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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21

For over sixty years Mrs Winslow,s
Soothing Syrup has been used BY
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering and cryiaS with pain of cut
ting teeth? II SO, send at once and
get bottle Of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for Children Teething Its
value Is incalculable. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upor 1t. mothers, there is no
mistake about It, 1t cures diarrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind collie, softens the gums, re-
duces inflammation, and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chill
dren taething Is pleasant to the taste
and Is the prescription of one of the
oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and Is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price rs cents bottle. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21

well as electric baths, with an appa-
ratus for shutting senator up in a
box, from which only his head pro-
trudes, SO that he may be cooked by
steam while current from a battery
is passed through his person
sponges
In the last report of the secretary
of the senate, itemized account is
made Of twelve dozen combs, eighty
nall brushes, sixty-four pounds Of
mop and sheepswool sponges, several
thousand quinine pills, six dozen bot
ties of pond-lily wash, one quart Of
castor oil, immense quantities of
white rose and other fancy soaps at
~ cents cake at wholesale, one
drachm of altar of roses. three ounces
of extract of rose, two ounces of
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21
Free-pass Evil

Speaking of possesses is a reminder
of the fact that an incidental advan-
tage of being in the national legis-
latue appears in the shape of un-
limited free transportation by rail
road. Nevertheless, every member OF
congress regularly draws his ten cents
a mile each year, as allowed by law,
for the trip from his home to Wash
ington and back. When, as often
happens, he is appointed to serve on
a special and select" committee, he
travels at public expense, not only his
hotel bills, but his charges for sleep
ing cars, meals and even street car
fares being paid by Uncle Sam. 1t
is particularly noticeable that under
such circumstances he invariably puts
up at the most fashionable hostel
rfos. and In all other respects treats
himself with a liberality appropriate
to the dignity of legislator of the
nation.
Senators permit themselves to be
not only liberal but generous. II Is
their long-standing custom to grant a
largess to all of their four hundred
and fifty-one employees each year. to
the extent of an extra months pay.
This amounted last year 10 s55, 150--
tidy little sum which Uncle Sam
was not expected to miss. and which
the clerks and messengers accepted
with thanks. II Is always pleasant to
give especially when the cash comes
out OF somebody elsc's pocket In
this case, Of course. the somebody
elss--whlch Is TO say the people-had
no volltion Ia the matter.
The only economy lracticed By the
senate. Il might DO said. IL In religion.
ii pays ia chaplain 5000 year just
half the salary OF coiored messenger.
Will ]. Donovan In Men aud Women
] for December
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21
End of His Dream

Il thought you said you were going
to have a den in your new house"
Eyes, / did expect to, but after it
had gone SO far that we couldn't
change things my wife discovered
that she would need another closet"
Chicago Record Herald
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21
66s Nebrasko Independent

ounce seed, quite a lot Of Seidlitz
powders, and two pounds OF Copen-
hagen snuf. The snuff Is really nee
essary, being required to fill two
small metal boxes which are attached
to the wall on either side OF the
desk of the presiding officer OF the
senate. Sacred tradition, handed
down from the days when senators
used snuff, demands that the luxury
shall still be supplied. But some OF
the other items as well as many
more that are equally remarkable, do
not appear to represent a warrantable
expenditure out of the public pocket
book
The senate last year spent $1,O56
for packing boxes-a more interesting
item than one might imagine at first
glance. For these packing boxes,
to certain number of which each
member of congress, whether of the
upper on lower house, is entitled free
of charge, are made by the official
carpenters, and, though ostensibly in
tended merely for the transportation
III uOGuuicnlc, LnCJ dlC lO0iy manu-
some chests, suitable for ladies
dresses, and other personal posses
sions. 1t was only for the wood that
the senate paid $1,056, but the ma
terial used was the finest obtainable,
and part of it was 5000 feet Of costly
redwood which alone came to $685..
Stationery Graft
The pay of member of congress
is nominally $4,000 year. but in
reality it amounts to considerable
more. Each representative, as already
stated, gets a 500 month for a
secretary, while the allowance for the
clerk to whose services each senator
is entitled, is $1,000 per annum. Each
senator and representative also re-
ceives $125 month for stationery,
the bulk of which he draws usually in
money, though, as shown by the pub
lished accounts, many senators pro-
vide themselves out of this fund with
fancy articles of various kinds, such
as souvenir purses 'lizard-skin
card-cases,' and "pig-skin possesses"
A. big notion shop is kept in the base
ment for the purpose of supplying
these and great variety OF other
things, which, being obtainable at
wholesale cost, are commonly bought
by the wise law-maker for Christmas
presents.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21
LAWSON IS STILL GAME.
ADMITS HE'S GOING
BROKE RAPIDLY
Says He'll Buck the Street Down to
His Last cent-Expects His Luck
to Turn Soon and Then He'll
TrampIe on Enemies

Boston, Mass, Dec. 16.--In an inter-
view today Thomas w. Lawson de-
mics the insinuation industriously cir
culated in New York that he has
gone broke He admits, however,
that for several months he has been
headed in that direction at rapid
pace, and that, unless the market
changes, he will reach the goal
The rumor that he has been trying
to make other loans, besides the
$265,000 mortgage recently placed on
his residence, also finds confirmation
from him. He admits he has "clinched
mortgage" of $S50,0OO on some other
property.
Jared, But Philosophical
There's no use denying IT, he
said today. Those who are most in
terested already know it. They know
| have been on the wrong end OF the
market. 1t jars my sense of perspi-
cacity to have to admit that / have
been there SO long, but fellow must
Auo q puiiOoOpuy lOi tAoI ACCAhS5
when he goes into the stock market.
I've played my hand right out in
the open. said I had information
that certain condition existed, and
that certain consequence might be
predicted. This consequence has not
arrived, but it is sure as Christmas
to come-pr I'm broke.
"The position of the market is such
that something has to drop. It's got
on lot Of steam and It's running
wild, but that will only bring the
crash little more quickly than other
wise.
Promises to Kick Hard
Il repeat that know, if | know
anything at all about the business,
that the metal is going TO have a
crash from legitimate causes. said
it weeks ago. say it today. If |
know nothing about the business
should go broke and ! will go broke.
And if it is shown that l am right
and the rest wrong, hope they won't
say / am cruel if am found Oil top,
kicking the stufing out of them-be-
cause I'll kick"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-12-21

Cheap lxnds south and southwest. for
homes or Investment: list free. 10,
A. PARKER. Louisville. Ky.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
FEW BIRTHS IN ILLINOIS.
Census Bureau Makes Announcement
About inefficient Work Of
Stork In State.

Washington.-The stork is not do
ing the right thing by Illinois. accord
ing to detailed figures made public
by the census bureau The announce
ment made enlaIges upon the bulletin
issued by the department recently to
the effect that the birth rate in the
country at large was on the decline.
In Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ken
lucky, Michigan and Ohio the proper
ton of children has decreased steadi-
ly since 1850" says the bulletin, ''the
number Of children under years of
age to 1000 women of child-bearing
age Us to 40) in Illinois for each
decimal period is given as follows:
1850, TAG; 1860, 1877; 1870, 64s; 1880,
$50; 1890, 1872; 1900, 4S7.
Thus it will be seen that the de-
crease has been steady in each decade,
amounting to 309 for the 5O-year inter-
val. Indiana shows an even greater
decrease, aggregating $40.
France and the United States are
having the experience of a greater de-
cline in birth rate than any other two
nations. This has for some time past
been a much-agitated fact, prominent
among the literature on the subject be-
ing President Roosevelt's famous ad-
dress on anti-race suicide.
LEGATION of definite figures on the sub
jet the agitation in behalf OF more
births will increase.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
TWO JOHN DREWS MIX MAIL
Name Same, Live Neighbors, Post
man in a Quandary-No Bad
Feelings.

Easthampton, L. John Drew. the
well-known actor, does not relish tie
apparent mix-up of his mail with that
of a namesake, who is employed as stew
ard at the swell Southampton club in
Southampton. The steward also would
prefer to have at least another initial in
his name, If possible, for he is bothered
by receiving the mail Of his namesaks
these warm summer days. Both being
of the same name, and the 'eHamptons.'
of their summer home being almost
identical in the thought of their friends.
has led to q general lnterchangeof mail
matter ever since the actor became a
resident of Easthampton and the stew
ard has occupied his position In South
ampton. However. no hard feeling has
cropped out over the exchange of letters
and postals. but each has requested his
friends to kindly be more careful in
writing the name of the town their
John Drew" is located in. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
King and Apple Man.

When London did not extend 70 far
as Knightsbridge. George IL. as he
was one morning riding, met an old
soldier who had served under him at
the battle Of Dettingen; the, king &C.
costed him. and found that he made
his living by selling apples in q small
hut. what can do for. you?" said
the king. please, your majesty, to
give to me a grant Sof the bit Of
ground my hut stands on, and shall
be happy" BE happy said the
king, and ordered him his request.
Years rolled on, the apple man died.
and left q son, who from dint Of in
sdustry became an attorney The then
chancellor gave lease Of the ground
to nobleman, as the apple stall had
fallen to the ground, where. the old
apple man and woman laid also. 1t
being conceived the ground had fallen
to the crown, stately mansion was
soon raised, when the young attorney
put in claims; small sum was offered
as compromise and refused; finally,
the sum Of $2,250 per annum, ground
rent, was 3atAed upon.-Stray Stories.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
POSSESSION or THE POLE.
Uncertainty: Of the Location Of the
...:, Extremities Of the Terres-
= % 80 ~ trial Axis.

:, Avaricious folk are occasionally &C.
cused of a desire to acquire the earth,
while some others would cheerfully give
allsth remainder of the globe for the
possession of that intangible thing, an
extremity Of its imaginary axis-the
northern one preferred 1t is SO common
to speak of this as ''the pole,"' says the
Philadelphia Ledger, that we practically
ignore the southern extremity, and
sometimes forget that every whirling
celestial body must perforce have two
poles. 1t is similarly so with reference
to the celestian poles, which are simply
the points in space toward which the
terrestrial poles are directed and which,
of course, bear not the slightest physical
relation to our globe. These sky-points
are perpetually shifting at very slow
but uniform rate, because the sun and
the moon disturb the balance of the
earth by their attraction of the slight
equatorial bulge of the latter. This per-
turbation corrects itself in a regular
period of nearly $4,000 years
In this, however, there is no derange-
ment of terrestrial ATTITUDES, which re-
main relatively the same; but within a
score of years somewhat grave COM
plicatiOn has come to light. Kustner,
at Berlin. proved in 1888 that ATTITUDES
vary by very slight amount. and OBJ
servations made at various other parts
of the world have unquestionably con-
flrmed the fact. Under the auspices OF
the International Godetic association
four observing stations have heen
planted on the same parallel of latitude.
two in the United States and one each
in Sicily and japan. For several years
Prof. c. L. Doolittle, director of the
flower observatory of the University of
Pennsylvania, has cooperated in this in
teresting and dainty Investigation with
the zenith telescope.
This vagary of the pole must be occa-
stoned by shifting of the earth's avis
from causes within itself, and is prob
ably due to Heterogeneous of the mat
ter composing the globe-a problem OF
balancing. Very great surface changes
in the interior, might account for the
effect. But whatever the cause, it has
been definitely determined that there is
species Of double movement of the pole,
involving an annual revolution In va
riable ellipse some 80 feet in length and
circular revolution of somewhat small
err diameter with period of approx
mately 428 days. The motion in each
case is in direction contrary to that of
the hands of clock. 1t is the glory of
professional astronomy that so small q
quantity is discernible.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04

inch No. 10 round head brass screws,
using three screws in each shelf end In.
stead Of two. as shown in the drawing.
Another method OF connecting the
sides to the shelves is by means Of
bowels, as illustrated In Fig. 118. The
bowels should be flve-sixteenths inch in
diameter and the holes in the ends Of
the shelves may be one inch. deep, but in
the sides II hve-eighths inch in thick
5ness) they can be only three-eighths inch
deep. Four Of Ave bowels should be used
In each shelf end, and II the bowels At
properly will make 9 much stronger
connection than the common method 81
growing out the sides and then hitting.
and .gluing the end Of the shelf into the
groove: ..
To lay out the sides and the shelf ends
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04

and a the position Is which the BIT Is held:
must be corrected before boring another.
~. To enable the beginner to bore cor-55
srectly and at right angles to the surface
considerable practice will be necessary.
|. This practice may be acquired by placing
g piece 0fsWaste board In the bench wise
and boring one hole after another
changing the position OF the brace and
bit until the marking Of the depth gauge
on the surface indicates that the brace Is
held correctly. Then change the position
!. q the piece and practice boring dowel
holes into the end OF the board until sat
isfactory results are obtained. To use
q brace and bit correctly, especially
when boring for bowels. will require the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04

simplest means for doing this is to make.
q wooden depth gauge BY boring q hole
through and through 9 piece Of wood Of
such length as to allow the end OF. the
BIT to project out Of the piece just far;
enough to bore the holes to the depth
required. This arrangement is illus.
trated ID Fig. 113. =...=
f After boring 4 hole the mark, or ring,
made BY the end Of the gauge around the
hole on the surface Of the piece being.
bored will always show whether or not.
the hole has been bored perpendicular to
the surface. II the ring made ~ the
depth gauge end Is continuous and regu-
lar around the hole the work Is correct,
but II the ring Is only partly marked, Or.
marked @. one side only tho indication
~ that the hole hes been bore dslantlnk.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
Arc and Brain Work.

The belief Of Sir James Crichton-
Browne that brain workers achieve
their best work in later middle age .
easily confirmed by glancing 1t the
careers Of q few Of the grand old men:
s7ho are still with us, many OF whom
are as busy as in their younger days.
lord Roberts at 73is still worth $4,000
4 year to the nation as one of our. i'm.
rerial defenders. Lord Kelvin at 81 may
etartle us with further generalizations on
the mysteries OF science. Sir William
Huggins ct the same age still explores
interstellar spaces. while the activity Of
the octogenarian duke Of Rutland and
Lord Wemyss is rs effective IS ever In
preserving the privileges Of our old no
5btlity.--Lpndon Chronicle
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04

PROFESSOR. boarding at tho village nm.
while making i special herbarium OF
flowers Of that region, volunteered tc
give her lessons. The two often
went our wheeling together in search
OF specimens.
Ada found friends among the VII
lage girls, and Sarah. partly left tc
her own devices found her landlady
pleasant companion. Mrs. Riggs
was the widow Of well.to-do farm.
er, and Mrs, Riggs son was a good
looking and fwell.educated young man
When he found Sarah roaming for.
lornly about, while Fanny wrote her
interminable letters or Gertrude was
off botanizing with her professor. he
invited her to join him on visits to
points of interest in the country. He
found it easy to borrow bicycle
from friends in the village. and. Sarah
could ride Fanny's machine at such
times.
Almost before the girls were aware
OF 1t vacation was over and the first
Of September had arrived. They were
happy and healthy, muscles and
nerves being toned up by outdoor .lfe
and long trips On the bicycle. :
When they were once more in the
fiat, Ada, who had enjoyed every
minute of the summer, began 10 an
ticipate the coming years excursions.
Her remarks to her sisters brought
only embarrassed and evasIve replies.
Finally she demanded m explana-
ton. WELL" faltered Fanny, Il shall
be at the seashore rext summer: you
can all visit me as long as you like,
for we shall have cottage to our
selves" And then she admitted that
she had promised to marry the very
polite young son Of the rich cottager.
Il think l shall be in Canada next
season. bctanizing with the professor"
said Gertrude.
Never mind, Ada, you will like it
better at Mrs. Riggs farm with me.
I've given my word to marry her son."
declared Sarah.-Amerlcan Queen
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
=. 81. CHAPTER VII. III: IA
TIE sENTIMENTALIsTS.

: Kent's time from Alameda Square 10
the capitol was the - quickest
logged cab-horse could make,
but he might have spared I the
horse and saved the double
fee. On the broad steps OF the south
portico he; uprushing three at a bound,
met the advance guard of the gallery
contingent. homecoming. The house
had adjourned. .:...-.
"One minute, Harnwicke!" he
gasped. falling upon the first member
Of the corporations lobby he could
identify in the throng. whats been
done:'' WI
They've taken fall out Of u.s.,
was the brusk reply. House Bill
Twenty-Five was reported by the
committee on judiciary and rushed
through after you left. Somebody en-
gineered it to the pairing of a finger
nail: bare quorum to act: members
who might have filibustered weeded
out, on one pretext or another, to a
man; pages all excused, and nobody
here with the privilege Of the floor.
It was as neat a piece of gag-work as
I ever hope to see ii live to be a
hundred" -..-> -x.>,- =.
Kent faced about and joined the
downward dispersal with his inform
ant. .. - >..t.
They parted at the entrance to the
Camelot club. and Kent went two
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04

correctly for the doWel holes. markWith
the marking gauge 9 central line on eAcn.
shelf end % shown at a IN Fig. II I, also
with the scratch awl and try square
draw lines on the inside OF the sides,
In the middle OF the spaces which will
be covered by the ends Of the shelves, as
at. B. Next take a strip Of drawing pa
per, or a very thin strip Of wood, and
mark it out along one edge for the re-
quired number Of dowel holes, and notch
the edge to correspond with the center
OF each hole, as shown at G.. Hold this
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
ROMANCE OF
NAVIGATION
.5 s.s s BY 80
CAROLINE vVETIaERELL
: nj oNEY may be the root OF all
WI evil" said Fanny Sidney dole
fully, "but certainly the lack OF It Is


V evil" said Fanny Sidney dole
fully. ''but certainly the lack Of It is
the source of much troubled" 81.
Ada, the youngest Sidney, looked
mournfully over the dusty housetops.
the only scenery visible from the win
dows OF their small, rear fat in the
hot city. i. ~ 49,. III
I've been thinking Of something
Gertrude began. Lets pocket our
pride. as we can't afford an expensive
trip, and 60 as we can. l am sure
there are places where we could get
q cheap furnished or unfinished
room, and we could prepare our food
on little oil stove or chatting dish.
Our living expenses would then be no
more than they are at home"
Our railroad expenses might be
something" snapped Fanny. =
"They would be almost nothing 1T
all" answered Gertrude. I'VE could
ride our wheels. We need not stay
in any one place very long. We could
do like the gypsies-move on when we
tired Of one location" =
The plan won the approval Of Sarah.
the eldest sister and housekeeper.
She agreed that they might try it for
a seaside town not more than Is miles
away. II the necessary quarters could
not be obtained there the girls could
return home Immediately on the train
or remain at hotel until the follow
ing day. Such an expenditure would
not seriously Inconvenience the family
purse.
The summer ride over Is miles of
country roads proved a delightful one.
The day was almost done when they
reached their destination. They made
their way to the less frequented part
of the town and had no difficulty In
renting large room for five dollars 4
week, the landlady, when the case
was explained to her, making no OBJ
lection to the number of occupants.
A telegram was sent to summon
Sarah, who had remained at home
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04

eighths and seven-sixteenths inch In
diameter.
bowels should always be used for con-
Meeting the legs. of small tables to the
rails, especially vhen the legs are so
slender that they would be seriously
weakened by having rail mortises cut
into the upper end on two sides of the
leg. &sr> 4:
Bowel joints are used almost ex-
clusively for chairs, and in the frames Of
upholstered furniture of every. kind, as
illustrated in Fig. Ill. In such work the
legs are comparatively small and the
rails narrow, so that two opposing NOR
tises would weaken the leg to such an
extent as to render the joint insecure.
The dowel joint is further illustrated at
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04
\ LESSON
MANUAL | ] ! | N
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
St. .S GENIUS. /.
The Dowel as q Joint Connection. FOR.
Table Legs, Chairs and Uphol-
stored Furniture-stock List for
Bookshelf Shelves That May BE
Interchanged,# # 4.sSz$ ts > :s eS$S =s$s
BY JAMES RITCHEY.z

.s.=s BY JAMES RITCHEY. s5:S III
Instructor in Wood Working and Pattern
making, Armour Institute Of
Technology, Chicago.) hi : :s54
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
4 No other joint connection is so uni
versally used in the construction OF COM
paratively small and light articles Of all
kinds az the dowel. The dowel Joint
derives its name from the dowel rod, the
sdowel being simply wooden pin used
for connecting two pieces together BY
inserting one end Of the dowel into a hole
in one Of the pieces ana the opposite end
into . corresponding hole in the other.
Dowel rods can be bought at the hardware
stores in lengths Of 36 inches and in
diameter of one-quarter inch and up by
sixteenths. The sizes used for articles
Of furniture are five.sixteenths, three