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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
PUSHED THE BEAR ASIDE.
Surveyor Tells Of Experience He Does
Not Care to Repeat.

To walk right up to monster bear
and try to shove 1t out of the way and
then escape without SO much as .
scratch is an experience of lifetime.
Harry l Engelbright found it SO few
days ago in Diamond canyon, above
Washington, says Nevada City cor
respondent of the Sacramento Bee.
The young man, son Of Congressman
Engelbright, has just returned from
the upper country, where he has been
doing some surveying, and relates his
thrilling experience. It was coming
on dusk, at the close OF the days work.
In the brush-lined trail he saw pro-
truding what he thought were the
hind quarters of some stray bovine.
He walked up and gave the brute .
shove. It came to it's launches with
snort that made his hair rise and
caused him to beat q hasty retreat.
The big brute looked around and then
shufled OF into the woods. It was
either asleep or else so busy eating
ants from an old log that it failed to
hear the young surveyor, whose foot
steps were deadened by the thick car
pet of pine needles. Later 1t was
learned that the same bear, a monster
cinnamon, had killed a dog earlier in
the day. The dog ventured too close
and with one blow of its paw the big
beast sent 1t hurting yards away.
dead as dOOrnail.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

The Manchester canal was built At
a cost Of $75,000,00 to reduce freight
rates for a distance of 35 miles, and.
while 1t did not prove a good inter
est bearing investment on such .
large expenditure, its indirect and
more permanent benefits are said to
have warranted it.
Germany has 5000 miles of canal,
carefully maintained, besides 1000
miles of other waterway. France.
with an area less than we would con-
slider a large state, has 5000 miles Of
canal; and in the northern part,
where the canals are most numerous,
the railways are more prosperous.
England. Germany, France, Holland
and Belgium are all contemplating
further extension and improvement Of
their canal systems.-Century Maya.
zine
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
How a Hero Died.

Victor Hugo tells this story of hero
ism in the recently published book of
his literary remains, Victor Hugo's
Intellectual Autobiography" "Anatole
Leray set out for Brussels, passed
through England and then embarked
for Australia. The day the steamer
arrived in sight of land storm arose.
The vessel capsized. The passengers
and crew nearly all succeeded in
reaching land by means of the life
boats or by swimming. Anatole Leray
was among the saved. Meanwhile in
the tumult of shipwreck, when the
pell-mell of the frightened wretches
rivals the chaos of the waves and
each thinks only of himself, a half
wrecked boat had remained in the
surge and was appearing and disap-
pearing in the waves; three women
chung to it despairingly.
THE sea was at the height of its
fury; no swimmer, even among the
hardest of the sailors, dared to risk
himself They kept their eyes fixed
on their dripping garments. Anatole
Leray flung himself into the surf. He
struggled hard, and had the satisfac-
ton of bringing one of the women to
shore. He dashed in a second time
and rescued another
HE was worn out with fatigue, torn,
bloody. They cried out to him,
Enough, enough!' What? said he.
There is still another And he flung
himself third time into the sea. He
never reappeared."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
AFFLICTED ONLY AT TIMES.
Good Reason for Capt. Bascomb's In.
termittent Hearing.

When Capt. Bascomb had left his
old friend, Capt. Somers, and the new
school teacher sitting on the south
porch, and had disappeared down the
road, the young woman spoke of him
with some curiosity.
Il understand from Mrs, Bascomb
that her husband was very deaf, al
most stone-deaf,' she told me, I'm
sure" said the school teacher. But
he seemed to hear all we said with
perfect ease"
Capt. Somers leaned toward her
and spoke in a low, cautious tone, al
though there was no eavesdropper to
hear him.
Don't let Mis- Bascomb know it."
he said, hurriedly. "He does seem
to hear pretty well when she amt
round, but none of us folks ever let
on to her. She's good woman as
ever lived, but a most tremendous
bosser and an everlastin' talker. An
we all think that Gersh Bascomb be-
gun to realize ten years ago that If
he didn't want to be harried right off'n
the face O. the earth, the thing for
him to do was to grow def, gradual,
but steady-an' he's done 1t, to all
intents an purposes, ma'am!"-
Youths Companion.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

take it. But SO did they who under
the French revolution. They got rid
of the impeachment, but the yeast
worked too fast, caused the batter to
run over and spoiled the bread. We
want none of that.
Experience teaches that the steady
progress that is thoroughly grounded
in the best progress. The flag that is
slowly advancing with an intrenched
army behind 1t maintains its position.
By all this l simply mean to say that
the many failures of the past have
not been lost upon trades uniOnism.
for they teach patience in what may
seem to be slow progress and that ul-
innate, complete success of the move
ment is more assured by our being
thorough as we go along. The work we
have to do is to educate. Organize!
organize! organized is the slogan, but
organization is the first means toward
education 1t is the class, the school.
1t is the first essential. 1t is the first
impulse of the awakening mind. The
minute the working man realizes that
he is a man and not a slave he calls
to his fellows to unite with him for
betterment.
United they begin to devise ways
and means. They plan how they may
secure this and that that they know,
as men and not as slaves, they should
have-that belongs to them by right.
They are at an immense disadvantage
because they are not only without
means, dependent upon the power
they are attacking, but more than
all else, they are inexperienced, igno-
rant. They make mistakes and are
Inundated and their organizations
broken and scattered and they are in
dividually made to suffer and are re-
duced to still more AFFECT poverty. The
weaker among them are made weaker
and more timid still, but the naturally
strong are developed in strength and
grow in wisdom. They see wherein
the weakness of their former move.
| ment lay and they go among their fel-
| lows and point it out to them. They
see even as they did not see before
| that only through uniting can they
ever be emancipated from their state
| of slavery.
| THAT is so fundamental truth that
| It is patent. No one disputes. When
the non-union man frets at what he
calls the domination of the union he
forms union to oppose it. This is
the amazing spectacle that this partic
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

cute it's advances in the struggle of
human Misrepresentation I think
can answer that question in a few
words" he said. I'VE think it is; we
think it is an ideal form of organiza-
ton. Just as we as Americans think
that our mobile form of government
in the United States is the best form
of government. No man who is other
than a fool, however, thinks the gov
eminent of the United States is a
perfect government. Most of Us real
lie that it is very far from perfect.
THAT which makes this govern
ment the best on earth is not only
the greater freedom that it guaran-
tees, but its mobility, its ready adapta-
bility to new measures and methods,
the provision at hand by which a
change, even the most radical change,
may be effected with the only essen
tial condition that the majority Of the
people want the change. There's the
rub. But no sensible man would re-
move that very heavy and tagging
weight that forever clogs the way of
progress-the necessity of leavening
the whole lump.
Leaders fret because of the slow
march to a goal that seems so bright,
so desirable and so ready at hand, if
only the hand would reach out to
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

of his employees, is to his benefit? He
cannot see it. To him this great truth
must remain forever obscure.
The securing of right and justice
to one man betters the whole world.
Raise the level of an intelligence and
manhood of the great mass of the peo-
pie and the world will be a so much
better place to live in that men will
scarcely recognize it for the place that
it was; those that had the best there
was before will discover joys they
never dreamed of. When every man is
real man, carrying his head up with
ideas and knowledge in it, wearing
proper flesh on his bones and clothes
to cover it; when every woman,
through the means of education, en-
vironment and relief from overwork
and worry becomes a beautiful and in
telligent lady when children, all
children, may be properly cared for
and sent to school until they have &C
quired good education, will not COM
pensation have been rendered to the
privileged and pampered few for what
has been filched from them in the
form of their exclusive caste? That is
the whole story. That is the end to-
ward which the American Federation
of Labor is working-and working
now with considerable speed.
Il see time, as the result of our
agitation and persistent effort, when
no child shall be set to work, and
children and youth shall go to school
until they are IS years of age; when
every mans child shall have the bene-
fit of high school education; when
men shall be SO well paid that they
can afford to marry and rear children
and provide for them properly and see
to their education; when, because of
this, women will be, taken out of the
field of competition by finding hus-
bands and homes; when every man
and woman will find time to loaf a lit
tie and invite his SOUL and life will
mean something more than a day of
toll; when strikes and lockouts will
no longer be used as a weapon be.
tween employer and employed, be-
cause of mutual respect and a bet
ter understanding. This is the good
| time toward which the American Fed
| Grafton of Labor is looking and work
| ing, and l think we shall see it in our
| day."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
KILL TO PLEASE SWEETHEART.
One Way for an Abyssinian Youth to
Win a Bride.

In Abyssinia the natives will kill
white men in order to please their
sweethearts," declared Frank Mowrer,
formerly consul general to Addia Abe
ba, and just appointed consul at Leg
horn.
1t is never dangerous for white
man to travel in Abyssinia provided
he is accompanied by native es-
cort. because those who compose such
an escort are always trustworthy, but
man takes his life in his hands if
he goes abroad alone. Not that the
natives are ferocious, but that he
could not be sure that one of them
had not made pact with his sweet
heart to kill a man of white skin in
order to win her for his bride. The
native who wins such a distinction
wears a white feather in the back of
his hair.
Among all the 100000 of popula-
ton and in the entire area equal to
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
New England, there are but two
white women in Abyssinia. They are
the wives of two consular officials.
Strange to say, the national game is
hockey, but Caucasians cannot play
it very much because of the climate.
The natives work but little and eat
raw meat. They kill an elk, peel of
the skin as you would peel a banana,
drain of the blood and proceed with
the feast. Every Abyssinian is a
good butcher.
ITO the lover of nature Abyssinia
is paradise. In my journey through
the land I saw thousands upon thou
sands of different species of birds that
were beautiful in their plumage and
sweet in their songs. Occasionally
heard the faraway roar of lions, those
mighty beasts that promenade the
forests and seldom modest human be-
ings unless they are attacked. The
Abyssinians never use a light at
night, no matter where they are, and
sit in the dark and converse. There
fore they have good eyes. And they
have wonderfully white teeth, made
so by cleaning them with the spread.
ed ends of a small stick"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
Painfully Exact.

A New England man tells of a pros
porous Connecticut farmer, painfully
exact in money matters, who married
a widow of Greenwich possessing in
her own right the sum Of $4,000.
Shortly after the wedding a friend met
the farmer, to whom he offered con-
gratulations, at the same time observ-
ing: ITS a good thing for you,
Malachi, marriage that means $1O.-
900 to you" mot quite that, BILL"
said the farmer, mot quite that"
why" exclaimed the friend, II UNDER
stood there was every cent of $4,000
in it for you!" Il had to pay 81 for
a marriage license" said Malachi.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
Wasn't Asking Much.

A florist of Philadelphia was one
day making the rounds of his prop.
critics near that city when he was ap-
preached by young man, who ap-
piled to him for work.
81 am sorry" said the florist, ,"but
have all the help 1 need. have moth
ing for you to do"
Sir" said the young man, with a
polite bow, eff you only knew how
very little work it would take to &C.
cupy me!"-Success.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
Masnifyins Choir Leaders Voice.

~9'9'0 O'soH @eA0~s v01VSs
In the old village Of Braybrook in
Northamptonshire, England. Is a mon
ster trumpet, five six inches in length.
and having bell-shaped end two feet
one inch in diameter. The trumpet 10
made up of ten rings. which in turn
are made up of smaller parts. The
use of this trumpet-only four of the
kind are known to exist at the present
day-was to magnify the voice of tho
leader in the choir and summon the
people to the church service. At the
present time neither the choir nor
the service is in need Of this extraor-
binary musical instrument" but the
vicar of the church takes care Of the
ancient relic and is fond Of showing 1t
to all visitors.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
"A Country Marvel.

The little fresh air boy was com.
fortably quartered in a farm house
near the salt water for his summers
outing. The first day he strolled down
the road to the marshes and he stared
in establishment at the cat-tails grow
ing there. Then turning around to a
native Of the place who was accom-
panying him he said: Gosh; didn't
know that sausages grow on sticks"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
A Rio Loser.

Mrs. Myles-I see the 24-year-old
son of a London dry goods man is a
bankrupt, having managed to get rid
of 100000 since he came Of age.
Mrs. Styles-Oh, well, boys will be
boys!
Mrs. Myles-Well, this looks as IL
a boy had an ambition to be q
bridge whist player.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
The Reason.

Il suppose" said the dress suit, en-
viously, to the hat, that you are
smarter than the rest of us clothes,
because you are SO constantly asso-
ciated with our masters head
YES" replied the hat, land, of
course, he gives me a good many
tips
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

He future of the Amer
lean Federation of La
bor?"
The question was put to
Frank Morrison, secretary
of the great labor organ
ization. IF the American
Federation is the ultimate
form in which labor shall
unite to press it's. case
against capital-that is, to
preserve itself and prose
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
One to Reckon With,

There's a little girl who gave her
folks a shock the other day.
INA, want bathing suit" she
said.
you shan't have any," ma replied.
"Then I'll 60 bathing without one"
The bathing suit matter is now be.
ing arbitrated.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

People with poor digestion should
drink no water with meals, but take
q glassful half an hour before and
drink plentifully an hour or so after
each meal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Nothing is truer than that the peo
pie who are eternally clamoring for
their rights are likely to grow care
less and Indifferent concerning their
duties.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

norance or for mercenary reasons are
opposing the sale of all household
remedies, aDhy is it not equally neces-
sary for patients to Eno,o the conspo-
sitiom of the remedy prescribed by q
physicidnf Does any sane person be-
lieve that the opium in a physicians
prescription is less potent or less like
ly to create drug habit than the OPT
UNI in a proprietary medicine? As q
matter of fact, more opiun,-dddtcts
and c0cdin-fends haze been made
through the criminal cGreIessness OF
ignorant physicians than By any other
means.
Unquestionably, there are a number
of proprietary remedies on the market
the sales of which should be prohibit
ed, and no doubt they will be when
the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many
are frauds, pure and simple, and some
are decidedly harmful. OF the aver
age proprietary remedy, however, it
may truthfully be said that 1t is dis
tinctly better than the average physf-
clans prescription: for not only is its
composition less secret, but It Is pre-
pared for the proprietor by reputable
manufacturing pharmacists in magnifi-
Gently equipped laboratories and I'M
der the supervision and advice of able
chemists, competent physicians and
skillful pharmacists. 1t should not be
considered strange, therefore, that SO
many physicians prefer to prescribe
these ready-prepared proprietary rem
edies rather than trust those of their
own devising.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Warts may be entirely removed by
washing the hands two or three times
a day with the water in which pota-
toes have been boiled or by bathing
the wart several times with potato
water.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Let the nobleness of your mind ina
pei you to its improvement.-Howa
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Washington.-The industries of the
United States suffered less from
strikes during 1905 than in any year
since 1892.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Tell the mice things" to people;
they have enough to worry them.
Laugh, and the world will laugh with
you.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
Cause for Resentment.

London Punch suggests as reason
for Raisuli's hatred for Caid Mclean
that it was the latter who introduced
bagpipes in Morocco.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Most Dutch cities are several feet
below the level of the sea-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

The United States is the richest ma.
ton in the world.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

The hottest region on earth is alone
the Persian gulf.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23
SOMETHING ABOUT NATIONS

SOMETHING ABOUT NATIONS.
Divorces are seldom known to oc
cur in Greece.
The hottest region on earth is alone
the Persian gulf.
The United States is the richest ma
ton in the world.
The wealth of France is estimated
at AZ thousand millions.
Most Dutch cities are several feet
below the level of the sea.
The electric chair for executions is
used only in the United States.
There are no prisons or police in
Iceland-the people are so honest.
The total consumption of coal in the
world is SO million tons an hour
A man who has given the subject Q
great deal of study says that there i,
a greater variety to be found among
divorce laws of different nations than
among the laws governing any Other
event
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

The electric chair for executions lie
used only in the United States.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

The wealth of France is estimated
at AZ thousand millions.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

The total consumption of coal in the
world is SO million tons an hour.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

There are no prisons or police in
Iceland-the people are SO honest.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

Divorces are seldom known to &C
cur in Greece.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-13

The japanese incident OF SAL
Francisco, in which the laps wer'
excluded from the public schools
and which created such stir anC
mutterings of trouble between the
United States and Japan, is lnslg'
nificant in comparison with the
trouble now brewing in British CO.
Iumbia. The yellow Yankees of the
Orient have been flowing into that
section in such numbers and get.
ting such hold on the industries
Of the country that the white labor
ing classes have rose against them
and demanded restriction of their
immigration. An Asiauc EXclu =
sion League has been organized,
and the growing feeling against
the Japanese and all Aslatlc races
is intense. This feeling culml-
mated in riot at Vancouver last
Saturday night, in which the quar-
tiers of the Orientals were wrecked
TO the extent of thousands of dol
lars. Baron Ishii, the Japanes
Envoy, and Japanese Consul His
amidzu, at Seattle, Wash, arrived
at Vancouver during the tiercest
part Of the riot and narrowly es
capped being caught in the mob. II
is said that the Japs entered into
the fight with relish and fought
as if they really enjoyed it, not
withstanding the Overwhelming
numbers against them. The May
or of Vancouver says the city vii
not pay the damages, amounting
to beween $50, 600 and 800, 900
and serious international compli
cations between Canada and japan
are likely to grow out of the Incl
dent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-13
POLITICAL BATTLE ROYAL

POLITICAL BATTLE ROYAL.
One of the most exciting and in
teresting political tits of the year
is promised at Cleveland, Ohio.
The Republicans are going to make
determined fight to defeat the re-
election of Tom l.. Johnson, the
reform Mayor of that city, and
Congressman Theodore +. Burton
has been nominated by them to
measure strength with MIR, John
son.
The nomination of Mr.. Burton
and his acceptance, instead Of hold
ing on to his seat in Congress,
where he is chairman of the impOr-
tant Committee OF River and Har-
Dor Appropriations, has behind
the movement no less Il parsonage
than President Roosevelt, whose
strenuous nature will not allow him
to keep himself out of municipal
any more than out of State affairs
1t is also given out that Mr.. Roos
evelt will take an active persona
hand in the contest and make ont
of his characteristic speeches in The
interest of Mr.. Burton at Cleve'
land during the campaign.
Mayor johnson aud his friends
are not dismayed. lie is popular
with she people, strong tighte
and foe that will keep his enemie
on the jump. Nor will he be with
out outside assistance. 1t is NOR
than probable that Mr.. Bryan ant
other leading Democrats will ente
the field for Mr.. johnson, and i
will be battle royal to the finish
The Republicans of Ohio are al
split up into Roosevelt-Taft ant
Foraker factions, and the Burton
outfit is not likely to get much en-
couragement from Senator Foraker
and his following, of which Cleye'
land no doubt has its quota
While he may not express himself,
it is no secret that Senator Foraker
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-13

would not be chagrined at the dis
cOmfiturr of Mr.. Roosevelt and
his stalking horse for the RepubIi
can nomination for President, See.
rotary Taft.
Anyway it is going to be n lively
tilt, aud here's hoping that Tom
Johnson's banner will wave over
the battered breastworks of the
Roosevelt Taft Burton combina-
ton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-13

1t begins TO dawn upon the
powers having in charge the Pana-
ma canal, that that artificial water
way to connect the Atlantic and
Pacific may ne too small for the
passage of some Of our contempla
ted big war ships, as the two locks
provided for are only one hundred
feet wide and it is feared that re-
construction may be necessary.