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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

The board Of directors of the Labor
Temple Building Association met in
regular weekly session last Monday
evening. President Dickson in the
chair. The attendance was the small
est since the formal organization of
the board. due probably to the inter-
est in the election held the next day.
The chief item of business transact
ed was to make final arrangements for
the beneft for the Temple Fund,
which will be held at the Auditorium
on Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
April %, 25. The benefit is rendered
by James Fulton and his merry COM
pany, who inaugurate their summer
tour of the north and west the first of
that week. The first three nights will
ican War Veterans, and the last three
nights for the benefit of the Labor
Temple. Full particulars will be found
elsewhere in this issue and on the bill
boards Of the city.
1t was definitely decided that it
was imperative that the board secure
title to building site In the immedi-
ate future. 1t having become patent
that progress will be very slow until
something tangible is presented to
the general public. The board has ex-
hausted every energy, but for some
unaccountable reason the progress has
been delayed.
II 1t is due to the lack of a definite
site that will soon be remedied. The
treasury contains upwards of $4,000
and in a short time the board will offer
the stockholders their choice of site.
Then the money ON hand will be paid
down. After that 1t will be up to the
unionists to hustle and save what they
already have invested. Something will
have to be done to fire the enthusiasm
OF the men who ought already to be
deeply interested.
The committees appointed to visit
the unions 4that, have@not yet taken
= stock made reports, and all reported
considerable interest manifested in
the project and general desire for
fuller Information. These visits will
be continued until every union has
been seen and each one makes an in
vestment or definitely refuses.
1t was rumored that a proposed Of
flee building project had been aban
doned. At that fine site might be
secued at a reasonable figure. A com
mittee was appointed to investigate
and report the facts.
Several applications for stock were
received and certificates will be is
sued in due season.
The board will meet again next Mon
day night at the usual place, and it Ii
to be hoped that there will be full
attendance.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

motives in their steam domes, and an
engineer has no regular locomotive.
Then the little fellows were brass
bound and had to be kept polished up
like silverware; now tine big ones are
as devoid of ornament as the bride
groom at fashionable wedding-and
about as handsome. Thirty years ago
the engine that could sneak along
with twenty-five little box cars well
loaded was good one; today the big
moguls and decapods and compounds
win drag a mile of loaded box cars,
each with capacity equal to four or
five of the .boxcars in use three dec
AIDES ago.
Thirty years ago the fireman on a
Union Pacific passenger between
Omaha and Grand Island was worked
to death if he had to feed four or five
tons of coal into the firebox. Now he
thinks he is in luck if he can keep up
steam enough to make time and not
have to heave twelve or fourteen tons
1--WE could feed 'em with a spoon
when l first began firing" said an old
engineer the other day. Nov "a fire.
man is all in after swinging a big
scoop for three or four hours
"But talking about keeping up
steam." remarked still older knight
of the throttle. Il served my time as
a fireman on the old Illinois Central
when they used the wood burners and
had a theory that the diameter of the
stack had to be equal to the diameter
of the boiler The result was that fel-
low had to be careful when he thrust
stick of cordwood into the firebox
to keep from being yanked out through
the stack by the draft. That was for
ty years ago, and every now and then
sweat out splinter that contracted
in those old days"
"Uh-huh," said another gray ay-headed
engineer. Il remember those days.
No brakes. About mile from the sta
ton we'd whistle, shut off steam and
wait for the brakemen to set enough
brakes to stop the train. Passenger
cars were coupled up with links and
pins. and the way we'd jolt up the
passengers was awful. tell you there
! MAs some science in stopping train
opposite the depot in those days, and
still more in getting the tender under
| the spout of the water tank. Used to
have a brakeman for each passenger
| coach, and he had to have muscles like
Sandow. Talk about emancipating
the colored friend and brother. Abe
Lincoln's proclamation wasn't in it
with the emancipation proclamation
| issued to the ''brakey'' by the air
brake that old Westinghouse con-
triyed"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11
ANOTHER TRUTH.
An Echo Of the Recent Prohibition
Scrap in Lincoln.

An Echo Of the Recent Prohibition
Scrap in Lincoln.
During the recent campaign in Lin
coin, the following letter was given
space in the Lincoln Daily Journal:
Lincoln, Neb., April 5.-To the
Editor of the State Journal: see
you have published some of The
Wageworker" news and l wish to
bring its editor before the public so
that (to his own expression in regard
t, one of his creditors) "he can swell
". with ego." etc.
wish to thank Mr.. Maupin for
saying In today's issue of mis- paper
that his sheet is not the official organ
OF the labor unions of the city. The
impression is very prevalent that it
Is. This. am proud to say, as
live unionist. Is one truth he has pub
lished. The labor unions are. / be-
lieve. prouder of the fact than Mr.
Maupin is. Many thanks. Mr.. Maupin
Truly yours. A. NJ. SwIGART
A. NJ. Swigart is a member of the
Carpenters Union. He has asked and
been granted the courtesy OF space
in The Wageworker to set forth his
views on certain questions. Having
accepted this courtesy Mr.. Swigart II
so lacking in the instincts of gen.
tleman as to seize an opportunity
To unfairly abuse one who has always
treated him with respect. The fact
that The Wageworker's policy did not
meet with Mr.. Swigart's appreciation
causes this union man to fly to the
columns Of newspaper that gree
fully publishes anything adverse to
organized labor for the purpose Of
venting his narrow and prejudiced
81 ite. II this is the measure of Mr.
Swigart's unionism ana union spirit,
The Wageworker is content to abide
b. the record. And this is another
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

Kentucky might riders" will burn
every tobacco barn in the state This
is because he dislikes tobacco. How
ever, this same bishop would doubtless
denounce the workingmen who would
dynamite sweat shop or throw a
bomb under an oppressor Of the toll
ers. Some men have a surfeit of the
ology and woeful lack of Christi
anity.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

Roosevelt, who yesterday held the
throttle of locomotive on the West
Point line for two hours and at times
sent the engine along at seventy
mile-an-hour clip. is to be elected an
honorary member of the local lodge
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers. if Engineer John Still can ac-
complish it.
.'Still is enthusiastic over the ex-
plot and is determined to make her
hood. He took up the matter with his
brother engineers today and found
them enthusiastic also. Still said:
- thing we will elect Miss Ethel at
the next meeting. She deserves it for
the way she handled that engine. She
is as brave as they are made. and her
nerves seem to be made of steel.
Afraid! Why she wasn't any more
road good many years now. Why
she even had the locomotive slang. all
right.
"'Soon after she took the throttle.
is was her response. and notch by
notch the throttle came back. till the
cab began to rock and sway like a
small boat in a choppy sea. I'VE are
making more than sixty" said. The
girl laughed and said, That's going
some. but not fast enough" and she
actually pulled the throttle a bit wider.
She even managed to ask while we
were racing along how many children
l had. She is chip off the old block,
all right
Doubtless the old time Burlington
engineers have noticed it. but per-
haps some of the younger men never
have. but the name of the man who
fought the Brotherhood during the
memorable strike twenty years ago
was Stone. and the man who is now
grand chief of the Brotherhood is al
SO named Stone. Funny old world, is
MT it.
Thirty years ago the Brotherhood
engineers on the Santa Fe were on
strike. The strike did not last long
owing to the fact that the differences
were soon settled. The Burlington
strike was the last one of any mOmenl
indulged in by the Brotherhood. Since
then agreement and arbitration have
, sufficed to maintain cordial relations.
But If the Brotherhood of today il
better generated than it was thirty
years ago. the engines they have tC
handle have made just as much up
| ward progress. Then the machines
were small and each engineer regular
ly ran the same engine. Now the big
| moguls could hide the old style loco
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11
WILL ENDORSE CANDIDATE.
Union Labor viii Get Into the Poiit-
ical Game.

Organized labor will support q
presidential candidate friendly to the
cause of labor without regard tc
political afiiliation, according to John
Mitchell, former president of the
miners, who was in Washington last
week for a conference with President
Roosevelt, with whom he had an
appointment
In the choice of candidate" ne
said, 1.-The instructions of the Amer
:can Federation of Labor will be fol-
lowed, as will the instructions as to
the exact part organized labor shall
play in the congressional campaign"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.

May Soon Welcome an Honorary Mem
Der to Their Ranks.
An interesting story for locomotive
engineers comes from Atlanta. Ga,
and is told in a special dispatch to the
Philadelphia Public Ledger in this
way:
"ATLANTA, Ga, April 5.-Ethel
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

The new death benefit system of the
Hatters' International union calls for
500 for the first five years OF less
and, increases at the rate Of SO for
each year the man has been member
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11
Temple Committee is
Looking for a Site

truth The Wageworker has published
Mr.. Swigart, thank you.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11

THE DIFFERENCE.
A bishop of the Methodist Episco-
pal church declares that he hopes the
, 1908-05-14

vides that one-eighth OF the entry
must be cultivated the second year
and one-fourth the third year AMI
thereafter. This will eliminate the
possibility of making these entries
for speculative purposes or in collu-
sion with some other person for the
purpose of turning over the land af-
ter final proof. II will be too expen-
siye for rangemen to cultivate n
fourth of the land to take 1t up for
purely grazing purposes under this
act. To cultivate 80 acres OF each
500 will bring much land under the
plow that is now considered desert
in character. 1t is essentially for the
benefit Of the dry farmer.
It is the purpose to substitute this
bill for the Smoot bill, which has
passed the senate, and 1t is o i'm
probable that 1t will become a law
during the next ten days. 1t will eff
feet a revolution in the homestead
business. as those who are now lv-
ing uron homesteads qualified to do
so will be permitted to take other
lands contiguous to their present
holdings up to a maximum of 800
acres. Dry farmers coming into the
state are watching the matter closely
and will hail as a great blessing an
opportunity to take 800 acres instead
of 100.
, 1908-05-14
EASY TO CURE CATARRH
Just Breathe in Hyomei, the Dry Air
That Kills the Germs.

You can do exactly what G. ]. Ster.
ers did by using Hyomei. Read this:
After having suffered from chronic
catarrh for years for which tried va
rious remedies without success, !
became almost discouraged. After
reading about Hyomei, | decided to
make one more effort to rid myself of
The dread disease. and to my great de-
light / found the use of two bottles
Of the inhalent sufficient to produce a
complete cure. | now take pleasure
in recommending this remedy to all
sufferers from catarrh.'- ]. Ster-
ers, Crown City, Ohio.
We don't simply say Hyomei will
cure catarrh, but we say that the Lar
annie Drug company, the druggists,
guarantees II to cure %catarrh, or
money back. They do more-they
guarantee it to Ire asthma, bronchi-
lis, hay fever, coughs and colds. A
complete Hyomei outfit, including in.
snaler, costs only 800, and extra bot
ties. If you afterwards need one, will
cost but 80 cents. Hvomei is a pleas
ant dry air treatment. You just
breathe 1t in, and as 1t passes owe tine
inflamed membrane, it kills the germs
Of catarrh, and allays all Inflammation
, 1908-05-14
MADE HIS HOME a FoarRkss.
Tenant Had Neat Way Of Shutting
Out Undesirable Visitors.

Alterations to suit tenant was a
part of the sign In a Philadelphia
building, telling that a loft over the
store was to let. One day lately a
prospective tenant applied and ex-
pressed himself as pleased with the
location and quarters. as well as the
terms. AS to alterations he had only
n thing to suggest, namely, that the
stair steps be fixed to the top floor
with a pair OF stout hinges, and cords
be attached so that they might be
raised and lowered, In a way best IL
Illustrated perhaps by the attachments
OF a fire escape. Anxious to get a
tenant and seeing no particular objec-
ton to this arrangement, the land
lord complied. His tenant, a quiet
man, was won to go to his quarters
early in the forenoon and at once
draw the steps up to the ceiling. A
few only of his many visitors. those.
in fact, who gave a peculiar whistle.
were accommodated by the lowering
of the steps. The others we're ig-
nored. The landlord, fearful lest some
unlawful transactions might be going
on in his building, called upon the
tenant for an explanation. oh" was
the reply, my friends have the
whistle. The other fellows are cred
itors.' The hinges are still working.
, 1908-05-14
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
THE NORTH PLATTE CUT OFF

The people of Laramie need not
be at all discouraged over the rroba.
bility that the Union Pacific intends
to build a line by the way of the
North Platte valley to a connection
with its main line in the vicinity OF
Rock River station. 1t would take a
large portion of the through business,
to be sure, but there would remain
all the through business originating
on this side of the cutoff and all that
comes from the southeast by the way
of Denver. The Denver passenger
business is very heavy n promises
TO increase all the time, Laramie
Will unquestionably become the first
division out of Denver for this trade,
as 1t is about the right distance for 1t,
II is the unquestioned purpose OF
the Union Pacific to build up its 10.
cal business wherever possible. In
recent years 1t has been giving en-.
c~ouragement to local lines and Is put.
ting out feeders itself. The line up
the Platte will not only become a
splendid feeder, but will tap a region
rich in iron. That iron may soon be
needed at the Laramie rolling mill.
Here is the logical point for a great
steel plant, Coal and iron can be
centered here very cheaply and there
is plenty of water for any kind of
works.
There is another point The Repub-
lican wishes to emphasize. Laramie's
greatest resource is agriculture. The
DEVELOPMENT of the immense tracts
of land on these plains will bring
other railroads to help the Union Pa
ciic care for the business. The
Plains line will reach n connection
to the southwest, the Denver. Lara.
mic and Northwestern will come In
from the south and the Burlington
will connect up Denver with its Big
Horn line. All these are strong prob
abilities.
1t must be kept in mind that no
matter what railroad building is done
in Wyoming, Laramie will continue
to make a rather big spot on the map
of the state.
, 1908-05-14
IcELANDERs ARE LONG LIVED,
Average Age There Double Mean Dura.
ton Of Human Life.

1t would be interesting to know If
any part of the world beats Iceland
in the average length of life of its
inhabitants. 1t is shown in the census
of 1905 that on an average the people
of that island live to the age of 61.8
years, which is very nearly double the
mean duration of human life as it
was computed a generation ago. Swe-
den and Norway are regarded as very
healthful countries, but Iceland takes
the palm in longevity, the meal dura-
ton of life in Sweden being 5000
years and In Norway 1894 years
Some Of Iceland's earthquakes are
nerve-racking, but on the whole the
lives of most of its simple and indus
trious inhabitants slip along with few
incidents that unduly stimulate or de-
press the pulse. Summer and winter
the same old mail boat from Leith
steams into the harbor of Reykjavik
every three weeks, but very rarely
brings news that touches Iceland so
closely as to make excitement. In
fact the little island enjoys many of
the advantages of civilization and
avoids most of its drawbacks.-Chris-
tian Advocate.
, 1908-05-14

So long as you suffer the pains of indigestion,
you are making q cure impossible.
Pain means that undigested food Is irritating
the stomach lining. That means Inflammation
perhaps liberation. Nature can't cxre the stom-
ach while that irritation exists.
Then undigested food ferments and forms gas.
1t decays and breeds germs, which load the blood
with their poisons. At the same time, It robs you
OF nourishment.
How can the stomach regain its strength while
those conditions continue?
When the stomach fails to digest all the food,
1t must be helped out. That is essential.
Rest 1t by aiding 1t, as you would aid a lame
foot. There is no other way to recuperation.
There is no cure for dyspepsia, and you don't
need one. TONES and stimulants may spur the
stomach to action, but any weak organ is only in
jured by forcing. Nature will do the curing when
you give 1t the chance.
Your part is to relieve the stomach.
Don't do this by dieting-not by starvation. For
strength comes only through nourishment, and
you need all you can gel.
Do 1t by d~igesting the food, for a little time,
with Kodol. You will be astonished, we think, to
learn how quickly the stomach RECEIVERS.
There are, in these days, many aids to diges-
ton. But they are only aids.
Pepsin, for instance, digests albumen only. And
digesters depending on pepsin aid merely to this
extent.
But much of your food Is starch, and much is
fat. Those elements must be digested too.
, 1908-05-14
FATE OF THE KNOCKER.

There was a unique performance
when one of the numbers on the pro
gram was the hanging in efigy of q
knocker. The victim was not only
strung up but was filed full of bull
let holes. This exemplihej the feel
ing of the citizens of the Capital city
toward all hat class of people who
look upon the dark side of every
proposition and wag their heads in
woeful manner at every suggestion
made for the upbuilding of a city or
a state.
Cheyenne is strictly a man-made
town. Its IL have done little
for it.. 1t lies upon a bleak, barren
prairie, devoid OF trees or other veg
citation. One may make a homestead
entry at the present time within four
miles of the city. Yet it has grown
and prosperei because of the push
and foresight Of its leading citizens.
The panic had little effect on its
business conditions and building has
gone ahead with remarkable energy.
The dry farming movement prom
ises much and there is some proba-
bility of bringing a large area of land
any rate, there is TO be no stoppage
of activity and the knocker has learn
ed his fate.
, 1908-05-14
A Hard Task.

A Chicago man tells of a resident Of
that city who had been unsuccessful
In one venture after another. At last,
however, he made a large sum of
money by means of an invention in
car wheels; and very soon thereafter
his family, consisting Of his wife and
two young daughters, were to be seen
taking their daily outing in a motor
car. One day the three were being
driven rapidly through the park, while
a look of painful self-consciousness
~overspread the features of the in
ventor's wife, as she sat bolt upright,
looking straight before her. Now,
ma" came in clear tones from one OF
the daughters, whose keen face was
alive with enjoyment, now, ma, can't
you loll back and not look as if the
water was boiling over?"-Youth's
Companion.
, 1908-05-14
GREATER FINANCIAL BENEFITS

The fact that the senate doubled
the appropriation for permanent i'm
provements in forest reserves shows
the hold the forestry business has
upon the law-making power of the
nation. The bill called for $500, 600
and this was bitterly opposed by Sen
ators Hepburn, Teller, Clark and Car
ter. Instead of striking out the
amount. it was doubled, which may
be taken as a rebuke to the ants.
Senator Warren, who was in charge
of the bill, caused an amendment to
be introduced and adopted giving 25
per cent of the returns from timber
sales and grazing fees to the states
in which the forest reserves are 10
Gated. These revenues go to the
counties. Albany county shares in
the general division. a large portion
of the Medicine Bow reserve being in
this county.
The passage Of Senator Warren's
bill through the senate providing for
the resurvey of 800 Wyoming town
ships will also be hailed with salts
faction by the people, as it is a thing
that has been sadly needed, the early
surveys in many instances being de-
cidedly worse than no surveys at all,
, 1908-05-14
SOME OLD FAvoRIrES.
MY LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.

(By Miss Mulock.)
Look at his pretty face for just one
.minute!
His braided frock and dainty but
toned shoes;
His firm shut hand, the favorite play
thing in it
Then tell me, mothers, vast not
hard to lose
And miss him from my side
My little boy that died?
Hoy many another boy, as dear and
charming,
His fathers hope his mothers one
delight,
Slips through strange sickness, all fear
disarming,
And lives a long, long life in par
ents' sight!
Mine was SO short a pride.
And then-py poor boy died.
I see him rocking on his wooden
charger;
ucdl I'LL PdttOiihS Shiou6h 'h>
house all day;
| watch his great blue eyes grow large
and larger,
Listening to stories, whether grave
Or gay.
Told at the bright Preside,
So dark now, since he died.
But yet l often think my boy is living,
AS living as my other children are.
When good night kisses l all around
am giving,
keep one for him, though he is SO
far.
Can a mere grave divide
Me from him-though he died?
So, while | come and plant it Ger with
daises
Nothing but childish daises all year
round)
Continually Gods hand the curtain
raises,
And l can hear his merry voices
sound,
And feel him at my side
My. little boy that died.
, 1908-05-14
THE OLD ARMCHAIR.
CBv Eliza Cook.)

(By Eliza Cook.)
| love it, | love it! and h Shall r
To chide me for loving that old arm
chair?
I've treasured it long as a sainted
prize,
I've believed it with my tears, I've EN-
balmed it with my signs;
tbs bound by a thousand bands to my
heart;
Not a tie will break, no a link will
start;
Would know the spell? A mother sat
there!
And a sacred thing is that oil arm
chair.
In childhood's hour l fingered near
The hallowed seat with listening ear;
And gentle words that mother would
give
To fit me to die, and teach me to live;
She told me that shame would never
betide
With truth for my creed, and God for
my guide;
She taught me to lisp my earliest
prayer
AS l knelt beside that old arm chair.
| sat and watched her many a day,
When her eye grew dim, and her locks
were gray;
And l almost %worshiped her when she
smiled.
, 1908-05-14
Worlds Oldest Republics.

So far as practical considerations go
Switzerland is the oldest of surviving
republics. Two puny republics, hoy
ever, long antedate the Helvetic con-
federation and in strict accuracy one
of these two must be the Oldest re-
public of all now in existence. One Of
them is the republic of San Marine in
Italy, on Mount Titano. the oldest
state in Europe and one of the small
est in the world. The other is the re-
public Of Andorra in the Pyrenees,
made independent by Charlemagne.
No fixed date a be assigned to either
of these, both are medieval relics,
and San Marine may be identified
even before the middle ages began.