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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

from Tennessee and knows all the emf
nent men of that State. He was tell
ing good story the other night of Col.
Sanford and Major Saunders, prom
inent business men of the Knoxville re
ion. They were once on a Pullman com.
ing this way. 1t was hot and they sat In
pajamas far into the night. An old
man came in, lighted a cigar, smoked
and said nothing. They did not recog-
nize him, and kept on talking about
the miserably poor representation, their
State had In Congress. 1T Is a pity
said one of them that State like
ours should have such poor worthless
men at Washington. Our senators are
no good, old Harris Is played out and
Josiah Patterson Is the only man In
the House that amounts to anything
AT this remark the stranger arose and
In a tone of thunder began to hurl
invective and abuse at The two men
''It is about time | was taking part in
this conversation" he yelled and went
on to tell few warm things to the
astonished party Of two. When he
had subsidized bit one of them asked,
But who are you to get so mad about
IT." who am 1? Well, | am Senator
Harris, ding you, and | have much
more to say to scoundrels like you
Both men were amazed and they has
tened to apologize. They gil became
and the old man often told
the story on himself
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
POLITICAL TAXATION.
LEGLSLA TON LIKELY REQUIRING
PUBLICATION OF I'LL LARGE
CONTRIBUTIONS.

such a Bill, introduced Last Year,
was Looked upon as a Crank Meas
ure-Mill be on a Different Basis
This Session,
Exposure of the practice of the
great lie insurance companies and
other corporations, OF making conti-
buttons to political campaign funds
and of deyoting large amounts Of
money to influence legislation will
bring before the next session Of
congress the question Of the passage
Of bill similar to that introduced at
the last session by Representative
Bourke Cochran, of New York, and
Familiarity known as the Corrupt
Practice" bill. 1t may not be that
this bill will be taken up and given
the serious consideration which it
was denied at the last session, but
that bill containing provisions of
the same general description as those
of the Cochran bill will be introduced
and pressed to a vote is moral GER
tainty.
The Cochran bill provided that
every contribution of more than $50
to a national campaign fund should
be reported to the clerk of the dis
trict court Of the United States,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
THE PRESIDENTS TURKEY

auxiliary came into great use during
the war of the Rebellion. The pom
toon train, however, Is a very cum
bersome affair when the ordinary fat
bottom boat with the necessary tim
bers and accessories are packed on to
what is known as the "pontoon train"
The German army recently adopted q
sort of sectional pontoon boat which
allowed of greater mobility to the
train,
However, the soldiers Of the United
States Engineer Battalion have been
drilling in the use of pontoon boats
made Of heavy canvass stretched over
a wooden frame. These boats are wa
ter-tight and when assembled are cap
able of supporting six or more men
A boat may be taken apart and packed
into a small bundle light enough to be
carried by one man. Upon arrival at
a small stream all that Is necessary is
Aor each man to unstrap his bundle,
Quickly put the boat into shape, and
Aa1lnch 1t into the water. The wagons
which must necessarily carry the tim
herring and flooring of the bridge to
be, can be sent forward with a much
smaller guard than is necessary when
the cumbersome pontoon train wagons
each carrying boat or section, are in
motion.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
One Good Use for MiIHonaires.

Regret has been often expressed re
garding the threatened extinction oil
many species of wild animals.
or late, however, some of the world
millionaires have begun to devote their
attention to the task of preserving
them, and numbers of wealthy men
have established or endowed parks
and private geological gardens, in
which buffaloes. antelopes, giraffes,
gnus, and other dwindling species are
carefully cherished. In some cases
herds Of bison are kept. after the fash.
ion OF deer, on the estates of great
landowners.
Nor are Europe and Asia behind.
hand. Large preserves Of big game
are to be found In France and Ger.
many, and In England the Duke OF
Bedford has made wonderful collec-
ton of wild animals at Woburn Park.
It comprises many rare animals, In.
Guiding waterbuck. gnus, sable ante
lopes. and some almost extinct species
of deer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
Foote's FarragO.


Foote, the comedian, when a younl
person Of either sex applied for a pc
sition, seldom refused outright, but
gravely handed them the following
lines, and asked them to commit and
repeat them, to him correctly in ter
minutes. If repeated with no error
he promptly took them for trial.
That there could be no collision
With those who applied later, he IRE
quently changed the order of the lines
and She proper namesi
SO che went into the garden 70 cut q
cabbage leaf 70 make an apple pie and
at that time o great she-benr coming up
the street pops its head into the shop.
What no soap3 So he died and she very
s-npudently married the barber: and there
were present the Picnlnnies. and the Job
lilies and the Garyulies and the great
Panjaudrum himself with the little round
button at the top. and they fell 20 play
ing the game 81 catch as catch can. .
till the Eunpowder ran out the hsels Of
their boots
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

! Ineligible. Among the hundreds OF
such which she received the other day
was one addressed to "Ygnac Lech,
Combryja Co. brot stryt no SOB,
Szanony Pan"
How many, or rather how few, peo-
pie would have known how to so about
! locating this person. The letter was
postmarked Florence. Mrs. Collins
own store Of information told her that
the Cambria Iron Works Of Johns
town, Pa, was employing a large num-
Der of Italians and she sent the letter
on. Sure enough Mr. "Yanac Lech"
was there and received the letter
which, without Mrs. Collins assist
ance would never have fallen into his
hands.
A facetious student at the University
of Virginia wrote to young society
girl in Washington and addressed the
envelope entirely in Greek. 1t takes
greater obstacles than that to balk
Mrs. Collins and the young woman re-
reived her letter as promptly as If
it had been addressed in the most
legible English hand. The list of such
letters is almost unlimited in length.
A Spaniard sent a letter to "Sr. Fer
nado Maya, Fuerte galen Colo" and it
was promptly forwarded to Mr.. Maya
at Fort Garland, Colorado"
Mrs. Collins is a charming woman
and occupies tiny apartment in one
of Washington's fashionable apartment
houses.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

to the republican committees in the
last three presidential campaigns,
and John A. Mccall, president Of the
New York Life Insurance Company
admitted that he had contributed
S150,0Q0 Of the eompany's funds to
the same committees. In fact the
big companies have frequently been
contributors to both political parties.
Public May Demand Legislation.
There are two questions involved
in any fair consideration of these dis
closures. The first is the desirability
of corporations taking such an active
and influential part in political cam
paigns and the second is the moral
ity of corporation officers making
contributions on their own initiative
out Of funds that are really trust
funds.
OF course law can be made pro-
hibiting campaign contributions by
insurance companies or other corpo-
rations. This may correct the abuse
or 1t may not. Laws are not always
obeyed or enforced. There, for exam-
pie are the laws of Moses. The world
has been violating them for thou
sands of years. 1t might be consid-
cred fair If the directors Of every in
surance company, savings bank, trust
company or other corporation hand
ling the peoples money, would adopt
a rule forbidding absolutely all such
contributions and holding every off,
Ger financially and morally respon-
sible for its observance. Second, POI
litical candidates and committees
could announce that they would
neither solicit nor receive co-tribu-
tons.
Public sentiment is rapidly crystal
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

Patti Lyle Collins, head of the "Open-
Ing and Unavailable Division" OF the
Postoflce Department.
Each holiday season brings to her
desk thousands and thousands of
Santa Claus" letters and were she of
the ordinary type of clerk, thinking
only of the salary she draws twice
yIonth, these letters might go into
Uncle Sans waste basket without so
much as thought for the writer's.
Not SO with Mrs. Collins. Through
her generous heart, her love for chill
dren and, possibly, with a memory or
two Of her own when she, too, believed
In the cal existence of the children's
patron saint, this lovable woman at
tends first to her duties of returning
the letters to their writer's If this is
possible and then she plays Mrs.
Santa Claus" to her army of little
friends.
Christmas Presents to the Children
When srch thing is possible Mrs.
Collins finds out the addresses of these
children, sends them some little thing
they have asked for and gets her
friends interested in them until she
has now earned the title which came
to her so long ago merely through her
associations with this part of Uncle
Sans postofiice.
This Is rather the sentimental side
OF Mrs. Collins work, but there Is an
other and scientific phase of it which |
has made her invaluable to the Gov
eminent She is the official chiro- |
graphical expert of the Department |
and through her efforts each year /
ninety per cent. Of mail matter bear
ing manifestly indecipherable adj
dresses finds its way to the person to
whom 1t is addressed.
Mrs. Collins is linguist and q deep
student. Added to this she has stored
away in her brain fund OF general
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
WHITE HOUSE XlIAS DINNER.
THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY CELE-
BRATES IN TIE GOOD OLD
FASHIONED E,AK.

Always Have Huge Rhode Island Tur-
key Which Is not Spoiled by French
Cooks. = President Himself Docs
the Carving.
Old fashioned cooks and old fash
toned cookery hold the fort in the
White House kitchen at Christmas.
tide. When the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt give one Of their great state
dinners to eighty or one hundred
guests, they usually entrust all the
preparations to professional caterers,
but when 1t comes to the dinner which
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
Strong on "Details.

'Rastus. where's that rake7f'
de rake's wild de hoe, Marster.
We'll. then, where's the hoe7"
'sMarster. de hoes wild de rake"
"Well, 'Rastus, confound It. where
are they both ?"
"Dey'g bon togedder, Marster Pears
like youse pow'ful ticker bout details
d's mawnin'. You leave de regulatin
of vi dat to me, MaFsteF. and Ill look
out TO- 20 interests.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
Criminal penalties were provided for
violations Of the law.
Looked Upon as a Cochran Oddly.

A-COA~0 GROAa 90 q &OGkEan O0QIIYs
The bill was treated with derision
last winter, both by the daily press
and by gentlemen Of the house OF
Representatives the Senate and
Third House. 1t was worth a laugh,
people said. There was very little
corruption, they averred. The idea
that corporations employed legisla-
tive agents and disbursed huge sums
Of money for or against certain bills
was moonshine doled out bv sensa-
tionalists to crafty the morbid fancy
and the appetite for scandal Of a Pc
culiar class OF people.
The Legislative inquiry into the af-
fairs and conduct OF the Equitable
Life and Mutual insurance companies
at New York seems to have placed
the matter of campaign contributions
and legislative disbursements In
other than humorous Tight 1t me-
tiers not whether the corporations
come forward voluntarily with their
contributions to camnafvn funds or
whether they are solicited and hound
ed by campaign collectors until they
contribute the resulr Is the same.
president Gillette of the Mu-
tuaT Life Insurance Company testi-
fed that his company contributed
$92.500 Of the policy holders money
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
NEW PONToON BRIDGES.
coIIapsible Boats of Canvas Which
Can C Carried by One Man.
The soldiers Of the United States En-

The soldiers of the United States En-
gineers' Corps seem to have solved one
Of the greatest problems which has
confronted generals in command OF an
army when on the march. Small I'M
fordable streams are often encountered
by the army and these must be crossed
in the shortest time possible. In fact
large rivers often confront an army
when about to give battle to the enemy,
and it would take weeks, if not months,
to construct even temporary bridges
to allow the men with their heavy
ornaments to cross. The pontoon
boat, of course, is well known to every
reader Of history, for this most useful
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
MRS. SANTA CLAUS.
VNCLE SANS DEAD LETTER EX-
PERT GUIDES STRAY CHRIST
MAS GREETINGS.

Sends out Many Presents to Children
HAS a Remarkable Memory and
KnowIedge,and Decipners the most
Puzzling Addresses.
Tucked away in a little corner Of
the Postofice Department at Washing
ton behind a desk which has held a
thousand interesting stories sits a
charming white haired woman who is
known the length and breadth of the
land as Mrs. Santa Claus"
The woman to whom this suggestive
ly dear name has been given is Mrs.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

izing into the conviction that corpo-
rate contributions should either be
made impossible or else required to
be made in such public fashion that
they would be robbed of their bane-
ft1l effect
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

The popularity Of 'srrlIby" for a
time exceeded that Of any novel pub
Rshed. with the possible exception Of
Uncle Toms Cabin
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

Oh that ware where | would be,
Then would | be where am not,
For where | am. would not be,
And where I could be, cannot.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

Senator Harris Baked.
Henry Clay Evans, late consul gen.
eral at London, was once in Congress
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

knowledge which enables her to solve
problems which would puzzle hun
bred other heads. Her knowledge OF
streets in various cities Of Europe led
TO her compilation Of street directory
OF its countries.
The value of Mrs. Collins work in
ferreting out addresses is all the more
notable when 1t is considered that each
postoflice in all the large cities has a
division especially set apart for de-
ciphering illegible and otherwise puz-
cling addresses. So after this has been
done letters which are still unclaimed
are sent to the postofiice at Washing
ton.
Knows Al Languages.
Mrs. Collins has made such a study
OF this rather psychological work that
she knows just what section Of the
country, even to the cities. In which
various nationalties have settled. She
can put her finger on the Japanese,
the Chinese, Greeks, Spaniards, Italians
and all the rest Of them.
This particular talent has enabled
Mrs. Collins 20 decipher many a letter
which would have been otherwise I'M
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
To De Family Reunion.

President Roosevelt and his family
follow the general policy OF all pre-
vlous occupants Of the White House III
observing Christmas as a family fes-
tiyal This year 1t will have especial
significance as reunion, since Of late
months the junior members of the
Roosevelt household have been scat
tered as never before, by reason OF
their attendance at different schools
and colleges. The Roosevelt Christ
mas, while family affair, Is by no
means confined to the immediate
household. The Roosevelt children
have long been allowed to entertain
their numerous cousins on Christmas
and other relatives are likewise In at
tendance. while the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt usually ask q few per-
sonal friends to also join the party.
Christmas dinner at the White
House is served in the evening and the
President arouses an appetite for II BY
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

is pre-eminently the home meal of the
year the French chefs have to give
way to women who know just how to
prepare the generous wholesome
dishes that an American citizen looks
forward to finding on his dinner table
on the joyous holiday. President
Roosevelt also shows a fondness for
carving the turkey himself.
A good old fashioned Christmas dim
ner moreover, with all the essentials
from turkey to plum pudding is reg
ular institution at the White House
during the present administration.
Perhaps President Roosevelt, with
his assertiye good health and his fam
lily Of lively young folks, are particu-
ly well qualified to appreciate a rous.
ing yule-tide feast, but whatever be
the reason certain II is that during the
Roosevelt regime the Christmas re-
past has become one Of the most i'm
portant as we'll as one Of the jcllie1t
meals of the year.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

CONTINUED on next pase.D
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08
Redwood Falls RELIGIOUS.

A. d. Stewart OF Redwood Falls
was in the city Thursday evening on
his way to Hanska to inspect the
creamery there in the interest of a
Minnesota creamery insurance COM
pany, of which he is president. Mr..
Stewart talked interestingly of the
recent revival in his home city. He
says that the work of Evangelist
Sunday was remarkable and that the
results are very satisfactory. The con-
verts he made are sticking. The bust
ness men of the town hold meetings in
the K. P. hall during the noonhour
three times a week, Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays, and Sunday
afternoons mems meetings are held in
the courthouse, which tax the capacity
of the large courtroom. The churches,
says Mr.. Stewart, are crowded every
Sunday.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08
Bare Escape from freezing.

With his hands and face badly
frosted, it was only the timely arrival
of A. j. Lovestrand that saved Simon
Brader, a young farm laborer em-
ployed near the city of Sleepy Eye,
from death Tuesday night of last
week. Brader had come that city
and taken a drop too much of the
liquid that he thought would warm
him up. And when he left for home
he became confused and fell from the
high sidewalk along the vacant lot on
East Main street, between Third and
Fourth. He was unable to get to his
feet again and lying in the snow soon
lost his senses. Mr.. Lovestrum who
passed that way about II o'clock,
noticed hat lying on the snow and
upon further investigation stumbled
over Brader's PROSTATE form.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08

LOCAL NEWS.

Fossil Green has put in a telephone!
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. P. J. Eichten last week.
Special remnant sale next Monday
and Tuesday at J. T. Neumann's.
Fl. N. Somsen was in Minneapolis
on business Wednesday and Thursday.
T. A. Blatterman of st. Louis was
d visitor last week at the home of M.
Mullen.
Miss Meta Vogelpohl and Mrs. Emil
Buenger were visitors with Mankato
friends Wednesday,
Miss Mathilda Meile is confined to
her home with a severe attack of in
famatory rheumatism.
Editor G. @. Cooley last week sold
his Lafayette Ledger to Roy Peterson,
a we'll known young man of that vii
lage.
Health Officer Dr. J. H Vogel re-
pOrGS eight births Tor January, seven
boys and one girl. There were ten
deaths.
Miss Adelaide Schneider of Sleepy
Eye was in the city from Friday to
Sunday visiting with relatives and
friends.
j. P. Read, secretary of the Mime
sofa Mutual Fire Insurance company,
was in the Twin cities on business
Wednesday.
Mrs. Alice Burton of Chicago ar
rived in the city Monday for a visit of
ten days or more at the home of Mrs.
Francis Baasen.
The pupils of Miss Bretta Price in
District No. will give basket social
in the schoolhouse Friday evening,
February 10th.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08

DR.. J. r. Hollester of Sleepy Eye
was the guest of Geo. w. Barnes in
this city yesterday
In this issue of the Review there APP
pears in supplement form a financial
statement of Brown county. It shows
the county to be in excellent financial
condition with assets over liabilities of
over 100000. The total valuation of
the county for 1904 is So, 223, 465, of
which s7,097,773 is real estate and
81, l25, 692 personal property.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08

An amendment to the General
Statutes relating to holidays provides
as follows: The word Holiday" shall
include New Years Day, being Janu-
airy lst; Lincoln's Birthday, February
18th; Washington's Birthday, Febru-
airy 22nd; Good Friday; Memorial
Day, May Both; independence Day,
July 4th; Labor Day, first Monday in
November ofthe even-numbered years:
such day as may be set apart for
Thanksgiving by the proclamation of
of the governor, and Christmas Day.
No public business shall be transacted
on these days except in cases of
necessity, nor shall any civil process
be served thereon.
| Mr.. Gergoe S. Murtfeldt and Miss
Minnie Patthey, design artists. who
have both been with Mendenhall the
florist for the past ten years, having
charge of Mr.. Mendenhall's green
houses and shipping department, have
opened a Grst-class flower store at
1926 Nicollet avenue under the firm
name of Murtfeldt & Patthey, with a
complete stock of flowers, plants,
baskets and designs of all kinds and
for all occasions. The many years oil
experience in the florist business in
making up fancy bouquets and floral
designs, with a thorough knowledge ir
packing, are the best guarantee thai
your orders will be put in most up-to
date style. Telegraph Or telephone
your orders. Both phones, 2261.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08
VAGARIES OF A COLD.

You can never be quite sure where
cold is going to hit you. In the fall
and winter it map settle in the bowels,
producing severe pain. Do not be
alarmed nor torment yourself with
fears of appendicitis. At the first sign
of a cramp take Perry Davis Pain
killer in warm, sweetened water and
relief comes at once. There is but one
Painkiller, Perry Davis. rs and so
cents.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08
TITS EASY TO SAY

sBe careful, but we must all go from
heated houses into chill outer air, and
the change sets us coughing and Wheel
ing. Avoiding winter colds is difficult;
curing them is not hard if you take
Aliens Lung Balsam. Better begin
when the cold is young and not wait
until it settles deep into the lungs, for
then, even with Aliens Lung Balsam.
complete relief will be slower.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08

Look at our new laces and embroi-
deries.
The best wearing shoe is the Douglas.
Sweet Orr overalls and jackets to be
had only at our place.
just received a nice lot of Ladies
white muslin underwear.
Eggs taken in trade or cash.
Groceries received fresh every day
DR.. Fahrney Alpen-Kreuter is the
best blood purifier.
Read our ad.
Our dress goods stock is complete
beautiful line.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-08
WEDDING BELLS ARE RUNG TODAY
Nm. Cavanaueh and Emma PuhImana Take
Marriase Vows This Forenoon.


William Cavanaugh and Miss Emma
Puhlmann were married at eleven
O'Clock this forenoon by Rev. II. b.
Sandmeyer at the parish house. Only
q few friends were present and the af-
fair was a quiet one. Charles Stuebe
stood up with the bridegroom as best
man, while Miss Lucy Mueller acted as
bridesmaid.
This afternoon the newly welded
couple leave for short trip which
will include the Twin cities and pos
slbly Fargo, n. D. After their return
they will be at home at the Hummel
house on the corner OF Center and
German streets.
Both of the young people are we'll
known in New Ulm social circles and
the bridegroom is prosperous young
business man, being a member of the
firm of Cuddy & Cavanaugh, plumb
ers. The bride is daughter of Aug
ust Pullman, one of the best known
New Ulm contractors.