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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
A Homemade Micrometer.

inch hole through the center of the
blocks in the two-inch direction. Now
remove the clamp and let the nut of
the bolt into one of the blocks so that
its hole will be continuous with the
hole in the wood. then glue the blocks
together with the nut between them.
Cut out a piece from the block combi-
nation, leaving it shaped somewhat
| like Il bench, and glue the bottoms of
the legs to piece of thin board about
21a inches square for a support. Solder
one end of stiff wire about two
inches long to the head of the bolt at
right angles to the shaft and fix disk
of heavy pasteboard with radius
equal to the length of the wire. and
with it's circumference graduated into
equal spaces, to serve in measuring
revolutions and parts of revolutions
! of the end of the wire. to the top of
the bench; put the bolt in the hole.
screwing it through the nut, and the
construction is complete.
The base is improved for the meas
uring work by gluing to central sec
| ton of it. covering the place where the
| end of the bolt meets it. small piece
I of stiff metal: and it is convenient to
have the graduated disk capable of TO
tating. SO that it's zero line may be
| made to coincide with the wire.
| Find the number of threads of the
| screw TO the inch by placing the bolt
| on n measuring rule and counting the
| threads in an inch or half an inch of
! its length. The bolt in making one
! revolution will descend a distance
| equal to the distance between the
1 threads.
To use the apparatus. put the object
! whose thickness is to be measured
| On the base under the bolt, and screw
| the bolt down until it's end just
/ touches the object. then remove the
| object and screw the bolt down until
| lis end just touches the base, careful
| ~ noting while doing so the distance
that the end of the wire moves over
the scale. The part of a rotation Of
| the bolt. or the number of rotations
| with any additional parts of rotation
| added. divided by the number of
| threads to the inch. will be the thick
ness of the object. Quite accurate
measurements may be made with this
| instrument, and in the absence of the
| expensive micrometer it serves very
| beginning classes in electricity for
measuring the diameter of wire, for
finding the numbers of wires from ref
| erence tables and for making various
| other measurements.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
No More Dark Brown sugar.

You have no idea," said the wife
who is also an excellent cook, how
dificult it is to make molasses cookies
and gingerbread and brown bread 80
it will have the same flavor that It
had in the days now past. And whyf
Because IT. rs wellnight impossible to
find the good c1d-fashioned dark-brown
sugar That's the secret Of It. There
was time when one could get differ
emit grades of brown sugar, that which
was least refined" being very dark
and vastly sweeter than the light
brown or &C" sugar, as it used to be
called. But those days have passed.
and suppose that never again will
my cooking taste quite SO good.
''Of course the younger people.
those who have never known the ex-
quisite favor of molasses candy and
molasses cake made with the dark
sugar, cannot realize the difference.
Happy mortals they. AS for myself,
am constantly looking for the sugar OF
my childhood, and there is not week
but have my hopes raised by some
storekeeper telling me he has it: but
he is mistaken-it is the light brown
sugar he has. and not that which !
seek"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
CAR BROKE FROM TRAIN.
Solution OF Mystery That for Time
Puzzled Railroad Men.

One night long freight train broke
in two as it was coming arou-a a
sharp curve on the Erie road between
gineer put on all speed and ran away
from the hind section in order to give
the conductor and brakeman on the
rear end a chance to stop their Sec
ton. This they succeeded in doing
quarter of mile or SO, and then the
engineer backed the forward section,
coupled on to the rear section and pro-
ceeded to Corning, the end of the di-
vision.
The conductor who was to take the
train over the next division discovered
in looking over his train that he had a
way bill for car which was not
among those delivered to him. The
other conductor Was certain that he
had the car when he started for Corn
ing, and showed it's number checked
off in his report.
No solution of the mystery came for
a long time. Then some boys came
across the missing car at the bottom
OF ravine below the curve on which
the freight train had broken in two.
1t is supposed that when the rear
section of the broken train started to
round the curve this car had jumped
the rails, broken the coupling holding
it to the car behind, and cleared 20
or 80 feet down the bank before strik-
ing the ground, which at this point
was covered with underbrush, and
that this underground. after the car
mad rolled past, had righted itself and
given no indication of having been dis
turbed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
DiaboIo. In the Past.

More diabolo discoveries. In the
National Library at Paris are two
prints, ono entitled THE Game of Dda-
bolo at the Beginning Of the Last Cen
tury;" the other entitled '"The Devil
for Four (the old diabolo)." Two
couples are playing diabolo excitedly
in a room; the furniture is upset and
the mirrors broken. Another design ID
entitled: The Good Devil, How He
Goes!" A young woman throws big.
simple fellow in the air, and from his
pocket fall pieces of gold. In the same
picture is another woman, with her
diabolo cord round the neck Of a man,
with the inscription below: "See how
we lead them!" Diabolo raised .
Juror in France In 1912. It was then,
according to the Figaro correspondent,
imported from England, and an Eng
lish caricature of later date reprn-
sents a great Wellington sending 70
st. Helena's a very little Napoleon rid
ing on a diabolo. Long before the
revolution of 1889 some missionaries
in Picking sent an exact reproduction
OF diabolo to a French minister OF
state who collected Chinese curiosi-
ties. The Chinese are always found to
have forgotten everything we are be-
ginning to learn!-Dundoo Advertiser
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
Reinforced Concrete Steps.

between two vertical forms. The front
one may be smooth board, but the
other should be a thin piece of sheet
metal, which is more easily removed
after the earth has been tamped in be-
hind it, says the Concrete Review. A
simple method of reinforcing concrete
steps is to place half-inch steel rod
in each corner, and thread these with
quarter-inch rods bent to the shape of
the steps, as shown in the sketch,
placing them about two feet apart.
For this class of work rich Portland
cement concrete is recommended,
with the use of stone or gravel under
one-half inch in size. Steps may be
given one-half inch wearing surface
of cement mortar mixed in the proper
ton of one part cement to two parts
sand. This system is we'll adapted for
stairways in houses.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
MEANS VAST OUTLAY
COST OF ELEcTRiFlcATIo OF
ALL RAILROADS.
Estimates Made Show That a Billion
and a Half Dollars Would Be
Needed to Make the Change
Desired

The advisability of wholesale cleo
trification of all the railroads in the
country has been formally considered
in abstract before the electrical en-
cheering associations, and the ques-
ton has been found SO great that the
meetings were marked. more by con-
tention and argument than by definite
results. Figures presented show the
estimated expenditure involved should
every mile of railroad in the United
States be reconstructed for operation
by electricity and the rolling equip
ment changed to correspond. The to
tai cost of such a change is given at
about $1,50O,0OO,OOO. Electrical pow
erhouses to give total of 2,10O, 900
kilowatts or 100000 horsepower
would be required. Fifteen hundred
millions of dollars is a sum so vast
that it means nothing to the average
person, and yet it represents an invest
ment SO stupendous that only an ex-
tremely small portion of it can be con-
sidered to have any relation to the i'm
mediate future.
The economy of such change has
been estimated, in prospect, as con-
siderable. Present operating costs for
the movement of every car and en-
CINE in the country total 81, 1000, 900
In one year. BY electrification this
would be reduced by about $25O,0O0,-
900, representing that much actual and
net saving. This last sum is indeed
enormous, but it only emphasizes the
magnitude of the project of universal
identification; for the most radical
advocates of the new power have not
yet dared to claim that the saving,
large as it seems, would warrant the
change in it's entirety.
Under certain special conditions,
however, the new power will stand SUI
preme, and it is by the extension and
more general application under these
peculiar circumstances that electricity
will one day, in due time, come into its
own on the railroads.-Clyde Fenni-
more Burns, in The World To-Day.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Defects of speech such as stammer-
ing are so prevalent in Germany that
the government is said to have insti-
tuted campaign against them by es-
tablishing special department in the
medical college of the University of
Berlin. both for the cure of such i'm
pediments and for educating doctors
how to treat them. Perhaps the sug-
gestion is unkind, says the Baltimore
American, but would not the trouble
be more readily disposed of by going
to the root of the matter and adopting
q new language-one easier to get the
tongue around?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
Dog Understands Signals.

The New York, Susquehanna &
Western railroad has cur dog that
understands the block signal system
as we'll as most engineers His name
is Boscoe. This quaint mongrel rides
in the cab of a locomotive and
watches the semaphores. If an arm
is up, meaning that the block ahead
is not clear, Boscoe growls ominously,
and the engineer takes warning. II
the arm is down, indicating clear
track ahead, Boscoe barks joyously.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

ing illustration. The pan for gathering
up the article to be weighed is pivoted
to the handle and operates a pointer,
which indicates the weight of the con-
tents ON scale. If pound of sugar
is wanted the grocer dips enough out
of the bin to swing the pointer to the
pound mark. The sugar is then trans
ferred directly to bag, doing away
with the necessity of weighing on
scales.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Blessings, mustard-packs, and other
uncommon remedies for rheumatism
will have to take second place, in the
matter of oddly, to cure discovered
in Australia. A whale, stranded on
the beach at health resort, had been
cut open, and a freakish invalid
plunged into the mass of blubber, re-
manned there two hours, and found
himself free from rheumatism when
he crawled out. The incident seems
to be vouched for, and although the
prescription is more novel than entic.
ing. probably many sufferers would
like to catch whale and try it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
TEXAS FARMS.

For Sale or Exchange for Eastern
Nebraska or Western Iowa Farms,
1866 acres BraZos Valley land in
Baylor county, Northern Texas. sub
divided into 100 acre tracts. Strong,
rich soil. Suitable for winter wheat,
oats, corn cotton and alfalfa. All
kinds Of vegeta bles and fruit Suf-
fcient timber for fencing and fire
wood. Abundant rainfall. Healthful
climate. Near good county seat town
of 5000 people. For further infor>
nation call on or write, F. A. Field,
Room CSC, New Brandeis Bldg, Oma-
ha. Neb.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
SCOOP THAT WEIGHS.
Does Away with the Necessity Of EN-.
ploying Counter Scales.

Every grocer can scoop up sugar OF
coffee, ETC.. from the storage bin and
very closely gauge the correct guam
tity. Yet he would not be willing to
give it to the customer as the full
weight to be purchased without first
testing it on the scales. A Texas
man has hit upon the idea of having
the scoop indicate the weight of the
contents, eliminating the necessity of
transferring it to scales. His weigh
ing scoop is shown in the accompany.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

The difficulties and dangers of build
ing a transcontinental railroad such
as those crossing Canada are not APP
preciated by the layman, unfamiliar
with the obstacles encountered. In
many places the roadbed has to be
blasted out of the face of sheer cliff,
possibly overhanging mountain
stream hundreds of feet below. In or
der to mark the way it is necessary
for the surveyors to hang logs from
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

obtain foothold. Moving cautiously
along this perilous path. where the
slightest slip would send them to
death, they work their way, examining
the geological formation and making
notes of the cutting that will be re-
quired. The ak men go first, then fol-
low the transit men, to ascertain the
distance and angles, the Jewelers., rod
men and topographers, each with
their work to perform before the ac-
tual construction of the road begins.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
TO MAKE CONCRETE STEPS.
Directions for Putting in a Permanent
Improvement.

Concrete may be used in the con-
struction of steps, particularly in damp
places, and in the open or where the
ground is terraced, concrete steps and
walks can be made exceedingly attrac-
tive. Where the ground is firm it may
be cut away in the form of steps, with
each step cut two or three inches low
er than its finished level.
When the nature of the ground will
not admit of its being cut away in the
form of steps, the risers are nodded
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
Automatic Umbrella Delivery.

The railroad, stations of Berlin are
shortly to be provided with automatic
machines which, on the insertion of
so cents, will deliver an umbrella. A
ticket will also drop out, and, on pre-
senting it within two days to an Office
of the automatic society. so cents will
be paid back in return for the UNI
breIla.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
How AncientS Did,

BY rubbing metals with salt, before
applying mercury, the ancients OBJ
tanned reaction similar to that for
which copper sulphate is used. The
chlorine released from the salt formed
a silver chloride easily attacked by
the mercury, so as to form an ANAL
gam
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

The Chinese imperial telegraphs had
net earnings during 1906 of $645,537
on a working capital of 81 ,232 900. Evil
IDENTIFY the Standard Oil Company isn't
the only thing on earth. after all.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Sixteen soldiers in Spain were ar
rested as plotters against Alfonso be-
cause they visited a newspaper office.
They will get off scot free, of course,
il they declare they called to whip
the editor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
First Rubber from zululand.

A first shipment of Tongaland and
Zululand rubber has been dispatched
to London from Durham. A large tract
of rubber country is being worked un-
der a concession granted by the Natal
government, and regular shipments
are expected.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
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The Draft Spring.

corn-plow or machinery spring. Two
loops are formed as shown in Fig. /
from as-inch round iron. Insert one
loop from each end of the spring as in
Fig. =. The cleyis or pulling trace may
be fastened in either end
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Science has harnessed the potato
bug, as it were, and is making it do
stunts in the interests of humanity.
That is grand, sweet revenge for all
the miserable hours it has brought
to boys who had to s"bug 'taters'
when the fishing in the branch was
fine
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

II Prince Helie de Sagan proves as
costly piece of bric-a-brac as did his
cousin. the count. it will keep the
Western Union and the Wabash hump
ing to run the show.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
How to Keep Warm In Winter.

7OW 10 Neep warm III winner. s
The clothiers intend to keep women
warm If one may judge from the many
new protectors" ON the underwear
counters.
Separate knit sleeves at the knit
underwear departments are among
them. Then, too, there are Shetland
vests with or without sleeves that give
q maximum Of warmth with q mini
mum Of bulk, and union suits OF the
same gauxy wool. Boomers Of satin,
mohair or sateen, some lined with al
batross, are in the same category, be.
ing snug extras for wet or bitter
weather. These boomers for wet
weather for the woman who II out at
all times and seasons are ideal, since
they take the place of a skirt and .
damp hem about the feet.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Ocean-going ships soon will be fit
ted with all the comforts of home
About the only thing that will be
missed is the village feud and maybe
steamship proprietors will be drag
ging that in next.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

A French inventor now claims to
be able to send photographs by wire
less telegraphy. What would sud
den wind storm do to Gov. Hughes
whiskers?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Argentine farmers just now are
busy hauling big wheat crop to mar,
ket. Automobile drummers should
pack their grips for South America.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Really, Count Boni is man Of
spirit. He will make faces at the
prince or do something equally dread.
full IL the latter dares to marry his
former wife
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

A German mechanic has built the
smallest motor In the world. 1t is
used as scarf pin and is run by a
battery in his pocket. He keeps it In
constant operation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
BRITISH ROADS IN BAD SHAPE.
over-capitaIized, They Have Hard
Work to Earn Dividends.

(, According to P. w. Wilson, NJ. P,
British railroads are capitalized at
$6,430, 100000 This is less than half
the American total, but four times as
much per mile The railroads, eX-
pensively built, with renewals being
added to capital at the rate of $75,OOO,-
600 year, with receipts increasing
only two per cent. year and the diyi-
dend rate steadily falling, are loaded
with 100000 a mile of capital
Practically all the stock of English
railroads is held not for control, as
here, but for investment. and the own
ers demand dividends. But capital in
creasing faster than business has
gradually forced dividends lower.
Nondividend stocks are fewer than
with us, but the great mass of securi-
ties pay between two and four per
cent, and the general average for a
generation has been:
Period. Dividend. Period Dividend
1S71-1S75 ..........4.sai 1ss1-1ss5 .3SO
1876 1880 ............4.2y 1S96-190O .3.64
1Ss1-1Sa5 ............4.22 1901-19o5 IS
lSSo-lSSo ....---.4.o|
The owners of British railroads, by
years of after us the deluge' i'll.
sistence upon dividends at the cost
Of watering capital, have got into as
bad a condition as American frenzied
finance reaches in it's most pyrotech-
mic flights. The service is unpro-
gressive, improvement is delayed and
the demands of laboring men go un-
heard. 1t is at base disquieting sit.
uatiOn.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

A Denver girl has become the bride
of Pueblo chief who cannot speak
English. Perhaps she will have title
among the Indians
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

A Newark man was fined $50 for
laughing at a policeman. In most
cities the majesty of the law consid-
ers itself sufficiently indicated when
it has beaten the mirthful one over
the head with a club
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

The Japanese have all they can do
to look after their lives at home in
a time of profound peace. They are
getting automobiles by the cargo.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

There is in Berlin an artist who is
going to marry widow with $4,000
600. This is excellent. Now let some
delightful heiress add to the gayety
by bestowing her hand and fortune
upon some struggling poet
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

A California architect predicts that
we shall soon have 10O-story buildings.
II his prediction is verified it will be
necessary for our fellow citizen to
build some pretty tall stacks if they
expect to keep us choking with smoke.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

A moving-picture machine exploded
in Canton and 800 Chinese lost their
lives in the resulting panic. Civiliza-
ton is dangerous unless one knows
how to handle it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
New Use for FIv Paper.

have discovered E new use for
sticky fly paper. I found that 81 .
mouse puts his one foot on the paper
he would put his otaer foot on, too'
and it will hold him Chicago
eribune,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

About the nearest thing we remem-
her to living music heretofore has
been the crying of baby at 2 a. m.
as the patient father walked the
chilly floor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
Berry pumpiinas.

The winter dessert of apple dump
lings may be replaced by some made
with, raspberries or other berries.
Serve with hard sauce into which 10
beaten as much of the crushed fruit
~ it will take without separating.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Nearly three billion people were
carried by the railroads in 1907, some
Of them were delivered unchanged at
their destinations.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

With what is left of the million dol
lars, doubtless the earl of Yarmouth
will be able to get on for awhile with
Sut a wife.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Thirteen women's clubs have voted
not to trim their hats with the plum
age of birds. That is a lucky num-
Der for the feathered songsters.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14
HOMEMADE DRAFT SPRING.
How One Can Be Made from Old Ma
chinery Spri.c.

y draft spring for tss on the evener
or tongue of agricultural implements.
to relieve the jerk on the horses
shoulders, may be made from eny old
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

It was poor management to pull on
. total eclipse where hardly anybody
could see 1t.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Now is the time for the patient FIJI
ipinos to turn the other cheek to the
sugar trust.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Do you know what an "id-determin-
ant-biophole hypothesis" is? Neither
do We
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-14

Boni grows desperate as his meal
ticket vanishes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-09
Fast ~Telegraphing.

The Democratic convention at Den
yer saw other records broken besides
that for a political demonstration.
One record that was smashed was for
long-distance telegraphing. The man
who broke this record was George w.
Conkling, the Suns chief operator.
Working over a wire that stretched
more than half way across the CONT
nent, about $500 miles, MI. Conkling
attained the high speed of $4,000
words an hour, or 52.27 words to the
minute, a record which has never be-
fore been equaled anywhere. Fur
thermore, Mr.. Conkling, in just TWEEN
ty-eight working hours, sent over this
wire to the Sun, by the Morse system,
and using the Phillips code, a total of
$4,000 words, an average of 2607.14
an hour, or 43.45 words a minute.
Much Of this matter was sent from a
seat in front of the speakers stand in
the convention hall, while pandemo-
mum was being raised.-New York
Sun.