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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
GETS SEVERE TEST
WORK OF "BREAKING IN" NEW
LOCOMOTIVE.
Before Being Put into Actual Service
1t Is Tried First in the Yards
and Later Sent Out on Requ-
lar Runs.

Few persons outside the realm of
the operating department of rail
road know anything, of the ofttimes
vexatious peculiarities and not infre-
quently seeming intelligent capers of
a locomotive when being broke to
it's mission in the world. Each new
engine must undergo set training
or test before it is put into actual serv-
ice, and each locomotive which has
gone through the shops for repairs is
given certain working out before it
is returned to its erstwhile duties.
Some locomotive manufacturing
companies complete their engines
ready for actual service before send
ing them out. others ship them to the
| destination in a partial "knockdown"
state and they are completed in the
shops of the road to which they are
delivered.
When new engine is taken into a
shop it is turned over to a mechanic
whose duty it is to fit it up and make
all connections and adjustments of
the interior mechanism. This COM
pleted, the engine is turned over to a
| fireman. who steams it up and blows
| it off in order to remove any grease
| that might have accumulated in the
| boiler or any such foreign substance
| as might cause a boiler to foam"
| while in service. The engine is then
| turned over to an engineer. whose
duty it is to break" it in. The engine
| is steamed up again. and if it will run
| is taken for little tryout about the
yard.
The science of locomotive building
| has been developed to such a fine
point that there is little danger now
of an engine "bucking' on it's first
trial. The main feature in the test
is to see that there is no heating in
the journals or rod brasses If there
is no heating the engine is run about
the yards for about half day and
the steam is again blown from the
| boiler.
The engine is then steamed up and
| taken for long run on the main line.
| If during this test there are no capers
| cut the engine is sent out for it's first
| trip with about 500 tons to draw. If
| it runs all right the tonnage is gradu-
ally increased to $50 tons. The ton
mage depends greatly upon the size of
the engine. The average engine of
| to-day will draw about $50 tons on a
mountainous road and from ], 200 to
1000 tons over a level haul. The test
speed is from one to 90 miles ansh hour
Heating is one of the principal dis
eases of an engine, and it is this fea-
ture the engineer looks to more than
anything else. The mechanical sense
of the engineer is SO developed that he
can detect the least defect about his
| engine.
| John Miller, the locomotive buster
for the Nashville, Chattanooga & ST.
Louis Railroad company, breaks on
an average 20 engines each month.
He has been breaking engines for this
company for the last five years.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
American Music.

Even the severest critic of American
music-and most of the critics vie
with each other for this title-canEot
deny the presence of an extraordinary
and ever-increasing creative impulse
in American musical art. While, for
reasons to be considered, few Ameri.
can works in large forms come to gen
eral public performance, and scarcely
to local, every year witnesses nota-
BILE increase of orchestral works, cham
Der music, piano and vocal works in
large forms, and other compositions
by American composers. OF smaller
piano compositions and songs the sea-
sons bring forth an appalling quantity,
and too often, it is true, an appalling
quality as well; yet in the midst Of
this saturnalia, declares Arthur Far
well in the Atlantic, appear many
works of true distinction, of breadth
and beauty, works infinitely in adj
vance of those usually chosen to repre-
sent American music on artists pro-
grams. And from time to time an
American opera rises from the COM
poser's consciousness to completion
never to performance-and sinks again
into a mysterious obscurity, oblivion,
or temporary neglect-we are fain to
know which.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
DEATH ROLL OF RAILROADS.
Railroad Commissioner Presents Gig
ures That Stagger."

II I were to tell you that an earth
quake had shaken down San Francisco
and killed 100 persons. if l were to
read telegram that yellow fever had
become epidemic in all southern
cities, il should announce that war
had been declared between Spain and
the United States, and 1000 men
killed in battle. your attention would
be instantly attracted. But I am not
SO sure of persuading your practical
interest when / present to YOU the
solemn, disgraceful fact of the rail-
road death roll. During the eight
years from 1897 to 1904, inclusive,
there was a steady increase in the
number of casualties. The total num-
Der of killed during that period was
62,213-as il community as large as
Salt Lake City had been wiped out by
sudden and terrible catastrophe
while 451,26 were injured-as if
every man, woman and child in Buff
falo had been MANNED or otherwise
hurt. If casualties continue to in
crease at the same rate for eight sue
ceeding years. from 1905 to 1912, there
will be 1889 killed and ,431 ,OS3 in
jured. That is. at this rate there are
upward of 100000 people in the
United States under sentence of death,
to be executed on the railroads before
the close of 1912. and a larger number
are doomed to be MANNED or other
wise injured than. the entire popula-
ton of the District of Columbia, Della
ware, Montana. Arizona, Wyoming,
Nevada, Alaska, Idaho and the Ha-
waiian islands.-W. ]. Wood, Indiana
Railroad Commissioner, in Leslie's
Weekly
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Macaroni Wheat.

Salzer's strain of Macaron or Kubanka
wheat is absolutely pure and is from seed
obtained from the Department of Agri-
culture. Our strain is Dakota grown
which laughs at droughts and elements
and positively mocks black rust that ter,
rible scorch and would be ashamed Of
itself if it did not return from 40 to so bu.
of the finest wheat the sun shines on per
acre in good ILL.,, Ia. Mich. Wis. Ohio.
Penn. Mo-. Neb.. Kan. and other lands.
and 40 to go bu. per acre in arid lands. No
rust, no insects. no failure.
JUST SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE
to the John 4. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis. and they will send you the
most original seed book published. to-
gether with free samples of farm seeds
such as Macaroni Wheat. Billion Dollar
Grass, Victoria Rape. Sainfoin. the dry
soil luxuriater. Broinus Inermis. the des-
ert grassifer. Emperor William Oats, more
original than the Emperor himself ETC.,
etc, etc.
And if you send l4c they will mail in
addition package of farm seed never be-
fore seen by YOU. John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis. X. & w.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Railroad Developing Mexico.

The military railroad which the
Mexican government built from Mex
leo City to Quintano Roo for the pnr
pose of affording means for the quick
transportation of troops and supplies
for use in the campaign which is be
ing waged against the Maya Indians is
to be extended and several branches
are to be built.
The road has been found exceeding
ly useful in the development of the
remote territory traversed by it and
many settlers have established planta
tons along its lines. By building the
projected extensions and new lines
other portions of rich region will be
made available for settlement
The chief engineer in charge of the
government work has made a report
highly recommending the project
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
CUT OUT FOR A FINAnclER.
ShreWd Rascal Made Good Thing Out
Of WhistTin9 Geese.

Two rogues passed a poultry shop.
Seeing two geese hung up for sale one
of the rogues inserted in the outlet
of the goose a little bulb with whistle
attached. When the bulb was pressed
the whistle sounded.
Then, entering the store, he told the
proprietor that he had hanging out
side a very rare kind of whistling
goose. The proprietor at once sold
the goose for big sum to a very
learned professor. who was astonished
to hear about the whistling goose.
Seeking the man who had placed the
whistle in the gullet of the bird, the
proprietor asked him if he knew
where others like 1t could be OBJ
tanned
Well" said the crafty fellow, Il
know of only one place. and If you will
pay me big price l will get several
for you"
So the rogue brought dozen fowls,
in the gullet of each of which he
thrust a whistle, and was paid an ex.
orbitant price for them before the
hoax was discovered.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Avoid WORRYING.

II you would make your house and
home cheerful, happy and attractive,
and your husband fond of it, avoid the
habit of magnifying the little vexa-
lions of everyday life until they alb
sorb your whole attention. The writer
has known many husband return
home in the happiest mood, to have
his serenity roughly shattered by de-
pressing account of the servants
shortcomings, the children's naugHti-
ness, and the trickery of the grocer or
the butcher. All unconsciously the
habit grows upon some women. says
the New York Weekly, till their hus-
bands associate their homes with
nothing but complaints and worries,
instead of being a place where peace
and happiness and rest of mind are al
ways to be found.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
NEBRASKA
LINCOLN,
Migration Of Birds.

No scientific question has been more
discussed with fruitless result than
the object and the significance of the
migration of birds, toward the tropics
in the autumn and toward the poles in
the spring. 1t would be easy to suppose
that the autumnal migration is in
search of food If it were not for the
fact that in the spring the birds leave
abundant supplies of food in the warm
regions, and arrive in the colder re-
gions even before vegetation is far ad-
vanced. Another suggestion, that the
poses, is disproved by the fact that the
migratory habit is found in birds that
do not breed until the second or third
year. Prof E. A. Schafer. in an ad-
dress before the Scottish Natural His
tory society, has suggested and ar
gued plausibly that the explanation is
to be found in the search for light.
The polar regions are dark in winter
and the days are short in the temper
ate zones. On the other hand, the
days are longer In nigh latltuueS tndn
in the tropics between the spring and
the autumnal equinoxes. Birds are
voracious feeders, and occupy most OF
the daylight in seeking food; and they
are greatly dependent upon their eyes
in the search. Some confirmation OF
this theory is found in the fact that
birds do not start on their journeys
southwark or northward impelled by a
change in the temperature, for they
take their flight southwark in warm
autumns and northward in cold
springs, on practically the same days
of the month as in other years. The
theory is at least interesting and
worthy of further study.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

The last vestige Of the famous old
palace OF ST. Cloud has been removed
by the pulling down of the railway sta
ton reserved for distinguished and
royal visitors to the Emperor Nicholas
III. and the Empress Eugene when in
residence in st. Cloud. AS will be re-
membered by many tourist, the little
station was thickly overgrown with
grass and weeds. Birds had built their
nests in the imperial waiting room and
lusty young trees had grown up in the
reserved space around the station. No
train had stopped at it for 81 years! A
Paris correspondent writes that the
last occasion on which the station was
used was on the day of the French
declaration Of war on Germany, when
the officers of the imperial guards were
conveyed by special train to lunch with
the emperor
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
RODE WITHOUT PAYING FARE.
Intelligent Lions Passengers on Train
in Rhodesia.

The wild lions Of Africa are grow
ing so intelligent as to put the trained
brutes in the circus to shame. The
Rhodesia Herald tells story illustra-
ting this development. The engine
driver and guard of a train in north
ern Rhodesia first noticed the lions
a large male beast and his better half
-trotting along the line by the side of
the train. For about 20 minutes they
kept up neck-and-neck race, and
then, as a siding came in sight and the
train drew up at the depot, they dis
appeared in the long grass. When
the train started again a careful in
spection of the bush was made, but
nothing more was seen of the beasts
until, as the train slowed down to en-
ter Livingstone, the guard walked to-
ward the van at the back of the train.
AS he entered he was struck with
horror to see the lion and lioness
calmly surveying him from the inside
of the van. AS the savage pair made
no hostile movement, however, but
seemed to regard him with complacent
indulgence, he approached them and
bestowed a few friendly pats, which
they appreciated with conciliatory
growl. He was revolving plans for
their capture when they brushed past
him and made leap from the train
as it was about to enter the town. 1t
seems. adds the Herald, that the dis
trict where these intelligent passen-
gers were picked up was becoming de-
populated through fever and cattle dis
ease; and, with almost human sa-
gacity, the lions determined to seek
a new hunting ground at Livingstone,
naturally taking there the most rapid
mode of conveyance.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

A spoonrack is something new.
Where the wainscot or furniture Of
the dining room is of Flemish oak, one
Of these in a panel effect to hang on
the wall is distinguished by Bavarian
hand carving, the wood a deep smoke
brown and the design antique and of
Venetian suggestion. There are pegs
that hold between them six pewter
spoons eight inches in length with
round bowls and apostle tops. It, Of
course, could be used for a collection,
Of handsome silver spoons Of odd
shapes and foreign origin.-Vogue.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Three-Minute Date Cake.

Two eggs, one-half cup sweet milk.
one and one-third cups brown sugar,
one-third cup butter, melted. one and
one-third cups flour, three teaspoons
baking powder, one-half teaspoon Gin
namon, half of a nutmeg, one-half
pound or one cupful dates, cut fine.
This is all put together and beaten
three minutes exactly. Bake in two
layers 20 to 25 minutes.
Filling-One cup sliced dates, one
quarter cup granulated sugar, rind
and juice of one lemon, two table
spoons hot water.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

gregating 220 miles. He has been en-
gineer for SO consecutive years on this
same run, and if he had made no
more than the four trips a week dur
ing all of that time he ran no less
than $50 miles a week, 45,760 miles a
year, or 1,647.36O miles during the
time he has been the engineer of this
run.
There were weeks when he ran six
days week, and this is not all, for
he has been an engineer for 4s con
seeutive years. and allowing that he
has made but 500 miles a week there
is grand total of nearly 1000, 900
miles.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
To Broil or Fry Bacon.

Cut the bacon thin, not more than
four slices to the inch. Do not allow
it to cook too much. Some tastes de-
mand it thoroughly. crisp, but this is
at the expense of all sweetness; its
best flavor will be secured by serving
1t when it is just cooked through.
When taken from the fire, cut off with
a sharp knife the skin and outer edge
all round and send to table at once.
Bacon SO cooked will also prove q
most appetizing relish to accompany
fried, poached or scrambled eggs.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Homemade Fire Extlnauisher.

Take five pounds of common salt
and two and one-half pounds of mu-
rate of ammonia and dissolve in two
gallons of water. When we'll dissolved
fill into bottles or fruit jars that will
not be difficult to break when needed
in an emergency. Especially keep
good supply in the kitchen. In case
of fire Immediately throw one or two
bottles into the blaze with enough
force to break them and well scatter
the contents. The fire will surely be
extinguished.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Train Ran Far Without Driven.

A strange accident has happened on
the Cherbourg express for Paris be-
tween La Bonneville and Evreux. The
driver of the engine fell on the track
and was cut into pieces, the express
running on for awhile without any
driver, as the stoker had climbed into
the tender, and was shoveling coal for
ward. 1t was only after some time
when he came forward that he noticed
that the driver had disappeared, and
that the express had been running all
the time full speed ahead. The en-
CINE was a new model, and he did not
know how to handle it. So he blew
the whistle and stopped the train.
Luckily an enginedrive1 of the COM
pany happened to be among the pas
sengers, and took charge of the loco
motive, bringing the train safely into
Paris. An inquiry is being made into
the cause of this queer occurrence
London Telegraph.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Worlds Aerial Railroad.

An aerial railway which will be the
only one of it's kind in existence is
nearing completion in German firms
workshop at Leipzig Gohlis, in Saxony
1t is intended for carrying goods
across the Andes between Chacabuco
in the Argentine republic. and Puerto
Montt, seaport on the Chilean
coast There is an extensive trade
between those two places in wool,
skins, wood and miscellaneous manu-
featured goods which hitherto has
had to be transported by OK wagons
across perilous mountain pass-a
slow and costly method. A scheme
to bore a six-mile tunnel through the
mountain range has been abandoned
as too expensive. The cable railway
wiE pass the summit of the Andes
not in straight line, but in a curve,
a mountain pass being utilized on
which power statioS is IS es erec.sd.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Spanish Cream.

lied gelatin. Cover it with two cups
Zone pint cold milk and let it stand
minute on back of stove in double
boiler, then heat. Beat up the yolks
Of three eggs with three tablespoons.
sugar and pinch of salt. Pour the hot
milk slowly over beaten eggs. then
pour back in double boiler and stir
slowly over the fire until thick, but
not curdled Remove from fire and
let cool. When cool strain over the
beaten whites, favor, pour in mold
aud set on ice. Serve with cream.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
rot rots.o ea.so.

Cut one-fourth pound of sliced
breakfast bacon into one-eighth inch
strips crosswise: Fry until nice
brown and remove them from the ran.
Add to the fact one good-sized slice
of onion finely chopped. Cook two
minutes. Add one-forrth level tea
spoon pepper and vinegar to taste.
Slice hot boiled potatoes. Stir the
vinegar and fat until well blended. and
add the potato. Serve ON bed of
lettuce and sprinkle with the scraps
OF bacon.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

She-And did my Duckums do a lot
of work-work at the Office last night?
He-A-er-yes;d dear; in fact, 'dar-
ling, I was SO much occupied that
have never known time go as quickly
as it did last night.
She-Yes, dear, didn't it!
(And Dickums wasn't out late
againD
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
A Boston Correction.

Bilkins had recently moved from
New York to Boston. The other morn
ing he went to the butchers.
Give me a nice porterhouse," he
ordered.
Extremely, sorry, sir" said the pro-
prietor OF the establishment, urbanely,
but we are not giving anything away
this morning.'-Harpers Weekly.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
Bryce and Brewer speak.

Hon. James Bryce, the British am
bassador to the United States and Jus.
tee David A. Brewer of the United
States supreme court were among the
speakers at the twenty-sixth annual
banquet of the military order Of the
Loyal Legion at Washington.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

After q turkey or chicken has been
in the oven an hour, remove and cover
all over with thin, wet, clean cloth.
and finish roasting in this way, bast-
ing through the cloth. The fowl will
be wonderfully moist and tender
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
THIRTY-slx YEARS IN CAB.
Veteran Engineer of Northwestern
Road Has Splendid Record.

To be retired and pensioned at the
age of Il years after having driven a
locomotive 100000 miles over one
route of railroad is the record OF
Larry Gagin. the engineer of 'The
Sterling" a local train on the Galena
division of the Northwestern road be-
tween Chicago and Sterling.
Engineer Gagin is now making four
round trips week, the round trip ag
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

II the proposed burying ground for
dogs for which a Newtonville lady is
trying to get authority becomes a real
ity, and is open to cats, almost every
suburbanite could suggest some that
he would like to have put in it right
away.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

The recognition of pure air as a
curative agency is spreading with great
rapidity. Unfortunately, however, the
smoke-makers are determined appar-
emily to keep the supply of pure air as
small as they can.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

The back is the handspring Of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to healthy, normal condition is
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

OF course men are not vain, but just
tell a man Of SO that he doesn't look
a day over 30 and watch the effect.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

To refuse to yield to others when
reason or a special cause require it
is a mark Of pride and Stiffness
Thomas a Kempis.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
EATING coeoanut.cu.tard Pie.

Everybody praises Cocoanut-Custard pie
IL it's made right, but a soggy pie will
spoil the entire meal. Grocers are now
selling 'OUR-PIE," each 10-cent package
containing just the proper ingredients for
two pies Get the Custard for Cocoanut-
Custard pies.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.
PAZ( OINTMENT is guaranteed cure any case
Of Itching, Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles In
sto II days money refunded Soc.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
suooIv Shin Sails.

The supply ship and tender for the
torpedo boat fiotilla, the Arethusa, has
sailed from Punta Arenas for Taliea-
hauno. the next stopping place OF the
0Otjlla
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
lYDIAE.PlNkHAM's
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Will Young, Of Columbia
Ave-, Rockland, Me-, says:
81 was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backaches and pain in my
side, and was miserable in every way.
I Goctored until was discouraged and
thought would never get well. read
what Lydia E. Pinlxham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that L never felt
SO well in my life
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains. Icould not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like a new woman. :"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28
M.Itre p'HoteI Butter (cosd,

Rub one-quarter of a cup OF butter
10 . cream, add one-half teaspoonful of
salt, tablespoonful of pepper, table
spoonful of minced parsley and one
tablespoonful of lemon juice. Spread
on hot beefsteak.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-28

1t is up to the dental student to take
drawing lessons.