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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-05-20
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-05-20
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-05-20
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New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-05-20

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Weavers,

A typical Scots crofter weaving with
the old-fashioned hand weaving loom
side by side with the very latest pow
er-loom, giving an idea of the great
gain in output and quality achieved In
mechanical invention will be an inter-
esting item at the efficiency exhibition
in London, where the use Of invention
and effort will be shown to be OF
greater value than mere personal ap-
plicntion. Not only will the produc
tioas be seen to be more quickly execut-
ed, but the worker will find the proc
ess less mechanical, strange as this
may appear. What will doubtless
strike all visitors is the enormous in
crease In efficiency in the weaving in
dustry brought about by labor-saving
machinery. 1t seems strange, too that
more workers are required to keep up
with the efficient power-loom.-Chris-
tan Science Monitor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Disconcertina, at Least.

William Koch, an interior decorator,
had an experience recently that might
we'll be-well, 1t might at least be
called disconcerting He went to a
North side church one morning to
make some plans for decorating the
edifice. The janitor had told him
where to find the electric switches, but
when Koch got there he found he had
misunderstood the directions. He
couldn't find the lights, so he went
cropping through the dark interior in
search of them. Carefully he followed
the line of pews, then went forth in
open territory.
Then it happened. Koch, with arms
outstretched stepped into space-and
landed with a healthy splash in the
baptsmal pool. The janitor forgot to
cover it.
He sat by the fire in the church
basement long time and regretfully
unused on the fact that 1t wasn't Sum
day.-Indianapolis News.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
DISPUTE ACCURACY OF CLOCK
Heirs Of Danish Nobienan Stand to
Win or lose Large Amount Of
Money by Decision.

What time was 1t when the castle
clock struck twelve?
Ten thousand pounds, normally
about $4,000, hangs on the answer to
this question, explains the London Ex-
press correspondent in Denmark, which
has been the subject Of lively argu-
ment In the eastern civil court, COpen-
hagen.
The clock in question Is in the tower
Of Lystrup castle, the seat Of one Of
Denmark's greatest landlords. the late
Count Moltke, a life member Of the
ancient house Of lords.
Count Moltke died on the night of
December 19-20,191S, few seconds
after the castle clock struck twelve.
The Danish parliament recently ap-
proved new and increased scale of
death duties, applicable to the estate
OF all persons who died after midnight
on December 1920.
1t is contended by the counts heirs
that the castle clock was fast and
struck minute too soon. The count,
they say, died on December 10, and
therefore his estate is exempt from
the increase In the death duties.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
To Prevent Suicide by Gas.

Henceforward nobody but hermit
with bad cold in the head will be
able to commit suicide by the gas
route, according to officials of the
United States bureau Of mines. The
bureau recently announced the pefec-
tion Of system of mixing chemicals
with the Illuminating gas In such a
manner that leakage can be smelled
"all over the house." Experiments
have been successfully carried out with
several different kinds of odors, in
Guiding banana, wintergreen and grain
alcohol. Two other connections result
in odors described as "sumptin' terri
ble." Ancient eggs are said to be mild
in comparison. This OdOr. the experts
believe, is sufficient to discourage any
would-be suicide who is worth the saw
ing. The discovery is expected to
make accidental asphyxiation impossi-
BILE and will also go a long way to-
ward preventing destruction of prop
erty by gas explosions.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
IN THE NAME OF RELIGION!
Weird and Savage Rites INDUCED In
by the khIysts, Sect Of
Russian Fanatics,

One Of the queer religious sects Of
the world Is the Christs or Khlysts Of
Russia They hold their meetings In
their churches with hundreds Of men,
women and children attending. After
prayers and hymns that last until
midnight they begin a wild dance amid
sobs and groans. After this con-
tinues for while they abandon their
garments and put on white robes and
white stockings. Candles are lighted.
and a new dance begins that consists
Of rapidly revolving, the men to the
right. the women to the left.
In short time a sort Of madness
falls upon them. They leap, scream,
beat themselves and each other. in
dulge in wild laughter and cries, and
then begin to tear of the garments
with shouts Of ut Is coming, the Holy
Spirit is comingl" They begin to 60
about on all fours riding on one an
others backs. rolling about on the
floor. biting and scratching one an
other and at last go entirely insane
and dash about until they fall ex-
hausted. BY dawn the church floor
is covered with naked men. women
and children. unconscious and blood
stained.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Weathers Effect on Birds,

Coh and hunger in England has
driven armies of birds. even the wild
est, into streets and gardens and I'M
wonted places. Great tiocks of green
plover. which are singularly shy as a
rule appeared in the stackyards and
paddocks of Hertfordshre villages. In
Buckinghamshire several thousand
rocks in flock was no rarity; and
old scouts came right up to the back
doors and competed for their food
with the poultry and the pigs. In Lon
don 1t was curious to see the pigeons
feeding buslly on the ice. to the obvi-
Gus irritation Of the g1Ills. whose bills
are useless for securing fragments
from a hard surface 1t was hard to
be defeated by land bird In their
own element. Starings showed even
greater ability in picking up morsels
from the foes and even the water of
the river, a feat very foreign to their
nature.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Unidentified Sea Monster.

A sea monster believed to have
come up from the depths Of the Gulf
stream to die ara drifted into the
shallow water north of the Key, where
it was discovered by e. E. Garretson
is subject for much inquiry by scien-
lists. A fragment Of the skull, weigh
ing three tons and measuring 16 feet
in length and feet across, was taken
to Miami in tow of the yacht Corsair
Thousands Of curious persons visited
the dock, but none could name the
creature, and Mr.. Garre tson was I'M
certain as to the species to which it
belongs. He is inclined to the opin-
ion, however, 1t Is a giant squid, for
the only bone he could salve was the
skull. Mr.. Garretson declared that
when he first saw the monster it was
surrounded by sharks which We're de-
vouring the flesh. He did not know
how long 1t was. as he saw only 80 or
90 feet Of it, with the head protruding
6 or s feet above the water. Mr.. Gar
retson. with the aid of the yacht,
pulled the head from the body and in
doing so broke the skull. He is con.
fident there Is another piece of the
skull there as large. or larger, than
the fragment he took to Miami.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Costumes Of the Valleys.

In some parts of the Black Forest,
writes Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick in her
book Home Life in Germany" every
valley has its own costume, 50 that
you know where a man lives by the
clothes he wears.
There Is valley where all the
girls are pretty, and on festive &C.
casions or for church they wear
charming, transparent black caps with
wings to them. There is another val
ley where the men are big-boned and
black-a-vised, with square, shaver
chins and spare bodies, rather like
the English legal type; and they go
to church In scarlet breeches. long
black velvet coats and black three
cornered hats. Their women-folk wear
gay-colored skirts and mushroom hats
loaded with heavy pOmpons. In Cas-
sci there are very curious costumes to
be seen still on high days and holt
days; from Berlin people go to the
Spreewald to see the Wendish peas
ants; and in Bavaria there is still
some color and variety of costume.
But everywhere you lear that these
costumes are dying out. The new
generation does not care to label it.
self
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Hawaiian Volcano Active.

The great volcano, kilauea, 80 miles
from Hilo. Hawai-, which for two
years has been exhibiting tremendous
volcanic force, recently overlooked the
rim of its active throat and burst
forth in fresh activity and brilliance.
After weeks Of steady rising of the
lava in the pit Of Halemaumau, the
House Of Fire" the molten column
reached the rim and poured over it
toward the southeast side of the great
crater, while simultaneously another
lava stream burst through the crater
floor some distance from the first.
Hundreds Of fire fountains began play
ing on the numerous lava lakes and
sheets of flame gushed internationally
FROM beneath the crust surface
Along the main line of the old rift
which the new flow is following, sew
eral lava cones Of small craters have
formed and these add to the weird
scenes with their laundering blasts Of
steam and fire.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Illustrating Times Change.

The gift of $4,000 by the Hudson's
Bay company to McGill university re-
Gently emphasizes the changed atti-
tude of the old fur corporation toward
civilization. Time was when it knew
no university but the wilderness and
no business but furs.
Chartered in the days of Charles
H., the company's history for 200 years
was the history Of western Canada.
Beginning with the first posts on Hud-
son bay, it came in time to be absolute
lord of three-fourths of North America.
The companys contributionx to NC
Gill university is its reco&dtt91 @
the fact that education is the f6s4
stone Of national prosperity. 1t might
have been content to remain mon
arch or the wilderness. But 1t has
broadened it's horizon and Is now
throwing it's vast energies and re-
sources into the work of developing
Canada.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
BURIED WITH THEIR HUSBAND
Of the Congo Are Inferred With
the Corpse.

The Barua tribe in the Congo dis
trict Of Africa have number Of
strange and horrible customs, but of
them all their burial customs are the
most terrible. When a man dies a
large grave is dug. The corpse and
his wives-these may be anywhere
from two to twenty-are escorted to
the hole with wild music and the in
terested attendance Of the entire tribe.
The chief wife is thrust into the hole,
and the corpse Is then lowered. The
second wife follows. The dead mans
relatives then proceed to break the
arms and legs Of the two wives so
they cannot get out Of the hole. The
head Of the corpse Is placed in the lap
Of the head wife, and the feet In the
lap Of the second wife.
The rest of the wives are then thrust
into the hole, their limbs broken. and
they are forced to sit in a circle about
the corpse and its human supporters.
The priest chants a few words, and
everyone falls to with rude shovels,
dishing earth into the hole. They new
er stop until the grave Is full and the
corpse and the living wives buried far
under the earth. The bowls of the
wives with their broken limbs and fear
Of the terrible death are drowned by
the banging of drums and the yells Of
the delighted tribe.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
WENT UP IN RECORD Time
Comfortable House That Was Begun
and Practically Completed In
Single Day.

A farmer In one of the Middle West
ern states bought material for a
house and then discovered that for
lack of means he could not 60 on with
1t. The stuff lay on the ground for
months, when one day a generous
thought came into the mind Of con-
tracing builder. He called his men
around him and asked for volunteers
to build the farmers cottage, telling
them he would undertake to do 1t with
in one day If they would contribute
their work. Twenty-six carpenters, ma
sons and painters agreed. on the con-
dition that the farmer would furnish
a chicken dinner, and time was fixed
for all to report at the site Of the pro-
posed building.
Every man appeared on time and all
went at once to work. Each worker
was assigned to particular part and
the house began to 60 up with a rush.
When noon came the framework was
all up and the chimney was started.
Then came dinner. The wife Of the
farmer had fried two dozen chickens.
There were ten loaves Of bread, four
dozen ears Of corn and nearly bushel
of mashed potatoes. The dessert con-
sisted Of cherry cobbler and various
kinds Of pie. The contractor had to
call off his men for fear they would
eat SO much they would not be able
to finish the Job.
The hurry began again. Before the
roof was on the plasterers were at
work, and at exactly six o'clock the
cottage was finished, all but the Sec
ond coat Of paint and the skim plas-
ter. neither Of which could be put on
before the first coat dried. Everything
else, even to putting on the locks and
hinges, was done before the men were
called off. and done we'll.
The contractor complimented his
men when the job was complete. He
said that although he had done
hurry" work before, he had never
known a house to be begun and COM
pleted in day.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Perfume at 500 Per Ounce.

The harvest of Bavurian roses for
last year. being one of the worst on
record. the price of the essence has
gone up very considerably. The
wholesale price just now is round
about $50 an ounce. Before the war
1t was 81. Contrary to popular be-
lief, however, altar of roses is by no
means the most expensive scent on
the market. Civet is worth wholesale
just now $25 an ounce, and musk 500 !;
ambergriS, which forms the basis for
nearly all the best quality scents,
costs $50 an ounce. and is hard to get
at that. These prices refer, in the
case of perfumes to the essential oils,
one or two drops of which will make
quite decent-sized bottle of scent.
Only dealers in precious stones carry
more valuable stock in a small space
than the dealers in these highly-con-
centrated essentiaroi!s. A quite mod
erate-sized safe in the Office of firm
of wholesale perfumers will frequent
ly contain stock worth $125,OOO.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
The Bow of It.

The three children We're on the
street car on their way to school-a
boy and two younger sisters The sis
tiers disputed who was to push the
button to notify the street car con-
ductor to stop the car. The older sis
ter won and held her finger on the
button for more than a block. Then
her brother rose. pulled her hand
away arbitrarily and pushed the but
ton. The older sister stepped into
the vestbule, followed by her sister,
to be the first to step off the car. AS
1t stopped, the brother brushed them
aside and led the way. The sisters
having alighted, waited for the car to
go on, but the boy rushed across the
tracks, ignoring the warning changing
of the bell by the motOrman.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Electrified Tourmaline.

The crystal. tourmaline, has very
remarkable optical properties, fact
known to most people. However, few
people have heard of Its peculiar cleo
trical properties. Tourmaline ~
capable Of attracting small bits of pa
per and straw in much the same way
as amber. This attraction is, of course,
due to an siectrostatic charge.
When the crystal is exposed to sun.
light of a low temperature. it loses its
electrical charge, but regains 1t upon
being hehted again. If it has a mega
tive cher at first, 1t will have a
positive charge when 1t is reheated.
Several other precious stones ex-
hlbit various phenomena along this
line. bat tOurmaline is the most inter.
esting and spectacular of all.-Popu.
lar Science Monthly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
Enter the Rouqed Ankle.

Introducing new fad for miady-
rouged ankles.
Not content with carmine lips and
blushing pink cheeks, latest fashions
have decreed for ankles of a delicate
pink. At Second street and Broad
way, the advance guard" of Los An
geles' elite made her appearance the
other day with spider-web hose and
her ankles tinted delicate pink.
Mere men gasped and halted as the
vision, attired in the most fashion
able garb, alighted from street car
and unblushingly made her way
through the throng that quickly gath
cred.
There was no mistake-the ankles
were rouged and the young woman,
according to modistes, was but the
first of the thousands of young wom-
en- who will take up the fad.-Los
Angeles Express.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
MERET0 NATIONS
PrincipaIities of Europe That
Seem a Joke.
Free and Independent, Though Not
Much Larger Than Many Counties
in the United States.

Historic background for Monte Car
los national-and international
place in the economic scheme of
things seems to have been discovered
at last. A survey Of the ''littlest pow
ers" by the National Geographical So
ciety, just published, finds that Theo-
dOric the Great was q man Of most
delightful manners at dice" He
alone Of European conQuerors, 1t adds,
gave Monaco respite from wars.
Theodore must also be conceded
the title Of good SPORT" even in
these modern times, for the geogra-
piers have found this comment on
him:
III Theodore loses, he laughs; he
is modest and reticent If he wins"
But they could find nc smaller ma
ton to replace Monaco as the littlest
power Of the world, at least terri
torially speaking. Its eight square
miles, completely covered with gam
ing tables in popular fancy, is un-
matched down the scale, its popula-
ton Of $4,000 defies comparison. I'm
ports include visitors, 100000 of
them in 1913; revenues come from
visiting bank rolls, it appears, and
exports are chiefly bullying pockets or
blasted hopes.
San Marine, completely surrounded
by Italy, stands next with $4,000
square miles, the geographic experts
state. and Is remarkable chiefly be-
cause 1t has virtually no police force.
Reason for this is found in the retir-
ing and peace-loving disposition Of the
good saint after whom the little re-
public is named, for, having finished
helping oppressed Christians to wall
In the city of Rimini San Marine re-
tired to this spot, SO the legend goes
to solitude and simple living, and
taught his people to make war only
In self-defense.
AndOra, bit Of Spain, 191 square
miles in size and 10000 feet in air,
in the heart of the Pyrenees, is en-
rolled with the little powers 1t Is
ruled by first syndicate and snug
CLING is the national topic Of CONVEX
sation, 1t is asserted, and this route
between France and Spain is said to
have been much patronized during the
war in that way.
Then there is Lichtenstein, sixty
five square miles, surrounded by
Switzerland and Austria, which finds
1t unnecessary to have any army at
all. since 1886.
Luxembourg, we'll and favorably
known to the American soldiers who
tramped through it en- route to the
Rhine; the occupied zone along the
great German river and Turkey in
Europe, reduced to the environs west
of COnStnntinople, also are noted
among possible little powers" but
one name has been dropped from the
roll. Montenegro. now part of the
kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
SloveneS.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
REGAL SPLENDOR AT WEDDING
Father Of Chinese Bride Certainly
Provided an Unusual and Elab.
crate Marriage Ceremony.

An unusual and most elaborate Chi
nese wedding ceremony which took
place in Rangoon recently was that of
the daughter of Lin Chin Thong. Chi
nese merchant and shipOwner.
The palace Of the Chinese merchant
Is known as "Dreamland." Here, ac-
cording to a recent article, he lives
with all his sons and daughters and
brothers and sisters and cousins and
aunts and all other relatives who can
show rightful claim to relationship.
There are so many of them. in fact,
that he maintains twelve motor cars
for their use
When the guests arrived in Dream
land" they found the bride alone at
an altar engaged in a religious cere-
mony. She was dressed in magnificent
robes and wore gold crown eight
inches high, which even in the palm
lest king and queen days was con-
sidered to be some height for a crown.
But this particular crown extended in
both directions, as 1t were. for all
around 1t hung long ornaments, which
hid the face Of the little bride. Blush
ing under her careful makeup, to q
point just bit below the mouth. She
wore enough diamonds to outshine an
opera singer, and not one of her
fingers lacked the adornment of a
ring.
When the happy and doubtless also
fortunate bridegroom arrived six Chi
nese musicians began working over
weird-looking instruments, and pro-
duced what they called song of well
come to the bridegroom, who was at
tired in a robe of blue and gold. After
the two principals had advanced to
greet each other, the bride retired to
an antechamber, where all the guests
filed by to greet her. After this was
over everybody went into the bridal
chamber. which contained a bed en-
veloped In pale pink silk and lace,
looped back on each side with silver
embroidered curtain loops. A bolster
Of the same material divided the bed.
On the bridegroom's side was silver
salver filled with tobacco. To look at
him nobody would have thought that
he was such a heavy smoker as that.
After the guests had examined the
bridal chamber number of Chinese
girls skipped in and entertained the
guests with dancing.-London Mail.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
HINT FOR OWNERS OF PETS
Mystery Of How Spit was Neps
White Is soIved-secret Learned
From Washwoman.

Another secret process was unwit'
ungly betrayed at street discussion
between two women recently. Inc
women, deliberately dressed and SEEM
ingly Of the sheltered life" type stood,
pets in leash, as they gossiped. The
one with the japanese spaniel spoke
FIRST:
IL have an awful time with Togo;
he Is such little aristocrat," and she
jerked at the chain as her substitute
for child showed desire to greet
passing mongrel. HE detests CASTLE
soap and l always use facial for his
bath, but he just adores lilac-scented
talcum powder afterward and l have
q spray with lilac water that the
both of US use. How's little SNOWFALL
nowY (referring to the other woman's
Spitz). 1--WE heard he was Ill. You
must have been worried sick. l often
wonder how you keep him 80 white"
The other wOman's turn. a. pam
pered pets milled about: 1T was ter
rible: Snowy bad collie; ate too much
sQuab-we have to get them especially
for him, the little darliHg-but we
got the best doctor we could ind and
he was all right In two days. Oh,
yee, how do I keep him SO white7
Bluing. Always after his bath l put
him through bluing; learned 1t from
watching a washwoman once. She
put her fine white clothes into bluing
and 1t works just as well with Snowy"
Portland Oregonian.