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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
MUkDEN ALWAYS BATTLE POINT
Wars Have Ragged Around tho "City of Tonbs' Moro
Than Three Thousand Years.

1921 after terrific fighting and a
slaughter. IL we may believe the stat
isticians. that far exceeds what has re-
Gently occurred there. Ali prisoners
taken were promptly beheaded.
Llaoyang was captured and made the
capital. and seventy other cities
promptly surrendered.
In 1914 the Manchus. risen to great
power. marched into China and placed
one of their own on the throne OF that
government. and a Manchu has ruled
there ever since. In the eighteenth
century Mukden rose to great COM
mercial and political Importance, but
by the time Of the opening OF the
nineteenth century, through causes
largely due to the decay Of the Man
chu dynasty, the city declined in i'm
portance, and when the Russians be-
gan their active control. of the COM
munity, after the Chinese-Japanese
war of 1894, they found it q place OF
squalor, filth and disease.
Sacred Tombs Preserved.
The sacred tombs has been pre-
served, but the city was almost iso-
lated from the world; its people indo-
lent. careless, out of touch with the
world The Russians maoe it a base
of commercial and military supplies.
introduced some modern methods OF
sanitation and proposed to make 1t
the halfway station between Port Ar
thur and Hardin.
Now the japanese have it. To
them it may be their northern ter
minal in the new land they will domi-
nate, although in all probability, when
it comes to making the final treaty,
they will dominate far to the Kuang-
chang-tsu district. Aside from the
Russian population 80 per cent OF the
inhabitants OF Mukden, are Chinese.
The only language taught in the city
schools is Chinese. The Japanese
probably will introduce entirely mod
ern' methods OF education and COM
merce.
In 5000 years there have been
fought in front of or about Mukden
some twentyodd noted battles OF the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
FINANCIAL RECORD THE BEST.
Not SonceE,in History Has. City, Of
Mexico Regulated Debt.

"S%tCO ncPuotdISO OSDI.
The City of Mexico has been doing
business for about $50 years. There
is probably no capital in the civilized
world that during the same period has
been the center of more wars of con-
quest or revolution, and yet, through
all the troublesome days of these cen
turtles. this city has maintained it's
financial reputation free from blemish.
Kings have come and gone, viceFoy
has succeeded yiceroy emperors have
hourished for a brief regime and
rival factions have striven for the
presidency, loans have been forced
by one general government to be re-
pudiated by the next, bonds were is
sued during the French occupancy
that the republic would not assume,
but during all the strife the ancient
capital of the Aztecs cherished its
financial integrity as it's choicest jew
ell and to-day rejoices in the record
that not once in all it's long history
has debt been repudiated.-ModerD
Mexico
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Reused Artist from lnaction.

Phil May, the English artist, who
died not long ago, had fits OF laZiness
and when suffering from this ailment
found it very difficult to work. On
one occasion he had promised col
oIed design for the Christmas number
of a weekly. The day fixed for its de-
livery passed by, but no design was
forthcoming. The publisher went
hunting for him and found him at q
seaside hotel enjoying time OF abso-
lutte inaction. Without going to. see
Mr.. May, he hired six sandwich men
to parade up and down before the ar
lists window with boards bearing diff
ferent legends. This was their tenor:
What about our Christmas cover?"
1--WE are waiting for that cover 1t
was a delightful reminder and in a
few days the publishers received one
;of the most brilliant designs May had
e>er executed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
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Electric Cigar LIGHTERS.

Electricity is lighting houses not
only, but cigars as well. An ingenious
electric cigar lighter consists of a
metal box, perforated and mounted
upon a standard and supplied with
110-volt continuous current from the
lighting mains. Inside the box are
two carbon pencils which are brought
in contact by the depression OF a
thumb piece or button on the out
side, and then separated by a spring
mechanism which holds the carbons
just far enough apart for an arc to
be formed. By inserting cigar in an
orifice in the front its unlighted end
becomes ignited by contact with the
arc. the whole operation taking scarce
ly five seconds and costing 10 cents
per kilowatt hour. In other words, 500
cigars may be lighted for about one
penny. Taking into account interest
and depreciation, the new lighter will
scarcely be formidable rival of the
safety match.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Exclusive RELIGIOUS Circles.

There is a good deal of comment
just now on the exclusive attitude OF
certain New York churches. In some
it is impossible to purchase pew or
even a sitting. The demand for pews
in Grace church is so great that
names have been on the waiting list
for years. In several other fashion
able houses of worship the condition
is the same. Some newcomers of
great wealth, eager to touch elbows
with the most orthodox of respectable
ity, secure pews by suitcase, but this
is costly kind of enterprise. 1t is
not uncommon to hear of pews sell
ing for $1,000 or more. Indeed, with
in a week or two pew 40 of Grace
church sold for S1,550. In ST. Thorn
as church single sittings sell for
$3.50. 3d.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Miss Bertha Berner,

ly, to the late Mrs. Stanford. nave
been instructed by the police not t.
leave Honolulu. 1t is believed tha
among the stories of household quar-
rels and graft. a hint of the motive
for murder may be found.
Albert Beverly. the ex-butler. has
it is said. made statement to the
police to the effect that in all. by
means of rake downs" and commits
sions he had grated" about $2.1OO
He reiterates his story that he divid
ed his rake down" with Miss Berner
and that her share amounted to be
tween 81 900 and $1.1O0
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
A House of cement and Stone.

n 7ouSe OF NemeuI ana stone.
J. w. R.-Would it be advisable to
build a house 24x28 feet and 10 feet
high of cement and stone? How thick
should the walls be? How much ce-
Ment would be required and Whai
would be the cost of the walls?
Houses built of stone are durable
and warm, but they never should be-
plastered directly on the stone. The
walls should be strapped and then
lathed and plastered, for if plastered
on the stone wall. the walls are al
ways colder, especially in the winter.
and the moisture in the rooms win
coEdense on the walls, making them
wet. All brick, stone or concrete
walls should be strapped before being
lathed and plastered.
The walls should be 20 inches thick
for first story and Is inches for sec
ond story. Mortar for laying stone
for such building may be composed
OF one part Of Portland cement to fve
parts Of sand.
The cost of stone work will depend
on the cost of material, where the
building is erected and the class OF
stone work required. For plain rub
bic work the usual price per cord is
fifteen dollars where cement Is used
in making the mortar. Your walls
would cost $500, estimating them at
SIS per cord. You would require
about 40 barrels Of cement. H.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

Mukden, the ancient city, now pass
ed into the control of the Japanese,
was described last August in this
manner by an American war CORE
spondent:
Most. cities of China proper have
1912 distinct smells. Mukden has
hut 6,214; it has been Russianized
and whenever possible the Russian
has introduced clean streets, some
kind of a sewerage system, orderly
houses; hence Mukden is now known
as the cleanest town of the many
where the filthy Chinese have pre-
dominated in the past"
Mukden belongs to the province of
Shingking and on the line OF railway
running north 1t is about half way
between Niuchwang aud Kuangchang-
tsu. which belongs to the province of
Kirin.
Now aside from the fact that Muk-
den holds the sacred tombs of the
ancient Manchu or pure" dynasty it
has other interest in that it has been
one of the worlds central battle
points since LOO years or more be.
fore Christ.
Where Russian and Japan have
been contesting longer than year,
race after race, and nation after ma
ton, have hurled themselves against
each other for certainly 5000 years.
The soil about Mukden, the ranges Of
the Long White Mountain, the great
stretches of gray plains have. been
soaked with the blood of tens of thou
sands of warriors.
Ii is Golgotha-a place of bones
and the wraiths of men who have
gone to their final judgment in con-
quest or plumber. .
PeopIed Long Before Christ.
Dates in Chinese or Monaghan his
tory are much mixed. but so far as
accuracy can be depended upon Muk-
den was a settlement long before
Christ was born. The Prince of
Pohai had some possessions there
about TO B. c., and at one time Chi
nese allegiance was thrown off en-
tirely and q centralized government
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
JOKE ON PARIS LAWYERS.
Members of the Bar Supposed
Work Only for Justice.

Members Of the Bar Supposed tc
Work Only for Justice.
The wits of the Bouievards have
been furnished4s.Wit fruitful topic
by the civil court of Paris, which has
ordered lawyer to return the greater
part of the fees he received in a Ger.
tain case
1t is not in the enforced return OF
the money, however, that the humor
lies. but in the ground on which the
court based its action. NJ. j. Cornely,
who records the incident, says the
Judge declared that members of the
bar there work for justice, not for
money, and have no legal claim to
one sou for services.
This. it appears, has been hallow-
ed fiction since the days of st. Louis
and we can well believe that it's re-
erudescence at this time as a judicial
vet has caused a commotion among
he lawyers of Paris.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Photographed Wrong Man.

A washington photographer want
cd the picture of the president 3
friend Seth Bullock. the sheriff of
Deadwood, who was selected to lead
the cowboy bunch in the inaugural
procession. He sent an assistant out
to round up Bullock and bring him
to be photographed. Presently the
assistant came back with a graymus-
tached man in tow and announced
that this was the man wanted The
man sat for several pictures. AS he
was going out the clerk in the gal
lery said: by the way, Mr.. Bullock,
please give me your full name for the
pictures" Bullock nothing!" said
the man. Il am not Bullock l am
Morgan Bulkeley, senator-elect from
Connecticut"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

H. passages. The small SC lares. three
on one side and two on the other.
shown in the ground floor plan, are
ventilating shafts 10 inches SQUARE.
which extend from the ceiling OF the
basement to the plate Of the barn
where they are open to the outside.
Fresh air should be admitted through
2-inch tiles placed in the walls one foot
above the lexel Of the basement floor.
and in such position that draughts will
not strike the animals. Windows
should be all hung at the top. Stable
doors should all be cut in two HORIZON
tally. making the bottom part 3 feet 6
inches high. The barn posts are Is
feet high and the roof is hipped.
The cost of building raries in diff
farent localities, but If estimate
would be about as fo1loy :: Excavat-
ing. $40; cement wall, rs; cement
floor, $125; timber, $3.50, lumber and
shingles, $315; lumber for stable fit
tings. $40; hardware. $40; carpenter
work. SITS; silo, $40. This estimate
is for frst-class workmanship, and
matched lumber. The foundation tim
bers may be made up of 2x10 inch
planks. For the superstructure, square
timber should be used.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Benefited by American Education.

Tong Shin Ye, just appointed Chi
nese ambassador to England, was one
of the second delegation of thirty
youths sent to this country, in 1872
to be educated. He was then ~ years
old He and another lad were taken
in hand by E. c. Gardner of Spring
field, Mass, with whom they remain
ed for two years. Then, having made
great progress in the study OF En-
glish, they went to school. Tong re-
NAMED in the United States for six
years. He finished his education in
China
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
The PEOPLES COLLEGE,.

The American boy does not. as a
rule take kindly TO early specializa-
ton, says Walter L. Hervey in the
Chautauquan. The general high
school course, whether classical or
scientific. attracts the vast majority
of students and is likely to do so for
many years to come. The typical
American high school is one whose
chief aim is to provide general cul-
ture and equipment for life, irrespec-
tive of academic or vocational des-
tination. This conception Of the high
school is reflected in the name by
which it is often. called.-"the peo
pies college,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
TO DIRECT CANAL. CUTTING.
Chief Engineer Wallace Likely to Be-
Supreme in Panama.

Chief Engineer Wallace Likely to Be
Supreme in Panama.
Chief Engineer John +. Wallace
who will probably be the actual work
ing head of the Panama Canal COM
mission under the proposed reorgani
zatlon of that body. and who is likely
to be the real builder Of the canal
under the presidents determination
to intrust that work to the ablest man
the country can produce, is one of the
best known civil engineers in this
country, and so well known abroad
and SO highly esteemed that he has
been elected to membership in many
Of the most scientific bodies of Eu-
rope. For many years he was connect
ed with the Illinois Central railroad.
working up through all the grades to
the Office OF general manager, post
he held at the time he was selected
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
A Curious Clock.

One of the most curious clocks in
the world is. perhaps. that which tells
the times to the Inhabitants of little
cry, which is nothing but a face
lakewood town. and which was con.
structed some time ago The machin-
hands, and lever, is connected with
a geyser. which shoots out an i'm.
mense column of hot water every
thirty-eight seconds. This spouting
never varies to the tenth of second.
Every time the water spouts up it
strikes the lever and moves the hands
forward thirty eight seconds.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Fish With Two Kinds Of Eyes.

The anableps, or stargazer, a fish
Of the cyprodont family. found in rfv-
ers of Guiana. Surinam and Brazil,
has each of its eyes divided into an
upper and lower portion by an
opaque horizontal line
This gives it in effect two pupils in
each eye. one suited for seeing in the
air and the other for seeing in the
water. The fish is in the habit of
swimming at the surface with its
head sometimes 2bove, sometimes be-
!ax the water line.SSishing Gazette.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Race at a Fair.

An amusing feature of the closing
day of the north Georgia fair held at
Chickamauga was a doctors race. .
The twelve physicians who took part
in the contest had their horses sta
bled near by and were themselves
undressed and in bed. At the stroke
of the gong they had to dress, hitch
their horses to their vehicles and
drive one mile to supposed patient.
The race was won by DR.. Rudesell DR..
Elder was second and DR.. Hunter
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Dumb Man Speaks.

Fifteen months ago Thomas Witty
a man employed in Arm strong's sh:r,
yard. woke up one morning and found
that he had lost the faculty of speech
Remaining dumb. he gave up his
employment. On Saturday he was
selling oranges. with his son shouting
for him, when somebody asked him
the price Of the oranges, and much to
his own establishment his long at
tempted utterance came, for he re-
piled. -Four q penny" Since that mo-
ment he has been able to speak al
we'll as ever.-London Daily Mail.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
A Botany Tea.

DR.. PEBBLES, assistant professor of
biology at the Woman's College, and
some of her students gave a unique
botany tea in one of the science
rooms. All the refreshments, which
were of a vegetable compound ex-
cept salt we're eaten with laboratory
instruments. Tie food consisted of
lettuce, tomatoes, asparagus tips,
olives, ginger, fruit salad and bis
cults. The tea was filtered at the
table over laboratory glasses.-Balti.
more American.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Life Of Country Physician.

The strenuousness of the life of the
country physician is illustrated in the
case of DR.. George H. Coombs. of
Waldboro, Me-. who, during the recent
storm, found it impossible to run his
automobile or force his horses
through the mountain-high snowdrifts,
walked to West Waldboro and back.
a total distance of eight miles, to see
a patient. The incident illustrates
also the devotion of the conscientious
physician to his patielts.-Boston
Transcript
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
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New Stall Stock,

fire, in consequence of the confusion
attending the release of the animals.
The lock is worked by the pull OF a
lever. 1t can be placed in any part
OF the stable that will best answer it's
purpose. There is one lock in each
stable, which is connected by piping
running through the same, from one
part of the stable to the other. The
serviceab1e part of this lock is that it
car be utilized independently, for
daily use, leaving the main lock to be
used only in case of emergency.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
vii, Save Cattle and Horses.

The latest invention for installation
in stables and cattle sheds, and hav-
ing for its primary object the imme-
date rescuing OF horses and cattle In
case OF. danger, especially by fire, is
called THE Lightning Release Lock"
There is no device on the market to-
day applicable for the purpose men,
tened, which combines SO perfectly,
simplicity of construction, with eff
cheney of operation, 1t answers a re-
euirement, the absence Of which has
Eeen keenly felt by horseHen and cat
tie owners for many years. particular
iy in buildings where many horses
and cattle are housed, and which are
particularly susceptible, to danger by
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
"wirelcss" in Naval Warfare.

Among the interesting features of
the naneuvers of the United States
squadron CT evolution. at Culebra this
winter will be practice with relay
wireless telegraphy. The ships will
be arranged in column, distant from
each other about 100 miles, and wire
less messages will be transmitted
from the flagship and repeated from
ship to ship. the final recipient report
ing to the flagship the exact message
received from the penultimate ship.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
We Figures Wrong.

"The demands of society are SO ex-
acting and the rules Of dress SO mex
orable that the area of cuticle avail
able for vaccination purposes Is con-
stantly becoming smaller" wrote the
health officer in his annual report.
Between party gowns and bathing
suits there is not much opportunity
left"
You are wrong, doctor, there are
at least two months between party
gowns and bathing suits. You must
figure time, and not inches"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
How to Mend Table Linen.

A housewife whose table linen al.
ways does her good service mends It
with embroidery cotton Of a number
to correspond with the quality Of the
cloth. Under the ragged edges of the
tear she bastes a piece of stin paper.
and makes a network; of fine stitches
back and forth over its edges. Thin
places and breaks in linen may run
with the fax or embroidery floss. and
towels should be mended in the same
way.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
German Students.

his winter semester there are at
the several German. universities 39,71G
matriculated students. against 1881
during the last summer semester and
39,71S last winter. At the beginning
OF the nineties there were in round
numbers $4,000 students, and in the
winter Of 1S94-95, 28,1O5; the third ten
thousand was not reached until the
winter of 1S97-9S, when the number
was p ,I10. since witch time there
has been steady increase. The larg-
est number this winter is al Berlin,
'7,774.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
New Idea for inaugural Parade

A North Carolina man who thought
that the inaugural parade was good
deal like a circus procession, wrote to
the inaugural committee as follows:
Il wud like to cum to Washington
and play the countryman in the pro-
cession.4 I am the greatest rube you
ever seed. and am sure that cud
act the part better than any man in
the country. am a republican and
want to show these trif1n' democrats
what a man will do for his president.
| am sure I cen please yu. l will
work rmy grub and SO. cents a
day, includin' carfare."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Army, Was Slaughtered.
Artillery Solar Ray Fire.

Attention was drawn some time ago
by the Army and Navy Gazette to-
method of representing artillery fire
by DETECTING light upon the object
aimed at, which was tried in France
last year. A similar system is be-
ing experimental with in Austria, the
solar rays being reflected upon the
object. These rays are visible to the
troops and to their leaders, as well as
to the umpires, whose decisions are
said thus to be facilitated. The ap-
paratus is used from about 1000 to
5000 yards.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
electric Motors on long Island.

The management of the Long Island
railway has decided to substitute cleo
trio motors for locomotives in the
handling of all passenger trains. An
order has been placed with Pitts
burg firm for motors enough to SUI
persede every locomotive in active
service in this department. Power
will be taken from wire overhead
after the manner employed in trolley
car operation. BY the beginning OF
the summer traffic it is expected that
all trainE on this line will be run by
motors. doing away with the smoke.
cinders and other discomforts of rail-
road travel in warm weather.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
PLAN FOR BASEMENT BARN.


Quarters for Twenty Head Of Cattle
and Two Teams.
The accompanying plans are for :
basement barn IS by So feet. to ac-
commodate twenty head Of cattle and
two teams of horses. The basement
wall is s feet high, foot thick. and
composed of cement concrete. II stone
is used for wall instead Of cement.
the building should be feet larger
each way to allow for the thicker
walls that would be necessary. Unless
gravel is scarce and stone plentiful.
cement Is much to be preferred to
stone masonry and is cheaper.
A is the horse stable; b. the box
stall; c, root house; ID, cow stables;
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Tea Growing Experiments.

Some of the farmers near Santa
Rosa, Cal. are experimenting with
tea growing. and their efforts seem
to be meeting with SUCCESS. It is said
that there is no reason why tea should
not be grown in some sections Of this
country, though the earlier South Car
DINA experiment is not known to be
making great Roadway.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
Sensible Rules. Of Club.

Some easy-going scitizens Of Hume.
Mo-, have organized a"Dont Worry"
club. The certificate of mc-1bership
Iears the following pledge Il hereby
promise that, to the best of my ability,
1 will not worry, knock. fret, roar or
chew the rag, but will endeavor to
remain sweet and contented fc- q
whole year"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24
No Dancer Of Discovery,

II am afraid some Of the dates in
my historical novel are inaccurate"
THAT is all right" answered the
publisher. ut will never be noticed
People who read history have too
much literary taste to read historical
novels"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-24

| Orient. and it is conservatively esti-
mated that within and about the city
during that time more than 100000
men have been engaged in bloody
struggles for the control Of territory
and government.