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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
HAVE PUT UP BRAVE. FIGHT
red on Warfare With Their ~
Conquerors, the Dutch. 4

Sumatra's war-decimated population
amounts to less than 100000 most
of which is not available for labor,
the island. therefore, barely beginning
to attract attention. despite its riches
in natural resources. Sumatra is i'm
mense in area and between it's differ
ent sections there is little inland com
municatiOn, that which exists being of
treacherous and warlike character.
Much of the island remains unex-
plOred. Other parts such as the
whole of Achin. are still in a state
of warfare, which seems destined to
end only with the eventual extermina-
ton of the resisting tribes.
= The first hostilities Of the Achinese
date back to 1899 but for the last
forty years fighting has been continu-
Gus, costing > than 100000 lives in
the Achinese war alone. A guerrilla
warfare of surprises and ambushes
has been going on in the jungles, the
determined resistance Of the Achinese
continuing undiscouraged, although
their government has been deposed.
and all their towns and strategic pO-
sitions occupied by Dutch troops.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
ISLAND SAVED BY WOMEN
How the Female Population of .HeIgo-
land Upset Calculations Of
f Danish Admiral IT,. ~. z5

He1goland, the naval wall flower
during the World war, had it's fate
decided, upon one memorable occasion,
by the women Of the island, according
to bulletin of the National Geograph-
ic society. About the time William
Penn was settling PENNSYLVANIA
Danish admiral captured the islands
fishermen one night While they were.
placing their nets. He threatened
to hold them as hostages until the
island surrendered to Denmark.
Wives, mothers and sisters arose and
forced the Danish garrison to re-
linquish any claim upon Helgoland.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries Hefgoland was a center Of
the North sea herring fisheries Then
herring veered back to Scotland's
coast and the islanders handed down
a tale of the impiety by which they
forfeited the boon. Until a few years
ago horses. were unknown to the is
land. One story has it that when an
old woman saw an Englishman ride
up the hills she dropped dead from
the shock of what she believed was
supernatural creature. r|aJ r.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Humidity.


Humidity is The moisture or aqueous
vapor in the atmosphere. The vapor
is really an invisible gas. When this
vapor becomes visible it is called dew,
fog, mist, haze, clouds, rain, snow, hail,
ETC., according to the size of the drops
Of water or, the method by which the
vapor condenses. a given space at
given temperature can contain only
definite amount of moisture. When
given space contains all of the mOis-
ture it is capable of holding tits said
to be saturated. The percentage of
moisture in the air to what it would
hold if saturated is called the relative
humidity. When the air is saturated
with moisture the humidity would be
100 per cent, and if half saturated. so
per cent, three-quarter saturated IS
per cent. The increased humidity has
much to do with the effect of the tenn
perature on the individual, which is
the reason the subject is so commonly
discussed during hot periods. e.,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
MORE PEOPLE READ BOOKS
ts.@ES 81 q 81 ~ 9.I3 - s ae
According to English Authority. This
= One Of the Results Of 8
III f} the War.

= b i 1 i = -l.
There are five times as many peo-,
pie in England reading books as there
were before the war; according to Sir
Ernest Williams. one of the foremost
publishers Of London. He says war.
has taught the people there. the value
of books. and shown them the joy of
reading. When air raids were numer-
GUS and all social activities stopped,
there still remained the inner room.
the light and books. There was
quick demand developed for light
reading. but it has changed and grown
SO that now the best books are most
in demand. When air raids were ended
and lights and social activities were
used again. the habit of reading was
continued and has grown rapidly the
past year
Z, There is an insistent demand, this
publisher says, for books that deal
With real life. 1t is his belief that
out Of the experiences of war has
been born deeper appreciation of life
and understanding of how tremendous
ly worth living it is On this new con-
seriousness he bases the demand for
books that deal sincerely with prob
lens of life.-Ohio State Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
QUITE EQUAL TO OCCASION As,
Female "Heckler" Who Tackled Lady
Astor Get a Good Deal Of
a Surprise.

"I.ady Aston" said New Yorl,
clubman, brought more popularity to
the Aston name during her election
fight in England than either the old
viscount. William Waldorf, or the new
viscount, Major Waldorf, ever sue
ceeded in doing.
"She's clever woman, witty WON.
an. and we Americans may be proud
of her though she has deserted US.
ION the election platform she gave
many a striking proof of her ready
wit. Thus one evening a sour-vis-
eyed female rose in the audience and
asked with a kind Of prim irony:
"'If Viscountess Astor is elected to
parliament will she work to make di
vorce as easy for us in England as it
is in American
"Fhis was mean blow. a foul blow
a blow below the belt, so to speak.
for Lady Astor, through no fault of
jher own, is a divorced woman. She
countered brilliantly, however, and the
blow didn't land. Looking at her ques-
toner in a commiserating way. she
said: = s-s-. .,s-
I'm sorry, madam, you are in trou-
BILE ... =. s-
And the house reared with laugh
ter" :. ....'... 49,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
RESPONSIBILITIES

Thinking Of others does not excuse
folks from respecting their own re-
sponsibilities The world wouldn't get
along very fast if all our time and
thoughts were given to others. To get
along and have the means to be-. help
full to others we must do considerable
for ourselves. Our job must bring
enough returns to the boss to pay him
for the trouble of bothering with us.
Cur home life touches others and we
must see to 1t that our contact leaves
them happier for the. touch. Life is
more than mere routine however. much
1T may seem to be cast-in one piece
mold. It's our thoughts for others
that lift us out of the hundrum and
make life worth living. There's no
limit to the enthusiasts of life when.
concern for anothers welfare gets hold
of you. Il
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
BETHEL CHURCH BELL TO
BE DEDICATED SUNDAY.
Impressive Ceremonies at II A. NJ
Quarterly Meeting to Begin
Saturday Morning.

The excellent bell, which was donated
to the Pethel church here by Mrs.
Julius Schroeder in memory Of her de-
ceased husband, early last January,
will be dedicated with impressive cere-
monies next Sunday. morning, at IL
o'clock. District Superintendent E. H.
Bollenbach Of Mankato, assisted by
Rev. W. A. Juedes, pastor Of the local
congregation, will conduct the dedica-
ton. This will be preceded by regular
preaching services and followed by the
Lords supper.
The bell weighs $50 pounds and
bears the inscription: elm Memory
of Julius Schroeder" Although placed
in the steeple. of the church some three
weeks ago, the bell has not been used,
pending its formal dedication.
The quarter meeting of the Bethel
church will be held in conjunction with
the de icatory services. The first preach.
ing services will take place at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning, Immediately followed
by the Usual business session. There
will also be preaching services at 1880
o'clock Saturday evening and again
at the same hour Sunday evening. The
public is cordially invited to attend the
bell dedication, as well as the other
services --.,-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Another Statue.

With the unwilling of the figure of
Gen. William Shepherd in the commu-
nifty of Westfield, Mass, a worthy fig
ure is added to the American popula-
ton of revolutionary heroes whose
memory is perpetuated by public
statue, General Shepherd, before the
Revolution, had taken part in the "Old
French war;" which justified Macau-
lay in saying that because Frederick
the Great had decided to rob neigh
Dor, fred men scalped each other by
the great lakes of North America" He
began as a private soldier and rose
to the rank of lieutenant colonel under
Washington, and later commanded a
brigade under Lafayette. Individuals
have sometimes questioned the utility
of public statues; yet in this case. as
in many another. the statue defeats
the common forgatfulness of past
deeds that has found expression in the
old saying, "Out of sight out of mind"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Baby's New Papa.

While on a train a woman sat oppo-
site me accompanied by a chubby
youngster that was just learning to tod
die around. At one of the stations the
woman requested me to watch the
child while she sent a telegram. The
conductor assured her there would be
plenty of time. sl..aa
Imagine my CONSERVATION when the
train pulled out and the woman did
not return! With the now screaming
child in my arms and beads of per-
spiration trucking down my desper-
ate countenance, I searched the entire
train in a vain endeavor to find imam
ma"
At the station just ninety miles fur
Their the overjoyed conductor came
running into my coach with telegram
from mamma addressed to baby's new
papa" And at the next stop, baby's
uncles, aunts, and cousins We're there
to receive it.-Chjcago Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
FREIGHT CAR BROKE AWAY
Peculiar Happening Hailed as Some
thing Particularly New in His
tory of RaiIroading.

The Erie railroad has demonstrated
the practicability of a theory that a
freight train may lose car from its
midst and keep to its schedule with
its crew in ignorance of their loss, and
Ed Mott, of Goshen the local histo-
rian is happy. @ ..E
For a generation Mott has been tell
ing folks Of an Erie train. that left Sus-
quehanna in the winter of 1855 with Is
cars of cattle. At Port Jervis one car
was missing. II had disappeared from
the middle of the train without leav-
ing broken couplings or other traces
of the manner of its ejertment. Two
days later the missing car was found
in q field near the track at ShOhola.
It was empty. The cattle it had held
were recovered in Sullivan county.
New York. They had freed then selves
from the car and crossed the Delaware
river on the ice.
Engineer Albert O. Ruh2rtS was
driving q train to New York last Sun
day morning. At West Tuxedo air
brake trouble led tn the discovery that
the fourteenth car was missing. The
thirteenth and fifteenth ears had re-
coupled themselves. Search led to the
discovery of the missing car alongside
the track Il mile to the north.
The accident of Sunday was exactly
the same as the one which Mott de-.
Scribes as of SiNty-odd years ago. eX-
cept chat the modern form of brake
caused the loss of Il car to be- diScOv-
cred more quickly than was the case
in the old days. whom the couplings
were of simple design and the brakes
were operated by hand.-New Haven
Union.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
CALL FOR A NATIONAL CRY
Great Need in This Country, It's Said,
: for an Explosive, EXPIRES
= sive Yell.

American audiences are charged
with being unresponsive and apathet-
ic, particularly in patriotic outdoor
demonstrations. Americans are not
incapable of making loud, loyal noises.
and not averse, thereto. But rarely is
a parade staged in this city that does
not move throughout large part of
tators. The result is sometimes so
depressing as largely to neutralize the
desired effect Of the parade.
The will to cheer doubtless arises
all along the line, but there is no short
and easily exploded yell known to US.
'Hurrah," is the traditional American
word for cheer, but no man will ven
ture its use in public, unless in the
wake of a cheer leader who prefaces
it with "hip,&hip hip" Even then
the usual response testifies that this
method of cheering is getting rusty.
There is no lack of cheering on an
American football field, nor at any
kind of a demonstration on college
campus. The reason for this is that
good, expressive. explosive yellsi have
been devised for outdoor use. And
because they do explode, and because
they stand for something, the Ameri-
can public likes to use them. They
also like to follow a good yell leader.
America needs national yell. The
man who can coin one will do the
country great service Minneapolis
Journal 81
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
No More Pups.

A little friend of mine who lives
next door has been teasing his mother
for a puppy. Knowing the destructive
habits of such animals, she has firmly
refused to let him have one. At last
he persuaded her to let him borrow
one for half day to show her that
a puppy knew enough to properly be-
have himself Being warned that he
must watch the puppy every minute
it was in the house, the little chap
for time was careful to keep his eye
on it; but, finally firing of such vigi-
lance, he relaxed his attention only to
give the puppy the chance it had been
waiting for. 1t improved it to the full
by chewing to pieces one of his most
cherished Christmas toys. This was
too much for the young host. Good
night" he exclaimed, mo more pups
for me I'll get me 10 year old dog"
Exchange ... ...
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
GOOD EXERCISE IS MOTORING
Physician Seems to Have Made Out
Good Case for His Side of
Argument.

DR.. Henry Williams. in an article
in Motors, combats the theory that
motoring is reducing our opportunities
for exercise. He says its benefits are
threefold-physical. mental and vo-
litional. The buffeting of winds and
the inhalation of large quantities. of
oxygen stimulate digestion, assmila-
ton and eNcretion. This is true of
the person who merely sits. as we'll
as of him who drives. The latter, how
ever, benefits directly. Doctor Will
liams says: when you drive a car
40 or 50 miles over average American
roads, or a fraction of that distance
in any city, you give your arms and
torso course of purposeful calisthen-
les that rebounds directly to the bene-
fit of your muscles and arteries and
heart and indirectly, but no less sig
nificantly, to the benefit of your diges-
tive organs of elimination as we'll as
the nervous system"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Spreadinu JOY.

The JOY you give others will return
to you with interest. To be sure you
do not help others for returns That
would be mercenary and where it is
practiced men soon learn to read the
motives that prompt it. The result is
lonesome man>in a short time. You
will give your JOY for the. joy it gives
you to give it. You feel rewarded a
hundredfold in knowing you have
helped somebody Their grateful hearts
respond with overlooking gladness and
gratitude. It's no wonder you're glad
Yet it's merely the action Of the old
law that rewards the altruistic spirit,
with blessings,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
On Bakers Day. VI

Charles had been going to kinder
garten. about two weeks. During this
time the children had been taught the
song when the Sun Wakes Up at
Break of Day. The little fellow liked
it very much and tried to sing it at
home. The children had been told
about Mrs. Baker living above the
kindergarten and that she could hear
them singing. }, h .S
This fact, with the words of the
song made deep impression on
Charles. When he reproduced the song
at home, this is what he insisted was
correct when hen the Sun Wakes Up on
Bakers Day" 81. sss,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
HELD FAST 10 THO se FISH
Indianapolis Man Was Taxing No
Chances otsLosing the Prizes
He Had Secured.

Tom Genolin, of the railway mail
service. tells thrilling story of how
once upon a time he was tempted and
fell; how in the early hours Of morn
ing he slipped away to ia posted
stream and drew from thence five Of
the most beautiful bass ever seen.
The climax of his story reads thus:
The glorious day was peeping and
creeping through the silent trees
when gathered up my bunch of.
beauties and started homeWard 1
had not go,e far when / laid them in
pipe. When started TO pick them
up again 10 and behold they were
gone. A slight stir under nearby
bush brought visions Of some Prov
ling thief and l threw myself prone
upon the bush and clutched for the
place where the fish might be- That
is when l awoke and gathered myself
up from the bedroom floor where j
lay clutching a jangfing alarm clock
Mr., GenoIin thus ends the story:
"The tragic and unbelievable part
OF my story is yet to be told. The
day after the incident related went
to the pool concerning which l had
dreamed and there fished precisely
is | fished in my dream and caught
tive beautiful bass precisely as had
caught them in my dream and, lastly,
/ returned home with them, but not
once did ! lay them down in a clump
of graSs"=IndiananOl News.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
COSTS MONEY TO RUN zoo
Pets Of Londoners Are. Really Expen-
sive Propositions in the Feed
i y ing Line.

How much does it cost now to feed
dollars, say the officials of the London
zoo. And a giraffe costs half as much.
So that, with the increased prices of
food, have come new problems for the
keepers of menageries. The meat foods
include beef horse flesh. guinea pigs,
rats, cats, mice rabbits, frogs, snakes.
fish, pigeons, ducks. sparrows, gentles.
snails, ants and cod liver OIL The ga
zelles, buffaloes and anteiopes must be
provided with rock salt. They are fed
on oats, bran, hay, green clover, to-
gether with carrots and potatoes. The
birds are the most difficult to feed sat
isfactorily. Flamingoes, for instance,
require soaked wheat, boiled shrimps
: and fish cut small. Some birds are
fed largely on bullock's liver This is
cut into slices. boiled, then puff through
mincing machine. The mince is
dried in a slow oven and preserved
The dry mince is usually mixed with
bran or pollard. Quantities of insects
have to be Kept in stock for the insect
eating birds. These are principally
meal worms and gentles which is the
polite name for meat maggots. But
for some birds flies and grasshoppers
are required. The monkeys require
fruit, such as bananas and apples.
while the snakes must be fed on small
animals. such as rabbits, mice and
rats.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
New idea in Storing Coal.

The ingenious plan Of storing coal
in carbonic acid gas. as undertaken at
Dortmund, Germany, gives the safety
from spontaneous ignition of under
water storage. while the container Of
fers the convenience of the overhead
bunker. Each of the three cylindrical
bunkers constructed, with capacity
of $500 tons. has semi-spherical top
and. bottom, and three filing openings
at the top, with three discharging out
lets at the bottom. The lower outlets
are gas tight when closed. but as the
carbonic acid is much heavier than
air the upper Openings do not require
being absolutely leak proof A grab
on a structural steel tower unloads the
coal from a barge. The coal is dropped
into a small hopper. and then fed 20 a
push-plate conveyor, which is so placed
that it may serve in filling or empty
ing the three bunkers. The small
amount of carbonic acid gas that leaks
out In removing coal can be readily
replaced.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Valuable Tree.

A giant kaurl tree has been logged
by the Queensland forest service and
the timber sold for $1,000. It was
known as Bells tree and yielded ~
900 superficial feet Of timber in five
huge, logs, and the logging costs
amounted to $500. The net stumpage
came to twelve feet 6 inches per 100
super feet. Had the tree been smaller,
a higher prize would have been real
lied, as few saw-millers cared to han,
die it. This giant Of the forest was
offered to kindergarten for $50 on
the stump, being at the, rate Of less
than 20 cents per. super feet, twelve
years ago.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Inside Information.

EVERY little day" said the Slang
ster, "a wise guy gets hep to some new
idea"
"Just-ah-what do you wish to
convey?" the Social Scamp inquired.
ever notice how some of these
baby vamps mask their ears with seal
lops of hair?"
Il cawn't say as I have, old dear"
swell, the hair comes down over the
listeners like part of a waterfall, and
is tucked up underneath or in the
back"
my word!" ..s..
'I've just found out how they do it,
"How do they do it. tell me-"
"They make the bay windows stand
out by stufing little gobs of false hair
inside" .~.~ . -:
"How did you learn that?"
II know lady who helps to sweep
out a department store mornings
"My world" ~
"And she says the gobs fall out and
clog up the vacuum cleaners" =
Youngstown Telegram. 49,.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Fun for .the Girl.

81 One evening, coming home from the
s theater on the street car with my lady
friend, ! stepped from the car and
noticed an automobile coming up be-
hind the car. | kept myseye on the
automobile and took the elbow Of the
next person alighting after me, ex-
tpecting it to be my friend. Still watch
Ing the motor, ! led the elbow safely
. to the walk and then turned my at
tention to her. But, to my embarrass-
ment, who Should | find myself escort
Ing, but a great, tall man, who said in
the sweetest voice: Thank you, /
was never escorted by a young man
across aero the street before; you are the
akindest fellow ! ever met Ny lady
s. III, nd was following us, and she gig
Egled over the joke all the rest Of the
way home. - Exc change.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
The Artistic Temperament.

The Ilandlady' announced that we'll
known humorist and cartoonist was to
join us at our boarding house and we
all had expectations of meeting jolly
good fellow who would drive dull care
away. When he arrived he insisted
on having a small table by himself,
and instead of drawing his chair up
to the table always drew the table to
him, eating facing the wall, with his
back to the guests, and declined to
meet anyone. All in all he was sad
character to gaze upon and q great
disappointment to the guests. Ex-
change.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Artificial Tree for Birds.

#' Dr. Il. 3. Warren lis having a con-
crete tree built on his lawn at West
Chester, Pa to provide homes for
birds. The tree is upon a wire frame
70 feet high. Holes. of different sizes
will lure the birds to meet and rest.
AT the base # the tree will be a large
concrete bath to- provide the guests
with running water at all times. Imi-
,tation limbs on the '.tree' viii give
perching accommod ations. But the
question is. will the birds be, fooled
by this deliberately counterfeit tree7
We have seen some most elaborate
and expensive bird houses empty year
1Gftef year. .1s}
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
Envied the Tailor.

When Douglas d Fairbanks \ was a
little boy, FIVE years old he lived in
Denver, and he was always sent to bed
much earlier than he wanted ..to go.
Opposite his bedroom was a tailor
shop where the lights burned brightly
ia long time after Douglas. went to
sleep, He used to lie and watch the
industrious tailor. and one day he sur
.prised his father by saying that he
knew what he wanted to do when he
grew up; he would be a tailor, s:s5
I. '..tWhy?'' said his father
Because - said Douglas, 81 could
sit up then as long as ] wanted to --all
night if / pleased III