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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Vegetables as Medicine

Asparagus. stimulates the kidneys.
Water cress is an excellent blood
purifier.
Parsnips possess the same virtues
as sarSaparilla
Carrots are good for those having a
tendency to govt.
Celery contains sulphur and helps
to ward off rheumatism.
Celery is a nerve tonic; onions also
are a tonic for the nerves
Tomatoes are good for torpid
liver but should be avoided by equity
people,
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Household Hints

Following are some everyday sug-
gestions from the August issue of the
Housekeeper:
wrung out and placed over fish that
has been boiled will keep it warm ror
quite while.
Those who find that the Welsh rare
bit does not agree with them, may en-
joy this simple substitute: Crate some
cheese and mix with it grain of red
pepper, a pinch of mustard and bit
of curry, pile upon slices of toasted
bread or Drowned crackers and re-
turn to the oven until the cheese is
melted.
A teaspoonful of turpentine placed
in the boiler with clothes will whiten
them beautifully.
If piece of paper placed in the
oven turns a dark yellow, the heat of
the oven Is right for the baking of
bread or cake.
If double layers of brown paper are
placed under olcloth on shelves. or
tables, it will last twice as long.
A small piece of wash leather wet
with methylated spirits and rubbed on
mirrors or picture glass will clean
them beautifully Polish afterwards
with a soft cloth
An easy mode of covering jelly
glasses: Brush white of egg over
white kitchen paper, cut into pieces
of proper size, and cover the jelly
while hot. The paper will stick
tightly and prove as alright as parch-
ment.
Cover plaster of Paris ornaments,
that are intended to be cleaned, with
a thick coating of starch and allow
it to become perfectly dry, then it can
be brushed off and the dirt with it.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
A Bridge Jacket

The latest thing in short wraps Is
the bridge jacket.
1t is looser than the pony coat,
and is most convenient little gar
ment.
You can make one of linen either
in white or colors. A charming one
to wear over thin gowns was made of
pale gray linen, and embroidered in
DAISIES and wheat with mercerized
floss.
The edge was finished with a heavy
lace.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
About Women

The first prize in the advanced Sec
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09

ton of the Holland county council
shorthand classes, held in Lincoln
shire, England, has been awarded to
a domestic servant.
Maj. Powell Cotton, who is on an
expedition from the Nile to the Fam.
best, is accompanied by his wife, the
first European woman to penetrate
the Ituri basin. The camp has been
thronged daily with natives, who are
wild with curiosity to see "the white
woman with the long hair
One of the wedding presents re-
ceived by Queen Victoria of Spain on
her arrival in her adopted country
was pair of satin shoes, with her
monogram embroidered in gold. They
were the gift of shoemaker of Vigo,
who made the first pair of shoes worn
by King Alfonso.
Two men lately met to fight duel
for the sake of a young Partisan mil
liner. The heroine was present dur
ing the fight, but so little did the dead
ly combat interest her that she fell
asleep while it was going on. She
was awakened, however, by a cry
from one of the men, who was wound
ed, and it is not on record that she
Immediately dropped off to sleep
again.
Memory bells are toys peculiar to
Japan and are given by Japanese
youths to their sweethearts. They are
constructed of slips of glass so deli
cately poised that the least vibration
sets them jingling. The memory bells
are hung in window, where the draft
will set them in motion. The delicate
tinlIling servesto remind their owner
of the giver, hence the pretty fanciful
name.
Mrs Metherell of Tavistock, Eng
land, who lately celebrated her 1920
birthday, used at one time to wear
spectacles. but gave them up when
she was between seventy and eighty
years of age. She is still able to
thread a needle.
A framed piece Of needlework, con-
sisting of buttons sewn on a silk foun-
dation, was recently sold by auction
in North London. It was made by
the wife of country parson who
used to utilize in this way the but
tons found in offertory bags in her
church.
An American writer says: "You
want to help the man you marry to be
fine strong and true. Show him that
you will raise his own self-respect and
bring him to the level you tell him
he occupies. Believe in him; be gen.
tie with him; don't contradict him
when he is tired; let him think he is
having his own way in his own house
feed him with what he likes and laugh
at his jokes! Herein lies the secret
Of happy home"
Texas is SO large that it is neces-
sary to divide it into five state fed
of women's clubs, which meet
separately. The chief object of the
women in the lettering of conditions
is to improve the school system, to In
troduce the kindergarten into the pub
lie schools and in every way aid the
cause of education. There is no
state in the union that has accom-
plished more through the influence of
it's clubwomen and members of pa
triotic societies, which are generally
affiliated with the clubs.
Rridro I,oLo&
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
Canning Sweet Corn

Select corn not over ripe or too
green; little practice will show
which is right. Cut from cob and put
in granite kettle with just little
more salt than would be good for the
table, then boil for Is minutes, put
in glass jars and seal tightly. Keep in
a cool, dark place. When wanted
put in a gronite kettle, cover with
cold water and beat but do not let it
boil. When hot, drain off water and
then wash and it is ready to prepare
for the table.-Mrs. S. d. L.
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Eating

The woman who overeats has only
herself to thank for the unpleasant re-
suits. She knows better If she doesn't
one experience ought 10 teach berthe
woman who undereats c. who eats
what simply tastes" and does not
nourish her need not cons der herself
intelligent.
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81 to A bust,


The waist is made with the fronts
and back, the back being plain while
the fronts are tucked, and is finished
with hens at it's front edges. The
collar illustrated is of the soft negli-
gee sort and Joined to the neck edge
while the sleeves are simply full and
finished with Follower cuffs. A reg
ulation stock can however, be substi-
tuted if better liked and narrow bands
can take the place of the cuffs if a
palmer finish is desired
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 3 "a yards 81,
3 IL yards II or l 7-8 yards al inches
wide.
The pattern $3.50 is cut in sizes for
a "a, SO, 39, 40, AZ and A inch bust
measure.
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An Amusing Experiment

A simple kaleidoscope may be made
by any boy or girl by taking a
straight lamp chimney-an argand
one is best-and painting the outside
Of 1t black.
If you make a pinhole in piece Of
paper, and hold it at one end and look
at it through the other it will appear
as number of circles of light. It is
the cylindrical surface that reflects
and causes this
If now you fasten two pieces of
glass at one end of the chimney, plac-
ing between them beads and bright
colored bits of glass so that they may
move as you turn the chimney, you
will have as good a Kaleidoscope as
you would care to buy.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
When Packing

Don't pack clothes in a trunk which
has not been used for some time with
out airing the latter; it may have
been lying in a damp corner.
Don't begin to pack before you have
collected together all the things re-
Quired, else you may, at the last mo-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
To Make a Catch-aII

A very pretty fancy catch all can
be made from large fan of the WOW
en- fibre
This is caught together, so that it
forms a pocket, and is trimmed with
a large bow of ribbon.
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The handle is wrapped with ribbon
and another bow is attached to it
with loop to hang it up by.
This is SO easily made and so use
full that it will be most popular lit
tie gift.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09

Cottage cheese prepared from skim
milk and enriched with cream is
cheap, digestible and and nutritious
food, and when the materials for its
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-09
PATTERN.

PATTERN
Nebraska Independent: Enclosed
find 10 cents for which please send the
above mentioned pattern as per Girec.
tons given below, to
Name. .................
Town. ................
State. ....................
Waist. ............ Bust.
Age-Qf Child's or Misses).
Caution-Be careful to give number
and size of patterns. When pattern is
bust measure, only mark SO, a. or
whatever it may be; when waist meas.
ure, %, "a, rs, or whatever it may be:
when misses or child's, write figure
representing age; not necessary to
write inches or years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your milk
dealer that the Bell Phone is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
GRAVE QUESTION MAY
ARISE ON NEW TUNNEL
When Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Builds it's Wes-
tern Line.
Eight-Hour Law Prevails in
Montana, and Ten-Hour
Law Holds in Idaho.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 27.-One Of
peculiar situations that has come to
the surface in connection with driv-
ing the big tunnel for the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway to con-
meet the states of Idaho and Montana
is the fact that the eight-hour law
exists in Montana. and In consequence
the men working on that side work
only eight hour shifts, while those on
the Idaho side work 10 hours. In ad-
dition the men on the Montana side
are paid $3.50 a day, while those on the
Idaho side receive SO for 10 hours
work.
The question arises as to what the
result will be the Idaho men pene-
trate first into Montana, or If the Mon
tana men penetrate first into Idaho,
or will both sides be required to quit
as soon as the exact boundary line
has been reached. It is expected that
some peculiar questions will arise in
connection with the work.
Unions Are Divided.
Sentiment among the various labor
unions connected with the Structural
Building Trades alliance in Spokane, is
not all favorable toward the demand
Of the carpenters, lathers and stone
masons for an increase of 81 day be-
ginning Jan. 4. Many of the union
men feel that the present scale Of
wages is high enough for the present,
and that there should be no further
demand for two years at least. Mem
bers prominent in the labor world ex-
press the opinion that there should be
a closer relation between the unions
and the people who are seeking to i'm
prove Spokane. Wages are as nigh in
the city as in most of the cities of the
northwest, and, although the cost of
living has Increased somewhat within
the last few years, it is felt by many
Of the local union men that demand for
more wages now among the unions
will greatly retard the city's growth.
Switchmen's Wages Increased.
Announcement is made that the
switchmen on the Oregon Railway and
Navigation system will receive a VOL
untary increase of four cents an hour
Jan. /. The executive committee Of
the Northwestern Association Of Rail-
way Employees VIII also make a de-
mand for Is per cent increase in the
mems pay on the basis Of an eight
hour day, with time and a half for ev-
ertime. While they are inclined to be-
lieve that the increase will be granted,
railroad men are not so certain about
the adoption of the eight hour day,
which they believe will meet with op-
position from the company
Some Labor is Scarce.
There is a great scarcity Of loggers
and timbermen throughout the Boun-
Diary district, north of Spokane. Con-
tractor George Taylor, who is work.
ing on 100000 foot log contract,
says that he is handicapped for men,
and all timber contra ctors in the Boun-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
IMMIGRATION CHANGING.

Inc 1mmlgratlOn during the year
last past aggregated 1,10O,O73, against
1920, 499 for the previous year. 1t is
notable that the class Of immigrants
was not so high as in many previous
xears,. mont -nf, them eomingss4 from
Austria Hungary, Russia and Italy.
Fewer came from England, Scotland,
France, Germany and Sweden than for
a good many years.
During the year just passed 12,433
applicants for admission to the ports
of the United States were debarred
for various causes. principally disease.
Duding the year seventeen aliens were
arrested and deported on the ground
that they had been imported for i'm
moral purposes. Commissioner Sar-
gent says that every effort is being
made by the Bureau Of immigration to
break the white slave'' traffic, and
that the work of the bureau will be
continued with vigor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
MAKING FOREIGN BORN
MEN into CITIZENS
Much More Difficult Now to Be.
come American Citizen Un-
der New Law.
Statement of What Must Be
Done by Applicant For Nat
uralization Papers.

Making foreign-born men into
American citizens is now much more
difficult than formerly, owing to q
new law passed by the last Congress,
and which went into effect recently.
Believing many Of our readers will be
interested in It's details, to the amount
of red tape" necessary to become a
citizen
What are the requirements Of the
new law? The answer Is lang and
complicated. But here is typical
case. Lee us suppose that Joseph
Spagetti comes to America from
Rome. Spagetti decides that he will
stag at Hazleton, Pa, to work in the
coal mines. He has friends there.
Now, ther Is no hurry about Joseph's
first papers" He will gain nothing
by applying at once, for under the new
law he must live in the countrM five
years before he can become a NATURAL
ICED citizen, and he must wait two
years between his first and second pa
pers.
Suppose at the end of year or two
Spagetti decides that he will stay. He
will have to go to the clerk of the
court, either federal or state, having
jurisdiction where he resides, and
make his declaration. This will cost
81. He can do it through an interpre-
tor if he is unable to speak English.
The clerk Of the court will fill a form
stating that the applicant is white or
negro, etc. There are nine states
in which this simple declaration will
entitle him to vote. It will also entitle
him to take up public lands.
Joseph Spagetti must now wait two
years. That much time, at least, must
elapse. So Joseph waits until the five
year period has expired-five years
from the date Of his landing. 1t will
be 1911, in September. Joseph looks
up two neighbors for witnesses. These
witnesses must be American citizens.
They must be persons of good charac-
ter. and they must be able to swear
Of their own knowledge and belief that
Joseph Spagetti has lived in the Uni
ted States five years. This time he
must take 81 as a fee for the clerk of
the court.
But before he goes to the clerk he
must do another important thing. He
must write to Washington, the Bureau
7ofaNaturafization;;= asking the bureau-to
send him certificate showing that he
has been in the United States five
years. The bureau will examine the
Immigration records at New York,
and, finding everything as he has rep
resented, will send him a certificate
free of cost. So Spagetti goes to the
| court for final citizenship with his
| certificate, copy Of his original de-
claration and his two American citizen
witnesses.
This time, the law specifies, he must
tell his wishes to the clerk in English.
and the clerk must find out if he can
talk English. Then the two witnesses
will be questioned. The answers to
! these questions must be made under
oath and will be put in the form of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
THE END OF THE !. w. w.
he Industrial Workers of the World

Inc industrial w OrkerS or the World
appears to be doomed, and once more
Dan DeLeon plays the role of chief
smasher. After weeks Of battle the
Chicago convention finally wound up
with a split, and while a few tired
delegates who remained to the end
OF the farce were homeward bound
the Sherman and Trautman factions
mad beautiful scrap to see who would
hold the fort There was slugging,
police calls and injunction suits start
ed, and at this writing, Secretary
Trautman, who is DeLeon's man,
seems to be trying to pick himself to-
gether in the ditch Of defeat while
President Sherman. who was deposed
py his opponents. Is grinning at the
luckless secretary from a national Of
flee window. 1t Is difficult matter to
slit the facts from the sea of words
that are printed in DeLeon's Daily
People, the circulars that have been
issued by the Shermanites Iand, the
communications that have been rushed
into print by the interested parties.
It looks as though there was lot of
taking right from the beginning: that
some Of the so-called departmen+s
were on paper; that legally elected
delegates were kicked out Of the con-
ventions and contestants who repre-
sented nothing or organization not in
good standing were seated; that the
constitution was flagrantly violated In
a number of instances; that the dele
gates usurped the rights of the rank
and file conferred through the refer
endum; that there were financial tram
sactions that looked suspicious; that
organizers manipulated to obtain funds
for forming unions and loafing, etc..
etc. Very few Of the prominent men
who assisted in forming the I. w. w.
F%st year were present at the second
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convention, and the Western Fedora
ton of Miners was the only important
organization represented. 1t Is quite
likely that the miners <wi]l secede and
thus leave DeLeon master of all he
surveys. The latter is never happier
than when he has smashed something
and is permitted to "olarify" things ac-
cording to his own notions until the
great and only Dan is left with few
retainers who crawl about on their
bellies and shout Allah be praised!"
Dandelion DeLeon Is q daisy.-Cleve-
land Citizen.
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two affidavits. The witnesses will be
asked whether spagetti Is a law-abid-

two affidavits. The witnesses will be
asked whether spagetti Is a law-abid-
Ing person, whether he ever has been
arrested or sent to jail, and whether
he knowns about the American consti-
tuition and form of government and
likes 1t. The witnesses will also be
asked a few questions about them
selves.
If everything appears satisfactory
Spaggetti will sign the formal applica-
ton and the witnesses will sign the
affidavits. Then the clerk will tell
Spaggetti to come back on certain
date-about three months later-when
the court is in session. So he gives
up his 81 and all his papers and goes
away. s
Thereupon the clerk Of the court
starts the ball rolling. The applica-
ton is made out in duplicate, and one
copy, with the affidavits and certifi-
cate attached, is within the next thirty
days sent to Washington to the Bu-
reau of Naturalization. Here is is
thoroughly investigated. The law al
lows the bureau sixty days for this
purpose, and no final certificate Of
citizenship can be given before that
time has expired.
And this is where Uncle Sam gets
busy. Spagettrs papers are all in pro-
per form and looksstraigh. The bu-
reau will send out dnspectors to find
If in fact things are what they seem
If a special agent found the witnesses
to be professional witnesses or Spag-
etti to be a felon or a bad character
! he would SO report, and the bureau
would send word to*the district attor-
ney to appear on the day set for Spag-
etti to come in, and to oppose the
granting of citizenship to him. If the
| court persisted, the district attorney
could not an appeal to the higher
court
If, however, Spagetti is found to be
a good, peaceable man, and his wit
nesses good American citizens, the
agents so reports to the bureau, and
clerk Of the court without objection
citizenship.
So, on the final day. Spagetti goes to
the court with his witnesses. He
| shows that he can talk English. He
answers any questions the court de-
sires to ask and any which may be
put by the district attorney, if the lat
ter interposes objections. Then he
pays another 81 Che has bald S. in all)
| and is handed a beautifully engraved
certificate Of itizenship-engraved by
| the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
in Washington and printed on money
paper-and he is a citizen.
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HANDICAP FOR LABOR
IN GOVERNMENT WORK
Right for the Professions Is De-
MED to Labor by Govern
ment.
Uncle Sans Workingmen Must
Do Without the Benefit of
Association.

The newspapers that hate labor
unions because the unions compel
them to pay good prices make the
following announcement with pride
and joy:
Thereafter the government print
ing office is to become an open
shop in fact as we'll as in theory"
This means that labor unions are
not to be-, recognized by the govern
ment: The man who has never
made any sacrifices to help along
his trade, who has had no share in
developing the prosperity of the
mechanic, is to be permitted to
reap where he has not sown, to put
into his pocket the good wages that
pluckier and more determined men
have established as the prevailing
rate in this country.
The open shop would be harm
less If the people really controlled
their government, for the peoples
fairness can be depended upon.
But when you have government
controlled by trusts, as ours is,
when you know that the trusts are
intensely interested in destroying
labor unions because the want
cheap workmen, you realize that
it is a dangerous thing to permit
the trusts, through the govern
ment, to fight unionism~
AS a matter Of fact, did it ever
occur to you to ask yourself why
the mechanic, and the mechanic
alone, must be everlastingly exposed
to competition?
Our government, headed by Mr..
Roosevelt, declares that the Gov
ernment Printing Office must be
an open shop-any man can work
there If he can set type or go
through the motions. And he re-
fuses to allow the body of type
settlers to pass upon the merits of
applicants.
Would this be the rule If the
government were hiring doctor or
a lawyer? No. The professional
classes won their victories long ago.
Their rights are recognized.
If the government wants a doctor
it must take man with a doctors
certificate, one that the other doct-
ors approve Of, one in the union.
The doctors make laws, compel ex-
aminations.
When the government hires
lawyer, appoints Judge, an Attor-
ney General or prosecuting offici-
al, it does so in accordance with
rules made by lawyers. 1t takes
member of the bar, which is
the lawyers union.
The lawyers decide by tests and
rules who can practice law and who
cannot.
We are not told that any man
who chooses can practice medicine
in open shop.
We are not told that any man
who chooses can practice medicine
in government hospital.
Why Is 1t always the mechanic
that must do without the right of
association? Why is it that he
must always stand any competition
that comes along?
It Is principally because he has
failed to show his power as a voter.
When the people really control
the government, the trade union
will not bother about open or closed
shops in government employ, for
fair pay, fair hours and recogni-
tion Of the workers rights will be
the rule. <2>.sA z:
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REPAIRING BREAK IN
THE COLORADO RIVER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The work
Of repairs on the break in the Colorado
river just across the Mexican Cali.
fornia international boundary line
which treatened to do such great dam
age in the Imperial and Colorado val
leys has been commenced in accord
ance with instructions given by Mr.. =.
H. Hartman. Information to this ef-
1ect Is contained in a dispatch received
here by Director Walcott of the Geo.
logical survey