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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
The ttPorcupine''

A THE beginning of his reign, A Louis XII of France directed that the crown of gold then in use be replaced by anot' IT coin. This piece of money was promptly styled "porcu- pine." and such was the name by which it was recognized.
 In 1901 Lord Puisard de GIacis was appointed governor of Macon. He ar- rived at this city with his wife. who was very naughty and dignifed. The baillie was there to greet him. to- gether with the chief men of the city.
 After mutual salutatlons were over. three farmer: appeared before the Gov ernor; saying they wished to purchase tracts of royal land. ;. ~
 . "Very weIl." replied the Governor; leach of you bring me porcupine to- morrow. shall give the three of you an audience tomorrow morning"
 Once outside the castle. the three farmers scratched their heads in per- plexity. "A porcupine apiece!" What a strange requestl And porcupines were animals not readily found (You see. the worthy farmers had never heard of a coin by that name) So they hunted &ealously III tJ1o WOouS AoA NHNAA tS pines.
 The next morning the three farmers punctually arrived at the Governors au- dience chamber. Each carefully bore porcupine in his arms Seeking to rid themselves of their charges until the Governor appeared. they deposited the little animals on chairs
 NSoon the lord entered with his lady. the baillie bringing up the rear. Ace knowledRinR the humble bows of the farmers, the noble party seated itselt-- but, alas. upon the chairs Already pos sessed by the porcupfnes NY Laqy tainted, and was supporter py the pa1l- lie. who was himself suffering rom numerous wounds inflicted by tne spines of the porcupines AS TOT the Governor-he was too angry to tnlnk of anything but the stupidity or the farmers. Needless to say, they were not granted the land they sought.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

N E RS. BARN-OwL rested In an al- NN most erect position, her droop- lVE ing eyelids indicating that she
 was asleep. Little Peter, too. sat stiffiy upright. endeavoring in every way to initiate the manners of his mother. Peter was trying very. very hard to be dignified, and to set a good example for his two younger brothers. who were several weeks younger. But the tiny brothers were not thinking of manners just then. Wee balls of down were they, nestling cozily beside their moth CT. Daylight had come upon MT. Barn owl during his adventures begun the preceding evening. so he had been forced to take refuge in another hiding place some distance from his own nest. Mrs. Barn-Owl's concern did not pre- vent her from taking nap. however. and, as 1t was broad daylight. she and her little ones were very sleepy in- deed
 Meanwhile, Boy was painfully clambering up the sides of the old tow, CT, almost ridden. with vines and creep CTS of refreshing green. It would seem that he must surely fall and break his neck. but he appeared not to mind the danger. Working his way steadily up- ward; gaining foothold in crevices of the mouldering ruins; grasping a sturdy vine--on he climbed until. with mighty effort, he drew himself up to level with the tower where was the home of Mir. and Mrs. Barn-owl and the ht- tle Barn-owls.
 The Boys eyes gIeamed wickediy as they fell upon Peter Barn-Owl. Truly, the little fellow was as cunning as an owl could be-and that. you must know, is very cunning indeed. Perfectly marked--a bright yellow on the upper parts of his head and back, with gray and brown zigzag lines. and 6 plentiful sprinkling of small whitish dots; face and throat beautiful white: and underneath. white with brownish points.
 What a lovely pet he would make! But the Boy reckoned without his host-~ or, rather, his hostess. Mrs. owl had no intention of permitting Peter to be carried away. She flew in the face of the intruder and. although half blinded by the daylight, succeeded in making him draw back from the nest. Little Peter, too, hissed and snapped and
  last the Boy gave up his evil purpose and withdrew.
 The baby Barn Owls slept through the fight. Peter and his mother were too excited for further slumber. Said Mrs. ,Barn-Owl in great indignation:
 ''Now, my son. you have made the ac- quaintance of Mana big sort of brute who repays with evil all the good we do for him.
 Isn't he a horribly big animal, moth- err" remarked Peter.
 Some men are much bigger Mrs. Barn-owl continued; "the one you saw is only a Manlet, or a Boy. As I was saying. they are very. very ungrateful beasts. We catch for them mice, moles, insects. many of which are exceedingly harmful to Man. Yet they reward us by accusing us of all kinds of witchery; they say bad things about us, and some. times they kill us. In only one part oi the world do Men treat us justly. That IS in Tartary. One Man, speaking oi the Owl who lives there, says:
 The Moguls and natives almost pay 1t divine honors. because they attribute
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

to it. the preservation of the founder O. their empire. Genghis Khan. The prince. with his small army. happened to be surprised and put to flight by his enemies, and forced to conceal himself in little coppice; an owl settled on the bush under which he was hid. and induced his pursuers not to search there, as they thought it impossible that any man could be concealed in place where that bird would perch. Thenceforth they held 1t to be sacred. and every one wore a plume of the feathers. of this species upon his head. To this day the Kalmucks continue the custom on all great festivals, and eome tribes have an idol in the form of an owl. to which they fasten the real legs of one,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

But you must wait awhile until have satisfied the hunger of these clam orous little babies" said he. as the two little owlets began to make queer little noises just like the snores of Man. Don't imgaine. however. that Owls really snore. oh, dear no-they'rc too well bred for that"
 Father Barn-owi then gracefully swooped down into barnyard nearoy' Soon he returned with mouse. Back and forth he fitted. bringing mouse at least once in ten minutes. until the hunger of all was satisfied. Then ne beckoned Peter to follow him. and me two made their way together to the barn. Mir. Barn-Owl explained how their soft feathers permitted them to ny co no,selessly. and how. without
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Portiivag. From Mario

A QUEEN of Italy was visiting one "A of the children's hospitals While there she met A little girl who wished very much to havega doll. When the queen mother reached home, she tried to persuade her little girl to send the sick child one of her many dollies- The little princess, at first, could not decide with which one she could part. for each one needed her. care so much. one was just learning to walk; one was too SICK to be away from home, and another was cutting it's teeth, Finally a doll was packed up, with all it's pretty dresses. and sent away to the hospital to gladden. the heart of the little in- valid who wanted it so much. But the little princess, though she had so many other dollies, shed bitter tears, because, as she said. she would never see poor Maria again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

CROOKED HOUSES ENERfWH care to be like them. Indeed. hereafter l shall not be careless and happy-go-
 Pshaw stopped suddenly and looked at her in amazement. Dear me-" said he. rubbing his chin, collectively. ,! you're going to be careful: They don't ike persons with tidy habits.
 'It's too bad" went on the crooked little man-and then. more hopefully: But perhaps you'n grow careless again and then you'll be able to meet these By this time they had retraced their steps back to the room from where the walk had begun. and as Edith bade goodbye to Pshaw. she said. emphat-
 While I appreciate your intentions. MT. Pshaw. l must say that such a meeting will never take place if l can And looking at him steadily. sine added T think it is more than prob able we two will never see each other
 From that time Edith avoided a meeting with the careless inhaoitants of Crooked Town. and so earnest were her attempts at self-improyemen ent that all danger of it was averted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

|. "I would rather that we were vener- ated everywhere, my son-as of right we should be. But here comes your father"
 As she spoke Mir. Barn-owl came iit- ting through the heavy dusk. and greet ed his loved ones affectionately. Mrs. Rarn-owl related the incidents of the day. warmly praising Peters part in putting their enemy, the Boy. to flight.
 Well, well. my son. announced MT. Barn-owl, with a. proud smile, since you are coming along so rapidly with your education. think shall take you mouse-hunting tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

sound. they could drop down upon their prey.
 Peter was crouching in a little hollow watching his father fall upon a mouse that scuttled from his hole. when hs heard two rats squeaking behind him. One said to the other:
 The Farmer Man has just stocked his g1anary with delicious grain; and our leader has planned for. us to attack it in 6 body tomorrow night.
 Peter Rarn-OWl heard no more. for the rats disappeared. and he afterward forgot to mention the matter to his father.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

The Joker strode gaily on his way. ehuckling at the surprise he would doubtless cause when he presented him self. At a lonely place on the road he stopped to ask a passerby which direc- ton he should take.
 No sooner did the woman see this des- perate looking man than she imagined if was Black Rufus. Trembling with fear, she pointed toward house In the
 Iaughing to himself at the success of his disguise, the Joker followed the path yloinfed out to him. He wondered at the aahsenca of lights as he approached the door, All at once the ground appeared to sink from under him.
 " wien fhe Joker recovered from his SoJl 5t was to find himself in a cage with ground all about him and the al
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

salem!" he gasped; there's some thing wrong with the engineers instruc- tions The local train Is due on that siding in five minutes in order to give the right of way to the express. which follows close behind"
 Jeff understood the situation in q moment With a bound he was out the door and dashing toward the de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

One afternoon Jen sauntered up to the little railroad station. While in con- versation with the telegrapher. he re- marked:
 'I see there's a private car on the siding just below.''
 Its owned by the president of the road" began the telegrapher-when ne shoulder and exclaimed: You don't mean the nearest siding. do your"
 Jeff nodded
 The operator stared wildly. "Jeru-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
ohF2m Mo cN0ker ZEGfgQ kINgGW
Ia had come to the wrong

far above. He had come to the wrong lis shouts quickly woke the cautious old Iady. She screaILed when nrst she discovered a man in ner trap. Then sne S'S,er4ovsd to learn that the captive was none other than 'Black Rufus'' him self. ,.,.s A.. .t,, ..,,-Sa,,, of .tl ssro,,1d and, as the news of the inn noTtsnt capture spread. 1t was quickly Surrounded by people. ,-.
 In vain the Joker insisted he was oniy 1E, and promptly clapped him. into jail. where he remained until his friends came on the morrow to release him.
 The disguise had been successful, t IS tr1,e. but in way different from what the Joker had expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

. turning point in his career. Jimmy at that time was senior in the school but hard luck still pursued him. When he was chosen to play his comrades srpaned., They knew they would lose; they were sure of it!
 But they edSdn't-and, what is more. 1t was the skill of Jimmy that won the gamel Never was there a greater surprise fors the choristers-or. indeed. for Jimmy himself.
 And he soon found that his luck had come to stay. Fof the very next day after the game he was informed that his singing showed such prom ise that a scholarship to complete his education elsewhere had been grant
 But Jimmy still insists it was that game of football that "did 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

wv ;ssatlSs ;'@siIos, viii hi's ,. as9. s999:: S:.
 fore you're half ready for it. I don't see how fellow could be so crazy over birds eggs anyway" A peculiar smile appeared on Neds face. He knew Dick was afraid that unless birds eggs were left alone and money earned the two would be unable to go canoeing and camping that sum mer.
 "Oh, I'm making piles of money" Dick replied; but 1 say. old chap, you'll have to hustle
 The other smiled again as he said: Don't worry about me. I'll be ready to bear my share of the expense of the trip"
 Dick shook his head doubtfully. but he said nothing further. nor did he again mention the subject.
 At last came the time for their outing Dick had purchased all the equipment and provisions. and he now invited his brother to accompany him to the ship dealers ofice, where final arraI Igements regarding the buying of canoe were 10 be made. They had selected { desirable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
G0OORED 2DWY

C" DrTH, dear. don't you think you'd best put away your em-
 broidery so the cat won't spoil
 1t. as she did your last work?'' A frown appeared on the girls face as she heard her mothers voice from the adjoining room.
 "oh. pshawl' she murmured.
 At your service. my dear." said some one behind her.
 The girl turned to see a funny little man, all snarled and crooked and wob- bly,, like a tree that had been twisted and bent by stormy winds.
 T beg your pardon. sir, she stam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

DERHAPs the lady was easily D frightened. but then. said ohe'
 when one lives quite distance
 from the nearest neighbor It IS well to be careful. So she had a great hole dug before the door. and into this she sank stout cage. open at the top. In daytime the hole and cage were GOV fall a very frail covering was substi- tuted.
 one reason for the lady's alarm was and wide as a terrible criminal. was piundering and burning houses round about Al Toker to disguise him self as Black Rufus. to attend masquerade party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

((WX YEATS the use of being so " AA/ studious. Ned? Summer vacation will be here be-
 fnrA Vnn'ra half raadv
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04

TAFT, JOHNSON AND HAMrlOND

the most vicious campaign ever waged
in this state.
The Pioneer Press, his bitterest OPP
ponent, comedies his election this
morning and the very latest returns
indicate that his plurality will be from
10000 to $4,000. This must unques-
tionably be regarded as the greatest
personal victory ever won by an
American politician.
Congressman Hammond, too, is
triumphantly elected over McCleary,
his plurality in the district being in
the neighborhood Of 5000. He carried
Brown county by close to 1900.
In the county there was sweeping
democratic landslide, the democratic
vlctors being Pfaender, Berg, Ross,
Erickson, Cutting, Schramm, Robert
son, Fritsche, Eckstein and Tauer.
Bastian was the only one on the coun.
ty ticket to suffer defeat, Vogel win
ming over him easily. A detailed sum-
mary of the votes as far as they could
be obtained up to the hour of going to
press appears in another column.
Precincts unheard from will not be
able to change the result.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04
His Plurality Over jacobson Esti-
mated This Morning at 10000
to $4,000.
Greatest Personal Victory in the
History of American Politics.
Hammond Trounces the Little
Schoolmaster to the Tune of
= 5000.
Brown County Alone Gives Him a
Majority of Approximately
1900.
Capt. Pfaender Wins an Easy
Victory Over His Opponent,
EckStein.
Every Democratic Nominee Elected
With the Exception of Bastian.
Mayor Haynes Carries MinneapO-
lis Over HUM by Less than 500.

Returns were slow in coming in last
night and likewise this morning, but
of the following facts the Review has
information that may be considered
reasonably authentic.
Taft has been overwhelmingly elect
ed. He carried all OF the doubtful
states, including New York by more
than 10000, Ohio by $4,000, Indiana
by Is, 900 and Illinois by 100000, thus
giving him the election by nearly
300 votes in the electoral college.
Minnesota went for him by something
like 100000.
In New York Hughes is an easy
winner over Chanler, but in Illinois
Stevenson, the democratic nominee
for governor, seems to have the best
of Deneen.
For the democracy Minnesota is the
bright particular spot. ..
Gov. Johnson is reelected for a
third term and that, too, in spite of
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04
.ROsING IS UNCONSCIOUS
Prominent Democratic Leader in
Critical Condition at st.
Paul Hospital.
Ran for Governor in 1902 and was
Private Secretary to
Gov. Lind.

L. A. Rosing, a member Of the state
board of control since 1905, is report
ed to be in critical condition at
ST. Joseph's hospital in ST. Paul.
Mr.. Rosing ruptured blood vessels
in the brain and was thought to be
recovering, but suffered a relapse
yesterday.
He became unconscious Saturday
and with the exception of few short
intervals continued in that condition
during the day. Saturday night he
was still unconscious, although every
effort was made to restore his sinking
vitality.
Mr.. Rosing's health has been poor
for more than a year as the result of
a stroke of paralysis. He appeared
to be recovering from the effects when
he suffered a second stroke. Last
summer he took a trip down the Miss
issippi river and up the Ohio and
Tennessee rivers and appeared much
stronger when he returned, although
he had contracted malaria during
th at time.
Although he never fully recovered
from the paralysis he continued for a
large portion of the time to attend to
his duties on the board of control
until taken sick short time ago.
Mr.. Rosing has been a prominent
figure in Minnesota politics for many
years. Originally Republican he
went over to the Democratic party in
1890 because of dissatisfaction with
the Mckinley tariff bill. Four years
later he was a candidate for the state
senate as Democrat and from
1899 to 1900 was chairman of the De-
mocratic state central committee.
He was Gov. Lind's private secretary
in 1898 and 1900 and in 1902 was his par
tvs candidate for governor, but was
defeated by S. r. Van SAINT.
He was a delegate to the national
Democratic conventions in 1860 and
1904, and chairman of the Democratic
executive committee in 1904.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04
GROUND TO DEATH BY TRAIN
Mangled Remains of Man Found
Along Railroad Track
Near Comfrey.
No Clue Whatever as to the Stran-
gers Identity.

Charles Tomschine, a Bashaw far
mer, when walking to Comfrey last
Saturday afternoon, was astonished
to find strewn along the track at the
railway crossing about two miles
north of town, the mangled remains
of a man.
He Immediately notified DR.. Prim,
deputy coroner, who in COM
pany with Joseph Hettler, section
foreman, went out and viewed the re-
mains. The man had been literally
ground to pieces and for some dis
tance articles of clothing and portions
of anatomy we're scattered along the
track.
He had black hair, heavy, sandy
eyebrows, wore dark.colored shirt,
vest of striped cloth, overalls,
coarse shoes, a dark coat and black
ulster overcoat. He had heavy cap
of dark cloth, with red lining.
The little finger of each hand was
Oc1OIAcu w Guc CAb0ub U1cy HOIC
bent inward. This was especially
noticeable of the little finger of the left
hand. The last joint of the index fiji.
ger of the left hand was also deform-
ed. Seventy cents in silver was found
near the remnants Of clothing; also
pocket book containing $3.50 in sill
yer. The pocket book, money and a
sample of each rrticle of clothing was
kept. There was absolutely nothing
to give Immediate indentifcation Of
the body. A piece of the mans over
alls was found at crossing south O.
where the accident happened. His
vest was found about two miles be-
yond where the remains we're found
1t was thought that the man had beer
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04

dead about twelve hours and that he
had probably been killed the previous
night by north bound special freight.
It was shortly after two in the after
noon of Saturday when Tomschine
discovered the remains of the fellow
who had either fallen from train
while stealing ride, or who had been
run over at the crossing. It is per-
sumed that the article of clothing
found south of the place of the acct
dent may have been carried there by
a south, bound train. -Comfrey Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04
Pointed Paragraphs.

The housema1d's wages come under
} the head of sweeping charges.
Whisky by any other name would
tangle mems feet just the same.
A woman's notion of superiority is
to be able to pay for things by check.
Some men would do almost any
thing for a woman-except 60 to work.
Fools are always dreaming they
would be happier in other places Or
circumstances.
1t is easier, cheaper and generally
pleasanter to get married than it is
to get unmarried.
Rather than start rough house
many an otherwise truthful man tells
-. his wife fairy stories.
It sometimes happens that two WON
en- are apparently good friends be-
cause they are bitter enemies.
Perhaps the worst thing that can be
said about liquor is that it makes
some men imagine they can sing.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04
Death Of Mrs. Jacobs.

Early yesterday morning Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Jacobs, wife of the well-known
citizen, George Jacobs, died at the
hospital following surgical opera
ton for dropsy,
Mrs. Jacobs was born in Bremen,
Germany, on the 18th of July, 1916,
her maiden name being Elizabeth
Storch. At an early age she came to
this country and on the 9Th of June.
1869, she was married to Mr.. Jacobs
at st. Louis. Nine years later she
removed with her husband to New
Ulm and has resided here ever since,
enduring all manner of hardship, but
always bearing up with fortitude and
ever making a faithful wife and loving
mother. Only two children we're born
to her during her welded life and of
these only one survives her, the other
having died during a smallpox plague
in st. Louis. One sister also survives
her, Mrs. B. H. Mueller of Germany.
Mrs. Jacobs first contracted her
illness while attending funeral in
the winter time several years ago.
At that time she was thrown from a
buggy in a runaway accident and sus-
tanned severe internal injuries from
which she never recovered. Dropsy
deyelODed and it was in the hope of
checking the disease that she submitted
to an operation a week ago.
Her funeral will be held next Thurs
day forenoon.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04
KILLED WHILE GOING TO VOTE
Election Day Tragedy in Wright
County Of Interest to New
limits.

A special to the Minneapolis Tri-
bune from Buffalo Lake says that
while en- route from their home in
Rockford township to Dickenson's
Spur to vote yesterday, William
Wandersee, Herman Krause and the
latter's son Emil wers almost Instant
ly killed as result of attempting to
cross the 500 Line track ahead of the
morning west bound passenger train.
Wandersee was killed outright,
Krause lived about thirty minutes and
the boy survived only about two hours
after the accident. All were farmers
and all had relatives in New Ulm.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-04

Judge Nethaway's political meeting
at the Turner Theatre Wednesday
evening was very slimly attended.
He devoted most of his attention to
singing the praises of acobson.
James 7. McCleary, candidate for
congressman against w. S. Hammond
addressed a fairly large audience at
the Turner Theatre Monday evening.
The same evening the democrats held
an informal meeting at the opera
house at which there was some excellent
music by quartette of male singers
and short, but good, speeches by Capt.
Albert Steinhauser and Prof. Jedlicka.