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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19


of pennies and nickels in his pocket
and wondered how in the world boy
with a stock of unsold papers on his
hands and only % cents with which
to have his Christmas feast, keep
him through the night and start him
in business the next morning, had
much chance to be so very happy.
AS he plodded aimlessly across
Forty-third street big man, hulking
of shoulder, lantern jawed and deep
chested, numbered out of gam
bling house near by and swung into
Broadway. Grumbling about hitting
me pretty hard" and never had any
luck in my life," he plowed his way
across the sidewalk, lunging against
any one whose path lay across his.
He bowled through line of mincing
men and women who blocked the side
walk in front of an all night res
taurant, scattering them like tenpins
and making no apologies. Blind to
everything but his own i'll luck, he no
ticed nothing until he came upon dis
heveled and boisterous man holding
= newsboy and trying to take his pa
pers from him.
What tn ell y doin'?" growled the
gambler, as he gave the unsteady man
. quick punch and tumbled him into
n pile of dirt, allowing the lad to dart
out of harms way, yelling in glee at
the fallen tyrant.
"Y' big stiff," threatened the gam
bier, as he leaned over the man, eff
y peep another word I'll wiring yer
head of. Git up now an go home t
your wife An s'pose you'll beat
her t. git even," he commented, as he
turned away.
A few blocks further he heard
a voice at his elbow:
"Say, mister l want t thank y fer
helpin' me when that dude pinched me
papers,"
Run along, sonny; don't let it worry
y none"
Il want t give y a paper, mister"
"Trot!" returned the other. CURLY.
please take a paper, mister" per-
sisted the lad, running along beside
the man and holding out his bundle,
cause, gee! we don't of'en have folks
help us like you done. I'm stuck to-
night. anyway, an have got plenty to
spare
The gambler stood still and shifted
the air as il at that moment, for the
first time, he had caught the infection
OF the Christmas atmosphere.
Pretty tough on some of you kids, u
he said. Here, take this and go blow
yourself" he added, as he pulled a
greenback from his pocket, pressed il
into the boys hand and continued on
his way.
II amt askin' you fer money" called
Patsey. tagging along in the mans
wake. II jes wanted t. give you a
paper for helpin' me-"
The gambler made no reply, but
walked on all the faster. He had gone
a block further and evidently thought
himself rid of the boy, when the latter
suddenly piped out again:
please take yer money back, will
yer"
Jaw. beat it," said the gambler
savagely.
Patsey stopped. He watched the
form Of his big man fade into the
darkness and then looked at the crum
pied greenback in his hands.
Gee. wouldn't dat mostly criml
yer?" he unused as he turned back int
the canyon of electric lights and head
ed for place where he knew
he would find cranberry sauce
steamed dumplings and mince pie a
newsboy rates.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
Making II Easy.

Daughter-Ma. think you'd better
let pa smoke in the house.
Mother should like to know why?-
Daughter-Every Christmas we have
trouble trying to find present for
him-Everything is SO expensive. you
know; but we can always get very
pretty ash-trays at Is cents!
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
Il N evsboy's
Merry
Christmas
BY d. NJ. EDWARDS

L WAS Christmas night
and Patsey Higgins
was "stuck"-that is,
he had more papers
than he could sell.
With a small bundle
under one arm and
hands thrust deep in
his pockets he strolled
up Broadway in the
h Apply c h ri S t m a s
crowds. Through the
diamond frosted win
dows of the restau-
rants he could see the
diners within laughing
and animated over
their holiday banquets.
He iSr0lal n hordf,1
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
Be Merry.

Make your own Christmas merry by
making a merry Christmas for others.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

l|995fE''z|{1}l
lesMg.a |Dgs 49, Asal @eth1
The Son Of Man lay sleeping. On her 81
cheek g
She felt his warm breath stirring, like y
the faint ~
And fragrant breeze that fans the y
Upon the slopes of olvet. Her eyes,
Still Swallowed with the pains Of moth =
erhood,
DweIt tenderIy upon the placid brow
And cherub features Of the infant &
The babe In swaddIing clothes, whose J
destiny
Led to GoIgotha's summit, where the
Cross
Was yet to groan beneath the sacred ;.
weight q
OF his perfected manhood. All the cave g
Was luminous with starbeams, and her )
face, =.
Like some pale lily, dropping on its =
stem, Il
And washed with heavens dews.
cleaned pearIy white
In that strange radiance. Somewhat =
apart 3
And leaning on his staff, the carpenter, f.
Joseph Of Nazareth, musng, stood: q
"Lord, who am IL" he marveied in
his soul,
"That thou shouIdst degn from thy
exalted place
To cast thine eyes upon me and to say
Behold! he shall be warden to this Il
pearl, u
This pearl Of perfect womanhod, /
Than any of the daughters of mankind a;
From the beginning of the world and -
down (
Through all the ages that are yet to h
Lo! shelter she shall find, and sus- \
tenance
And one round arm eneircIed the fair s
child
AS if the newIy-awakened mother love
Lay listless, with transparent fingers
curved
As though she cIasped some blossom
in her sleep
Some rare, sweet flower she was fain 4
to keep
And cherish always. Joseph took the I
And held it in his rough, toiI-hardened p
palm, g.
Wondering at it's softness, the blue
veins 3
That threaded all its whiteness, and !
the bloom
That made a sea-shelI of each finger J
tip.
But he forebore, though sore his heart
did yearn,
To clasp the little sleeping newborn
babe
Whose golden head lay piIIowed on (
her arm, :
Thinking: ut were not we'll for her
or him &
That he should waken suddenly" A :,
sigh
Heaved the soft breast Of Mary, and .
her eyes,
Like heavenly blue flowers, opened
wide, =
Meeting the gaze Of Joseph, as he
knelt
In reverent alteration. Her low tones 4
Thrilled like aeoIian strains; her ten
Flooded his soul like sunshine as she
"Joseph, my husband, have dreamed
dream!
The Angel of the Lord hath been
again, 4
Saying: Behold! that which thou hast
brought forth
This night IS the Redeemer Of the
World
Even Messiah!'" But grave voice
cried ,
AS she ceased speaking: "Peace to all
within!"
And, 10, there stood upon the thresh-
Who bore much gold and frankincense
and myrrh
In his two hands. And Joseph an
swered: "Sir,
Peace be unto thee, now and ever
more!"
And, 10, there came two others bear
ing gold
And precious spices, who likewise
did say,
"Peace and good will" And Joseph
made reply:
"Peace unto thee and thine forever
more!"
Then spake the foremost stranger:
"Where is he,
Born King Of Jews this night In Beth
ishena7
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
Story Of
an Army
Christmas
By COL II n. NITROUS. USA
By Col. il n. NITRO US, U.SA.

HAT was my most.
memorable hrist-
mas?
1.-THE one which al
ways. comes back to.
me when thinking over
Christmas festivities,
comes rushing in at
the head of the line
is that Of 1862, but IN
telling of it it will be
necessary to bring in
the army, and I sup
pose you do not want
anything that reminds
of war in a. Christmas
talk"
From a; number OF,
voices. childish and.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-06-03
PHYSICIANS AM suRoEoNs.

DIR S. l.. BURTON
Physician and Surgeon
Highland otnce, 610 South Walter st.
Albuquerque, N, NJ, Phone lO86.
r. l.. HuST-
Physician and Surgeon
Rooms 6 and s. n r. Armiio build
ing Albuquerque, N NJ
DRS. SllADRACH y TUIIr--
Practice Limited
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Ocullst mad Aurist for Santa Fe Coast
Lines. onice STATE National Bank
Building. Hours, 10 IL a. m. 1880
10 q, m,
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Omaha, June 2.--Lincon shut out
me home team today, Bouno allowing
hat one hit during the game.
Score r. Fl. f..
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batteries - Raglan and LcHrand:
EOnno and Zinran.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
ATTORNEYS.

JOHN W. WILSON
Attorney at Law
Collections Made New State National
Bank Bldg Albuquerque. ~ NJ
II. W. ID. BRYAN
Attorney at Law
office In First National Rank building
Albuquerque n A.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-19
ical Sidelights By News Washington Correspondent

men who desire to do so will have
facilities afforded them by which they
can exercise the right of franchise. FOR
this purpose, a committee has been or
ganized which is taking preliminary
steps towards securing every possible
facility for these voters. The rail-
roads have been asked to give special
rates, and while not evincing any very
emphatic disposition to comply with
this request. it is more than possible
that satisfactory terms will be made
before the middle OF October. There
are, of course, a great many employees
occupying minor places in the depart
ments with small salaries TO whom Il
journey costing $40 or more would
prove a great hardship. These men
viii doubtless be provided with tickets
which will enable them TO 20 home
without cost The great difficulty
arises. however. from the fact that it
is Impossible for the department To
spare all voters at one time, so that
at the very best not more than two
thirds Of those who are entitled to vote
viii be able to get away. But every
possible effort is being made to smooth
the pathway of every man who can
leave. so that he may not be deprived
of his right of franchise because of the
fact that he is employed by the Fed
cral government in the District of Co
luIubia
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Raz5lag GOO ore f50M y0lIlng5 Of 50lon0l55 day

on the old dumps is being worked over.
i saw one shaft near here which had
been cleaned out and extended, and the
miners Of today are now continuing the
work OF the men of thousands of years
ago. ii
I am told that nearly all Of the old
reefs, as they are called, grow better
as they go downward. They are mostly
made up of low grade ore. but such
that 1t can be worked with small
stamps. Much of the gold Is fine mill
ing and It takes but little machinery
to work 1t. l have seen mills which
have only three stamps each, and there
are many which are worked by a couple
Of white men and a dozen or more ma
tives.
KING fSOLOMON'S MINES.
There is considerable evidence that
King. Solomon got his gold from South
Africa. When Vasco da Cana first
made his way.around.t the Cape of Good
Hope he found that the natives at
Sofala, a port in Portuguese East
Africa, below the mouth, OF the Fam
BEST had gold fWhichS came from the
northwest, and probably Rhodesia. We
know that gold was being taken out-of.
Africa hundreds of years before that
time, and it is said that much of the
treasure of the ancient Romans was
brought in from this region. 1T Is
known that the Arabians controlled
for years a large part of the east 5Afri-
can coast, and much of the gold sup-
ply which was poured into Egypt came
through them. Some of the ruins here
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resemble those of the Sabaeans, an old
Arabian nation, and it is thought that
they may have. been built by Sabaean
miners in the days of King Solomon.
The records of history as far back, as
10 years before Christ, cite the wealth
of the Sabaeans, and there is an Assyr-
ian Inscription, sdateu4B &C. 1888. which
speaks of Ara bia as furnishing. a rich
tribute of gold. silver and incense
Arabia has practically. no gold itself
and its treasure must have come from
other countries.
AS to the enormous amounts which
We're sent to Egypt, the excavations
all along the Nile valley have pro-
duced many gold ornaments and the
museums of the world contain relics
of the golden jewelry found in the
mummy caslSets from the tombs of
the kings. While / was in Egypt a
few months ago, visited the great
temple of Dahr-el- Baharf. in tho
desert. mountains. near the site OF
ancient Thebes. On that temple there
are pictures showing how about
LOO years before. Christ. the land
of Punt was conquered blythe .Egyp-
tians, and how they brought back
ebony. ostrich feathers and the skins
of leopards, lions and giraffes, as
well as elephants. tusks and ingots of
gold. All these things come from
Rhodesia,s and / 1T .maytbe that it was
the land of Punt and that the Egyp-
tians made an expedition here, It is
also said to be, tie landsof Ophir, to
which King solomon and Hiram of
Tyre sent out. parties Who brought
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a trip across the Maryland or Virginia
line comes back With glittering stories
az the glowing prospects of Bryan and
Kern. The Republicans. on the other.
hand, while more actively engaged in.
saving wood, so to speak, are appar-
emily content to permit their opponents
10 enjoy the music of their wind-in-
srulnpnr without attempting to start
UP u counter-attraction in political
melody But occasionally there APP
pears on the scene one who has no
reason to govern his conduct by the
wishes Of either of the managers of the
great political parties. Among these
is that fine old Confederate veteran,
Col. Hunter OF Virginia, who was on
tile staff OF General Gordon during
the Civil war Col: Hunter has just
returned from Toledo, Ohio. where he
took part in the ceremonies incidentto
the dedication of q monument to com
memorials the deeds of the Americans
in the war of 1872, near Toledo. Col.
Hunter is an old -tiine southern Demo-
crat and he does not hesitate to say
that he will support Bryan in 1905, just
as he did in 1900 and in 1896. But.
he added this evening, 81 failed to find
that dcep-scated Bryan sentiment
among the Republicans of the west
which / had been led to believe was
apparent in every crossroads town in
the state OF Ohio do not believe
that Mr. Bryan has the ghost OF Il
chance ~ carry the buckeye state any
more than | think Taft viii carry Viz
einia. | shall vote for Bryan ana |
hope for his election. bu: during my
amy encouragement ard am by no
means enthusiastic when express the
hOpe that the Nehraskuu will be clcct-
ed 10 the presidency;
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back gold.
Refore ] describe the remains of
the famous temples at Zimbabwe in
Newfoundland, l. want to tell YOU
about the ruins of fShami which lie
Within II miles of this city OF Bula-
wayo, and which anyone may. reach
eby1 horse, bicycle or automobile They
are right on the edge of a river, sur.
rounded by hills in which are troops
Of baboons.s There are antelopes, le-
nurs and squirrels among the rocks.
and there is no sign of mans habita-
3tion nearby. The remains of the walls
of the ancient buildings can be seen
in many places. They are composed
of granite blocks. some of which are
laid together in u checker board pat-
tern. The houses of these ancients
We're circular. and they seem to have
been formed by granite paste which
was hardened by burning, There are
the remains of other circular build
ings between this city and Gwelo; and
the ruins at AIombo are. almost as i'm
teresting as those of Iimbabwe.
THE g TEMPLES OF zIMBARWk,.
n The remains at Zimbabwe lie about
100 miles from Salisbury and be-
tween 200 and 800 miles from Bula-
wayo. They consist of n great temple,
some large Qualifications and an
acropolis which is supposed to have
been in existence when the mines
We're in full operation. South of the
temple are steps which led to gold
smelling furnaces and caves, and in
the museum here AT Bulawayo they
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Is a Verifabke Utopia.

Special Correspondence.
w AsHINGToN, D g. Sept L.
Years ago the bloody shirt"
was frequently waived by over
Jealous patriotic orators, Last
winter Congressman J. Hampton
Moore waved Il bunch of rags,
spotiessiy clean, which As hours
previously had been a shirt. He painted
a CHASTITY word picture of the turtures
To which linen wearing apparel is sub
jected when consigned To n Washing
ton laundry. The commissioners made
an investigation and found that more
acid than soap was used i'll some Of
the cleansing establishments. and they
prepared Il bill which is still pending
which is designed 10 provide washing
regulations which. in turn will extend
the life of shirts. collars and lingerie.
II this thing goes on Washington will
soon become New Utopia We already
have our dogs officially muZzled. The
proprietor of ain eating house who lets
"a fly drop into the butter is liable to
n fine of $40 and the garbage man who
.eaves the top of his wagon open may
spend 10 DAYS in jail for his crime. The
milk dealer Who neglects to pour all
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Samuel Gon,pers' Case.
recinl Correspondence.

~
N.Y. ASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 16.-
w There is joy in the Republican
c,mp. Senator Burroughs visited
Washington a few days ago. He
talked with all sorts of people.
He talked with lawyers He
with jurists. He oven de-
scendcd to holding conversations with
politicians. Then lie went back to New
York and talked with members of the
national committee and he carried with
him information which lifted a load
from the minds OF those gentlemen the
estimated pressure of which was five
tons to the square inch. which would
utterly crumble any reinforced con-
crete construction that could possibly
DC put into q floor, even two-ineh,
c0ld-rolIcd twisted lug bars when used
for reinforcenents would scarcely sus-
tain such Il strain.
Senator Burroughs carried back with
him the information that. owing to
the crowded condition of the court cal
Eendlrs, the so-calIed contempt cases
against Samuel Gompers ct al cannot
possibly come up for argument ana
final disposition until after election.
ii there is anything the Republicans
do not want lit is Il decision on that
case before the ides of November. Con-
seuuertly, when Senator Burroughs
carried back with him the information
that there was no danger of Adhesion
one way or the other, which decision,
whatevei5it might be, would work em-
arrassnent, he lifted from the brains
of the Republican national committee
"a weight which was almost as great as
old Atlas himselfleuerss sta ggered under,
And this accounts for the fact that the.
scountenances of Chairman Hitchcock
and all those associated with. him IN
longer wear that autoplobile lace,
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
IN uLANEAYO, Aug. 15-Did the
- gold of King Solomons temple
, come from Rllodesa?
Some noted psychologists
claim that it did. There arc mighty
ruins here in Matabeleland which are
said to have belonged to the ancient
miners, and in Mashonaland are the
ruins Of Zimbabwe which may have
been built by the very men who dug
ont that gold. All over Matabeleiand
and Mashonaland j find the remains OF
ancient workings. and the gold mines
which are in operation today CONSIST
chiefly of the deepening of the eXcaVa-.
lions of the past. Last year more tnan
$4,000, 900 worth of ore was taken out
of this part of Africa and something
like S40,O0O,000 worth has been mined
since the country was opened up. rms
IL far north OF and entirely apart from
the great mines of the Transvaal'
which are now yielding more gold than
any other mines OF the world. me
workings there are on a gigantic scale
Here the mining consists OF many nun nun
dreds of, small propositions, and 1t Is
chiefly the development5of the depos s,
discovered by the unknown races OF ttie
ancient past.
The miners are now looking for the
old workings, and they find that the
ancients usually abandoned their uis
pincs when they had gone down otlly
40 feet Or so. They had crude ways OF
reducing the ore, and some5ofa the waste
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Loan Sharks at Capitoi.
,ccial Correspondence.

M AsHlNGToN. D, G, sept H.
Loan sharks will come in for !
great deal of attention during the next
session of Congress if present plans
are carried out. 1t is the common belief
in Washington that fuzzy PR cent
Of the salaries and wages paid Ia
Uncle Sans employees in the national
capital finds its way into the pocket,
OF the loan companies ana money
lenders Clerks who arc housckeel,-
els in many instances nay . pei cent
a month for the privilege ot sitting
ut the tables eating from the dishes
and sleeping in the beds for which
they once paid the regular price and
subsequently mortsdgcd. Unmarried
men and women with no ''coilatcrsllt
pay anywhere from TO 10 per cclit
per month for loans ranging from s.
to $50, and they generally lie or
resign before they succeed in getting
square, although eases are recorded
where principal ard legitimate inter
est has boon paid five times over.
There liG. Il score OF more former
officials located i'll handsome Offices
who live We'll, own autos or horses.
and never do a licl of work. They
don't have to-
ON leaving his office in the interior
department, one of these thrifty gen
ttamen had IL bank account OF about
5000, He started in 10 live upon
that and has never made less than
$50 per cont on that original invest
ment i'll any year Of the 10 that he
has been lin business for himself.
Now the municipal authorities pro-
nose 10 get after the usI,rerS They
can do nothing until authorized 10 do
more by Congress. but Will try hard
to get that authority.
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show crucihlcS which we're found
there and which belonged to these
ancents. Some Of the crucibles have
The sold sill in them, and there are
other relies which show the old
methods Of gold working. There are
also sheets of fine gold which came
from Iimbabwe. links of gold wire no
thicker chan Il thread, and an ingot
OF solid gold abo2t an inch long and
a fourth OF an in&n thick. The inSot
seems to have been a piece of the
money of those days. There We're also
copper chains. beautifully made, and
ingots Of tin, although so far no tin
deposits have been discovered nearby.
The ZimhabWe ruins are on the high
plateau of Mashonaland about two
thirds Of a mite above the sea. They
are connected With other ruins which
run the whole length of the western
side of the Sab river and are in almost
all cases within = short distance OF
quartz reefs containing gold. At Iiin-
Ebabwe itself the ruins cover large
area There is a great temple $50 feet
long the wall Of which at one point
is 80 feet high and 10 feet thick at the
base. This wall. Is madeof small blocks
Of granite, with uniform facings laid
up dry. The stones fit SO closely that
there Is comparatively no vegetation
upon the ruins; 1t was made without
mortar. or cement This is so notwith-
standing the floor Is of a cement of
powdered granite. There are two round
towers in the Enclosure, which seem to
have been erected as monuments. They
are solid, and the larger one Is 50 feet
high The rest of the circular build
ing is divided up into smaller inclos-
ures. and some scientists say that the
whole bears evidence of having been
used by people like the Phoenirians.
The remains of another temple have
been found not far from this, although
little NOR. than the cement floor exist
ed when the eNcavatorS uncovered
them The floor was supported by un-
der walls. In its center was an altar
made of small granite blocks and I'M
der the altar was found the remains
OF Phallic worship aud fragments of
scapStone bowls Near it was gold
smelling furnace.