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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
FUNNY, ISN'T 1T.
The Difference Wad of Money
Will Make.

Sam Parks went to Jail because
he took money from employers to
settle troubles that he instigated
as business agent of his union.
John A. Mccall, the millionaire
president of the New York Life
Insurance company has been
shown to be guilty of subornation
of perjury, with misstatement of
facts concerning his business and
with Incorporating trust funds.
But John A. Mccall is a leader
in finance, a respected member of
society and not III the least dam
ger of going to Jail. Parks was a
poor workingman. Mccall is a
rich Spectator.
The possession of money makes
all the difference in the world.
And yet some foolish people
wonder why workingmen have nc
confidence in or respect for the
courts.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
ST. PAUL FRESHMEN.
Stand by the Printers With Their
Good Money,

The St. Paul pressmen are the
kind of friends that count. They
have not only expressed sympa-
thy with the printers who are
fighting for the eight-hour day,
but have come to the front with
bunch of money. The St. Paul
printers are on strike for the
shorter day. and a couple of weeks
ago Pressmen's Union No. 80
adopted resolutions of sympathy
and support. Then member
arose and moved that the sum of
$500 be appropriated to the local
Typographical union to assist it
in its struggle. There was not a
dissenting vote. The St. Paul
Freshmen union has less than
seventy-fve members and their
donation amounted to almost 81
per man. That's the kind of
sympathy" that counts, and the
St. Paul printers will not be slow
to make proper recognition in a
more substantial way than mere
thank you" when opportunity
affords.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

Governor Folk has committed
the sentence OF Edgar Bailey from
hanging to life Imprisonment.
Bailey, hackman at Kansas City,
was charged with having muir
dered a strike breaking hackman,
after Turing his victim into the
woods. Strenuous efforts were
made to save Bailey's neck. The
Wageworker is glad that Bailey
is not to be hanged, because it
does not believe in capital punish
ment And it is glad that Bailey
goes up for life, because it does
not believe in violence as strike
measure There is entirely too
much of that sort of thing, and
the union men of the country
should set their faces against it.
If we can't win peacefully, then
let lis lose gracefully.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
SMITHS APOLOGY.
Washington Trades Unionist
Makes Sarcastic Comment.

The w a hington Trades
Unionist. one of the best labor
publications in the country, pays
editorial attention to Shelby
Smiths apology, and refers to it
in the following vitriolic manner.
We commend it to the thoughtful
attention of the printing craft:
philadelphia, Sept. 10, 1905
l deeply regret the publication
of the statements made in the
Trades Union News of February
8. 1905, concerning the members
of the executive council of the
International Typographical I'm
ion.
Il did not mean to intimate that
the international officers had en-
tered into agreements with the rats
or rat employers of Philadelphia.
Il had no purpose to assail the
personal character of the mem
bers of the executive council.
The above is submitted as my
apology for the publication by me
in the Trades Union News, of the
article complained of.
(Signed.)
SHELBY SMITH,"
And the future life of a union
card rested on the above stick
full" of an apology.
In the present effort to gain the
eight-hour day, with general am
nesty allowed in every city in
trouble. the worst rat" in the
country has chance for care
without an apology for past &C
tions-in fact, he is looked upor
as friend in need. No matter
what his crime. He may have
traduced every member of the las
union he was a member of, vic
lated every article of law in the
international, and he is taken il
to help win strike.
The personality of Shelby
Smith entered largely into hi.
case. With a tongue that utter:
cutting, sharp, sentences, filled
with sarcastic contempt for his al
LEGGED prosecutors, he could hard
Ilv expect quarter from conven
ton dominated by administration
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
HALL BROS. CO., ''e @1s21r

adherents but the sentence in his
case was too severe.
Parallel the act of a man fight
ing for his organization, incessant
and insistent for changed condi-
tons in Philadelphia union, and
when the executive council prac-
tically deserted his cause, saw fit
to criticise that august body for
its alleged delinquency, harshly
it may be, and his card hangs on
an apology. Parallel it with "a
rat" carrying any number OF
coats of whitewash and a card is
handed him and funds to carry
him to new fields of usefulness for
good or iii to the |. T. L.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

men threatened to vote against
ratification of the constitution UNI
less that Objectionable clause was
stricken out, and as there is a di-
vision of sentiment in the terri
tory regarding single or double
statehood with Oklahoma, the
single staters saw that they were
up against it. AS result the con-
stitutional convention renigged
on the "open shop" clause and
struck it out.
1t was an outrageous attempt
at discrimination to start with,
but what do Post and Parry and
their ilk care about that? All
they want is to make it possible
to hammer labor into subsection.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
WRECK VICTIMS.
Engineer and Firemen Meet
Death at Their Posts.

At Nehawka, Neb., last Thurs
day Engineer B. F. Young and
Fireman William Sheffield of the
Missouri Pacific met death in a
wreck. Their engine went off a
bridge at that point and both
were killed. The engine was at
tached to the rear of a train and
was backing up. 1t is supposed
that the tender left the rails and
struck bridge support, knocking
the bridge out of plumb. Engi-
neer Young applied the air and
the engine broke loose from the
train. The train remained on the
rails, but the engine plunged
down and its crew was buried in
the wreck.
The victims were buried at Ne
braska City last Sunday. Engi-
neer Young was buried from St.
Mary's Episcopal church, Rev. A.
E. Knickerbocker officiating and
the Royal Highlanders having
charge. Fireman Sheffield was
buried from the First Christian
church, Rev. ]. T. Smith oficiat-
ing and the Ancient Order of
United Workmen having charge.
Mr.. Young leaves wife and sew
en- children and Mr.. Sheffield a
wife and ten children. The fune-
rails were the largest in recent
years as both men were well
known and respected.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
THIS HELPS SOME.
Ministers March in Labor Day
Parade at San lose.

When the union men OF San
Jose started their Labor Day pa
rade they cheered as the members
of the Pastors Union wheeled
into line. This union is made up
of the evangelical ministers of
San Jose. and for some months it
has had a fraternal delegate in
the sessions of the Federated
Trades Council When the parade
counter1narched the union crafts
men cheered the ministerial
marchers to the echo, and the
ministers acknowledged the fact
by waving their hands and emit
ing a few cheers of their own.
The incident has created the
greatest good feeling.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
Required a Lot of Educating.

A young Brockton physician tells the
following about himself:
Upon his graduation from Brown
university he went home to the west
ern part of the state for few days,
and on the street met young French
man, one of his comrades of the Span
ish war. This conversation ensued:
Hello, Fred; 1 hear you got through
down at Brownse's.''
Eyes, 1 finished there Wednesday,"
"Well, what are you going to do
now"
I'm going to New York to study
medicine"
Huh! You going to be doctor.
How long dat take?"
'Ill have to study four years, any
way"
-Four years! Gee! Didn't you
graduate from the high school here?"
Eyes"
And didn't you go four years at
Brownse's?"
"Sure thing"
"And now you mean to tell me you
got to study four years more to be a
doctor?"
81 certainly have, and after that
there will be two years in hospital .
"Well, you must be tick-headed."
All the worry you have in this world
is what you carry around under your
hat
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
OFFER REJECTED.
Textile Council Will Not Accept
Operators Proposition.

The Fall River textile council,
representing the organized cotton
mill operatives of the city, has
decided to reject the offer made
by the Manufacturers association
last week to advance wages 5eper
cent and introduce a profit shar-
ing plan. The council had re-
quested the restoration of the re-
duction of 1914 per cent, which,
went into effect July rs, 1905. No
immediate trouble in the mills
Is anticipated as the result of the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
STILL A MENACE.
Soda Fountain Still Luring the
Young Astray.

nc w aSCWOTkeI pOSltloH vi
the license question is too we'll
known to need mention here. The
saloons of Lincoln have paid ST.
500 year each for the privilege
of selling wines, beer and liquors
at retail, and they are compelled
to observe certain strict rules and
regulations. Having accepted the
money of these saloons the city is
in duty bound to protect the sa-
looms in the conduct of the liquor
business. But it is not because
the saloons are entitled to protec-
ton that The Wageworker again
calls attention to the fact that
there are soda fountains in the city
that make practice of dispensing
intoxicants in their most insidi-
Gus forms.
The soda fountain habit in Lin
coin is doing more to drag young
men and women-boys and girls
into the downward path than
all the saloons combined. Beard
less boys and adolescent girls fire.
uuent these soda fountains, and
with flushed cheeks and glisten-
ing eyes that tell of incipient in
ebriation drink decoctions of
wines and liquors that they could
not get at any saloon in the city.
Boys who would be instantly or
dered out of a saloon walk into
drug stores and with the air of
veterans order soda" that con-
tains enough alcohol to make a
drunken sailor blink and hunt for
| the water. Girls who could not
gain admittance to any saloon in
Lincoln sit at tables in drug
stores and stow away soda" that
is doctored to the limit with
wines and cordials. ...#..
The Wageworker asserts with
out fear of contradiction that
there are soda fountains in Lin
coin doing a thousand fold more
damage to the community than all
| the saloons combined, because
these drug stores cater to the
boys and girls and give them their
first initiation into the drink and
drug habit. Parents who would
raise an awful disturbance if they
found a saloon selling liquor to
their boys say never word when
their boys loiter around these
soda fountains" and drink
enough booze to send them off
reeling. Women who would dis
dain to enter a wine room if there
happened to be such a thing in
Lincoln, think nothing of going
into drug store and ordering a
soda" that contains spike"
big enough to fasten bridge tim
bers together.
Morphine, cocaine, Choral
patent medicine connections that
are nothing more than raw whis-
key of the poorest make = all
these things are dished out with
out any pretense at concealment,
and the result is that the moral
atmosphere of the city is growing
more and more tainted every day.
There are number of respect
able drug stores in Lincoln. They
neither keep nor compound in
toxicants. There are drug stores
whose drug stocks are huge
bluff, and whose prescription
cases conceal the sale of more
liquor than half the bars of the
city can boast. The police are
practically helpless under existing
conditions. The only remedy lies
in public opinion. Parents should
head the crusade, for it is the
boys and the girls who are being
dragged down by this horrible
traffic. Watch your boys and
girls, and if you catch them en-
tering one of these drug store
Saloons" take them home, bend
them over a barrel and then ap-
ply the remedy.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
BROUGHT TO TIME.
Indian Territory Politicians See
the Light.

There will be no "open shop"
clause in the constitution of the
new state that is to be made out
of Indian Territory. The Post
ties sncaked in clause making it
illegal to sign a closed shop con-
ktract and tried to make it stick,
For a time it looked as if the citi-
ems of the territory would ratify
he constitution But they reck-
med without the union men OF
~. The union men
Hthe little joker" and
souble. The union
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

On October the printers of
Utica, n. Y, went on strike to en-
force the eight-hour day. Last
Sunday the Typotheta capitulated
and signed up, and on Monday
morning the strike was a thing Of
the past. The eight-hour day
goes into effect on January l.,
1906, withoue a wage reduction.
Every Office in the city signed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

At Indianapolis representatives
of the employing coopers and the
Coopers' International Union
were in session for several days
last week. Last Sunday an agree
ment was reached and a working
agreement signed. Under the
agreement the coopers get slight
increase in wages.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

The miners of G.. B. Markle &
Co., who struck last week, de-
cided last Sunday to return to
work. The driver boy who was
the cause of the trouble must re-
main idle until the question of his
wages is decided by the concilia-
ton board which the men and the
company has agreed shall settle
the issue.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

disagreement and it is probable
that further negotiations will be
conducted during the coming
week.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

The smile that Eliminates the
counting room will also make light
in the home.
Some men are proud Of their ability
to give: other men are thankful for
an opportunity to give.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

Satan's promises to pay are printed
on fine paper III artistic style, but they
invariably go to protest.
1t is rather difficult to have respect
for a law when we can have none
for the men who made it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27

All the worry you have in this world
is what you carry around under your
hat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Styles That Will Be Much Worn.

Walking skirts built Of irregular
checks or plaids, preferably in black
and white, will be very popular. The
skirts are made up in many different
ways. The greatest success is found
in the bias circular skirt with front
seam and perhaps two side plaits
down the middle front. A smart little
bolero or other short coat accompa-
nies this walking skirt much better.
The skirt with many cores is another
model much in evidence, but it must
flare well below the knees. The very
latest gored skirt is smooth over the
hips, but is easy below the hip line
and is quite full before it reaches even
the line of the knee. The back, though
it may close snugly and smoothly at
the top, falls in fullness below the
placket. Hip yokes are much used,
Notwithstanding that its disuse was
prdphesied. The newest yoke is short
in the front and back and longer at
the sides, giving an opportunity for
fullness at the hip line. A number
of smart models have plain narrow
front breadths made to suggest a box
plait which are cut in one with the
hip yoke; and in one with this loke
also are fiat panels running from
yoke to hem and side and back, while
between them the skirt falls in side
plaits over box plaits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Wheat Stalk 6 Feet Lona.

George E. Brown, superintendent OF
irrigation for the Indians, came to
town last night with a bundle of
wheat which he had taken at random
from field Of eight acres belonging
to Ralph Blackwater, the miller at
Sacaton.
The field is in the Salt River reser-
vation about fifteen miles above the
city The stalks are more than six
feet in length. The heads are CORE
spondingly large. They have not yet
come out in bloom so that it may be
reasonably expected that the stalks
will grow from six to eight inches
more--Arizona Republican.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
OLD MEN WITH YOUNG WIVES.
Propensity of the Times, as Noted by
Insurance Agent.

Propensity of the Times, as Noted by
insurance Agent.
Strange statistics" said an insur-
ance agent, "are collected in my busi-
ness 1 have been recently collecting
statistics as to the comparative ages
of husbands and wives
This is what have found: I have
found that the more times a man
nGrries, the younger, in comparison
with himself, he wants his wife to be.
For instance. his first wife, on the
average. is four years younger than
he His second is ten His third is
twenty or thirty.
What do these statistics prove?
Do they prove that, as a man gains
in years and experience, he finds that
it is best for many reasons to be al
most as old as his wife's father, or
do they only prove that as men ap-
proach old age they are more foolish
than they were in youth?
"Old x, aged 70, with third wife
o. %, said on this head the other
day: You can't marry a girl too
young The younger she is the longer
she'll keep her health and strength
and beauty. Furthermore, the older
you are the more respect she'll have
ASi yOu- OH0 IL reverence you anu
obey you as she would her own father
or grandfather"
Young wives rejuyenate old hus-
bands - the insurance agent ended.
They make these old fellows dress
younger, talk younger and feel young
er. Youth is contagious, like the
Group.
"a young wife is believed to pro-
long an old husbands life. If man
of 40, insured in my company, should
marry a girl of 20, I'd consider him
better risk by per cent than he had
been before
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Use for Peacock Feathers

Ii there are yet women who think
that the superstition about wearing
peacock feathers is still ingrained
in the minds of their sex, let them
take a stroll up Fifth avenue or
through the park some fine morning
when the up-to-date woman is out ex-
ercising her dog or her. baby, and
their minds will be disabused of the
notion, says a New York newspaper
For morning wear it has become a
lad to have a bunch of peacock feath-
ers stuck jauntily through the band
of a soft felt fedora hat. Glowing
cheeks and the rich blue-green of the
feathers make charming contrasts and
the effect is extremely chic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Mountain Dew Puddino.

Into pint of milk stir the beaten
yolks OF two eggs, pinch of salt, four
crackers rolled very fine, two table
spoonfdls of cocoanut and three table
spoonfuls of sugar. Mix well, turn
into a creased pudding-dish and bake
In quick oven for twenty minutes
Draw the pudding to the door of the
oven and spread it with a meringue
made of the whites of the eggs beat
en- stiff with two tablespoonfuls of
sugar. Return to the oven and leave
these just long enough to color the
neringue. When the pudding is TAX
en- from the oven sprinkle grated CO.
coanut over the top.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
A Parrots Pets.

A parrot which has several sparrow
proteges is quite unusual, but parrots
are, as every one knows, great mimics,
and this parrot is owned by a man
who is fond of birds, and when eating
his meals out-of-doors, as he often
does in summer, he is in the habit of
feeding crumbs to all the birds around,
which have become SO tame that they
often hop right down on the table.
The parrot used to watch his master
throwing crumbs to the birds, and now
the clever little creature amuses him
self by throwing seeds from his cage,
much to the joy of his less fortunate
feathered playmates.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Rraised Beef.

Make incisions through a round of
beef and through these draw long
strips of fat salt pork. Have the in
cisions about an inch apart. Stuff
also into the holes with the salt pork
a forcemeat made of minced fat salt
pork, minced onion and bread crumbs,
highly seasoned. Lay the meat in a
pot, cover deep with chopped onion,
carrot, celery, sliced or chopped to-
mato. two bay leaves broken into bits
and a dash of mace and paprika Pour
over all a half pint of cold water, COW
er closely and cook very slowly-aI-
lowing Is minutes to the pound.
Transfer the meat to hot dish, strain
the gravy, thicken ir with Drowned
-four and pour over the meat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
New DESIGNS i'm Buttons.

Buttons claim attention this season
to a greater extent than for some
time past, and are destined for espe-
cial prominence during the coming
summer as the decorative adjunct of
the linen and similar fabric frocks.
Buttons for the tub gown are orna-
mented in a variety of charming de-
signs, the foundation material being
that of the gown and the embroidery
executed in mercerized thread in self
or harmonizing color. A trio of artis-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
pesian for Summer Frock.

Any of the summery materials, the
supple silks, mousselines, organdies
and the like will develop charmingly.
In Paris the vogue of the cut-out neck
extends even to the toilets intended
for daylight wear; but here we fill
them in with chemisettes. The draped
bodice shows lengthwise straps of lace
which are continued down the skirt,
dainty little jabots appearing on the
bust The sleeve has several ruff
fles at the shoulder, and a mousque-
taire arrangement to the elbow. The
skirt is plated over the hips, the
front gore disposed with inturning
fan plaits, and full flounce is ap-
piled beneath a lace heading. cas-
cades of lace appearing either side of
the front.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
IceIander Needs Iona Nails.

"You can tell an Icelander,'' said
the sailor, '9by the long nail he al
ways wears on his right thumb. You
know how long a Chinaman let's the
nails of his little fingers grow-an
inch, almost? Well, an Icelander's
right thumb nail is quite as long as
that.
HThe Chinaman's long nails are for
ornament, but the Icelander's are for
use.
I'm Iceland they are great snuff
takers, and they buy their snuff in
plugs, like this plug of tobacco here.
The powdered snuff is caked and
N slded into a solid mass.
when the Icelander feels like
shifting up bit of snuff he takes his
plug out, holds it in his left hand and
with his right thumb nail scrapes of
enough snuff for his needs.
eff the nail wasn't long it wouldn't
sc ape well and hence it is always
easy to pick an Icelander out among
a thousand men of different nation
alities."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06

each button finished with French
knots.
To these may be added a set of
beautiful buttons covered with many
thicknesses of denim with a raised
flower. small but pretty. worked on
the top of the button. Such buttons
are washable.
Beside this list of handmade but
tons there may be included in the
same dainty class the entire family
OF silk covered and hand-painted but
tons which are now being made for
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Chickens Flew Through plate Glass.
rim

Chickens Flew Through Plate Glass.
Frightened by the ringing of the
village school bell, two prairie chick
ems that had taken refuge in the tow
er flew out as straight and swift as
an arrow to the opposite side of the
street, where the leading bird with
great velocity hit a heavy plate-glass
store window and, going through it
like bullet through a target, dropped
dead on the floor, at a distance of
twenty feet from the window, says a
Wolsey, S. D., dispatch
The chicken went through the glass
with sufficient force to cut a hole six
inches in diameter Its companion
struck the side of the hole, making it
larger and falling inside with the
shattered pieces of glass
The second prairie chicken appar-
emily was not badly injured, for it
swiftly recovered itself and escaped
through the hole which it had en-
tered.