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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-05
FROM REV. r. s. STEIN.

Lincoln, Neb., Mary 3,.-To the Edi-
tor of The Wageworker. You have
been so considerate as to send me a
copy of the resolution of the Central
Labor Union concerning affiliation
with the Ministers Association and to
ask my opinion of the same. l was
out of the city Monday and so could
not be at the ministers meeting. Had
I been present I should have heartily
supported the movement. This inter-
change OF relations and exchange of
opinions will prove mutually helpful
The Industrial, social, and civic i'm
provement of our fellowmen is one
of the aims of Christ's kingdom.
While men can not live by bread
alone, and the life is more than meat
and the body more than raiment, yet
the material and spiritual are SO in
terdependent that the study of their
relative Importance is greatly to be
desired and will be promoted by this
formal and closer affiliation. Very
truly yours. F. s. STEIN.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-05
FROM REV. II. c. sWEARiNoEN

Lincoln, Neb., May 3-To the Edi-
tor of The Wageworker: In reply to
your request that 1, write my opinion
of the resolutions recently adopted
by the Central Labor Union looking
t. an exchange OF fraternal delegates
between that body and the Ministerial
Association of the city, permit me to
say that my only regret is that we
ministers did not move a little more
quickly and take the initiative in the
matter. However, the honor belongs
to the Central Labor Union, and l
congratulate it on this display of
breadth and brotherliness. Only good
can come of this fraternizing by the
ministers and the representatives of
labor. Misunderstanding is fruit
full cause of disputes among men and
of conflicts between opposing inter-
ests, and anything which will tend to
bring about a better understanding
among men of all occupations and
stations will be distinct step to-
ward the realization of that brother
hood which was the ideal of Christ
and which all earnest men are seek
iI.g to promote.
The Ministerial Association at its
meeting last Monday reciprocated, in
the most cordial spirit, the express
sions on this point of the Central
Labor Union. In affiliating with the
laboring men the ministers should
not do so in the sense of allying them
selves with any particular class. They
should fraternalize with them because
they are men and, therefore, broth
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-05
GIVE THE CITY A DECENT PARK.
People Rectify Long


a
Standing.
the meeting the night called
nton the need of worthy and suggested
that looking thereof
That something that should be followed until it caught
crying shame that Lincoln has park worthy of
With their disposal the who founded
grabbing off lots that they overlooked the
question entirely. And stood
is Lincoln There is absolutely nothing the
pleasure within reaching distance of the the abb
park keenly than equal
True would money nowdolars where would have
had been taken the tebut should
stand the getting it, Every dollar invested city
park would be well invested
Antelope an opportunity park
paravey compared the benefits that
Brown council will push
the question successful conclusion their administration will
go history with the blessings of grateful people,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-05
FROM REV. BYRON eEALL.

Lincoln, Neb., May 3.-To the Edi-
tor OF The Wageworker. Dear Sir:
Your favor of late date inviting me
to express an opinion of the plan
adopted by the Lincoln Labor Union
proposed with the Pastors Union of
Lincoln, is at hand.
l gather that you desire me to say
what l think the practical outcome
will be of the proposed exchange.
Presuming that you wish me to speak
the truth, l must answer that l do
not look for great results from such
an exchange. What are the simple
facts concerning the men who COM
pose these two bodies?
First-The workingmen, or mem
bers of the union. 1t is true that
among them are Christian men, those
who give their time and money freely
to the churches, who are found with
their families Sabbath by Sabbath in
the house of God, Protestant and Cath
olic. But these men are in the mi
nority, the men who are in control in
the unions seem to be the infidel and
OF the agnostic sort, SO that when any
decisive action is to be taken, as
when strike is called as in Chicago.
the Christian element goes to the rear
and violence and bloodshed follows.
II you propose to boycott some firm
in Lincoln who sell hats with non
union label-not only that but any
firm that patronizes" these hatters.
This, l think, an unchristian thing to
do. On the other hand, take the men
who form the Pastors Union-while
there are men among them who start
ed in life as poor boys and have work
ed themselves up to their present
positions, and so know the life of
a poor workingman well. Or they
are men of genius with ability to
adapt themselves to all conditions, as
den; men to whom a workingman could
go for advice upon practical affairs
Of life. Yet for the most part they
are men who came from sheltered
homes, far apart from the common
people. They were early put in a
Christian college, then hurried to a
theological seminary, where for three
years they were as completely buried
to the world as a monk of the middle
ages, then upon graduating put into
church where by a little inner cir
Gle they are kept from any base con-
tact often, even from the outer circle
of that same church-not to say a
wicked world. These men who oc.
cupy high social position, finely ed
ucated. pious, whose salaries are as
sured so that they may be free from
all worry about worldly AFFAIRS are
as far apart from the poor struggling
toiler who knows what actual hunger
is, whose wife and babies often can
not go to church even if they would,
because of lack of clothing. Not far
ther apart are angels and bed-bugs
than some of these ministers and
laboring men.
It might, however, be worth trying
to bring these classes together in
some working plan to help each other
as an experiment. If Jesus were
here, in my opinion, the first homes
he would visit would be those of the
poor working men of Lincoln, infidel
o. Christian.
God bless the Pastors Union and
the Central Labor Union in any sim
cere effort to bring in better state
OF brotherhood among men. For one
is your Master, even Christ; and all
ye are brethren"
BYRON REAIT,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-05
Work Of Cleaning
The City Begins

AG N1Iy DeX10S
Mayor making good he would bring
the maqueading drug up round turn a.
l. Shader has been hailed before nquston
to the charge of selling liquor without having the proper autory
Shader has been time and again this charge always
escapedthe last time by virtually plea of insanity
That's good plea. We know crazy money
they would loot banks rob school children sneak
the closed Of deceased relative Some will anything
for peading insanity naled up
on the charge OF getting it illegally,
The member Of the Of Steiner Woempener has
also been called the charge selling alcoholic
beverages without the legal authority
This is a beginning. who wiha to
come the rack and they find that
part board But the drug stores that
selling liquor by handing broken
doses in the graduates the your
ntpe hghtoned fountains drug stores are dspens-
ing booze the hour than twohds
Ever drink ping pong? Lovely drink something
that takes hold like they changed
Of alcoholic preparations puts up
shape Of pckes-"57 kinds ping pong
nke go home and whip his wife these soda fountain
saloons DO mix up m some great M little dash
bit OF gin couple of red slice Of
that
coction like that bearde boys and girls whose skirts barely
reach their boys and your girls perhaps Boys who
Manhattan frequent up
grace
@ o a a ofa Tou od a % %
starting boys girls than ali
coin had did likely do What's difference
dispensing of alcohol its soda and going She
get drunk the she could in the
and is whole lot more likely to do it.
There dispense you
tell them in minute by the class that paonze them The
staggering Coy boys such fountains by and hike the
drug that has who knows how en
The Wageworke chicken Its editor wasn't born
his whole life And right here the
drug saloon evil right Lincoln than in
as their underpnning and howl about the awful
Of the saloon and brethren the saloons
parable damage the boys and the girls Of this city This
fairy tale If don't believe 15yearold boy dolt
him off watch He'll home sober for all the whisky saloons
will sell him. But him dollar and tell him load his hide
with that would make old rounder with
That's the illegal whisky business that stopped in this
their $15oo for sell liquor but because is making
runkard walkers misery
all the saloons in town put together is high time that the
The drug store saloon goand It must stand the
order of its going
Mayor Brown and his fellow members the board
the blocksand
particular fuss being made about either Brown
al the tree and spotted and ne knows who the
blocks wherein the located He does make
the He quietly ntmates the that would be
beneficial
tenants. And that's the to handle that matter.
The landlord who bawds better than his
of this opposed Mr. Brown during the campaign
Mr. Brown vicious
elements And while opposing Mr. Brown ground
this fellow renting house madam who housed bevy
of painted females
mayor dropped fellow Immediately after cleo
nigh The awaiting
There bit of municipal houeceaning in Lin
days. being prosecuted band
tachmens
GIVE THE CITY DECENT PARK.
People Recty Of Very Long
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-05
REV. SAMUEL 1NNE sArTEN.


Lincoln. Neb., May 3.-To the Edi-
tor of The Wageworker: In reply 20
your inquiry for my opinions concern
ing the resolutions adopted by the
Central Labor Union and published in
The Wageworker, permit me first to
refer to the resolutions which l pre-
sented at the recent meeting of the
Ministers Association of the city.
adopted with but one dissenting vote,
and in accordance with this action
three delegates were elected to the
Central Labor Union.
With respect to the second part of
the question, what the adoption of
these resolutions may mean to all
concerned, cheerfully submit the fol-
lowing suggestions.
For one thing this exchange of del
egates ought to make for better un-
derstanding of one another's position
and aims. Nine-tenths of the disputes
in the world would end if men only
purposes. We are all interested, I
believe, in the uplifting of man and
the betterment of the world. 1t may
be that we do not all approach this
question from the same side, but we
are all seeking the one end. Let us
understand this fact; let us under
stand the relation of one mans effort
t. the total problem, and we shall
find that nine-tenths of the causes
OF misunderstanding have disap-
peared.
Secondly, this better understanding
will promote mutual respect. My
opinion is that the average minister
has a much higher regard for the
average workingman than the aver
age working man has for the average
minister. 1t may be that the minister
Is himself largely to blame for this
and concerning this deponent here
sayeth nothing-but l do know that
workingmen have sometimes said
harsh things about many men in the
ministry. The time has gone by when
the minister can surround himself
with an atmosphere of mystery and
sanctity, and expect men to honor
him and tremble before him because
OF some supernatural claims. He must
stand forth as a man among men,
and must be rated at his real worth;
whatever respect he may receive must
be the honor that is paid to noble
manhood. And my experience teaches
me to believe that the average min
lister is well worthy of the honor OF
brave and true men. But on the other
side OF the question much benefit
may accrue to all concerned when the
minister has learned to understand
the aims of workingmen and has
gained a clearer insight into the real
meaning of the workingman's unions.
Not always have ministers understood
the real purpose of the unions, and
as a consequence some unjust and
unwise things have been said in con-
demnation OF them:
Along with this there will be an
increasing respect for one another's
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RUSES or BANKERS.
Devices Used to Either Gain Time o
Inspire Confidence.

Devices Used 20 Either Gain Time OF
Inspire Confidence.
Some amusing anecdotes are told oi
the devices resorted to by bankers to
gain time and inspire confidence On
one memorable occasion the excited
subscribers, much to their indignation,
were only able to enter the bank one
by one except at the cost OF spoiled
coats, as the cute manager had caused
the door posts to be freshly painted.
Another bank prevented crisis in
its affairs by exhibiting in the win.
dows large tubs apparently brimful OF
sovereigns. These tubs, however, were
simply upside down and small guam
tity Of gold only piled up on their bot
toms.
Put the most ingenious dodge Of all
was successfully carried out In Buenos
Ayres. There was run on large
bank. and for several days subscribers
besieged the premises, withdrawing
money and placing it in another bank
on the opposite side Of the road. II
happened, however, that these two In.
stitutions had n private understanding.
and as fast as the safe bank receiv-
ed the deposits they were returned to
the unsafe one by an underground
passage. with the result that every one
marveled at its continued ability to
meet its demands London News.
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vigo, the Spanish seaport, is an old
time scene Of war. 1t was to Sigo that
Drake and Norris sailed in 1858 to
place Don Antonio on the throne OF
Portugal. They burned Vigo, but failed
to capture Lisbon and went away
cursing each other, So little plunder
was there that the common sailors re-
ceiyed but 8 shillings a man in wages
and took to robbery, for which many
Of them were hanged in and near Lon
don. When the English under Rookie
put into yigo harbor again there was
treasure In sight A feet Of Spanish
galleons, of which Benbow had been In
pursuit. was In the bay, protected by a
French feet Several galleons were
captured by the English, but more
went to the bottom and there remain
to this day. Nowadays Vigo is q COM
monplace little town.
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The EiahinR ErnE.

The fishing frog buries himself in tfie
mud and lies partly concealed In
weeds, where, with his huge mouth
open. he fishes for his dinner. On the
back of bis head there are three spines,
the longest of which he bends forward
In front of his mouth. gently swaying
1t in the water. At last II attracts q
young fish, which makes a spring for
the supposed worm, when-snap-the
mouth Is closed and Mr.. Fishing Frog
has had his dinner. The archer fish
catches his dinner fn quite a different
way. Just out OF his reach on the leaf
Of a plant growing on the rivers brink
rests a fiy, baskIng In the sunlight.
Suddenly a little stream OF water
strikes It; 1t loses Its balance and falls.
only to be caught by the cunning little
archer below.-Field and Stream.
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A CAMEL'S STOMACH.
In -Four Compartments II Carries
Water to Last O Journey.

In Four Compartments II Carries
Water to Last q Journey.
The stomach OF a camel Is divided
into no less than four compartments,
and the walls Of one Of these are
lined with large cells, every one Of
which can be opened and closed at
will by means Of powerful muscles.
Now, when a camel drinks it drinks
a very great deal. Indeed 1t goes
drinking on for such very long time
that really you would think that 1t
never meant to leave of. But the fact
is that 1t is not only satisfying Its
thirst, but Is filling up its cistern as
well. One after another the cells in
its stomach are filed with water and
as soon as each is quite full II is tight
Iy closed. Then when the animal be-
comes thirsty a few hours later all
that It has to do is to open one Of the
cells and allow the water to flow out.
Next day 1t opens one or two more
cells, and so IT goes on day after day
until the whole supply is exhausted.
In this curious way q camel can live
Ave or even six days without drinking
at all and so is able to trsnel quite
easily through the desert, where the
wells are often hundreds Of miles
auart.
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That mutllation should ever have
been adopted as penalty by the Chris
tian church one finds it difficult to be-
lieve, yet the ecclesiastical authorities
inflicted It for comparatively trivial Of
fenses, and several councils emphatic
ally attempted to suppress II Thus the
thirteenth canon Of the council Of Meri-
da. In 666, deprived bishops and priests
Of the right of mutilating the servants
OF the church. The sixth canon OF the
council OF Toledo. In 6T5. while forbid
ding bishops to exercise exclusive tu-
risdlction In offenses involving the cap
ital penalty, also interiicted them from
ordering mutilatioR OF the limbs, even
In the case of their own serfs. and or
dained that bishops violating this law
should be deposed. accommodated
and denied the last rites OF the church
when In articulo mortis. The eighteenth
canon OF the council OF Frankfort. In
T94, forbade abbots 10 blind or mutt
late their monks whatever might be the
offense.-Pearson's Weekly.
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oatb That Binds the burmese.

Perjury having been rife In Rangun
courts because no form Of oath exist.
ed which the Burman considered bind
ing, the government prescribed form.
ula which is a queer admixture o:
Buddhism, Brahmlnism and Shaman.
ism. Here are phrases from It, picked
at random: "If an untruth passes my
lips, may all the gnats that live In lakes,
ponds and brooks and the gnats of the
FIVE great rivers of India destroy me-
May curdled blood pass my lips rather
than a lie, and may | die vomiting
blood, my body bent in tWo."-Rangun
Gazette.
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Great Men.

1t is a matter of common observation
that at the passing Of the great men Of
each generation there Is a pessimistc
feeling prevalent that there were g.
ants In those days" But the feeling
has never had any warrant in the ac'
tual deficiencies of the oncoming gen.
erations. Orators have come and gone
and statesmen have come and gone,
and sometimes their immediate sue
cessors have not been discernible. But
in time the men have emerged who
have taken their places and who have
improved upon the patterns they left.
-Des Moines Register.
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A MINISTER TO VANITY.
Mem and Women and Their Attitude
Toward the Nirrar.


II is not always for the mere gratiii.
cation OF personal vanity that we
should attentively study our mirrors,
Socrates advised all young people to
look often In their looking glass TO as
certain II they We're good looking; that
II they We're so they might strive to
make their mental attainments CORE,
spond, and If they Were not then they
might endeavor by the superior accom-,
plishments OF their minds to make up
for their personal shortcomings.
This Is excellent advice for vanity
possessed moderns, but It Is improba
BILE that the high mental attitude of
Socrates is appreciated by them, How
the elaborate toilet of today could be
accomplished without the aid OF the
mirror ii Is impossible to imagine, II
Is popularity supposed that the mirror
Is the woman's pet possession. but man
is by no means averse to contemplate
Ing his manly charms as reflected there
IN. A woman frankly confesses her In.
terest In the alluring combination OF
glass and quicksilver. but the man.
while voicing his scorn. proves his su.
perior vanity by his concealed and Sc
cretive study Of IL. He jeers at his
~ife's cheval glass. But was anything
more entirely provocative of human
vanity ever invented than the many
Rided shaving glass?-London Chroni.
(le7
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NeHer Touched Him.

The old man paused at the parlor
door on bis way upstairs.
Don't forget, young man." he said,
that the lights in this house are all
out at 10 o'clock"
Thanks" rejoined the young man,
who was helping the fair maid to hold
the sofa down, 'but-er-couldn't you
make an exception tonight and put 'em
out an hour earlierT-Chicago News.
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CABS IN RUSSIA.
Fares Are Lew IL Yoa Are Up 60 the
Tricks Of the Drivers.

AFfck@ Oh the UkAxefms
In no European country are cab
fares 90 cheap as In Russia, for there
Ia no tariff at all. On the rank are
half dozen drivers on the boxes OF
their droskies-tiny victorias, hung low
and with Just room for two II the two
clasp waists after the Russian mode.
II you know Just about how far you
want to drive you take the first driver
and tell him where you want to go and
what is the price offered. The eti-
quette Is followed invariably. The
driver throws up his eyes in horror.
He Calls upon the saints TO witness
that SO ridiculous a price must be dou-
bled before he could look at it.
You are not deceived. You walk on.
And before you have gone ten PAGES
the cabman is after you, pointing po-
htely to the seat In the drosky and,
with a grin. repeating frequently the
Russian equivalent for please"
But II you are driving to destina-
ton at an unknown distance 1t Is nee
essary to ask the opinion of the first
bellied, belted. bearded brigand on
the box Of drosky. Then It Is your
turn to throw your eyes to heaven and
call on the saints. A quick problem
in division works itself out in your
head. Threes into ruble? And you
put yourself up to Dutch auction
along the rank. Hotel So-and-so,
sorok kopeckp' you cry, with lean
ing toward generosity. There Is a
race for you. You drive long way
In Moscow for dime. .......
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The class os Fashion,

Whenever you're nuffed up like a
load and happen 20 he thinking pretty
sell OF your personal appearance,
nuttered the man about town as he
eried TO remove permanent spot from
the sleeve Of his coat. lust step into
a high priced tallor's and survey your
self in couple Of those long mirrors
they haye-pier glasses, | think they
call them--that show you up fore and
aft. You'll come out with u chastened
spirit. | don't know what II Is about
the deadly polished surface OF those
retiectors, but do know that they re.
veal every imperfection until you're
more than half tempted to throw a
brick ut them aud clean out the shop.
They make you look ns II you'd never
been shaved, as II the hair on your
neck had been growing In riotous pro
fusion since childhood. as Ii your hands
weren't any too clean and as IL your
clothes had been made by mother while
you waited. And II you're trying on n
garment they're fashioning for you. al
though It's covered with pins. basting
and chalk marks, the contrast between
the thing and the trousers and shoes
you're wearing makes you wish you
were In a skirt with train to 1t. As
| said. l don't know just how to ex.
plain the effect produced. I've no.
tion it's trick OF the trade TO drive
you TO ordering brand new outfit. II
generally sends me Into a Turkish
bath. ."-Providenc Journal.
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CALL FOR elos.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL. BIZ RE,
eeived al the office Of the Light House
Engineer, Portland, Ore, until . o'clock
7, NJ, July ~, 1905, and then opened,
for furnishing miscellaneous articles for
the Light House Establishment. for the
fiscal year ending June 80, lp0Gi com.
prising Hardware; Pipe. fittings, etc,
Paints, oils, ctc,i Soap, matches, ete,i
Luhricating oils, etc.l and Lumber, In
accordance with specifications, copies of
which, with blank proposals and other
information, may be had upon appli,
cation 10 Major ", c, Iangtltt, Corps
Of Engineers, U. s. A., Engineers.