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O A A MUCH. bad trundled weighty triplets when his wife was wrapped in glurobt-r ifie bad -got up every morning and had bmlt the kitchen fire tfEEe had pormded oti her earned and had sawed upeords of 1 umber, And had stretched with endless patience several miles of stiff clothes wire. ?m •iM&hatd sworn off on his smoking just to help her on her missions. And ftad matched whole coils of ribbons with no thought of the disgrace $Le had eaten several samples at her cook ing exhibitions, With, a moaning in bis stomach and a smile upon his face. O bad borne the shirts she made hint, and bis courage ne'er forsook hint BE* had stood the socks she darned him, though the aprony was keen jff«hg/t worn her colored neckties, though his dearest friends shook him. And. the clothes that she selected he dis played witb humble mein. Stecfc when one night she showed him some pajamas she had made ior him. And informed him she expected that in them he would abide, Hie quailed before this torture and the thought of it dismayed him, And he cave one look remorseful, and he lay right down and died. —Clothier and Furnisher. MISTAKES. A ails you a A re Jyou ill?" Kat shook her head. ••I' enough," she a "You a expect any one to look as cheerful as _J^." do, unless •€key lead tflae same happy life. No «&care, not a pain, not a worry—I do you Nellie." "You envy mef Wh I thought young married women were the hap piest women in the world." "Don't fancy that, Nellie," said SEate, "and ir you desire to be happy, •never think of marrying." "I declare yon astonish me!" cried Heilie. "Why, when I was yourbrides an&td gave me the very reverse of -££iat advice, and that is exactly two a ago next Wednesday." a burst into tears. 3?eHie looked grave. **Wfeen did all this trouble com aaffliee?" she asked. "When? I don't eactly remember," oaidK&te. "He began to show his neglect by staying out late, and being «ross. Then he flirts and makes com parisons between my appearances ad that of other ladies." "H must be a very worthless creat «r«." said Nellie, quietly. "He's a splendid man, said Kat indignantly. "It's only his want of .A&eetion I complain of." Nellie took her friend's hand. "Is a of this yourfault?" she ask ^ed. "Mine? I'm sure a better wife could ziot be found," said Kate. "Oh, they a re all alike'" Nellie looked at her friend's dress a hesitated. At last she said: "You say Harry makes compari between your appearance "and ^fesfc of other people,"' she said. '-You totow perhaps you are one of those women who alter with their dress. I aretnesnber that you would never see Marry w.thout your hair dressed careful1 y, and every pin in properly," a id Nellie. "Now' excuse me, bat have breakfasted with your hair tucked up with one pin, a rumpled xobe, no collar, and slippers down at iiit* heel. You look like afrignt, and *STO years older than I ever saw you.*' "Oh he's used to that," said Kate. 1 can't bother to fix every morning." Nellie put her hand on Kate's arm. "There is no way of losing a hus fiaad'B admiration so certain as be in dowdy. You dress when you go and when you have company, And look like this in your husband's ^presence. Why, it I were married, my morning robe would be my pride, and I should, even feel anxious to have be coming nightcaps." Nellie said no more, but went away, leaving Kate to reflect that there insight be two sides to the question. at night Harry found her trim «eid neat as ever in his courting days, a his first question "Who is here?" ^proved that Nellie was right in one "£hing. And Kate answered: "No •Jaody," in a rather conscious-stricken* voice. It was plain tha Harry was pleased, mod, after all, it was easy to dress neatly always, but it wari harder to a the first humble step. Kat did It, though, like a heroine. "Harry," she said, "come home to lunch today. It shall be punctual." Harry kissed her. you'll promise me that I'll come, he said "but I'm greedy of time alone in the office, a "Where is your partner?" asked a has been ill for six months," -eaid Harry. "I'll tell you about it flome other time." And he flew to «atc the stage. A noon he was home again Kat as tidy, the baby fresh in its fresh xobes lunch perfect. The old court- 'lag times seemed to have come back again in Harry's manner and Kat 'twas happy. But that night Harry a out late again./gJCate walked ..^^fii» floor indignantly.* ?W "Nettie may talk," she said, "you a manage them*' jHe may be any where. He doesn't care for me, that's certain." then +he thought of Nellie's words rushed into her mind again. "I won't scold and won't sulk," she Maid. And she didn't only at dinner next dav she gave a little sigh and said a little sadly: H% "Another lonely evening, J" sup pose." Harry looked at her. 'Have you been lonely, my dear?" he said. "Of course, Harry." "It's a shame, ""said Harry, "and it's almost over now, Hartwrightis nearly well." "Has yoa uartner been so very ill'" asked Kate. "Didn't you know that?" "No—you never told me." Harry blushed. "The fact is," he said, "you blew me up and I got angry. I didn't likes to be suspected of all sorts of naugh things, when actually I was wear ing myself out with nursing at night and working by day. /^Hartwright was injured^in arailwaylaccident and has had a fearful time of it. He's a bachelor^and has no frelatives, and the doctor wanted to amputate a leg for him, I knew it eould be saved, and I've held out against them and saved it. He'll dine here next Sun day, and I wi^h yon'd ask your friend Nellie. He's" in love with the girl, and if she likes him she'll be Mrs. Hart wright before long. I think she'll make a good wife." "I knowjshe will," said Kate confi dently. But when Sunday came, and young Hartwright with it, and Nellie also, she met them with beaming smiles. The house was redolent of comfort and Harry as fond of his little wife as a husband could be. And when late in the day Kate, coming upon the balcony suddenly, found her with her kerchief to her eyes and saw Hart wright just escaping to theparlor, she stood amazed. "You are low-spirited now," she said. "No," said Nellie, "very, very happy. Oh Kate 1 you don't know how happy. But you told me it was the way to be miserable—to marry— and I've promised to marry Mr. Hartwright." "I told you a heap of nonsense and Harry has explained everything. Only, Nell, I've been kept in the dark too much." Nellie blushed crimson. "How could I, Kate," she said, "when I did not know he liked me at all. In fact, I fancied that he loved that little flirt, Jessie Brown. I've had my troubles, too Kate."—Bran don Banner. WALKING FISH. Tney Have the of Usinrthe Fins as Feet or Les The ability of a fish to retain its vitality out of water depends in a great degree upon its ability to keep the delicate tissue of its gills wet, says]the Youth's Companion, and this ability is increased, in a few species, by means of a peculiar construction in the head, which water is retained after the fish is taken ^out of a river or lake, the gills being kept wet by percolation from this reservoir. Some such species have also the power of using the lower fins as feet or legs, and are enabled by these two singular gifts of nature to pass over landjfrom one body of water to another. A correspondent in Province Welles ley—as quoted in the "American Anglers's Book"—relates that while passing along, during a shower of rain, the wide, sandy plain which bounds the seacoast in the neighbornood of Panaga he witnessed a singular over land migration of ikan puyr from a chain of fresh-water lagoons toward a second chain to lagoons about 10 0 yards distant. The fish were in groups of from three to seven, and were pursuing their way in a direct line, at the rate of nearly a mile an hour. When disturbed they turned and made an efiorb to make their way back to the lagoon they had left, and would very toon have reach ed it had they not been secured by the Malays who accompanied the teller the story and who looked upon the migration as an ordinary occurrence "at that season of the year. Upward of twenty were thus taken, during a walk of about half a mile, and no doubt many more could haye been obtained had the Malays been given time. The grounds these fish were travers ing was nearly level, and only scantily clothed with grass and creeping plants, which offered very slight obstruction to their progress. Sir Emerson Tennent mentions the fact"that he has seen fishes walking across the country. In India a writer speaks of fish that, by making an ex traordinary use of their fins, can climb trees. Poor In Clothas but Rich In Love, Among the instructors of the duke of York at Heidelberg is Professor Karl Knies, considered by many Germans thexjreatest teacher of political science in the fatherland. is without doubt the most popular professor at the famous old school, and possesses, -the power of personal attraction for students in an eminent uegree. His1 pupils have a sincereland deep affec tion for him, and .Jove to show their appreciation of his wisdom and good-heartedness in every possible Avay. is in«appearance the typical German professor, illustrated so often in "F igende Blaetter"and other com ic papers. His clothes never -fit his trousers are too short, and his hat and umbrella bear the imprints of age and many rains. But his very indifference to outward appearances seem to endear him the most to the students. No one ever appealed to him for comfort in vain. The crown prince of Greece, the late dukeofClar ernce, the prince of Baden have all listened to his words of wisdom. The duke of York could not have entrust ed himself to a better a N Y. Tribune. FOIfe THRIFTY JAEMEES. USEFUL I N O A I O N ON FARM TOPlCS.^/ Building the Land—Small Th'ngs to Be Attended to N ing Ejrgs in Dry a in Artichoke Culture—Cur Culture. Building UptheLandL" Much of the prosperity of old-time farmers, and of new settlers on virgin soil, was because so large a part of their work was and is devoted to making the farm better. On wild land something must always be done at first before it can be made produc tive. Then, too there are houses and barns to be built, fruit trees to be planted, wells to be dug and fences put up. In all these ways the early settler finds a use for his labor, which is paid for at good wages, while the soil remains fertile. But when fertil ity diminishes these improvements no longer pay. In all the older sections of the country, and in some places in the West, land can now be bought of disgusted owners for little more than the cost of the imprpvements, often for less. There is ""naturally much more caution in these days about im proving farms. It comes from previ ous mistakes in making improvements that did not pay, and is not always a wise caution. What is needed says a writer in Cultivator is a closer dis crimination as to the character and productiveness of improvements. Some not only do not bring money to the owner's purse, but sub ject him to an annual Dill of expense. In constructing a new house, for ex ample, many a man has found too late that not only aid the house cost more than it should, but the expense of furnishing it and tne style of living that it pre-supposed were all equally disproportioned to the farm income. We do not say aught against fine farm'houses, but they should follow rather than precede improvements on the farm itself, to produce enough in come to justify such dwellings. HOW TO IMPROVE THE FARM. shall the farmer heavily in debt begin to improve his farm 9 will not at once expend large sums of borrowed money in putting up ex pensive buildings and fences. Thpse he can probably better do without than he can with many other things that cost less money. He may and should spend part of Avhat he can set in manure, a'nd another part in tile for draining, using his own labor at times when other work does not press, to dig ditches and place the tile. Hat as this work is, in no oth er way will a man form greater love tor his farm than under-draining it. The rule of Nature always is that we love what we have saeiifioed most ior. Whatever may be thought of the Henry George theory denying the title to land bought with money, there onght to be no qnestion as to'thetitle of the farmer who has taken wet land and reclaimed it by thorough under drainage. And such a faimer not only thus acquires a love for the land he tills, but it is also the best way to make sure that he can keep it. Of the thousands of abandoned farms in the older States, comparatively PEW HAVE BEEN WELL DKAINED„ The money expended on them was put where it did much less for soil productiveness. Judicious planting of fruit trees and property caring for them until they come into bearing is another safe way to improve land. It is not enough alone, for the rruit trees must be well cared for and manured. Unless this is done they will entail loss rather than profit. When planting trees, most farmers under estimate the labor and manure they will re quire hence they plant too nxany. Fewer trees better cared for, and more money invested in the best stock, is the best condition for the farmer heavily in debt. If he buys ever so small a number of thoroughbred animals at first, and cares for them as he should, their increase will bring him out of debt. quicker than he can get out in any other way, and without impoverishing the Foil bv an exhaust ive system of cropping. Small Things A Cheap Ice Housa, Our Illustration represents an ice house made of rough posts and slabs. hence it can be very cheaply construc ted. Set the posts in place, the taller ones in front to give slope to the xoof.^ Nail the lowest board all around. The house is now ready for the ice. Cover the bottom with a layer of sawdust, shavings or cut hay and pack firmlv. Upon this place a tier of ice, keeping the blocks a foot from the wall. Pu a board next the ice and fill the space between this and the outside, with sawdust thus form ing a double wall. Pu on another layer of ice, carrying up the wall at the same time. Continue in this man ner until the house is full. The planks or slabs need only be slightly nailed, as they will be held in place by pres sure from the inside. Complete by covering the top with a thick layer of sawdust and putting on the roof. Artichoke Culture. A writer in the Orange JuddFarmer touching on the subject of feeding artichokes to hogs says "Ihaveraised and fed tbem several years, and would not now return to the old method of feeding corn alone. Since I adopted this system I have never had hog cholera on my farm nor so frequently had empty corn cribs. Artichokes can bfc planted either in Spring or Autumn. They are very hardy and will not be injured by any amount of freezing. Autumn is lather the best time to plant, as they will get the benefit of an early Spring growth, commencing to grow the last ot March when the weather is favorable. They are planted the same way and require the same culture as the potato the first year. During the second year they need no cultivation as there are always enough tubers lett in the ground to produce the next crop. If there are thin places, they can be re planted' In Autumn after the first planting I turn my hogs in and let them help themselves, when the frost has killed the stalks. Here they will fatten with only a little corn. In Spring I close up the fence and let the artichokes grow again. I keep two lots, one for Autumn and Winter use, and one for Spring. They are also good for feeding cows, being nch and succulent and increasing the flow of milk. Spring calves winter nicely on them, and colts eat them equally as well as corn. In good soil they will sometimes yield one thousand bushels per acre. They ai very prolific and fill the ground from row to row. I dig and pit a large quantity form stock during Winter, and when the ground is frozen feed them to my hogs. I think if our farmers would try this plan of feeding, they would never go back to the old way of feeding corn alone. Keeping Eggs in Dry Packing. A few of the methods of packing eggs dry, for keeping, have been tried by the New York agricultural experiment station, with the following results: With these the eggs were all wiped when fresh with a rag saturated with fat or oil which had been mixed with some antiseptic, and packed tightly in salt, bran, etc. Eggs packed during April and May in salt, and which had been wiped with cotton-seed oil, to which had been added boracic acid, kept from tour to five months with a loss ot nearly one-third, the qualify of those saved not being good. Eggs packed in bran, after the same pre liminary handling, were all spoiled aft er four months. Eggs packed in salt during March and April after wiping with vaseline, to which salicylic acid had been added, kept four and five months without loss, the quality aft er four months being much superior to ordinary limed eggs. These packed eggs were all kept in a barn cellar, the ordinary temperature of each box "vjurying little from 66 degrees F., and each box was turned over every two days. Little difference was observed in the keeping of the fertile eggs, and no difference was noticable in the keeping qualities of eggs from different fowls or from those on different ra' tious. 1 to Be Attreffded Now, ^In the press of work on a farm, many little things go unnoticed, or are seen at a time when it is impossible to attend to them. This is particular ly the case regarding barns, stables, chicken houses, etc. If the farmer will cast his eye around when in these places, and make a note of the broken hinges, the loose rattling windows, the holes in the floor, constantly growing larger from wear, the rickety perches, the neglected manure heap, broken posts, leaky roofs, and the thousand and one other little things that will give him annoyance in the near future, he can set apart a day or two to attend to his mending. Secure a few boards, a hammer, a saw, and nails, and got work with a will says a writer in Indiana Farmer, and it will surprise you if you have never tried it, to find how much happier you will feel to know that your cattle and horses are comfortable during the cold, stormy weather. not stop with repairs. There are few who cannot improve on the conveniences around one's premises. Have you a sloppy, muddy walk to your barn and out-houses? Have you an un comfortable place in which to milk? Are your tools arid implements un housed? Are all the walks leading to the house such as will make no extra work for the wife? Have you scrapers and mats at each door, enabling those who enter to leave dirt outside? It is unnecessary to ask more questions. Currant Culture, Plant in rows, four feet apart each way. Plenty ot light and air is neces sary to their best development. Prune every Spring. Keep the gtound mel low and fertilize moderately. If the bushes are troubled with insects, dust a little white hellebore powder over the leaves while damp. It may be necessary to repeat this several times, but the expense and trouble are trifl ing compared with the frnit produced. Successful currant growing requires care, patience, and constant attention, 3 ?/Short Pointers. Young hens roasters. for eggs, old hens for Better buy your milk and butter of the neighbors than to keepa cow that will not pay her keeping. *"V .*« 4 The poor cow is not to Vlame for being poor she is so by birth and breeding and can't help herself. A poor cow is a dead weight which will di*ag a man to the.^ottom of the slough of despond. Educate the butter-maker and slaughter the poor cow, if you expect to make any money out of dairying. Warm quarters, occupied with young hens fed a mixed diet, ought to give eggs this month and on through the winter. Cold quaiters and too much corn is the cause of few eggs on most farms. Especially so if the hens are old in bred stock. Do unto your cows as you "would have them do unto you If are stingy with feed they will be stingy with milk. *i*«P& Fritz Williams, Proprietor of SAMPLE EOOM -A5tT— BILLIARD HALL A Fpie line of Wines. Liquors and Cigars always kept in Stock.,„ •,*«*•«NEW BLOCK !*«t'f!%'A- .. Minnesota Street, New Ulm ., ^TUUUS KRATJSE BOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER is -AND- Paper Hanger. Ceiling Decoration a Specialty. All Work Executed Neatly, Prompt ly and at Low Bates. Shop, Corner Broadway and Fifth Street North. NEW ULM. MINNESOTA. FAAS & KOBARSCH. The atjove parties would give th„ public notice tbat they are now prepared to do all manner jaf plumbing and are ready to guar antee satisfaction. Charges reasonable. Office at Kobarsch's shop. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, CJhas. Stengel, Prop. Opposite Depot. I win, serve a hot and cold lunch every morning, and at the same time the finest line of wines, liquors and cigars will always be found on hand I will endeavor to ac commodate everybody to the best of satis faction, hoping to always extend and im prove the place. H.FRENZEL, —Manufacturer of SODA WATER, SELTZER WA1ER A N CHAMPAGNE CIDER. Centre Street, New Ulm, Minn. SALE ANDB OARDING STABLE. Fine turnouts furnished with or without drivers at reasonable rates. Fishmir, Hunt ing and Pleasure Parties Furnished Teams. Ladies Saddle Horses. Fine Carriages for Funerals. Office and Barn Skating Rmk. Fine Hearse for Funerals is kept in Order for such occasions. KRETSCH & BERG Proprietors. Cement Work. The undersigned announces that he is now prepared to do all kinds of ce ment work, such as sidewalks, cellars, cisterns etc., either by contract or by the day. All kinds of material and especially cement of the best quality kept on hand and sold at low figures lt* CHAS. STENGEL. NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. JOHN LUETJEN. H. HANSCHEN CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Estimates on buildings or on materi al and labor, more especially on ma son work, furnished on application. Prompt attention given all work and satisfaction guaranteed. The sale of all kinds of cement, lime, adamant (a new kind of hard a a plaster hair a specialty. ,*,„ ?*-*,«« S N E W ^'.%f I N BRUSTS HEADQUARTERS. For 4lie Best of Liqtfors^and Cigari the only place in the City is at £1 Chas. Brusts. *J§ Minnesota Street, NEW ULM,»i! MINNESOTA. '#^MlltW*WipP,9fP «HPj#«Hpy LOUIS BUENGER, UNDER TAKES and Dealer in all Kinds of it*." FURNITUREff Cor. Minnesota and 3d St., N. *$* N E W MINNESOTA. BUILDING STONE FOR SALE. The New Ulm Stone Company is reatiy to sell building stones at the Quarrr. For prices inqirire of J. Pfenninger, W Boesch, A. Schell. or Chas. Stol^enberg lledstone. NOTICE.—The use of land lor pasturing or cutting of wood or quarrying and haul ing of stone is not allowed nnless by a writ ten permit irom the company. NEW ULM STOK* CO LIME! LIME. WINKELMANN'S LIME KILN. On Minnesota Kiver. near New TJlia, is fully prepared to furnish lime of the very best quality any quantity to contractors and builders. Delivered 'o any desired point either by team or rail at liberal prices. All orders by mail promptly at tended to. FRED A. GRAY City Scavenger. Kew Ulm, Minn. Vaults, Cesspools and Chimney Cleaning. 111 kinds of Scavenger Work Promptly Aft* hnded to. 0. Box 588. All Orders by Jlail Promptly attended to. PETEB SCHEBEB, DEALER IN LATH, SHINGLES, D00B& BASH, BLINDS, all kinds Building Material. ffnr uxM. Hun Star Sample Room, and Farmers' Home. JOSEPH SCttNOBRICH, Prop7. Dealer in Wines, Liquors and Cigars. A fine lunch will be served every day. Cor. Minn. & Center streets. New Ulm Mkift Brewer and Bottler. tfS{W t/lM, Jli0 This brewery is one ofthelargest establish*?^ »t th« kind ia the Minnesota Valley and is &-*£ np with all the modern improvements. Keg *D4 bottle beer famished toany part of the city on ibort notice. My bottle beer is especially adapted for family use. Countrybrewers and others that bay malt wife find it to the'r interest to place their orders with me. All orders by mail will receive my prompt ftttenUon. OTTO SCHELL, Manager 0. F. Ruemke Cor. Minnesota and 3rd Nortb Sts. N E W ULM, MINN. Dealer in CHOIC E BROGEBIES. CRCCEERI, BLASSWABE and NOTIONS. All Goods oflered at prices which de» Jy competition. Goods will be delivered free to any part of the city. All kinds of farm produce taken in exchange for goods. DAKOTA HOUSE. O O S OFFICE—Nirw I N MRS. A. SEITER P-op. This house is the moat centrally looatoe) hotel in the city and affords good Sample Booms.' Meat Market* CHAS. STUEBE, Prop'r. A large supply of fresh meats, saa lages, hams, lards, etc., constantly oa hand. All orders from the country promptly attended to. CASH PAID FOR HIDES. KEW EM HABILE WORKS, lg, Schwendinger, to* li s£t ,11 Brep+t Monuments, Tombstones and aH ther work in my line made to ordn promptly and in a workmanlike mann«i treasonable rates. NEWULM. MINHlF SEO. BENZ SONS. Isaporten and WaeleeeJe Tlssls— la WINES & .•^'^«! .aM| U*# ST* -^*(S% if? 111 & ted fifer. At. 1—mmmi