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XXX. .AFTER ALL lents In Ne\v Year Aggre-.-' 141,000. K" Pas Course, Was mpany's Fine Rehouse. *.i £it Expenditures 0 0 70 Mark With S W -:/^v Gilding imp™ are surprisi 0 N larger thanSiQ Prevl ey are far iP expected. *nj total, view can le3ri Add 50 to/*1 fpenditu^s iprovemerts a |$172,726.84 a twice the of course. a |the city's substantial Eagle r1111 Qompa rehouse, a concrete an equal outside the building a re lin of Mii' a is a £50,000 and through safety a,td conveni- structures erected ^erethe Washington poor hd a Bdyond^these near :s infinf 0 re rthrffollopinS a "mitaJ.I.. $60,000 15,000 idence... 2,500 ,ce 1,200 H*e 1,600 4t '. 17,000 $ 6,500 2,000 g65a (iiMm$£ jit&h'c garage.. .. lann '... wagon shop. residence.. residence... lacksmith shop. 1,000 1,500 300 3,000 2,000 2,500 to store 3,000 slaughter house 500 ..? 400 Co. 500 Mill Co 500 Building 2,500 rejl^ence 100 L1 witb/the private ex those of a wholly pub including the Wasbing ilding and county poor above, the joint out and county aggregate it is universally conce rears have the improve valuable and practi he itemized list follows: pproach $ 5,800.00 6,800.00 Ae roof ., improve'm swalks rossings..... sewer ater mains... ins Crete Outlet... 1,318.00 2,106.95 768.00 1,485.89 2,950.00 3.475.00 1,373.00 5 700.00 frasurer Berg and wife friends at Sleepy Eye jma and Anna Sturm Juuday with Springfield iett left yesterday for St. jid the National Eduoa lation meeting. iriends of Mrs. Klinker *aul will be pained to |r only son died Monday a fever contracted while ey." loses his money irrspe lally comes about in this rs that all the other men in speculation, and lustice to his family he some. So he dips in and l,s tree iri the home'of lught fire shortly after iday evening,but aside ig of the tree and some curtains no damage && iWLWte Jmith, an officer in the arrived here Saturday brief visit with his [ockman. Lt. Smith left ies in August and after »a, India, Egypt and the itinent reached England amber. Ini America his jssarily be a short one, as [granted hipbyithe war pas almostJexpilred. Lt. remem to: PRINCELY INCOME FR0MLECTURES Bryan Earns as Much froth this Source as Dues the President From his Salary. According to the report of his agents, William Jennings Bryan is making about $50,000 a year from his lectures. Charles L. Wagner, secretary of the Slayton Lyceum bureau, which man ages his lecture tours, asserts that Bryan filled 175 dates during the year 1907, and that his receipts for the sea son averaged more than $300 for each appearance. Bfyatrstands at the head of the list eakers today for the size aadl^ces, for the receipts at the for the demands for his appgiirai '*wMrT"EBryan',a regular charge at Chautauquas," said Mr. Wagner, "is the first $250 taken at the gate and half of all the receipts over $500, not in cluding season tickets. He is the only man who can make such a liberal con tract. For an evening lecture in a course he charges $200 cash as a guar antee, and half of all the receipts at the door." .-.-. Owing to the advance in the cost of paper the St. Paul, and Minneapolis dailies will hereafter cost $6 a year. We regret to say that they aren't worth it. Discussing the record made by the recently concluded peace conference at The Hague, John W. Foster, the eminent American diplomat, says: "It is a record of which every lover of mankind may be proud. It is visionary to expect that wars among nations will cease but let us hope that there is the dawn of a new day when right not wrong, justice not force, will rule the affairs of governments when no longer the world will be vexed by the ambition of an Alexander, a Caesar, or a Napoleon when the patriot will delight/not in the triumphs of formidable navies and vast armies, but in the achievements of peace, in dustry and commerce in the friendly competition of the nations." MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. "Under the North Star,J' which comes to the Turner Theatre on Janu ary 5th, is an innovation in the way of dramatic drama, being a distinct novelty not only in theme, but in scenic embellishments as well. The plot of the play is taken from Wilkie Collins' powerful novel, "The Frozen Deep," a fact which of itself is a suf ficient guarantee of the play's literary merit. The scenes, painted especially for this production from photographs taken in the Arctic regions, are mag nificent examples of the scene painter's art, and the company engaged to pre sent the piece in New Ulm is one of the best that could be secured. Mabel McCane will bring to the lead ing local playhouse on January 26th a musical comedy production that has more than realized all expectations and stamped itself as one of the "hits" of the current theatrical season. The company supporting Miss McCane numbers over forty people. Paderewski, the world-famous pian ist, will appear in concert at the Audi torium in St. Paul on January 15th. THE COINAGE EXPERTS. The two leading attractions offered by the Twin City theatres this week are De Wolf Hopper in Reginald De Koven's new opera, "Happyland," and Wm. H. Crane, the great come dian, in a new play by George Ade. The scenic equipment used in the stage production of "Under the North Star" is unquestionably, ela borate and original. Beginning with the grand naval ball on board a Bri tish warship, the action of the piece is shifted to the huts of the castaways in the Arctic regions, thence to Craton Park, England, then back to the land of snow and icebergs, and finally to the beautiful harbor of St. John's, Newfoundland, one of the prettiest scenes in the world, the whole forming a panorama of views that runs almost the entfre gamut of scenic possibilities,^ Notably interesting are the massive sets depicting the almost unknown but wonderfully beautiful regions of the frozen north. NrEW UL.M, BROWN COUNTY, MINN., WEDNESDAY, JAN. lCt908 NOi 1 A SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION State Farmers Institutefo^be Held Here on a a 16th. Corps of Instructors Will be Men of Practical Experience.^" '.'/ Women as Well as Men, Invited to Participate in the Dis *:. cussjons.r'" ij New Ulm is to be favored this year with another farmers' institute, the date selected by the superintendent being January 16th. Only two' ses sions will be held, one in the forenoon commencing promptly at 10 o'clock, and one in the afternoon beginning at 1:30. Confined thus to one day, the at tendance should be large. In fact, no one in the neighborhood should miss hearing the speakers and getting from them all the information they can. The farmers' institute is a traveling school of agriculture and the instruct ors employed are practical farmers who haye made a success in special lines and who have the ability to go on the platform and tell others how they have gone about their work. L. A. Sweet of Fairmont, for ex ample, will talk on dairying, A. Brac kett of Excelsior will deal with all subjects connected with fruit and vegetable growing and William Suter of Welcome will talk on farming in general. For the benefit of those who find it impossible "to get up in meeting" and ask questions, a box is always placed on the platform into which questions can be dropped concerning matters that are of interest. This question box is opened during the afternoon session, and the answers that are made to the questions are very often a most interesting part of the session. There will be no regular program. Only such topics as are of interest to our locality will be discussed, and will be taken up at such times during the meeting as are most convenient. Nor is it intended that the meetings should be for the benefit of men only. The women and young people will al ways be interested in what is being done, and are often the ones most apt to take hold of the improved methods that are advocated. Let everybody come ANOTHER DAMAGE SUIT STARTED Leavenworth Farmer Wants $600 For Injuries Sustained by His Wife. Suit against the city of Sleepy Eye was started by Fred Horman last week. Horman is a Leavenworth farmer, and while driving into town last month with his wife his buggy was overturned into a sewer drain under construction at the time in one of the principal streets. Mrs. Horman, it is claimed, sustained painful injuries in the fall, and for these and for damage done to the rig Mr. Horman asks the city to reimburse him to the extent of nearly $600. The city, however, is really not to blame in the matter and will have little or no difficulty in shifting the responsibility to the railroad com pany by whom the drain was being dug and with whom the liability for accidents naturally rests. One of the company's agents was in Sleepy Eye shortly after the com mencement of the suit, and it is con fidently expected that a satisfactory settlement will be made with Mr. Hor man without going to trial. "Miss Bertha Werner went to Lam berton Monday on a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy returned Saturday from a week's vis't with relatives in Charles City, Iowa. Fred Stoeckert was a Springfield visitor Wednesday and Thursday. So too were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nenno. The New Ulm Review celebrated its thirtieth birihday anniversary on Christmas day The Review is always bright and newisy and reflects great credit upon whomever its editor mav be.—Gibbon a it S It is estimated that by reason of the enforcement of the prohibition law in Georgia today, ten thousand people will be tnrovvn out of employment and nearly seven million dollars worth of property rendered practically useless. Did you ever think of it? The banks are fully protected against loss by burglary, but they seem to think that the insuring of depositors against bank failures would be impractical. However, such insurance will be re quired by law in, tha near future Madison Press*«*B«^iasajw Mrs. Dora Fierli and her daughter, Antoinette, were found Friday after noon in their home on Franklin street in a condition bordering on unconsci ousness from cold and hunger. Chief Klause made the discovery, and it is his opinion that the un,*ortunate peo ple had been imprisoned in the house of their own volition for nearly four days. The fire was extinguished when the policeman entered the place, and there was no sign that any food had been cooked for some time. The aged lady, when aroused from a seemingly unconscious condition, expressed sur prise that Christmas had come and gone, but the daughter who was dis covered in a sitting posture close to the bed failed to give any intelligent answers when questions were put to her. She was an inmate of the hospi tal at St. Peter at one time, and it is altogether likely that in an insane mo ment, while her mother was asleep, she locked the doors and permitted her mother and herself to be overcome by cold and rendered absolutely helpless. Had help not arrived when it did, they could not have long survived. The senators stayed to hear Jeff Da vis, though they lit out when Bob La Follette made his maiden senatorial effort. Which indicates that the sena tors prefer melodrama with slapstick work to the finished production.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. P" POINTED PARAGRAPHS. After the honeymoon comes the simoon. Some men are born small and some others shrink. Love will find a way—even if it is only the way out." If it wasn't for the fool and his money lots of wise guys would starve. The average man would rather pay half a dozen grudges than one debt. We would never suspect how smart some people were if they didn't tell us. People soon forget the good advice you hand them, but they never forget the other kind. Occasionally a man is compelled to stretch the truth in order to make both ends meet.—Chicago News. m:::i A BUNCH OF YARNS. Representative John Sharp Wil liams has a "new" story, according to the Boston Herald. During the recent Mississippi gubernatorial cam paign, Hon. Jeff Truly was one of the unsuccessful aspirants for the majority suffrage of his fellow citizens. Pro- S An Irishman in a small town was careless enough to let the priest catch him coming out of a saloon with a jug under his arm. The priest waited for him to come by, and said: .- j?,' "Pat, what is it you have in that jug?" "Whisky, sor," answered Pat. "Whom does it belong to?" asked! the good man. "To me and me brudder Moiket sor?" "Well, say, Pat, pour yours out, and be a good man." I can't sor mine's at the bottom, "r answered Pat. A Scotch minister had been away on a vacation and on his return asked the sexton how all had gone in his ab sence. "Very well, indeed," was the cheer ing response. 'They do say that most meenisters leave some one worse than, themselves to fill the pulpit when they go away—but you never do that, sir." "When I heah you tawk about hav in' a even tempah,"said the Kentucky colonel, I can't he'p thinkin' ©f Jack Chinn and whut old man Hutchins used to say of him back theah in Harrodsburg. Ole man Hutchins used to say: 'Jack Chinn he's jes' about the mos' even-tempahed man evah wus in the wuhld, he is. Mad all the time.' A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR, Fur-Collared and Fur-1 I any woman has need of a wrap that combines style and service, warmth andt wear, whyh*not£1a Fur=CoHared or Fur=Lined Coat, Fur-Lined Coats Ladies' 48-ineh Coats of good quality with fur-lining. ..J.v.-$45.00 Ladies' 45-ineh Coats of black broad-cloth .withJVluskrat Lining Pu Price..'. 1&*!r.ihrM*'t\!. $32.00 with !#.' ON^ Ladies' 50-in Plush-Lined Coats nice fur collar $25.00 'iS/^SSg^V^3:v* Fur-Collared Coats Ladies' 50-inch Coats of fine black Kersey collar of good quali ty. Price. '. $9.00 ty Pric BROr 1 AVJ? hibition doctrioesV figured in the-^V struggle, and seemed very important to a Methodist minister. "Brother Truly," said the ministerr "I want to ask you a question: Do" *.f you ever take a drink of whisky?'' "Befo' answer that," responded the wary Brother Truly, "I want to know whether it is an inquiry or an invitation." .- .•&.- r-m 'I v~Ji "S^SHt '$?i-tf