New Ulm review., 1900-12-26

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NORTHWESTERN PENSION pIAr.
E.p,oysss 70 Have the BsDsllt q : nsw sys.
ten.
The Northwestern will present its 27,-
600 employees 9 permanent pension sys-
tenn. 70 its scope the pension system
proposed, which will 90 into effect Jan.
i, 100, is the most sweeping yet effect
ed Iby any American corporation, in that
| e takes 8inaeyery emPloye Of the system
from the highest to the lowest there Is
no discrimination. The average. number
OF employees Of the road during the last
twelve months has been "a, ,72e, and II
each has at least three persona depend
ent upon him or affected by his euccess,
this pension plan really enters into the
lifs5o 10000 people.
tbs board will pension employees Of
|ths rad ,,pon the following plan:
Any etnploye who is between sixty
I've and slAty-nine years Of age, who has
l,ssn thirty years in the employ Of The
road, and who IS disabled in service,
viii recsive pension OF one per cent
Per month, calculated upon his monthly
rate OF wages for the last ten years Of
his servlce with the company.
Any cmploye who has reached the age
Of seventy years, and who has been thir-5
~ years il the employ Of the company,
will beTetired upon pension Of per
cent per month, calculated upon the
monthly rate Of wages paid him for the
last ten years of his service with the
company.
Working in harmony with this plan
is another rule Of the company that ii
will not employ any man over thirty
five years of age.
When Washington became Capital Of the Init
Cd States.
Many fanciful tales with regard TO
the removalsof the government to Wash.
ington have been repeated until thev
have gained credence," says Anne Hol.
lingswortil Wharton in January New
Lippincotr. 'One story to the effect that
the treasury of the United States was
Brought to Washington In one two-horse
wagon IS readily disproved by the fact
that all the government effects, includ-
ing books, papers and moneys, were
conveyed in vessels. Christopher Hines,
in giving his recollections Of this time,
says these vessels landed and discharged
their cargoes ut Lear's Wharf, and thai
their contents were then carted away to
the War and Treasury offices, the only
1.-TWO government buildings erected at thai
time. Mr.. Hines says that many Of tile
boxes were marked with the name ot
/ Joseph Nourse, who was then Register
OF the Treasury, and that as wagons were
IscaIce5in Waslingtonone cart was EN-
Ip1oyeu to remove the contents of thu
ships. This fact may have given rise t
i the one wagon story, as it is rot stated
how many trips the single cart made
from the wharf to the government offices
| Another statement, that ga single pack.
ship brought all tile government fur.
niture and archives to Washing is al.
so d,sprovea by Mr.. HINES recolle llections
lin which he speaks of several vessels be:
ing used in the transfer. It also appears
from the records of the Treasury Depart.
ment that the expense of the remova
amounted TO forty thousand dollars
which was . rather large sum for q NOV.
ing that could be accommodated in-ont
wagon or ship. =
The average man would rather marry
lagirl that chsws tobacco than girl that
Winks.
Fat women have to lie honest, but ev'
lery thin woman IS really thinner thar
she looks.
When woman proposes, she calls i
amaking love- :; when man makes love
she calls il proposing
woman can neysr fool her husband
into thinking she ne.ds.a trip by saying
that her face. is ..the best part OF her 4
The most pleasure woman gets ou1
Of getting ! ateIegram she gets from in
agining III the things before she open,
il th)t she knows aIen't in it New