easy 1T IL 10 Become "Talk
SIS Of the Town." 10

Any inhabitant of any English VIII
lage can make himself the Stalk of the
town" if he will, onlysg away from it
suddenl wi hoht 1eaVing amy address.
There. IS mo person of any consequence
too dull@ too harmless, or too respect
athletic 'hetorne the hero of any mag
mary crime nr@sgaod deed IF. only he
will disappear. In q moment he is a
center Of romance sse, ~ ~
If he came back incognito at the
end of@'the proverbial mine days"
which means Of course q much longer
time than week and a half, he would
not recognize the highly colored por-
trait which would be shown him of
HIMSELF What did .hef ever do, he
might wonder, to be thought so bad
Or SO good, so strange or so silly?
There is no repufat ton which could
stand up unaccountable departure.
Such q vague heading as ''Disap-
pearanee Of a Lady obviously at
tracts many readers or we should not
see it so often in the public press. '3 OF
course, if it can be made little more
definite, and the disappeared persons
birthplace, daily work. or social con-
5ditiony gan be particularized.:the. ro-
mantle instinct sof the smultitude is
even more certain to be awakened.
The notion. that someone has not
been buried, though every evidence is
there, tospreYe that he or she has died,
is recurrent source Of squalid TO
mance-London Times. .aI
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
TERMS ORIGIN IN DISPUTE
Many Explanations of The Letters 10
H." Have Been IN ado, but Few
Are Trustworthy sFss2

Quite cycle of legendary explana.
tons have gathered around the origin
Of the popular term 20. K" 1t is held
that 10 early colonial days the best
rum and tobacco were imported from
Aux Cages. in San Domingo. Hence
the best Of anything came to be known
locally as Aux Cages, or 20. K"
Another explanation refers to the
use of "Old Keokuk, an: Indian chief,
who Is said to have signed treaties
with the initialssz.'O. K" However,
the term didn't come into general use
until the presidential campaign of
1925. when the supposed illiteracy of
Andrew Jackson, the Democratic cans
didate, led Seba Smith, the humorist,
writing under the name Of Major
Jack Downing to start the story that
Jackson Endorsed his papers 20. K."'
under the impression that they formed
the initials of 'Ollz Korrect.' ~, 81
8 James Parton, the noted biogra.
pher, discovered In the records Of the
Nashville court, of which Jackson
was judge, numerous documents in
dorsed 20. r." meaning ..'order re
scinded." Ee therefore urged that II
was "a belated business that Major
Downing saw on the desk of the pres:
idential candidate. The Democrats. in
lieu Of denying the charge, adopted
the letters 90. K."Sas a sort Of party
cry and fastened them on their ban
ners. aft-%
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
! Romance Beloved. by All.


Romance Kills the villain in the fifth
act and produces the betrothal as the
curtainaefalls.a BY it. Homer got his
daily bread in the Greek cities, and
by it the movie houses earn their prof
fts.E Each of aus has been soldier
lover, explorer and "alt the thousand
Wings that children are" For the
same reason that, romance commands
the greatest audiences, dime novels
and best sellers pour out from the
presses No man can elbow Clark
Russell into Oblivion except some more
thrilling writer Of sea tales. And
every age must have its Sherlock
Holmes. For t;le human mind 1lust
spend many months on the seven seas
and many more in intimate relations
with Scotland Yard.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Victory Of Courage.

The man or woman who ventures
much may fall often, but he will
achieve in proportion to those very
failures because he will use each one
as stepping stone to higher effort.
q. But the man or woman who quib-
bles, reconsiders, hesitates and weighs
every gain against greater loss is a
predestined failure because his very
attitude should be avoided. s.
He who, falls with his face forward
in the battle. is not a failure, but a
hero. Failure lies in turning the back
on the foe, to retreat before the en-
envy. |
When we speak Of success we
should not think in terms of money
or position or fame, but Of moral
courage, high 9endeavor, honorable
achievement. And when these are
translated into active service the
world will become that Utopia Of
which SO much. has been written and
sung.---Milwaukee Sentinel. a ese==s}
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Gretna Green.

Gretna Green, the rendezvous OF
1sSetioping couples, was once the Ishaunt
OF persons who. exercised cupidity al
the expense Of Cupid, and innkeepers
.ferrymen and dollhouse tenders sex..
plotted the couples who fed there.
Any witnesses served to make the
marriages recognized as legal, but the
professional Witnesses there, IKE
the marrying parsons of some Amer.
lean towns, engaged t'touts'' to bring
couples to them, and when the rail.
road from Glasgow to Carlisle started
running, the station platform at Greet
ma Green thronged with these obnex-
ious commissioned men, n: !:
. According to popular legend,
blacksmith shops were tfayoritet mec-
Scas for clipping couples, but authority
IS lacking for stories OF smithies who
would pause while shoeing horses to
help legaHze marriages
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10

FIRST PARLIAMENT IN 1866
fr--I =. "N-4-y n
From That Time Dates the Entry Of
@7s the Commons Into Power in
: the State.

The goth Of January, 1855, was a
great day notS only for the English
speaking people bat the world; it was
the time appointed for the meeting Of
the first4parliament in England. sgG.
Mathew Or Paris in his chronicles
frst uses the. word lin reference to a
councils Oh the barons III 1916, but it
was in the year 1865, during civil
war which very much resembled that
OF the seventeenth century, being for
law againstfan arbitrary power as ex-
pressed by royalty, that the first par
laments. properly so-called, were as
sembled. 1t was at this time that
Simon de Montfort held King Henry
in his power. I,s,sGs. s.,. 80 5sss. .rgte} .
lhls parliament was summoned in
such manner that there should be
Two knights for each county, and two
citizens for every borough; the first
clear acknowledgment of the commons
element in the state The meeting was
held in that magnificent hall at West
minister and the representatives of the
commons sat, rin the same place with
their noble associates, probably at the
bottom Of the hall, little disposed to
assert a controlling voice nor joining
IN any vote But there they We're
and. Notwithstanding the fact that De
Montfort was shortly overpowered
and he and nearly all of his associates
slaughtered, the commons were never
again left out. 1t was an admitted
power entitled to be consulted in all
great national movements and to have
directing voice in the matter Of
taxation, n ,.s -as
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
&,
y. VERA CRUZ. NORTH VISITING
Mexican City Has Number OF Al.
t.T fractions That invite the
Wandering Tourist.

Vera Cruz is a city of contrasts. Its
vividly painted houses of red. blue and
yellow. built close to !, the narrow
streets, have. grated windows and
heavy, forbldding doors, which give
little evidence Of the charming inte.
rlors with their patios. palm-shaded
filed with exotic flowers and cooled
by fountains.
Modern street cars look out OF place
In the same streets with burros laden
with merchandise, fruits and ,vege-
tables, and caballefos in their broad
sonlbreros vividly 2scolored blankets,
enormous spurs and silver-mounted
saddles Even the tropical climate is
in sharp contrast with the snow
capped, extinct volcano, Orizaba. which
towers almost 10000 feet into the cold
air above. Although this peak is near
ly fifty miles away from the city, it
can be plainly seen from there and
makes a beautiful picture standing
white against the sky or catching all
i the acolOrs Of the SUNRISE
Another point of5interest is the an
Gent fortress of San Juan d'Ulloa,
which is built on an island, connected
Ito the mainland at the, northern end
by Q long sea wall. It has fair ex-
terror, being painted a pure and radi-
ant white, but hidden beneath this in
nocent mantle are dark and noisome
dungeons where, many political pris-
oners Of Mexico have been kept for
years. .ssstFs~~'e
Turning hastily from this unpleas-
ant scene, gentle reader, let us retrace
our steps ito the center Of the city.
which is marked by the plaza. This
is a large and beautiful square filled
with palms and flowers, and watched
over benignlya by; the ancient and
stately cathedral. Every evening dur
ing the band concert it is the quaint
custom of the youths Of Vera Cruz to
promenade around the square on the
outside of the walk in: one direction,
| while the young girls, carefully watch
ed over by their duennas. walk in the
opposite direction on the inside. In
| this way most Mexican fiirtations are
| begun. -" * -
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
! Poison Gas Born by Accident,

Some years ago a. disastrous fire
followed a chemical explosion ut
Greisheim, near Frankfort-on-the-
Main, in Germany. s.
Fire engines came rushing up,
but as they approached the men
We're seen to fall from their seats.
Spectators running after them drop
ped as If shot, and meanwhile the
Fiblaze increased, i involving IL fresh
buildings, and even 4 crossing the
river into the village. of Schwan-
helm.
What had happened was this:
The sudden mixture Of watts of
different chemicals under intense
heat had filled the airswith gas Of
so terribly poisonous nature that
those who came within its deadly III
fuence werel suffocated at once. Fifty
one dead, and three times that mum.
Der injured, was the result Of that
terrible fire. This accident led to the
use of poison gas in warfare.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
NOT a StjckuD,

. While motoring in Tennessee on a
lonely road one night we were being
followed in a machine containing five
colored men. They kept uncomfort-
ably, near us, and after a few miles
we motioned them to pass, hoping they
would speed along, Gas we4 feared a
possible holdup. Instead OF continu-
ing on, they stopped directly in. front
Of us, and when lone big black fellow
asked Jus to stop our hearts were al
most at a standstfll. However, we
lbreathed easier when he said: ''Will
you-all be soFkind as to let us have a
little gas? n We ,'sho' can't make it to
town. 10 ,WeEsam3 Sabout out. Elk
change. # = $50 e ...a,. So &
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10

SOME TALES HARD TO DOWN
Particularly True Of the Story Of the
Grizzly Bear That Climbs
- Up a Tree.

The hunter who comes nome with a
tale of how he took refuge from a, griz-
Fly in a tree, and how the bear
climbed after him. is a. nature fakir,
pure and Simple, as Enos a. Mills re
minds, hunters in the story Of. the ''Ad-
ventures Of Nature Guide - Yet this
curious misapp rehehsion Of the climb.
ing abilities Of the greatest Of the
Ursidae persists in many quarters and
fssnot always accounted for by men
dacity. It seems to be reasonable
explanations that when a grizzly sets
out lin pursuit of a, more or less mex
perienced sportsman, the latter is not
always in the attitude Of a calm in
vestigator. Things are not precisely
what they seem when the normal po-
sitions Of hunter and hunted are re-
versed.f 1Nt ste
Fl 1t is the task of more than one
generation to put end to nature fax
ing. Colonel Roosevelt, if he were
alive, would take delight in indorsing
the works of Mr.. Mills, who has re-
Gently become famous as national
park guide, who revealed the delight
full possibilities Of guiding in the will
derness as a profession for ambitious
young men. The wilderness, says Mr..
Mills. is really the safest place in the
world for defenseless human beings.
Not even the catamount or puma is
dangerous. Colonel Roosevelt had al
ready assured us on this point, but
the statement will bear repetition
Portland Oregonian.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
4rhe peoplesof the pelup Peninsula. !,

"The People Of the PeIup Peninsula"
~ We we're. floating down the beautiful
Piongdong when, deserving a glorious
7whangdoop hid amongst the igfans
along the swamgit (shore), instantly
ordered the mogpong to row the goo.
pang toward it. Obeying my command
with an alacrity that proved his devo-
ton to me, the little fellow pulled lus-
tily on the right .tingWop. (oar or pad
dle) until, by virtue OF his efforts, we
were headed III the direction whence
had come the vision of the multi-col-
ored Whangd oop. My readers will
readily appreciate the tremendous ex-
element that seized me when say
that the whangdoop was of unusual
size and Of conformat lion. that would
preclude the possibility OF anyone for
"a moment mistaking it for, the ogplnp,
which, as everyone knows, it so much
resemble After the Manner Of Most
Travel Articles. ~ From Life. 49,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Woman "spilled the Beans"

Less than century ago German
professor Of chemistry succeeded re-
peatedly in producing small quantities
Of gold, which he exhibited to fellow
scientists whose Keen interest may
we'll be imagined. It was later ascer-
tanned that@a devoted servant, anxious
ito give his master pleasure, had
bought gold leaf and surreptitiously
contributed it to the contents Of the
crucible. One one occasion, however,
the servant was sent on a distant err
rand, and left money with his wife
for the purchase Of the requisite gold
leaf. She spent the money for drink,
buying instead some dutch metal"
which She put into the pot. This led
Ito q discovery OF the fraud, prompt
revelation Of Whichssby the professor
gave rise to immense amusement.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
American Pearls.

There is species .of green or iri-
descent pearl found occasionally in
the sabalones, or eai shells, Of the Cal
ifornia coast. Black and gray pearls
are found in Lower California waters !;
white, pink, brown and other colored
pearls in some Of the fresh water
brooks Of .Ohie, Tennessee, Texas,
Kentucky, and Wisconsin; purple and
black pearls are. sometimes found in
the shells Of the common clam Of Long
Island sound and the Atlantic coast.
The principal pearl fisheries ofssthe
world are *Ceylon,4 the Persian gulf,
western Australia; Torres straits and
che Sulu archipelago ss 4. Il, II Il,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
Loss of che Griffin,

This vessel, the first Il. navigate the
western lakes, was loaded with furs
and other goods by La Sale, to. sthe
value OF o, 600 HWes, and sent back
to Montreal, Via Mackinac rand Mi
agara I'm order to pay off La Sales
creditors. It set san on September .18,
1919. with q Grew of five men and .pi-
siotyand was never heard of again. a
severe storm sprang up TINT night and
is believed the vessel struck The
sand and was buried ii Il, or it ma. may
have been lost through the trseaehefy
flifsz ,t.rarv 5 s@sss. Sfr