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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
TO TEACH MINE WORKERS.
System of Education Looking to Pro-

System Of Education Looking to Pro-
lection of Life and Limb.
The anthracite coal mining compa.
MES are about to embark upon an. edu-
cational scheme which, the officials
think, will do more to lessen the mum.
Der of accidents than any other which
could be devised. Its purpose is to
give to the rank and file of mine work
ers the opportunity to learn mining
from experts. They will learn at the
same time how to protect themselves
and their fellows and how to over
come the difficult engineering prob
lens encountered in the anthracite
fields.
The pioneer in the movement is the
Lehigh Valley Coal company, says
Wilkesbarre (Pa.) dispatch. 1t is prac-
tically certain. however, that the other
large anthracite mining companies will
follow suit, giving practically every
mine employee the opportunity for in
struction. The door to promotion will
thus be thrown open to the humblesr
employee
At Lost Creek the Lehigh Valley has
made arrangements to soon open the
first school, A room has been fitted I'D
with desks, blackboard and other nee
essary paraphernalia. A reference Ii
brary and periodicals devoted to min
Ing subjects are also provided. Every
body In the mine, from veteran down to-
breaker boy, will be invited to attend.
The hope that the educational work
will substantially reduce accidents is
based upon facts recently reported by
the state department Of mines. James
b. Roderick. chief Of the department
says that ignorance or carelessness
causes the great majority of casualties.
Especial emphasis will be laid upon
the protection of life and limb. No
text book will be regarded as of so
much Importance as the rules and reg
ulations for safety.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
THANKSGIVING DAY CHANGE.
A Plea To Have Il Celebrated on 4
Monday.

Monday.
The first presidential Thanksgiving
day proclamation was issued by Wash.
ington in 1889. The day designated by
him was Thursday, Nov. 26. Six years
later, when he again invited the people
to return thanks for blessings received
the day selected was Thursday, Feb
10. When in 1863 President Lincoln
announced a national day Of Thanks.
giving he chose the one first selected
by Washington-th last Thursday in
November. That has been the practice
during the last forty five years
Now some innoyators who have nc
respect for precedent and are ready to
challenge any custom, no matter how
venerable, are asking why there should
not be a change, says the Chicago Trib.
une. They do not take exception to the
month, but they do to the day of the
week. They say that if the annual
thanks were to be given on Monday in
stead of Thursday nobody would be
put out in any particular, while there
would be distinct gain for many. A
Thursday holiday cuts the week in
two. A Monday holiday would only
clip off day at the beginning of it.
The schoolteachers and the children
would be delighted with three consecu.
sve days Of freedom. Business men
and their employees, it is alleged
would be better satisfied if Monday
were selected. People who wished tc
celebrate away from home would have
to sacrifice one business day less to
do it.
This reasoning has force. 1t may
have convinced the Canadian govern.
ment, which recently announced that
the Dominion Thanksgiving day was
to be on Monday hereafter. Every.
body is pleased when Christmas or the
Fourth of July comes on a Monday, fol-
1t means two consecutive days of nc
work. Labor day comes on Monday
and is none the less welcome. People
can give thanks and eat turkey on
Monday as well as on Thursday.
The president can in theory desig
nate any day of any month he pleases
but he is fettered by custom. He would
not like to break it's chains unless rea.
sonably certain that there would be nc
popular cry that he was robbing the
people Of their venerable Thanksgiving
day. If the champions Of Monday wish
to carry their point they must agitate
more energetically. They must open
the eyes of the community to the supe
riority of Monday. After they shall
have done that whoever may be presi
dent at the time will do the rest.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
Turner Hall
Program of Classes. in GYMNASTICS.

Program OF Classes IN gymnastics.
Boys class, ages 6sto ii: Wednesday,
afternoon, 4.3O to $50; Saturday
forenoon, 900 to 10:15.
Boys class, ages Ill to IA: Monday
and Thursday afterno moons, 4:30to 5:3G
Youths class, ages IA to II: Monday
evening. 7:30 to 8:45 and Friday eve
ming, 7:30 to $50.
Girls class, ages to IL: Tuesday af-
ternoon, 4 80 to $50, and Saturday
forenoon. 1915 to 1870.
Girls class, ages II to Is: Tuesday
and Friday afternoons, 4:30 to $780,
Misses class, age over Is. Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, 1870 to $50.
Ladies' class: Thursday evening, 500
to 900.
Mems class: Tuesday and Friday eve
nings, $50 to 9:45.
Fencing class: Sunday forenoon, 1000
to 11:30.
Sunday School: Sunday forenoon,
1880 to Has.
HERMAN HEN
Instructor.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
Tho Swiss Republic.

The Swiss republic, with various
changes. has survived from the year
1908, though its present constitution
dates only from 1874. It now embraces
three nationalities - German. French
and Italian. The original nucleus Of
the state, however, was German, and
even now considerably more than half
the population is German. Federated
under the constitution Of 1874 are
twenty-five distinct states.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
The Jacobson Of To-day
and the Jacobson Of Yore
F11sy Excuse Offered by His Newspaper Supporters for
His Riding on Railroad Passes IN Political Campaign

stultifed champion of the people,
want to know 'swhat about it?'
The Preston Times explains that
when Jacobson rode on passes the
anti-pass law had not yet been enacted,
and it was no crime to ride on pass.
Technically, perhaps, it was no crime;
actually, it was. It was no technical
crime, perhaps, to kill man before
society enacted statute against
homicide. It was no technical crime
to crush competitors and rob them of
their means of livelihood by forcing
stealthy rebates before the anti-rebate
law was passed. On the same by
pothesis, it was no crime to ride on a
pass before the law made it a public
offense.
In all the years of Jacobson's work
in the legislature, he was the loudest,
most excited opponent of free passes.
He accepted none himself. so he said,
at least. He declared that when some
rode on passes the plain people had
to pay the bill, and that this was dis
elimination. He said that to accept
passes was to become obligated to
the railroads. And in these things he
reflected the conscience of the people,
which later matured into statue law.
Yet, not long after he go QUIT of the
legislature, and before the echoes of
his condemnation had died away, he
was found riding on passes. He says
that he stands where he stood fifteen
years ago. Yet he has since not only
accepted railroad passes from the
railroads, but he has accepted a nomi-
nation for governor at their hands,
with the help OF other predatory cor
poratlons and selfish interests. He
has condemned all these things, and
afterwards embraced them.-Duluth
Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14

The Albert Lea Standard recently
issued this challenge to the Jacobson
press of the state: sWhile ranting on
the stump against the railroads in the
campaign two years ago, jacobson
was riding on free railroad passes.
Somebody please deny it. Still silent?
Then we dare you to deny it.
Nobody has denied it, least of all
Jacobson. Neither will he deny it.
Two years ago, when Mr.. Jacobson
was stumping the state for Cole, it was
shown that he was riding on free pas
ses. One of them was Omaha pass,
No. 1904. Shortly after this disclos-
ure, Mr.. Jacobson came to Duluth,
and The Herald, thinking he might
wish to deny the charge, gave him a
chance. He refused to take it; he re-
fused to deny it; neither did he seek to
justify his action.
But instead of denying the charge,
here come newspapers like the Preston
Times and the Ortonville HeraldStar,
and demand: "What of it?" The
weakening influence upon moral fiber
of the bad example of man high in
the councils of a party is clearly
shown by this, because if you would
20 back in the files of these very news
papers you would find them filled with
righteous indignation against the use
of passes by public officials and in
political campaigns. They said then
that passes were bribes; that rail-
roads did not give them for nothing,
and that those that accepted them
placed themselves under improper
obligations to the corporations be-
slowing them. This was all true, too.
But now these newspapers, forced by
an unhappy fate and by the arrogance
Of party bosses to the support of, a
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to
gether, and until the last few years was
many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
has proven cataTrh to be constit1itional
disease and therefore required constiti1-
tlonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
do, Ohio is the only constitutions cI,re On
the market. Iti taken internally in doses
from ~. drops to a teaspoonful. It acts di-
of the system. o Theu nu atT faucous surfaces
dollars for any case it fails to cure, Send
for testinlonials and circulars.
ADDRESS: F. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c. -
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
EXPLOIT IN BUILDING.
Cottage Erected In Illinois Town In
Less Than Twelve Hours


Less Than Twelve Hours.
The building Of a five room cottage
In East st. Louis, Ill.,, with base.
ment, the dwelling painted, plastered
and ready for occupancy in less than
twelve hours. is the accomplishment
OF an East st. Louis contractor. He
boosted it was an easy matter to build
modern cottage in one day, and he
finished thirty minutes ahead Of his
schedule.
At O'Clock the other morning the
site of the house was a vacant lot of
the common weed grown, tin can
strewn variety, with no hint of the
change to be made in evidence In an
hour and a half the foundations were
complete; stone and brick, the latter
Tor chimneys, were unloaded quickly,
while basement excavation was be-
ing shoveled out.
Meanwhile the carpenters were get.
ting their floor timbers and joists up.
The flooring took up an hour, and
three hours work brought the house
to the ground floor level The masons
during this time ran up the chimneys,
and the interior wall studding went
merrily up. By noon the roof was well
under way, the framework for wall
and ceilings completed and ready for
fathers, plasterers. plumbers, gas fit
tiers and electricians.
Women in the neighborhood served
luncheon for the workers, who quit for
the regular noon hour.
The cottage has in addition to it's five
rooms modern bathroom The house
cost $4,000.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
but IN France, owing to It's tedious ma

but IN France, owing to It's tedious ma
ture, it does not appeal to men. Often
from an early hour in the morning TIL
late into the evening the women are
standing up to the knees in water,
with strong sun beating down on
them The result is that never a year
passes without some of them going
mad and having to be hurried away to
the asylums. The work is well paid.
as. indeed, it ought to be. while in the
case of the few who own beds the
profits are large, and small fortunes
are quickly amassed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
A Noah Webster Celebration.

Yale university and New Haven will
soon celebrate the one hundred and
hftieth anniversary of the birth of
Noah Webster, author Of the spelling
book and the dictionary. The Webster
homestead is still standing at New
Haven, and the window where Noah
Webster sat for upward Of forty years
While he compiled and rewrote his die
t1onary overlooks part of Yale college.
D1agonally across the street from the
window is the old Grove street Gene
terry, where he was buried. He was
born Oct. Is, 1853. ) ..ess...,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
BUYING THE WIND.
Iceland Wizards" Who Used 60 Sell
to Superstitious Mariners.

to Superstitious Mariners.
In the old days Of sailing ships Il
was common thing for sea captain
to .sbuy the wind for his voyage.
though, strangely enough, the only peo-
pie supposed to deal in it were the
Icelanders. When a constant success
sion Of battling winds or dead Gains
had persistently followed a ship for
more than one cruise, it was not at all
unusual for the skipper of big wind
TANNER to pay visit to Iceland for
the sole purpose of purchasing wind
enough to last him on his next voyage
or two
In every port in Iceland one or more
wind wizards" were to be found, who
were ready to sell favorable wind for
the next six months or a year to any
sea captain willing to invest in some
thing he could not see. The sailor, hav-
ing found his way to the magican's
house. first proceeded to spread out
upon the floor the articles offered in
payment for the Wind-tallow candles,
cloth. beads, knives. powder and lead.
After q good deal Of haggling and
many times adding to or taking away
from the little pile of merchandise be-
tween them the price was finally
agreed upon. and the captain passed
over his handkerchief to- the Icelander.
The wind merchant muttered certain
words into it. tying knot in the hand
kerchief at the end of each incanta-
ton. This was done to keep the magic
words from eyaporating. When GER
tain number Of knots had been tied,
the handkerchief was returned to it's
owner. with a strict charge to keep it
knotted and guard it with extraordi-
nary care until he arrived at the de-
sired port, and at each port knot was
to be taken out.
One old captain had been so bothered
with head winds that he kept crying
out to the Icelander to tie another knot
in the handkerchief and another and
another, so as to be sure of plenty Of
the wished for zephyrs. until finally
there was no room for any more knots
and three knives and thirty candles
had been added to the heap on the
floor. But when the wind greedy cap
tain was two days at sea terrific gale
began to hurl the ship ahead Of it,
ever increasing in fury, until she
plunged along under bare poles, with
her nose deep in the brine and tons of
water washing her decks. Darker and
darker grew the sky, and higher and
higher rose the racing, foam crested
waves. hammering the laboring vessel
with ceaseless blows until her seams
began to open under the strain and let
in the sea.
Then, believing he had the devil in
his pocket. the badly frightened skip.
per drew forth the much knotted hand
kerchief and threw it overheard. In q
short time the tempest abated. the
clouds cleared away, and the waters
subsidized. but one seaman never again
bought wind. He was content with the
kind that comes by chance.-New York
Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
The Issue In Minnesota.

It is getting on toward the end OF
the campaign in this state, and it is
pretty nearly time somebody proposed
an issue. AS Governor Johnson has
been at the head of the state govern
ment for nearly four years, and as
jacobson seeks to elbow him out of
that place and put himself in, it seems
to be up to Jacobson or his friends to
furnish that issue.
So far, they haven't done it. The
issues have all come from the other
side. On the Johnson side there is
the issue of a splendid administration,
full Of real Accomplishments for the
state and it's people. There is the
issue of an alert and aggressive
friend OF the people, whose magnificent
achievements have brought honor
to himself and fame to his state.
There is the issue of four years Of
progress and prosperity, during
which much has been done to develop
the latent resources of the newer parts
of the state. In short, there is the
issue of a capable, active and bril-
liant state executive who was renomi-
mated by his party in spite of his own
reluctance, and whom his party now
brings before the people for their ap-
prevail and for reelection to two years
more of the same kind of government.
On the other side, what is the issue?
Third term? That has already been
forgotten. "Divided responsibility
That has turned into an excellent
argument for the continuance of pre-
sent conditions, and Candidate acob-
son is trying to forget that, too.
Extravaganza? The governor has
shown that even though that accusa-
ton would rest upon the Republican
legislature and not upon BIN if it were
true, it is distinctly not true; and the
people, from whom that complaint
would have quickly come if it had
been justified, support him in his
showing. Continuance of the policy
of regulation of large interests for the
benefit of the people? Having been
nominated by these large interests,
jacobson is saying nothing of this.
The personalities of the candidates?
There is very evident reluctance on
the part of the Jacobson supporters
to do anything more than to assert
that personality is not an issue at all.
What is the matter? Governor
johnson has occupied his present
Office for nearly four years. If he
had made any mistakes, If he had
done things that he should not have
done, or left undone things that he
should have done, the record is an
open book, and the opposition should
be able to find the flaws if there
are any flaws in it. But there is no
hint of anything of this nature. In
deed, the jacobson advocates exhibit
the greatest reluctance to discuss this
subject at all, and they pass by the
open book of that record with their
eyes fixed determinedly in another di.
rection.
Is the issue partisanship? The ia.
cobson advocates would like to make
that the issue. They know that Gov.
ernor Johnson has been elected twice
with the aid Of voters who are nomi
nally Republicans, but who do no
feel that their partisanship binds then
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14
Coloaist Rates to Pacific Coast Via Chicago &
North Western Ry.

Special low: one way, colonist sec
ond-class rates to Pacific Coast points,
daily during October. Tourist Sleep
ing cars through to the ceast from
Mankato, Alton, Sioux City and other
points. For particulars inquire of
any ticket agent, The North Western
Line, or address S. A. Hutchinson,
Manager Tourist Dept. PIP Clark ST.,
Chicago. AZ
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14

to support all the candidates the in
terest and their lackeys, the bosses,
present to them. Those independent
Republicans are citizens first, and Re-
publicans second; and jacobson has
emptied the walls of his wrath upon
them, telling them that they do not
know enough to split their tickets. If
jacobson were better man than
johnson, no doubt these independent
Republicans would vote for him; but
not otherwise. They have not been
shown that he is better man, or that
be is half so good; they have not been
shown any reason why they should de-
sert Governor johnson except that
jacobson, nominated by the Dunns,
the Reeses, and the Shevlins, is the
Republican candidate. The reason is
wholly insufficient.
Ii Theodore Roosevelt is really
looking for undesirable public men he
need go no further than the republican
national ticket. Let him inquire how
many millions of dollars of Indian
oil leases have been given away since
James Sherman was made chairman
OF the committee on Indian affairs of
the house of representatives. Let him
ind out what the Indians ever got for
those leases in excess of bottle of
whiskey. Let him find out how MANY
times those leases were given away in
some omnibus appropriation bill, and
how few were granted in bills whose
title stated their contents.
Ii the republican party proposes to
appeal to the conscience, the patriot
ism and the incorruptible citizenship
,ot the country it must rid itself of the
candidacy of James Sherman or it's
campaign is forgery on it's face
Buffalo Times.
Inc cold facts are simply these:
There has been for the past six wears
a constantly spreading feeling of dis
satisfaction with Mr.. McCleary, which
eliminated in his defeat two years
ago. In spite of newspaper claims to
the contrary, he polled about l,7Oo
votes less than the combined votes of
Mr.. Guttersen and Mr.. Ewert in the
recent primary election. He is not
the choice of the majority of the Re-
publicans of this district. He is an
astute politician versed in all the arts
OF diverting the public eye from the
main issue and, we regret to say, he
seems inclined at times to resort to
trickery to which his opponents will
not stoop. Should he be reelected in
November he will again mend his
fences, rehabilitate his machine and
will undoubtedly succeed in fastening
himself, like the old man of the sea,
on the shoulders of the Republican
party in this district for another term
of years.-St. James Journ al G. azette.
a republican paper.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-14

French Oyster Gatherers.
The work of oyster collecting and
culture is most ras,1itable for women.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
A Prayer to the Christ Child.

Behold, We season is again at hand;
once more We SHOWS Of winter lie upon
all We earth, and all C%hrystantie is ar
rayed to the holy feast.
Presently shall ye star burn with ex-
ceeding brightness in We east, ye sky
shall be full Of swete music, ye angels
shall descend to earth with singing,
and We bells-ye joyous Christmas
bells-shall tell us of ye babe that was
born in Bethlehem.
Come to us now, o gentle Chryst-
childe, and Wake among us peoples of
We earth; enwheel us round about with
Thy protecting care; forfend all envi-
Gus thoughts and evil deeds: teche
Thou Il hearts with the glory of Thy
love. and quicken us TO practices of
peace, good will, and charity meet for
Thy approval and acceptation.-Eugene
Field
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
A Christmas Warnino,

"In giving Christmas presents to
children" said Mrs. Frederick Schoff,
the president Of the National Mothers
Congress. "our first aim should be ia
transport, to overjoy, to %enrapture.
Il once knew a little girl who. on fire
with excitement, rushed in from her
bedroom to see her presents on Christ.
mas morning and after one look burst
into loud sobs of disappointment and
disgust.
ut was some such experience, l have
no doubt. that had befallen a little girl
friend of mine.
"'-Are YOU going to give me anything
for Christmas" she said one day to her
aunt.
"'Yes, if you're good the aunt re-
piled.
"The little girl gazed at her aunt with
wistful earnestness. Then she said:
"'Please, auntie, then, nothing use
full "-Cincinnati Enquirer.