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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-12-27

DR.. Zacher, well-known German
results of social insurance in Germany
during the past twenty-five years, that
amounts to an enthusiastic endorse.
ment Of the system, a system that for
its simplicity and economy is bound
to gain advocates everywhere.
The German system in general
way is designed to protect workers
and their dependents against fnan-
cial misfortunes resulting from death,
accidents, and unemployment on
account of invalidism or old age.
The fund for this relief is obtained
from compulsory contributions from
the employed workingmen, from the
employers, and from general taxa
ton.
DR.. Iacher says the capital collected
to pay the claims as they fall due does
not constitute a danger to the public
welfare, but on the contrary has
proven an unending blessing. AS
proof Of this, he asserts that in the
last quarter of century Germany has
increased its population from 46,OOO,-
900 to g., OOO. 900 and has advanced from
the fourth to the second place in the
world trade. At the same time the
property of the people has doubled in
value.
The working people have an in
creasing share in the betterrnent.
Wages have risen % per cent for un-
skilled and 80 per cent for skilled
workers, while living conditions have
improved in all directions. Emigra-
tion has almost entirely ceased,
longevity has increased, and physical
conditions show an upward tendency.
The government has not yet taken
hold of the problem of general unem-
ployment. but the relief to the classes
embraced in the social insurance
system has been so marked as to
greatly lessen the suffering from that
source. Municipal and provincial
employment agencies have done much
to effect salutary distribution of
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-12-27
NewUJlrnR eview
Published by
Nsw Ulm PublishinG Company
Wednesday. Dec. q. 1911.

Notwithst anding 43 per cent OF the
registered voters at the recent cleo
ton ia Los Angeles we're women, the
city went wet by about two to one. 1t
is conventional assumption that
women would vote overwhelmingly
against the saloon If enfranchlsed'
On that assumption the liquor interest
always opposed their enfranchlse'
ment. Another surprising thing is
that the other suffrage states of Wy
oming, Idaho, Utah, Washington and
Colorado are among the wettest in the
country. ..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-12-27
An Alarm at Night

- That strikes terror to the entir
household is the loud, hoarse and
metallic cough of Group. No mis-
taking it, and fortunate then the lucky
parents who keep Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound on hand. H.W. Cassel-
man, Canton, N. Y, says: sit is
worth it's weight in gold. Our little
children are troubled with Group and
hoarseness, and all we give them is
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. 1
always have a bottle of it in the
house, O. Nj. Olsen.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-12-27
Christmas Customs in Rura
Norway.

In Norway the Christmas festival is
called "Jul' meaning wheel, a term
that has been handed down to us from
the time when the inhabitants OF that
country used to worship the sun.
A noted festival was held annually
just after the winter solstice, usually
the twenty-third or twenty-fourth of
December, in honor of the suns
starting on his return journey towards
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-12-27
SLATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, 60
IIrCAS CIIrNTX -

SLATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY 49,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of +. J. Cheney
& Co.. doing business in the City of Tole-
do, County and State aforesaid. and that
sal d firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before ME and subscribed in
my presence. this 9th day of December,
A. d. 1886. "A. ". GLEASON,
(SEAL) NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Gaia rrl1 Cure is taken internally.
and acts directly on the blood and nlll-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for tes-
tinonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
ton.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-12-27

with some grain to be ground into
flour in order to get his bins filled up
before Christmas. What would you
think if a farmer went into the office
of one of our local mills and asked
the management to let him use their
mill that afternoon that he might grind
his grist? I have heard my father say
at this is what would be asked Of
the milI.owner in Norway. Every
farmer was his own miller. A farmer
with available water-power on his
premises would construct q mill, a
very primitive and simple affair, in
deed, in order to increase his earn
ings by charging . small rentage
from the different patrons for the use
Of his mill.
The hides of the animals slaughtered
we're tanned and dressed by a home
process and the itinerant shoemaker
was then called in to make at least
one new pair of shoes for each men,
Der of the family. When the house
wife had her web of cloth ready, the
tailor and seamstress were likewise
called in. These trades people always
went from house to house plying their
vOcatlOns.
The Christmas festivities commenced
on Christmas Eve. All preparations
we're completed before five o'clock in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
IN THE RIGHT NOW
From Harper'sA Weekly.

I
 The Sun is so, much pleased with the behavior of Hon4 Oscar w. Underwood since he became leader of the House that it would like to see him made President, and depores the general feeling that he is unavailable for his party's nomination merely because he lives intthe solid south.
 So do we deplore that feeNng It is un- questionably a misfortune that both the great parties in this country do not feel free to offer their nominations to the best men in sight, no matter where they hail from. We go further still. and wish the solid south would relax trife of its soli- darity as a means to the contamination desired.
 We also admire Mr. Underwood very much---but we do not favor transferTing him from the House to the White House
 not immediately. anyhow. His great work in the House is only begun, and he should
 net desert 1t until it is finished' and that may not be until 1913 or 1914. Apparent | ly it is the work he is best fitted to do
 and he is the best man to do it. The right
 place for public servant is the place in
 which he can render the public the most valuable service. For Mr. Underwood
 that place is still the leadership of the House. z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Moore as n Citizen

"Those of us who have been iden- tifed with the development of the Bir- mingham district know and appreciate the good work that Jones G Moore has done" said an industrial pioneer, but for the benefit of newcomers will give a few facts in the career of this gentleman who Is now directing quietly, but with great efficiency, the local op- tion cafhpaign.
 MT. Moore was at one time super intendent of the Tennessee company s Blocton mines, and while filing that position he was elected to the state senate. He was once superintendent of the Tennessee companys Pratt City division He was afterwards president of the Birmingham Southern railroad, but he is now and has been for sev- eral years general superintendent of the Soss- Sheffield's coal mining de- partment.
 While MT Moore has long taken an interest in politics. having served the democratic Iarty faithfully and well as a member of the state committed. he has never cared for office; has been, indeed, the very reverse of self-seek- ing. He is known and esteemed throughout Alabama and no one in the Birmingham district has a larger mum Der of staunch friends"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
BRYAN AND UNDERWOOD .oy,, the Roston Herald.

It does not follow because the demo- crats in Congress applauded MT. Under1 wood of Alabama to the echo in his de- nunciation of Bryan that the NebraskaH has entirely lost his hold. The democratic leaders, could they have had their way would not have renominated him in 1soo They went through the formality of do ing so In 1908 with undisguised reluctance, but in response to what they regarded as ! popular demand. Still the blows which of late have ben falling on his head are ot more than ordinary significance; his repu. idation in Nebraska seems complete. The action of the democrats in the House, in sweeping away his advice on the wool bill, followed by their commendation of MT. Underwood's course, means that So far as the captains of the party are con- cerned, 1t will have no more of the peer less leader.'
 As chairman of the ways and means committee, it should be noted that Mr. Un- derwood has made an exceedingly credit table record. More than to any other one man has the responsibility of managing the House fallen on him; he has carried 1t with courage and strength and dignity. The party could do much worse, in look ing for a presidential candidate, than to name Oscar w. Underwod, born in 1862, representative of the New South." and identified with the life of one of it's most thriving commercial cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
UnderwOod's Homecoming

A compromise has been reached on the wool bill on the basis of duty of 29 per cent ad valorem on raw wool. l The duty at present is 40 per cent. No doubt the conferees will be able to agree upon compromise in the case of the free list bill.
 There will then be no reason why adjustment should not take place be- fore the end of the present week. The wool bill was regarded as the chief obstacle to adjournment, and it will soon go to the President. Adjourn ment on or before Saturday next thus becomes assured.
 Oscar Underwood will come home for a short rest, preparatory to months of hard work in revising the schedules of the Payne tariff which have not been touched. He comes home a national figure that looms large on the political horizon. Bir- mingham may be blase, but it cer- tainly is not overburdened with men who are favorably considered from one end of the country to the other. The entire country is discussing the leader of the House, and everywhere praise of him is heard.
 Birmingham should rise to the oc- easion. It should welcome home it's first citizen with warmth and spon- taneity. Let all turn out to give him a homecoming that will be felt in every district that has a telegraph line. He deserves such a reception and it should be prepared for at once
 The people who have kept Oscar Un
 derwood in Congress IF years will dc
 the rest with zest and cordiality, fol
 he has fulfilled every expectation anc is esteemed by every good citizen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
All Large Plants Starting Up

The ratification by the stockholders of the Dimmick Pipe company of the sale of it's works at North Birming- ham to the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company is good news because it is an assurance that the only idle large plant hereabeuts will soon be in operation. A great deal of cast iron pipe is made in this district, and the more that is made here the more benefit accrues to all interests here. It is the ambition of the district to turn all of its pig iron into merchantable products before sending it elsewhere, and the pipe plants are a great help in that direc- tion-a help second only to the rail mill of the Tennessee company.
 The fact that all the big plants in this district are, or soon will be, in operation is proof that great crops are to be harvested and moved, and that general business will begin to inn prove from this time on. Better evi- dence that iron and steel products and great supplies of fuel are needed cannot be found than the activity that is displayed today in our mines and mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

From the Louisville Courier-Journa1.
 A FAMILY of Jamaica opossums IS
 A reported as having arrived in One >. koosa, Wis, in a crate of bananas which the mother 'possum had made use of as an ant-race suicide flat when ex- pectant. The animals are regarded with great interest by the residents of One koosa, quite naturally, but if it is sup posed that the banana-fed 'possum Of the tropics is as deliciously edible as the paw-paw eating Kentucky 'possum gets to be when the frost is on the pnnl<in and fodder in the shock, the epicureans of Onekoosa are doomed to disillusion- ment.
 There are various kinds of opossums in tropical and semi-tropical America, rang ing in size from that of a large cat to that of small rat. They are described by naturalists as being omnivorous and they eat insects, small animals, birds and fruits The Brazilian 'possum eats crabs, but despite his arstocratic diet he has never attained a position of importance in the worlds list of table delicacies. The | ilarly obscure, although his opportunities to make a speciality of bananas are ap- parent in country producing countless tons of the fruit. But the Kentucky pos sum in paw-paw season, when the yellow fruit of the paw-paw tree is tumbling Tn it's rich ripeness and melowness into bed of brown leaves upon the floor of the forest, and when every clear night brings A heavy white frost that transforms the air into iced champagne and purges all flesh of impurities and grossnesss takes rank with nightingales tongues, favored with the music of the bulbufs sensuous songs and prized by eastern princes. It eclipses the buffalo hump that formed the ..piece de resistance of the prairie table in the days before buffalo running in the west exterminated the noble herds of ami mals which the Indians believed, rightly enough, were provided by the Great Spirit as food for man. The Kentncky opessum is the peer of the roasted elephants foot that constitutes the "chef doeuyre" of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
UNDERWOOD THEIR CANDIDATE

From the Washington Post.
 While the democrats of Alabama have no great hope that Oscar Underwood could be nominated for President be- cause of his geographical situations I think there is no doubt that the state delegation to the convention will start a movement for the leader of the House majority, in the belief that it will di- rest serious attention to the clasms of the south for representation on the na- tional ticket, if not for first place, then for second place, and if not in the next campaign, then four years from that time," remarked w. E. Leake, a promi- nent coal man of Birmingham, at the Raleigh.
 If MT. Underwood had remained in his native state of Kentucky, or in Minne- sota, to which place he went from the Blue Grass state, he would have attained greater prominence as a national leader. perhaps. but in his adopted state of Ala bama there is no man more highly thought of than the chairmanlof the com mittee on ways and means, and the moye- ment to give him ole indorsement and vote of the democrats for President is deserved recognition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
THE SALOON AND THE "TIGERo

From the DOtnan JOurnAi.
 While Brooks Lawrence Monday night was picturing to large Dothan audience the evils to be seen inside the saloon several minds reverted to mansin lit- tie upstairs room down town fighting death with all his remaining strength,
 who is victim of the blind tiger regime.
 Why it Is that all the evils resulting from driAx are charged to the saloon is more than we can see. "The Demon Rum,' which so many writers have i'm
 portalised and so many speakers have raved about, has stalked the land as far back as history records. but we fail to see the logic in the evil effects being worse in one sale than another Truth of the business is that the evil doings of rum can only come from drinking to excesl and is never in selling to excess. If F carloads of rum were bought and used for the purpose Of making big bon fire the evil Is not apparent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
THOSE BANANA FED 'POSSUMS

African hunters camp and requires day or two of careful cooking before it may be served with credit to the artist of the veldt who prepares it. It eclipses diamond back terrapn, celery-fed duck, turkey stuffed with chestnuts and all of the other notable dishes upon which restau- rants depend for fame and with which they tickle the palate of the jaded Jbon vivant of the boulevards which has been leased with cocktails and condiments un- til it has lost the finer susceptibilities of that of the hunter who lives in the open.
 The Kentucky .'possum had it's greatest vogue when the old fashioned wood fire with a "backlog' against the chimney and piles of glowing embers on the hearth had not been supplanted by the modern range. In those days long legged iron oven,, with embers piled be- meath it and upon its lid, was presided over by cook who could regulate the heat above and below with as much pre- oision as an electrician turns on cur rent of higher or lower voltage, and ap- ply it to the 'possum with the faultless- ness of touch with which a skilled pianist strikes the keys and produces from an instrument of wood and metal the match less music of Mozart. a saz While the. paw7paw-fed Kentucky spos- sum should be cooked over wood fire. with hickory and ash sending their odor- ous blue smoke up to heaven as incense, it's cooking accompanied by the roasting of sweet potatoes in the ashes, 1t is pos sibe for a modern Kentucky cook of fair virtuosity to cook a 'possum upon range so that 1t will be fit for symposiac. The fame and flavor of It's flesh has not been lost as a result of the passing of the wood fire in Kentucky kitchens. The banana-fed 'possums of Onekoosa excite neither the gastric juices nor the envy of persons on this side of the Ohio, whose only regret, now that the subject is un- der discussion. is that the conservation propaganda did not take hold early enough to save a wide area of forest in this state to which the paw-paw and possum were alike indigenous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Iron Market Improving

The local iron market is decidedly stronger and s105o instead of slO is the prevailing quotations on No. oas's. Matthew, Addy & Co.'S report says Tn part:
 ''The pig iron market continues 10 gam in strength each day and with legitimate cause. Prices are becoming frmer anu there is a general feeling of encourage ment. Railroad are now coming along with their inquiries, which involve some very large tonnages; in fact there is quite a revival of activities in this direction. TheVvolume of business in large meas ure is shifting toward the east where there are a humber of important basic deals on and where the large pipe shops are nearly all in the market. Steel men are becoming optimistic over the situation and are very hopeful of the near future. In the south there is a noticeable increase
 m sales. There the pipe shops are rum ming full, the stove men are doing good business and the steel plants are busy -- and they are all buying. Under the ex- lsting conditions, 1t is natural that prices on southern iron should have advanced. Most of the furnaces were losing money at the old prices, but today S10.50 at Bir- mingham is pretty generally conceded to be the price of southern No foundry and number of sales are reported at that figure.
 Buyers are insisting on quotations for next year. bdt with very few exceptions the furnaces are adhering strictly to 1911 and will not quote beyond. There is a general impression that sl1 will be the lowest price paid for 1912 southern iron.
 shipments are moving at a very satis- factory rate and southern furnace stocks are beginning to show an apprecia ble de crease. The furnaces that are out will rot blow in again until conditions fully warrant it i'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
OLD MEN IN CONGRESS

From Leslie's Weekly.
 It is a curious fact that about % mem- bers of Congress have declined to reveal their ages. But two senators are in- cluded among those who have not made public how old they are-Mr. Paynter Of Kentucky and Mir. Lorimer of Illinois. II is an interesting subject, and we are able to state that there is a difference of lt years in the average age of the members of the upper and lower branches of Con- gress. Senatos' ages average 59 years an6 representatives 49. There are 40 members of the House in their thirties.
 Evidently men who have passed 60 arr valuable, because B senators and 40 ep resentatives are in their prime at tha' age. Uncle Shelby Cullom of Illinois. wht has seen nearly three-score years service in the Senate, and Uncle Isaac Stephen son of Wisconsin, are the oldest senators They are spry and seldom miss a vote Senator Frye of Maine, who has achieve, the longest continuous service record 1T that body, began his first term March 15 1881 He is now S1 years old. sSenatol Luke Lea of Tennessee, who has jus celebrated his thirty y-second birthday, Il the youngest man who has ever served 1T the Senate. Uncle Joe Cannon, who is oi his feet every day in debate and puts many young members to shame in th' point of attendance. is 75 years old. H' has weathered 19 Congresses, but no consecutively. There was a break in hi term of office.
 Gen. H. H. Bingham. 70 years old a Pennsylvania. has the House record O continuous service. General Bingham be gan in 1s7s Probably the three oldes members of the House are Uncle Joe Isaac R. Sherwood, 7s years old, Of Ohio and E. Stevens Henry. 75 years old, Q Connecticut. Speaker Clark Is 6l; Seren' Payne of New York is Ss; Oscar w. Un derwood of Alabama, 49; Nicholas Long worth of Ohio 42; Victor Murdock of Kan sas 70. and Martin w. Littleton of Nev York ss. William Francis Murray o Massachusetts, 30. appears to be tn youngest member of the House Byroi p Harrison of Mississippi is but mont older than Mir. Murray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Improvement of the Warrior River

The discussion of the Warrior river bill last Wednesday fills 20 pages of the Congressional Record, and on Fri day it was still further discussed three hours. It is still pending in the House, and may be taken up at any time.
 The discussion on Wednesday cov- cred about every feature of the bill that the rivers and harbors commit tee had reported. This bill differs from the Senate bill in several re- spects, and all parts of it were crit ically looked into by many members, including Floor Leader Mann and MT. Cannon. Upon MT. Taylor and MT. Underwood fell the duty of answer ing all critics, some of whom feared the government would establish a power monopoly, and some could not see what right the government had to sell water for commercial purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

Kirkland, Commercial and Business An
 ecdotes.
 In the early settlement of Virginia, when the adventurers were principally unmarried men, 1t was deemd necessary to export such women as could be pre- vailed upon to quit England, as wives for the planters A letter accompanying one of these matrimonial shipments, dated London, August 12. 1621, says:
 we send you in the ship one widow and eleven maids, as wives for the peo- pie of Virginia; there hath been especial care had In the choice of them, for there hath not one of them been received but upon good recommendations. There arc nearly 50 more that are ready to come. For the reimbursing of charges. it is or dered that every man that marries them give leo pounds of best leaf tobacco for each of them"