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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
TO LAUNDER MOURNING.
An Expert Laundress Advises Black
Starch and Salt and Vinegar
in Rinsing Water.

A good laundresS is what is need
ed to solve serious problem for the
woman who wears mourning, par
ticularly in the summer Black goods
not only look warm, but are warm,
and the black lawns and sheer goods
are avoided by most women because
it is generally thought that they can
not be Numbered with much success,
says a contributor to the Brooklyn
Eagle.
A. certain laundress who is well
known among her clients as an au-
thority on all matters of soap and
water and starch, offers the follow
ing directions, which will bring the
best results if attended to carefully:
Dissolve a heaping tablespoonful
of black starch in two tablespoons of
lukewarm water. Then pour a quart
of boiling water over it, stirring con-
stantly until it gets perfectly clear,
but do not let it boil.
Wash the dress in a little soap
suds, just warm. Rinse it in two
buckets of cold water, with one tea
cup of vinegar and a handful of salt
Dry the dress and then pour the black
starch over it. Let the dress get a
little bit dry, then roll it up, without
sprinkling, and iron upon the wrong
or under side, over a black cotton
cloth. The dress will look as good
as new
An easier way to solve the problem
is not to wear pure black in summer
All white is considered by many as
almost as deep mourning as black"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
CONCERNING OUR BOYS.
Without Doubt the Boys Should Have
Duties About the House Re
quired of Them.

The teaching should not be all on
the girls side Of the house. There
are lessons the boys should learn,
and learn thoroughly. In many homes
where the mother is almost a nervous
wreck from overwork, the boys are
given nothing to do, and run about
the streets out of sheer rest1esness.
They should not be allowed to lie in
bed until called for breakfast, BUT,
should be among the first out of bed.
Teach them that it is but fair to wait
on themselves. Teach them to pre-
pare vegetables, to cook simple foods,
to wash dishes, to scour shelves, to
black stoves, to make beds and sweep
and dust, and put their belongings in
order. Teach them that it is as much
their duty to keep their rooms tidy
as it is for the sister to look after
hers. A slovenly, disorderly boy is
every bit as bad as a slatternly girl,
declares The Commoner. They should
know how to handle needle and
thread; to sew on buttons; to mend
rips and tears on the sewing ma
chine; to replace the book taken
lay in its place the paper they read;
to shake the rugs; to dust the fur
niture and do the fetch and carry
work that every home must have
done. Teach them to be considerate
of others, not only as to burden-bear-
ing, but in all work or worry. Boys
should be taught to take the part of
the weaker ones in all the battles
of life. If the mother would begin
with the boy when he is still in
dresses, allowing him to do little
kindnesses and setting him little
tasks, thus saving herself many a
step, he would hardly be ashamed to
help her when he gets older. Com
pared with mothers weak arms, the
boys strength is magnificent Do not
wait until he is in his teens to begin
| the lessons for he will rebel holly
against girls work" then, no matter
how much you may need him. But
teach him that the home is as much
his as it is that of his little sister,
and that you look to him, even more
than her, for its happiness, and, dear
mothers, he will seldom fail you.
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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
SAFE CRACKERS AT STUART.
Secure Checks and Cash from Stuart's
Merchandise Store

Secure Checks and Cash from Stuart's
Merchandise Store.
The general merchandise store of
D. M. Stuart at Stuart, Neb., was
broken into by burglars and the safe
blown up and robbed of 1925 in cash
and en- lorsed checks. When Mr.. Stuart
reached the store in the morning he
found the front and side door broken
in and the safe completely shattered,
the door broken of, the iron splintered
and the inside padding crumbled up on
the floor. The burglars got the con-
tents of the safe, the days sales, $3.50
in cash, a ST. check against the Bea-
trice Creamery company, check on
the railroad and a check of John Laird
of the national bank.
Mr.. Stuart telegraphed at once to
stop the payment of all checks.
The burglars first smashed a hole
through the side door, and not being
able to enter because of bolts above
and below the lock, they went to the
front door, broke in the glass opposite
the latch and opened the door. Nitro
glycerine and soap were used to blow
up the safe and it was done in a way
to show the hand of professional.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Beef or mutton reheated in double
boiler is a vast improvement over the
ordinary stew.
For the removal of grease spots
from wooden dresses salt dissolved in
alcohol is recommended.
To improve the flavor of roast beef
tablespoonful of sugar to the water
for basting the meat.
A piece of coarse net sewed over an
extra large hole in a stocking will
make it easier to darn, and will make
the darn more lasting.
A small paint brush with long,
strong, supple bristles is the best
thing with which to keep cut glass
clean. 1t is the only means of reach
ing the dust which lodges in the small
carvings.
Copperware may be frightened by
rubbing with a piece of flannel that
has been wrung out of hot water,
well soaked and busted with borax.
Rinsing and a polish should follow the
rubbing.
When frying croquettes be sure to
plunge the basket in hot fat before
! LLc CIO4uSIICS IO pldCOo LII ~. L LID
will prevent them adhering to the
wire when lifted out.
The value of wringing clothes we'll
cannot be overestimated. A good
| laundress squeezes out the last drop
of soapy water, and again rinses the
garment we'll after she has thorough
ly rinsed it.
| White crepe paper has been found
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fetes. No one is ever anxious TO do
nate one of her own tablecloths for
this purpose and the paper kind is
just as effective.
Flower baskets are superseding the
more ordinary vase. With fluted edge
and graceful handle they make most
artistic receptacle for short stemmed
lfiowers.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
The Fascination Of the Harvest.

"Thrust in thy sickle and reap; fos
the time is come for thee to reap;
for the harvest of the earth is ripe"
There is fascination in the harvest
that weaves a wisp Of romance into
the sheaves that are bound up these
long sun-fooded days, where the
harvest of the earth is ripe. 1t is not
alone selfish rejoicing in the knowl-
edge that generous yield means an
absence of want that awakens the uni
versal interest in the sturdy army now
marching against the battalions of
bearded grain and will move north
ward gradually as the harvest of the
earth ripens in regions where the sun
shines less ardently. There is some
thing Unborn in even the most urban
of men that causes him to feel thrill
Of Joy at the sight of great wheat
field waiting for the sickle 1t is not
alone the hope Of profit that causes
the student to hasten from his books
and the man to drop his accustomed
vocation to join the busy toilers in
the fields. Many of those who arise
with the earliest lark and labor until
the long shadows are lost in the dusk
are not in pressing need of the wages
they receive. They could find more
profitable employment in less arduous
work. There is some other cause THAT
sends them among strangers for sea-.
son. There is a call of the harvest,
says the Kansas City Star, as there
Is a call of the wild. The call Of
the harvest was learned in the days
when Ruth, the Moabitess, bound up
the heart Of Boaz in the sheaves she
cleaned in the fields Of the mighty
man of the family of Elimelech. The
vivid imaginations of those early
cleaners saw cause for wonder and
speculation in the annually recurring
miracle of the harvest. 1t is this lin
gering fascination that draws men to
the wheat fields even in this udli-
tartan age.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Catholic Church Dedicated,

The new Catholic church just COM
pleted at Weston, was dedicated with
solemn and imposing ceremonies, there
being in attendance about four thou
sand people. This fine church edifice
was built at a cost of $4,000 and is
about all paid for. At the church the
dedicatory services were conducted by
Ri. Rev. Bishop Bonacum of Lincoln
and eleven priests for different par
isheS in Nebraska.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
THE WORKING GIRL

be in good order. II one has to stand
most of the time, ones shoes should
have low heels and broad soles, should
fit comfortably over the instep and be
Of leather that does not draw the foot,
and ina kesit feel hot and cramped-s We
should never be conscious of our feet!
Faithful servants that they are, they
are often, shamefully iu-treated, and it
is no wonder that they take vengeance
on us by torturing eorns and shock
ingly disfiguring bunions.
Z Look we'll to your hands and finger
pals. They are the distinguishing
marks of lady, and lady is OF no
class. The humblest worker in the
hive Lay be a lady, and queen can
be no more. y ~
The working girl should be fmper-
sonal. BY this l mean that she ought
not to expect favors on account of her
sex. Just as she takes care of her
health and guards herself from colds
and headaches and. nerves and faint
ing fits, that she may be able six days
out of seven to do her work well and
faithfully, soeshe should guard her be-
havior from foolish coquetry and af'
fectation. H. r #
The men with whom she works must
think of her only as fellow worker,
she has no claim on them beyond this.
She is not a maiden in society to whom
homage is to: be paid. She is a work
er on equal terms who demands only
civility and fair dealing. If her fell
low-c,erks and her employers are true
men, and gentlemen, they will not
! trespass on her rights by paying at
| tentions or giving invitations that she
| cannot with self-respect accept. In
deed, when a working girl surrounds
herself with the cool aloofness of pre-
occupation, she is in small danger OF
being in any way disturbed. The vast
body of American, men treat women
well, no matter in what place or rela-
ton the latter may stand.
One of the joyful privileges OF the
poor girl who works is that she may
help her own dear ones. This is not a
hardship. On the contrary, right-feel-
] ing girls regard it as pleasure. The
1 bond between mothers and daughters
among the poor is even closer than the
bond that unites those who have
plenty of this worlds goods. A moth
er is always a mother and a daughter
always a daughter, but for genuine
common sense, beautiful sacrifice and
true bcroism, none surpass the moth
ers of the poor. Often they nave
struggled hard to bring their chill
dren up. Only the angels kno"
what stern adherence to duty, what
scorn OF ease, what vigilant care
may be shown by mother whose
little kingdom of home is three
rooms in crowded tenement, who
has her hands full from morning: to
night, who washes, irons, cooks, sews,
mends, sweeps, nurses babies, bears
sometimes with the caprices and
whims of a ne'er-do-weel husband, and
is cheerful and kind and true-hearted
through everything.
This mother is as careful chape-
rome to her young daughter as any
mother in other circles can be, al
though the word chaperone may not
exist for her. When her daughter be-
gins to earn money she takes it home
to her mother, and her mother man
ages it and gives her what she thinks
the girl can afford to spend. The
privilege OF helping the home is one
of the sweetest and dearest privileges
of working woman among the poor
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Farmer Killed at Sutton.

Jacob Nilsson, retired Swedish
farmer sixty-six years of age, was
struck by the cars on the B. & M.
tracks in the yards at Sutton, Neb.,
and instantly killed. It seems the
crew of freight eastbound was en-
gagged in switching a couple of cars
to the elevator track and had cut these
two cars loose when the head car
struck Nilsson who was on the crossing
going to the postoffice.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Rain Comes In Time.

The weather around Edgar for the
past six weeks has been unusually
dry, and corn and pastures were be-
ginning to suffer. The drouth, how
ever, has been broken by one of the
heaviest rains of the season. The
storm lasted for nearly two hours and
the amount of precipitation was two
inches. The rain was needed badly and
IL be of incalculable benefit to the
corn, grass and pastures.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Good Wheat In Howard.

Threshing is on in full blast in How
ard county and reports from the ma
chimes fully confirm the predictions of
a bumper" crop. Wheat is yielding
from twenty-five to thirty bushels and
testing sixty pounds or better. Re-
suits are practically the same in all
sections of the county and the total
product will be by far the largest ever
realized. Conditions continue favor
able for corn, the weather being warm
with frequent showers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Boy in Threshinq Machine.

Henry Schleckty's nineteen-year-old
boy in some manner fell into Tietmey-
er's self-feeding machine on the lat
ter's place near Utica, Neb. The ma
chine was stopped almost instantly
and he was taken out. 1t was found
that he received bad cash across his
elbow joint and one across the 1eshy
part of his arm. He was taken into
full wound was given proper surgical
treatment.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Death of Nathan B,akeIy.

Nathan Blakeiy, a pioneer resident
of Beatrice, died suddenly at his home,
corner of Sixth and Elk streets, of all
ments incident to old age. He cele-
brated his eignty-second birthday July
%. He leaves wife and one sor.
Charles Blakely of Beatrice. He came
to Beatrice July IL, 1857, and has &c,
sided there ever since.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
HARDSHIP FOR THE BANK.
Court Orders Removal of Front of Fine
Business Block.

Some time since the court ordered
the Merchants National bank at Ne
braska City to remove that part OF
their fine stone front which projected
out onto the sidewalk space. The
time expired, but before it did an
agreement was reached whereby the
order of the court was modified so as
to enable the bank to secure tt SER
Vices of an architect to do the work
and not have their property ruined by
the sheriff pulling it down. This is
one of the finest stone building fronts
in the state and it projects not quite
three feet over the sidewalk space,
which the caurts have held is wrong.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Exit the Khaki.

If Gen. Humphreys recommended
lions are adopted the khaki uniform
will soon disappear. The American
soldiery will not return to the dark
blue Of civil war times, but will take
up the olive-drab service uniform.
lined for winter and unlined for sum-
mer. The khaki will be retained only
for troops serving at oversee stations.
The trouble, says the Des Moines Reg
lister, Is not so much in the color Of
the cloth as in the apparent inability
of the manufacturers supplying the
government to keep up with the de-
mand. Gen. Humphrey claims that
the supply of gray cotton goods in
this country is now practically the
monopoly of one corporation located
In Baltimore, where selling agents
hold and control the secret of khaki
dyeing. Neither Of these concerns,
according to statements made in the
Quartermaster's department Of the war
department, has materially advanced
the price of khaki cloth or duck over
IudL VI imer years, Jul ioA ooAiAS
reasons, which are not known at the
war department, the contractors are
so far behind in two Of their con-
tracts for khaki cloth that the gov
eminent contractors for the manufac-
ture Of khaki coats and trousers, Gen.
Humphrey says, cannot obtain the ma
terial called for by contracts. This
has entailed much Inconvenience to
the army and organized militia. Gen.
Humphrey says that any f1rst-class
cloth mill can produce olive drab
which is entirely the result of blend
ing colors, while the khaki dye is
piece dyeing and a secret process, SO
far as obtaining a fast color.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
DR.. Bailey Appointed.

Governor Mickey has appointed DR..
B. F. Bailey of Lincoln a member of
the penitentiary medical board to sue
coed DR.. w. F. Johnson of Pawnee
City, whose term expires August 1.
The board is authorized to examine
convicts as to their sanity whenever
there is reason to believe a transfer
should be made to an asylum
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Shot While FISHING.

Henry Pollock, while fishing near
Fremont, accidentally shot himself il
the right leg. He attempted to pull
his revolver from his pocket and in
some manner discharged the weapon.
The wound is very painful and will
oorfine him to his bed, bat it :a not
considered dangerous.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
DAMAGE in a Storm.

The barn and contents of Geo. w.
Dorsey at Marquette was burned after
being struck by lightning. This is the
second barn OF Mr.. Dorsey's to be
struck by lightning and the loss falls
heavily, with no insurance. About the
same time Mr. Merits house was badly
damaged by lightning.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
To Vote on Waterworks.

A petition has been filed with the vii
iage board of Cambridge for an cleo
ton to vote bonds to the amount Of
$25, 0CO to install waterworks. This
petition contains 1872 signers in favor
of the calling of an election and ten
against same. The election will be
held on Tuesday, August IA, 1906.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03

The unsecured paper money of the
South American republics amounts to
a face value of $1,700,000 Nearly
everybody who touches on the subject
is particular to mention that this is
the face value.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03

scallops. The embroidery design Of
fish and rushes can be continued for
dolly of any size; it may be worked in
white or red ingram cotton. The
rushes are in satin stitch; the fish in
lcording and dot stitches.
To mark the design on the mate
rial, use blue tracing cloth, by means
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
A MOST UNIQUE DOLLY.
Shaped to Fit a Dish-Rushes Are
Worked in Satin Stitch-Fish
in Other Stitches.

White linen or small pattern dam
ask should be used for the foundation
Of this dolly, which is shaped to fit a
dish. OUR model is finished round
the edge by buttonhole done in small
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
YOUNG MAN ENDS HIS LIFE.
N. S. Ayers at Albion Shoots Himself
in the Breast.


in the Breast.
N. S. Ayers, young unmarried man,
living in the western part of Albion,
Neb., was found dead in his room with
a revolver by his side. The following
unaddressed note was found which to
certain extent explains the reason
for taking his life:
81 am going to kill myself, for l
have had more trouble than 1 can
stand and was not guilty for the can
vas that we were arrested for today,
but pleaded guilty so as to get the
thing settled and SO 1 could get back
to my horses. Yours truly,
IN. S. AYERS"
It appears that the deceased and
one other man had been arrested and
had plead guilty to stealing a canvas
hay cover. When arrested they were
on the way, it is alleged, to the south
part of the state, having with them
horses of the deceased that he had
mortgaged some time previously.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
TRACTION ENGINE ExPLoDEs.
Farmer Near Loup City Instantly
Killed.

Jacob Winkleman, jr., resident of
Loup City, Neb., was killed by the eX-
plosion of a threshing engine while
working on the farm of John Oltmann
about seven miles east of town. The
machine is the property of R. A. Will
SON. Mr.. Winkelman leaves a wife
and three children He was a men,
Der of the Modern Woodmen of Ameri-
ca in which ORDER he carrier $4,000 in
Surance.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03

If they will put sawdust in the
breakfast food, let the consumer in
sist that it be clean sawdust.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
WORK A BLESSING AND NOT
4 CURSE.

Don't Pity Yourself-The Busy Poor
Happier Than the Idle Rich-Enrn
" Every Cent Of Your Wages
fully and Have Wen-shod Feet
The Distinguishing Marks of 2
Lady-Expect No Favors Because
of Your sex-True Heroism Of the
Mothers Of. the, Poor-The Privi-
lege Of Helping at Home.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03

The English railroad wreck imita-
tion Is the sincerest fattery to Amer
leans.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
FISH DOLLY, EMBROIDERED

of which this or any other design can
be transferred, and it can be used doz-
ems of times over. 1t is placed be-
tween the design and the material,
and all are pinned firmly together on
a board, the outline of design is then
gone over with a hard pencil, and
will be found clearly marked on the
material.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
GENERAL STRIKE
A FAILURE
1t Is to Be Called Off In St.
Petersburg
LIKELY TO BE FOLLOWED
IN Provinces Government Wins an I'm
portant Victory Able, Appar-
emily, to Hold Its Own for
the Present.
LIKELY TO BE FOLLOWED


Boston, Aug. s.--The Transcript sum-
marizes the situation in Russia as fol.
lows:
For the reasons indicated in this col.
umn last week the revolutionary move,
under the guise Of general strike, has
come to naught and the workingmen's
council has decided to call it off. This
applies only to st. Petersburg, but the
capitals example Is likely to be fol.
lowed by the other sections Of the coun-
try. Nowhere did the efforts Of the rad.
ical leaders To- precipitate trouble meet
with response sufficient to warrant
further effort to force the fight against
the government at this time. For the
moment the government control Of the
siuation il virtually absolute. For this
condition Of affairs the country has to
thank or blame, according 70 the point
Of view, the dilma, whose blunders led
to its suppression and indirectly were
responsible for the mutineers at Svea-
borg, Cronstadt and on the warships
which the loyal forces suppressed Now
the failure of the general strike adds
to the strength Of the governments
position.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
NO ONE TO BLAME.
Note Left by Major Schotield When HI
Killed Himself.

San Francisco, Aug s.Aiajor VIII
liam SchofeId, paymaster in the regular
army, who committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the left temple at his
home in Twenty third street Monday
night, left note addressed 10 whom
it may concern reading. This il
deliberate suicide. No one is 70 blame
but me-
The discovery was made by his wife,
who found him lying dead on the floor
with pistol in his hand.
Major Sehotield contracted dysentery
in the Philippines, and went to Japan
early in the year Not improving rapid
w, he came to San Francisco last April
and entered the general hospital at the
Presidio
After spending some time in the gen.
eral hospital he became somewhat inn
Proved and was granted three, months
leave Of absence
Major Schofeld was fortysix years
Of age and formerly was teller in the
Nevada national bank in this city, and
also for time in the New York branch
Of that bank. He served through the
Philippine and the Pekin campaigns lie
was Il son of the late Lieutenant Gen.
eral Schoiield.